Understanding and Preparing for Structural Firefighting Phases
Mar 5, 2014 · The first phase of a structure fire is by far the most challenging and is the one we prep for the hardest: the time between dispatch and whenever it is declared “under control.” For complex ...
House Fire 101 - Structural Firefighting Basics - Firefighter Training
Mar 24, 2014 · A common radio report would be, “Engine 1 on scene at 1 Elm Street with a two-story, single-family detached structure, smoke and fire showing from one upstairs window. Engine 1 is ‘Fast Attack ...
Commercial Structure Fires: Changing Our Mindset
Nov 1, 2024 · The commercial structure fire still has the same basic fireground priorities, but they look different. The number of required firefighters, size of the building, fire load, and water supply are ...
The Three Rs of Fireground Size-Up - Fire Engineering
Oct 1, 2021 · You can find an in-depth study of the firefighter disorientation sequence in William R. Mora’s Preventing Firefighter Disorientation: Enclosed Structure Tactics for the Fire Service (Fire ...
Changing Our Center of Gravity - Fire Engineering
Mar 31, 2015 · The fire’s volume, growth rate, and duration and firefighters’ difficulty in advancing on the fire may indicate the strong possibility of structural collapse in portions of the structure.
The Relevance of Structure Fire Standard Operating Guidelines
Jan 1, 2022 · In the fire service, it is extremely challenging to develop concrete benchmarks to assess success or failure at structure fires. Many of us have heard the old saying, “The fire went out, and no ...
Street-Smart ICS for Structure Fires - Fire Engineering
Apr 1, 2019 · A residential structure fire was dispatched. The assignment included four engines, two trucks, one medic unit (fire-based ambulance), and two BCs. The day was rainy with strong winds of at least ...
Structure Fire Response: Training for Firefighters & Safety
Firefighting in buildings requires water application, search, rescue, and more. Access our library on structure fire response and municipal fire department tactics.
Construction Concerns: Fuels and Fire Behavior
Jun 29, 2015 · A structure fire with a high rate of heat release that is combined with the oxygen available from an added ventilation opening can produce a heat flux that will exceed the level of protection ...
David Dodson: The Art of Reading Smoke - Fire Engineering
Jun 27, 2014 · BY DAVID W. DODSON. One of the “basics” that is gaining headway is the ability to “read smoke” to help predict fire behavior within a structure. The ability to read smoke has been around ...