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Smoke Is Fuel. Brief Moment in Fire Science at New York House Fire
Video of a New York house fire reminds us how quickly black turns to orange. The video below should remind you that today’s fire compartment and behavior are changing. In the past, simply venting for...
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Bronx Working: Video Captures OVM Making Entry On Top Floor Fire
Three children injured during Bronx apartment fire. How specific are the outside vent position duties in your department? Fire in the Bronx on Friday was captured by the Daily and the Post. Box 4841,...
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Two and Three-Man Crews Entry No.2:Pine Bluff, Arkansas
This two-man ladder company is the standard for working structure fires in their city. Entry No.2 in our two and three-man crew research contest comes from Senior Firefighter John Buchan of Ladder...
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Alameda County Working: Rescue Company Helmet Cam Captures Rescues and More
Video answers critics about delay in getting water on the fire and shows that chasing kinks is everyone's job. Earlier this week FireRescue Magazine/FirefighterNation and various bloggers ran that...
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Alameda County RespondsMore About What You Think You Know
More information on the popular helmet cam video. If you will recall we previously shared with you a very good helmet camera video from Alameda County, California that captured the initial actions of...
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Protecting Lives
Protecting people’s lives will involve risk for us as firefighters “A female occupant, in her 40’s, was unable to escape due to the intense heat and thick smoke and was quickly located by...
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Fire Behavior or Firefighter Behavior? Pennsylvania House Fire Video
Our views must be balanced to include what may happen, what is obviously happening and why it is happening The video of a house fire in Dunmore, Pennsylvania last week became popular as it was viewed...
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Holding 1&1: Analyze This
A look at vent, enter and search in Baltimore You’ve heard the expression “A picture is worth a thousand words”; this is the one they are referring to. It offers several valuable lessons from a truck...
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Death During Search, 2010 to Present Part III
Dismissing fear mongering with details The final part of this series of review of firefighter fatalities looks at contrasts between what is reported as notification of the victims’ deaths and what is...
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