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Paul Mackin Very interesting, some great info and insight to how the Stateside Firefighters work. Stay low and safe.
Buildingsonfire The rules for combat structural fire suppression have changed, but we have yet to write the rule book from which the new games plans must be derived. We seek the elusive “Rosetta stone” that aligns and interprets the emerging and traditionalist acumen related to fire stream effectiveness, flow rates, cooling capacity, ...extreme fire behavior and fire dynamics, compartment fire theory, propagation and cooling capacity and tactical deployment all relate towards defining an engineering approach to firefighting tactics versus the manual, labor-driven tactics of line deployment and rudiment placement of water on a fuel source within the fire compartment (room).
Buildingsonfire TYCO Technical Report: The Performance of Composite Wood Joists Under Realistic Fire Conditions.
www.tyco-fire.com
Buildingsonfire Accountability: Errors & Omissions
thecompanyofficer.com
This past week on the burgeoning internet call-in radio show Firefighter Netcast.com, HERE, a dynamic discussion developed related to the DeKalb County fatal
Buildingsonfire Our buildings have changed; the structural systems of support, the degree of compartmentation, the characteristics of materials and the magnitude of fire loading. The structural anatomy, predictability of building performance under fire conditions, structural integrity and the extreme fire behavior; accelerated growth ...rate and intensively levels typically encountered in buildings of modern construction during initial and sustained fire suppression have given new meaning to the term combat fire engagement.
Buildingsonfire Everyone Goes Home® 2010 Safety Summit. March 5 - 7, 2010 Emmitsburg, MD
everyonegoeshome.com
Everyone Goes Home is a program to reduce line-of-duty deaths and build awareness through firefighter life safety training.
Buildingsonfire Flashover, insights and information from the NIST
www.fire.gov
A series of fire tests were conducted to characterize the potential hazard from ignition of Scotch Pine Christmas trees. Heat release rate was measured as a function of time from ignition using a large calorimeter. ...
Buildingsonfire Since 2001, NIST and USFA have teamed up to produce an on-line newsletter at FIRE.GOV that contains easy to read articles describing ongoing research activities around the world. The newsletter contains contact information and links to the specific researchers and organizations involved in the research.
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Buildingsonfire Experimental Study of the Effects of Fuel Type, Fuel Distributions, and Vent Size on Full-Scale Underventilated Compartment Fires
www.fire.nist.gov
This report describes new full-scale compartment fire experiments, which include local measurements of temperature, heat flux and species composition, and global measurements of heat release rate and mass burning rate. ...
Buildingsonfire New Reports: Residential Building Heating Fires and Portable Heater Fires.The reports, Heating Fires in Residential Buildings and Portable Heater Fires in Residential Buildings, were developed by the USFA’s National Fire Data Center as part of its Topical Fire Report Series and are based on data from the National Fire ...Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) for 2005 to 2007. The reports examine the causes and characteristics of all heating fires and portable heater fires that occur in residential buildings.
www.usfa.dhs.gov
EMMITSBURG, MD. – The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) announces the release of two special reports regarding heating fires and portable heater fires in residential buildings. An estimated average of 54,500 heating fires in residential buildings occurs each year in the United States. ...
Buildingsonfire Hotel and Motel Fires; The report, Hotel and Motel Fires, was developed by the National Fire Data Center, part of FEMA's U.S. Fire Administration (USFA). The report is based on 2005 to 2007 data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS).
www.usfa.dhs.gov
Buildingsonfire Check out the great coverage on Statter911.com; Three children rescued from Washington, DC apartment fire this morning. All revived. Raw security camera video & fireground audio from 1920 Naylor Road, Southeast.
UPDATED (New video added): Three children rescued from DC apartment fire this morning. All revived..
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Children stopped breathing but were revived after apartment fire on Naylor Road, Southeast.
Buildingsonfire fireground audio from controversial DeKalb County, Georgia fire. Another captain fired over the incident.
Listen to fireground audio from controversial DeKalb County, Georgia fire. Another captain fired ove
statter911.com
Listen to DeKalb County firefighters as they respond to a reported house fire that ended up causing fire of them their jobs.
Buildingsonfire Putting the wet stuff on the red stuff
commandsafety.com
The essence of fire service suppression operations is predicated upon the deployment and application of water as an extinguishing agent, in sufficient
Buildingsonfire Officer Responsibility, Accountability, Complacency and Expectations
The Kitchen Table: Officer Responsibility, Accountability, Complacency and Expectations - Firefighte
thekitchentable.firerescue1.com
By now many of you should have seen the reports making their way around the internet circuit relating to the regrettable circumstances in DeKalb County, Georgia and the level of ineptitude that apparently was exhibited at an alarm response that had tragic repercussions based upon those actions. ...
