Posts Categorized: Christopher Naum
Hose Streams and Fire Suppression Research from the NIST
Little, if any, fire suppression research has been conducted on the effectiveness of fire streams from manual hose lines during the past 50 years.
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Wind Driven Fires
Wind blowing into the broken window of a room on fire can turn a "routine room and contents fire" into a floor-to-ceiling firestorm.
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2012 Les Lukert Conference, Nebraska Society of Fire Service Instructors
Exceptional Training opportunities at the 2012 Les Lukert Conference, Nebraska
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FDNY Brooklyn Box 4080: 17 Vandalia Avenue 12.18.1998
FDNY Brooklyn Box 4080: 17 Vandalia Avenue 12.18.1998
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Chicago Fire Department: Everyone Goes Home (official version)
In an effort to make personal safety a top priority, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) and the Chicago Fire Department (CFD) today released a new video, Chicago Fire Department – Everyone Goes Home®.
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Remembering Brackenridge 1991 Floor Collapse and LODD
Remembering Brackenridge 1991 Floor Collapse and LODD
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Buffalo Box 191 North Division & Grosvenor Streets; December 27, 1983
Remembering Buffalo Box 191 North Division & Grosvenor Streets; December 27, 1983
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One Quiet Simple Man
I’ve been absent a while attending to what was a totally unexpected medical emergency that significantly impacted our family with all of my attention focused in another direction.
My great Dad passed away this past Sunday. Behind all of us, we have …
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The Same Mistakes: Newspaper Reports Common Issues Affecting Fire Operations
Four years after nine firefighters died battling Sofa Super Store fire, a report details an eerily similar set of breakdowns in a March blaze.
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New Sensor System Tracks Firefighters Where GPS Fails
New Sensor System Tracks Firefighters Where GPS Fails. Portable device locates missing firefighters--saves time and maybe lives
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High-rise fires cause quarter billion dollars of property damage a year
High-rise fires cause quarter billion dollars of property damage a year according to a new NFPA Report.
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USFA Releases 2010 Fire Estimate Summary Series
USFA Releases 2010 Fire Estimate Summary Series which presents basic information on the size and status of the fire problem in the United States as depicted through data collected in USFA’s National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS).
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Remembrance: Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse Fire and the Worcester Six
Remembrance: Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse Fire and the Worcester Six
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The Worcester 6
May the Worcester 6 always be remembered; “Fallen Heroes Never Forgotten.” Learning from the past is your responsibility.
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SFFD Diamond Heights LODD Safety Violations
State investigators have cited the San Francisco Fire Department for "serious" worker safety violations in the deaths of two firefighters killed battling a Diamond Heights house fire in June
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Bridging The Gap: Fire Safety and Green Buildings Guide
A Fire and Safety Building Guide to Green Construction from the NASFM
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Second Alarm Apartment Fire, VA
Strategy and Tactics at Garden Apartment Complex and Residencies required special instructions, insights and knowledge that goes well beyond the practices and methodologies typically deployed at single family residential fire incidents.
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Residential Pre-Arrival: What are your Considerations?
Having Knowledge or information of Pre-arrival Conditions; upon arrival of companies may have an influence on the implementation of an effective incident action plan. What would you need to know or consider?
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Research Agenda Symposium Report Issued
A new report identifies seven critical areas where more research is needed to further reduce the number of firefighters killed or injured in the line of duty. These priorities were developed during the Second National Fire Service Research Agenda Symposium sponsored by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF).
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Leadership, Purpose, Service and Reason
The names and placed change; but the meaning and message behind these words resonate with the traditions, values and virtues of the Fire Service
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Arson Fire now downgraded
Arson fire in vacant residential occupancy no longer considered a booby-trap
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Los Angeles Firefighters Battle Major Emergency at Townhouses Under construction
Another Major Emergency fire challenges companies at a townhouse complex underconstruction in LA. Are you trained and prepared to address an alarm assignment at a building or complex under construction? The rules of combat fire engagement are different.
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NFPA 2010 Fire Loss in the U.S. Report issued
Public fire departments responded to 1,331,500 fires in the United States during 2010, a slight decrease from the previous year and the lowest number since 1977 according to the NFPA in it's report release.
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FDNY: Building Collapse Claims Life Of 1 Of 5 Workers Rescued
Building underconstruction fails and collapses during concrete pour.
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Training Download: Commercials- Got Fire? Anticipate Collapse
It is mission critical to comprehend and understand your department’s operational capabilities and the necessary deployment demands for fire suppression, fire flow and phased operations at commercial building fires. Training Download Available.
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