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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. Read More »

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. Read More »

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®. Read More »

Remembering Brackenridge 1991 Floor Collapse and LODD

Remembering Brackenridge 1991 Floor Collapse and LODD Read More »

Buffalo Box 191 North Division & Grosvenor Streets; December 27, 1983

Remembering Buffalo Box 191 North Division & Grosvenor Streets; December 27, 1983 Read More »

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 … Read More »

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. Read More »

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. Read More »

Remembrance: Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse Fire and the Worcester Six

Remembrance: Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse Fire and the Worcester Six Read More »

The Worcester 6

May the Worcester 6 always be remembered; “Fallen Heroes Never Forgotten.” Learning from the past is your responsibility. Read More »

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 Read More »

Bridging The Gap: Fire Safety and Green Buildings Guide

A Fire and Safety Building Guide to Green Construction from the NASFM Read More »

Timely Monday Morning Training

“One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six who jumped in the rear, we need massive EMS here.” Read More »

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. Read More »

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? Read More »

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). Read More »

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 Read More »

Arson Fire now downgraded

Arson fire in vacant residential occupancy no longer considered a booby-trap Read More »

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. Read More »

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. Read More »

FDNY: Building Collapse Claims Life Of 1 Of 5 Workers Rescued

Building underconstruction fails and collapses during concrete pour. Read More »

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. Read More »

Commercials- Got Fire; Anticipate Collapse

There are numerous factors to be cognizant of at commerical building fires especially when it comes to identifying precursors and indicators for collapse. Got Fire? Anticipate Collapse! Read More »

Fire Modeling Software

Fire Modeling and Fire Simulator programs are available that were developed or sponsored by the Fire Research Division at the NIST. Read More »

From the Street and From the Office: Views on Firefighting Live Tonight

Join in live tonight on Firefighternetcast.com Read More »

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