Posts Tagged: Standpipe
Three firefighters hurt in three-alarm high-rise fire that wasn’t. Details from Irving, Texas.
Two of the firefighters were hurt when hose popped off of standpipe connection.
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What’s Behind the Rack?
Accessing this stand pipe is almost impossible and these systems aren't always that reliable and shouldn't be your sole suppression plan.
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High Rise Fire Fighting Operations
Houston (Texas) firefighters followed the "textbook approach" in fighting a blaze at a high-rise building on the 27th floor Monday night August 30, 2010 when a 4th Alarm was transmitted for operations at a high rise building fire, deploying nearl…
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FDNY Deutsche Bank Building LODD Fire Report issued by NIOSH
The NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program has released the investigation report of the line of duty deaths of two career FDNY firefighters during a 2007 seven-alarm high-rise fire in the former Deutsche Bank building under…
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Fire Flows for High Rise Packs
Here are four great videos showing you the differences in the kind of nozzles and set ups for high rise firefighting. If you don't know about or visited the Brotherhood's site, you really are missing out on some great stuff. You can also become a Fac…
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Structural Anatomy; Operational Safety at Deconstruction & Demolition Sites
Structural Anatomy; Operational Safety at Deconstruction & Demolition Sites
Fire operations for structures undergoing construction, alterations, deconstruction, demolition and renovations present significant risks and danger to operating personne…
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FDNY Disciplines Seven Officers in Fatal Deconstruction Blaze
FIRE COMMISSIONER SCOPPETTA ANNOUNCES PENALTIES AGAINST SEVEN FIRE OFFICERS AFTER REVIEW OF DOI REPORT ON FIRE AT 130 LIBERTY STREETFire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta today announced that two fire officers have been permanently relieved of their comman…
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Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Eight + 193; “There is No Day of Rest”
Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Eight + 193; “There is No Day of Rest”Going Forward in 2009 and Beyond-Protecting Yourself: Your Safety, Health and Survival Are Your ResponsibilityFire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week, 2009 officia…
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Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week Postings from FFN
Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week postings from Firefighter NationFire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week; T minus One; “The Opposing Spectrum of Fire Service Safety Culture”http://www.firefighternation.com/forum/topics/fireems-safety-healt…
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Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Seven; “The Courage to be Safe”
Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Seven; “The Courage to be Safe” Protect Yourself: Your Safety, Health and Survival Are Your ResponsibilityToday is June 20th, the seventh day in the Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival We…
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Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Six: “Situations, Size-Up, Actions and Entertainment”
Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Six: “Situations, Size-Up, Actions and Entertainment”Protect Yourself: Your Safety, Health and Survival Are Your ResponsibilityI had the opportunity this past April to present a large body of original re…
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Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Five: “From Waldbaum’s to Hackensack- Worcester to Charleston; Legacies for Operational Safety”
Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Five: “From Waldbaum’s to Hackensack- Worcester to Charleston; Legacies for Operational Safety”Protect Yourself: Your Safety, Health and Survival Are Your ResponsibilityToday is June 18th, the fifth da…
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Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Three: “Dynamic Management of Risk during Combat Fire Engagement”
Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Three: “Dynamic Management of Risk during Combat Fire Engagement”Protect Yourself: Your Safety, Health and Survival Are Your ResponsibilityOf the four (4) Key Focus areas in this year’s Fire/EMS Safet…
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Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Four: “History Repeating Events”
Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Four: "History Repeating Events"Protect Yourself: Your Safety, Health and Survival Are Your ResponsibilityToday is June 17th, the fourth day in the Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week. To many of you,…
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BTFD Standpipe Hose Pack Demo
A few months ago, a group of Bluffton firefighters was asked to re-evaluate the Bluffton Township Fire District’s “high-Rise Packs”. They were tasked with creating a standardized and cost-effective portable hose pack system that is user friendly,…
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Tradition, Motivation & Training
Why do you do this job? What makes you tick? For me, it’s the tradition, brotherhood and challenge of the job and the excitement of not knowing what the next shift will bring. These may seem like clichés, but they are all true and undeniable. …
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RIP Tillerman Bob
Last week my neighbor passed away after an ongoing battle with respiratory and cardiac illnesses. His name was bob. Bob retired from the new Rochelle (NY) fire department in the 80’s and moved, with his wife, to South Carolina to be with their kids…
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Understaffed Truck Work: Forcible Entry
Most fire departments, if they are even lucky enough to staff a truck company, often struggle with how to maximize the tasks that the truck can accomplish on the fireground. Since times are tough and budgets are tougher, increasing staffing is unlikely…
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Brotherhood 101
BROTHERHOOD 101 (CLICK HERE)
I found this Powerpoint on the Indy Metro FOOLS website and thought that it needed to be shared. It talks about pride, integrity and mentoring in the fire service. It questions how we do the job. Do we take the good …
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Understaffed Truck Work: Ladders
Most fire departments, if they are even lucky enough to staff a truck company, often struggle with how to maximize the tasks that the truck can accomplish on the fireground. Since times are tough and budgets are tougher, increasing staffing is unlikely…
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Fire Attack: Nozzle Firefighter Basics
Once you’ve scene the video from the “Straight Stream vs. Fog” post (January 13, 2009), you may have a new appreciation for using a straight stream during interior fire attack. Next we’ll look at a few ways to make the interior fire attack more…
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New SCBA Technology
Check out this link! This is a prototype for a new SCBA design that could significantly improve firefighter safety while operating at building fires and, hopefully, improve firefighter health through stress reduction.
As we all know, the only reason…
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