When advancing the initial handline that will be used to make the attack on the fire, there are many considerations and decisions that must be made within seconds. Some of these considerations include ...

In the February 2017 issue of Firehouse, we discussed the fallacies of sending first-arriving companies straight to the fire area at high-rise fire incidents. This prevalent practice sends companies ...

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USING thermal imaging cameras in addition to water from standpipes, firefighters extinguished a fire in a power-generating turbine that was protected by a sprinkler. Constructed of steel framing with ...