Sidewalk Canopy to be Built Around High-Rise San Diego (CA) Courthouse After ‘Spontaneous Glass Breakage’
Greg Moran - The San Diego Union-Tribune (MCT) On three separate occasions since May, tempered glass panels at the downtown state courthouse have shattered, forcing court officials to construct a canopy around the high-rise building to protect people on the sidewalks...
Houston High-Rise Evacuated After Pipe Bursts, Floor Buckles
John Wayne Ferguson - Houston Chronicle Aug. 12—Residents of a Houston high-rise building won't be allowed back into apartments until inspectors confirm the building is structurally sound, city officials said on Friday. The Royalton at River Oaks, 3333 Allen Parkway,...
Boston (MA) Firefighters Battle Second Fire in Two Months at High-Rise Under Construction
Boston firefighters responded to a fire in a high-rise under construction on 1 Congress Street Saturday. The four alarm fire started around noon in ductwork in the building. All construction workers escaped unharmed. A fire broke out on the 20th floor of the building...
Jersey City (NJ) Adds Specialty High-Rise Fire Company
The Jersey City Fire Department is expanding, adding a new company specifically set up to respond to high-rise fires. The high-rise unit will respond to all high-rise fires. It will respond to all other working fires as a rapid intervention crew. The new...
HIGH-RISE TIPS
High-Rise Expert and Author Jerry Tracy Discusses FARS
Watch legendary high-rise expert and author Jerry Tracy talk about firefighter air replenishment systems (FARS).
High-Rise Stretch
Tips on the hook up and flaking out East Metro Fire Rescue Engine company high-rise training. https://youtu.be/HbcAT5RQJjk
Gustin Load High-Rise Pack
Training with Kansas City, Kansas Fire Department KCK FD How to create the Gustin Load https://youtu.be/j5nU2OWrrYk
FDC Hook Up: Do The Twist
The couplings on the FDC can seize up and not be free enough to spin By Mark van der Feyst | Fire Engineering Not every fire department will encounter fire department connections (FDC) in their response area. For those departments that are covering...
Limited Space Standpipe Hose Stretch
When all Else Fails Evolution Fire Engineering When the fire floor is filled with smoke, all or a portion of the standpipe stretch will have to be laid on the floor below the fire. This can be problematic in buildings that have small landings on each...
HIGH-RISE OPS
Five-Alarm Fire Extinguished on the 20th Floor of Boston (MA) High Rise Under Construction
Alvin Buyinza - masslive.com On Friday, a five-alarm fire broke out on the 20th floor of a 43-story high rise under construction at One Congress Street, according to Boston Fire Department spokesperson Sharon Galloway. The fire started on the 20th floor and went up...
Posh San Francisco (CA) Apartment Tower Flooded by Burst Pipe; Residents Out Indefinitely
Sam Whiting - San Francisco Chronicle Several hundred residents of a San Francisco luxury apartment tower spent the weekend in two downtown hotels — and it wasn't a group staycation. Instead, the tenants of 33 Tehama St. were evacuated Friday when a water pipe broke...
High-Rise Buildings – Understanding the Vertical Challenges
By Jerry Tracy and Jack J. Murphy with James J. Murtagh High-rise fire safety experts Jerry Tracy and Jack J. Murphy, with James J. Murtagh, will soon release their new book addressing the numerous challenges of fighting fires in high-rise buildings. The book includes...
How to Control Sprinkler Flow in Mid- and High-Rise Buildings
The sprinkler system has activated and extinguished a fire midway up a building. Now what? If responding firefighters aren't careful they can easily snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and make a small fire into a major headache. Miami-Dade (FL) Fire Lieutenant...
New Engineering Guide on Fire Safety for Very Tall Buildings from SPFE, ICC
The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), the world’s leading professional society for fire protection and fire safety engineering, the International Code Council (ICC), the leading global source of model building codes and standards and building safety...
HIGH-RISE VIDEOS
Spokane (WA) Firefighters Control Fire on Ninth Floor of High-Rise
Garrett Cabeza - The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. May 19—For the second time in two months, Spokane firefighters extinguished a fire on the ninth floor of the Park Tower apartments in downtown Spokane. Two people were treated in the lobby of the 20-story tower...
Come Along as Los Angeles (CA) Firefighters Tackle High-Rise Fire Requiring Evacuation
The Los Angeles City Fire Department Monday responded to a structure fire at 255 S. Grand Ave in a restaurant on the ground floor of a 27-story mixed-use building. Though one person suffered serious injuries, the firefighters were able to prevent the fire from...
Videos: Qatar Construction Site Fire
West Bay high-rise fire videos HighRiseOps Staff DOHA, Qatar - A fire broke out at one of the buildings under construction in the West Bay area on Wednesday, 5 May 2021. The Ministry of Interior stated that the Civil Defense controlled the fire...
Videos: London High-Rise Fire
Videos from the tower block in New Providence Wharf HighRiseOps Staff LONDON (AP) — Fire broke out Friday in a London apartment tower which has cladding similar to that used on another housing block in the city where 72 people died in a 2017 blaze....
High-Rise Training
How to Control Sprinkler Flow in Mid- and High-Rise Buildings
The sprinkler system has activated and extinguished a fire midway up a building. Now what? If responding firefighters aren't careful they can easily snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and make a small fire into a major headache. Miami-Dade (FL) Fire Lieutenant...
From Tactical to Practical: The Fire Investigation Team at High-Rise Fires
Initial tactical necessities are discussed as you move swiftly toward your strategic goals Date: July 19, 2021 | 1 PM EDT Duration: 1 Hour. CEU: A certificate of attendance will be offered. This webcast highlights the important functions of the Fire...
Michigan Fire Department Hosts High-Rise Training
Firefighters from several departments come to Ann Arbor Meredith Bruckner, WDIV with permission ANN ARBOR (WDIV) – The Ann Arbor Fire Department is hosting firefighters from cities across Southeast Michigan and Toledo this week to train in high-rise...
Realistic Expectations for Standpipe Operations
Don't just go through the motions By Kyle Smith | Fire Engineering Standpipe operations for many in the fire service do not happen on a regular basis. Few would argue that they are not low-frequency / high-risk events. It is for this reason that many...
Air Management
High-Rise Expert and Author Jerry Tracy Discusses FARS
Watch legendary high-rise expert and author Jerry Tracy talk about firefighter air replenishment systems (FARS).
FARS Training Tower Tuesday – Round Rock
Last year, the Firefighter Air Coalition donated firefighter air replenishment systems (FARS) to four fire department training towers. Every Tuesday in February, we'll share short videos from Bellevue, WA, Grand Prairie, TX, Meridian, ID, and Round Rock, TX of...
FARS Training Tower Tuesday – Meridian
Last year, the Firefighter Air Coalition donated firefighter air replenishment systems (FARS) to four fire department training towers. Every Tuesday in February, we'll share short videos from Bellevue, WA, Grand Prairie, TX, Meridian, ID, and Round Rock, TX of...
FARS Training Tower Tuesday – Grand Prairie
Last year, the Firefighter Air Coalition donated firefighter air replenishment systems (FARS) to four fire department training towers. Every Tuesday in February, we'll share short videos from Bellevue, WA, Grand Prairie, TX, Meridian, ID, and Round Rock, TX of...
Video: Why Firefighter Air Replenishment Systems? The Firefighter Air Coalition Explains
Watch this short video to see why firefighter air replenishment systems (FARS) are essential for life safety in large structures like high-rise buildings. [button color="blue" size="small" link="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXottzAAd2c3Y3_emrQ6WSQ" target="blank"...
Update: Six Tom Brennan Lifetime Award Winners Speak About Firefighter Air Replenishment Systems
As More Cities Adopt Appendix L, It Seems the Fire Service is Listening to its Best and Brightest by Joseph D. Rush III, MS, EFO This article was originally published in 2017 and was updated and edited by the Firefighter Air Coalition for publication in 2021. Last...
The Myth of Air
Climbing with spare cylinders was next to impossible By Michael M. Dugan Imagine you are responding to a fire in a high-rise building in your jurisdiction. Upon arrival, you have a working fire on the upper floor. The incident commander orders your unit...
Breathing Air and Firefighter Safety
Recent years have provided much more information about the increasing health risks to firefighters during the normal course of doing their job. One aspect is the toxicity of the environment in which the firefighters work. The content of the smoke is very hazardous to...
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Los Angeles (CA) OKs Skyscraper Project, Remaking the Edge of Echo Park and Chinatown
David Zahniser - Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles City Council cleared the way on Wednesday for a cluster of new high-rises that would bring more than 700 homes to the edge of Echo Park and Chinatown, setting the stage for the first skyscraper to go up in that part...
Five-Alarm Fire Extinguished on the 20th Floor of Boston (MA) High Rise Under Construction
Alvin Buyinza - masslive.com On Friday, a five-alarm fire broke out on the 20th floor of a 43-story high rise under construction at One Congress Street, according to Boston Fire Department spokesperson Sharon Galloway. The fire started on the 20th floor and went up...
Revere (MA) Firefighters Extinguish Exterior 11th-Floor Fire
Charlie McKenna and Anthony Cammalleri Jun. 22—REVERE — Firefighters knocked down a blaze at 370 Ocean Ave. in Revere Tuesday that prompted the evacuation of several floors of a high-rise apartment building in the city. State Police troopers from the Revere barracks...
Operations
Realistic Expectations for Standpipe Operations
Don't just go through the motions By Kyle Smith | Fire Engineering Standpipe operations for many in the fire service do not happen on a regular basis. Few would argue that they are not low-frequency / high-risk events. It is for this reason that many...
The Memphis Regis Tower Fire Tragedy
A line of duty death anniversary HighRise Ops Staff MEMPHIS, Tennessee - On April 11, 1994, at 0205 hours, a call was placed to the Memphis Fire Department from the security service for a high-rise apartment building in Memphis, reporting a possible fire...
Fort Worth High-Rise Fire Floor Ops
High-rise training in Texas Fort Worth Fire Department This video take a focused look at FWFD's highrise fire floor operations. https://youtu.be/G9J2BkE8Vvs
From the Firehouse to the Fire Floor: Critical Initial Assignments in a High-Rise Firefight
An online training event Fire Engineering Date: April 8, 2021 1 PM EDT / 12 PM CDT / 10 AM PDT / 5 PM GMT Duration: 1 Hour. CEU: A certificate of attendance will be offered. Fighting fires in high-rise buildings is dangerous and labor intensive; thus, incident...
