Chicago High-Rise Fire Kills One, Injures Eight
Deanese Williams-Harris, Adriana Pérez - Chicago Tribune One person is dead and several victims were injured Wednesday in an extra-alarm fire at a high-rise building in the Kenwood neighborhood that burned through several floors of the building and sent debris...
Fire at Aiea (HI) High-Rise Kills 77-Year-Old Resident; No Sprinklers in Pre-1975 Condo Tower
Rosemarie Bernardo - The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Jan. 21—A 77-year-old man and two dogs were killed in a fire that broke out Friday morning at a residential high-rise in Aiea. A 77-year-old man and two dogs were killed in a fire that broke out Friday morning at a...
Grenfell Firefighters Facing Elevated Cancer Rates
Firefighters who battled the Grenfell high-rise fire in 2017 are being diagnosed with cancer at an alarming rate. Britain's Daily Mirror reports that roughly a dozen firefighters, some as young as 40, have been diagnosed with cancers such as leukemia and colon...
Glenside (PA) Fire Department Gives a Look Inside its High-Rise Apartment Pack
Glenside Lieutenant Kevin Graham and crew give an overview of the apartment pack it uses at high-rise fires. It includes the appliances in the 'bag of tricks,' how to hook up to the interior standpipe connection, how to pack the lines, and how a 4-person engine...
HIGH-RISE TIPS
Fire Safety Research Institute Releases ‘Plan Your Escape: High-Rise Apartment Fire’ Video
The Fire Safety Research Institute released a new video as part of our Fire Prevention Week: Fire Moves Fast. Plan Ahead to Save Lives series. The “Plan Your Escape: High-Rise Apartment Fire” video combines our real research footage with 3D modeling to show fire...
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...
HIGH-RISE OPS
Glenside (PA) Fire Department Gives a Look Inside its High-Rise Apartment Pack
Glenside Lieutenant Kevin Graham and crew give an overview of the apartment pack it uses at high-rise fires. It includes the appliances in the 'bag of tricks,' how to hook up to the interior standpipe connection, how to pack the lines, and how a 4-person engine...
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...
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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More Than 50 Firefighters Respond to Large Fire in Downtown Syracuse (NY) High-Rise
Rylee Kirk- syracuse.com Syracuse, N.Y. — A large fire Saturday night forced the evacuation of Icon Tower, a high-rise of apartments, offices and retail space in downtown Syracuse. At 7:14 p.m. someone called 911 to report smoke in the building at 344 S. Warren St.,...
One Killed, Three Hurt in Pittsburgh (PA) High-Rise Apartment Building Fire
Brian C. Rittmeyer The Tribune-Review, Greensburg Dec. 12—One person was killed, another was critically injured and two emergency responders were hurt in a fire in a Downtown Pittsburgh apartment building Sunday night. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, police,...
Fire Safety Research Institute Releases ‘Plan Your Escape: High-Rise Apartment Fire’ Video
The Fire Safety Research Institute released a new video as part of our Fire Prevention Week: Fire Moves Fast. Plan Ahead to Save Lives series. The “Plan Your Escape: High-Rise Apartment Fire” video combines our real research footage with 3D modeling to show fire...
Operations
Chicago High-Rise Fire Kills One, Injures Eight
Deanese Williams-Harris, Adriana Pérez - Chicago Tribune One person is dead and several victims were injured Wednesday in an extra-alarm fire at a high-rise building in the Kenwood neighborhood that burned through several floors of the building and sent debris...
One Killed, Three Hurt in Pittsburgh (PA) High-Rise Apartment Building Fire
Brian C. Rittmeyer The Tribune-Review, Greensburg Dec. 12—One person was killed, another was critically injured and two emergency responders were hurt in a fire in a Downtown Pittsburgh apartment building Sunday night. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, police,...
High-Rise Buildings – Understanding the Vertical Challenge
At the turn of the 20th century, only a few hundred people lived or worked in a high-rise building. Today millions do. In the near future, more than a billion people will live or work in a high-rise environment. The news reported almost instantaneously...
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...
