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Leadership & Command
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...
One Meridian Plaza Fire
A Building Construction Awareness Project Fire Engineering In this Building Construction Awareness Project presentation, the panel speaks with Charles Jennings about the One Meridian Plaza fire in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This high-rise fire February...
Lessons Learned: Close Call at Missouri High-Rise Fire
Disorientation and more in 1998 NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program On October 12, 1998, while attempting a rescue, two fire fighters became disoriented in a smoke charged hallway on the 21st floor of a high-rise apartment...
The Fire Engineering 2020 High-Rise Supplement
Articles from Jerry Tracy, Jack Murphy, Dave McGrail and more Click on the photo to open the supplement Fire Engineering Check out the July 2020 high-rise firefighting supplement, which features articles by Jerry Tracy and Jack Murphy, Dave McGrail, Jimmy...
Improper Staging Can Set a High-Rise Operation Up for Failure
The purpose of this bulletin is to clarify some terminology and procedures By Bill Gustin, Fire Engineering A high-rise assignment is dispatched for “smell of smoke” at 0400 hours at an old, non-sprinklered condominium building. Like many of these buildings, it...
Britain’s Prime Minister Vows to Improve Fire Safety
Speeding up actions after Grenfell Tower tragedy By GREGORY KATZ Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Wednesday vowed to speed up efforts to make sure the dangerous cladding used in the Grenfell Tower is removed from other...
Manhattan High-Rise Box 1167
Fire in apartment 8B in a 15-story dwelling THEMAJESTIRIUM1 - Here you will see the FDNY responding to and on the scene operating at a quickly knocked down 10-77 high-rise fire on Riverside Drive in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Leadership & Command on...
Honolulu Fire Department Revises High-Rise Operations after Fatal Fire
Training completed after deadly Marco Polo high-rise fire Gina Mangieri, KHON 2 HONOLULU (KHON2) — It’s been two years since the Marco Polo blaze killed four people, and the Honolulu Fire Department is just wrapping up new high-rise firefighter training....
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Commissioner Cotton
London Fire Brigade Commissioner Dany Cotton, manager of the tragic high-rise fire Sky News - The final week of evidence continues from London Fire Brigade. This includes firefighters who undertook active firefighting, control room staff and commanders who were...
Grenfell: “We Would Not Change Anything”
London Fire Brigade Commissioner Dany Cotton on the tragic high-rise fire Channel 4 News - Dany Cotton, head of the London Fire Brigade, told the Grenfell Tower Inquiry today that as soon as she arrived at the fire she knew that "there was going to be...
Disaster Communication Lessons from 9/11
Building resilience in your communication systems (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Thomas Terndrup, The Ohio State University and Nicholas Kman, The Ohio State University...
