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...
Minnesota Report Says Sprinklers Could Have Save Lives in 2019 Fire
Five people died in the November fire HighRise Operations MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota - KARE reports that a report released by the Department of Public Safety claims that five people who died in a fire the day before Thanksgiving last year could have...
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...
Humpday Hangout: High-Rise Operations
From shelter-in-place to elevator operations Fire Engineering - Join Bill, Mike, and a panel of fire officers as they discuss high rise fire operations. Special guests will be Chief Danny Sheridan, FDNY, who will discuss the practicality of a...
FDIC 2019: High-Rise Firefighting Operations
Strategic, Tactical, and Task Levels with Assistant Chief David McGrail David Michael McGrail Assistant Chief Denver (CO) Fire Department Tuesday, April 09, 2019: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM High-rise firefighting is exponentially more complicated and dangerous...
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...
FDIC 2018: High-Rise Firefighting Operations
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High-Rise Firefighting Preparedness
Rule No.1: Come with the right size weapon
Video Throwback: Wall Street High-Rise Fire
Ride along with FDNY Rescue Company 1
FARS vs. Elevators Part 3
Elevator-facilitated air resupply fails at every point.