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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Why have you never heard of them? Because the fire service has a history of being slow to change By Michael M. Dugan FARS, the short version of “firefighter air replenishment systems,” are an in-building air system similar to ...
Read More »Elevator-facilitated air resupply fails at every point.
Read More »See a live demonstration of the air replenishment system known as FARS.
Read More »We use the bucket brigade tactic to manually shuttle air cylinders into a building
Read More »This structure is basically a high rise turned upside-down
Read More »So what is a FARS? How does it work?
Read More »They need a refill but may not want to go through the effort to replenish if they are "just doing overhaul work.”
Read More »Standpipes are the best answer for water. FARS is the best answer for air.
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