Strategy & Tactics

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 than most ...

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 ...

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 ...

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