Tag Archives: Engine Company

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 23, 1991, wrecked numerous floors ...

Exceptions to the rule are rare     By Clay Magee | Fire Engineering There is no “never” and “always” in the world of firefighting, but there are some pretty hard and fast rules, one of them being the location ...

Fire on the 27th floor     FDNY Response Videos ©FDNY Response Videos 2020 Location: 1450 Madison Ave off 99th street. 4&2 Response for the hospital. Fire in the 27th floor Elevator Machine room Fire knocked down with the house ...

Often oversimplified but in fact very complex     By Clay Magee | Fire Engineering The first three parts to this series dealt mostly with issues for attack crews. However, standpipe systems are not just complicated on the attack end. ...

A video overview of the research     IAFF Lori Moore-Merrell, IAFF Assistant to the General President Jason Averill, NIST Supervisory Fire Protection Engineer Many fire departments across the nation are being challenged by budget crises, rising call volume, personnel ...

Three firefighters killed in a high-rise fire on this day     NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program On December 18, 1998, several fire companies and fire fighters responded at 0454 hours to a reported fire on the ...

How one department trains for high-rise firefighting     Glenside Fire Company Kevin explaining the thinking and actions behind a driver/operator’s duties on a high rise operation while Jack performs them. The pump operator always has one of the most ...

Minimize your exposure to the flow path     Fire Engineering Lieutenant Ray McCormack of the Fire Department of New York discusses a method for stretching out a hoseline from a standpipe to minimize firefighters’ exposure to the flow path ...

Fire on the 26th floor at Box 1088     ©FDNY Response Videos 2020 Address: 180 Riverside Blvd. off West 69th St. Fire on the 26th floor of a 42 story 200×400 class 1 MD MD to B-9: Your assignment ...

Sheltering in place on the balcony     ©FDNY Response Videos 2020 Address: 50 East 89th St. off Madison Ave. Fire on the 30th floor of a 32 story 150×200 MD B-10: 10-77 – Fire on the 30th floor – ...