Tag Archives: high-rise firefighting

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 ...

FDNY uses drone at commercial high-rise fire     FDNY Response Videos ©FDNY Response Videos 2020 Address: 15 West 28 Street – at Broadway Fire on the roof of a 10 story 25×50 mixed occupancy. 1535 – Bn. 7 – ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two-alarm fire at Box 1123     FDNY Response Videos B-11 gave the 10-77 E-74,40,76,22 E-44(C.F.R.D) E-39(H.R Nozzle) E-3 w/ H.R 1 L-25,35,22(Fast) L-13,16 B-11,10,8,9(Safety) R-1 Sq-18 D-3 Rac-1 RB,SB FC 2nd Alarm @06:14 2nd Alarm E-23,47,8,54,263(Comm) E-9 w/ Sat. ...

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 ...

Fire on the 8th floor at Box 4455     The Responder © The Responder – [Sharing is Fine] — Date Recorded: October 25th, 2020 Area: Flushing Queens, NYC Location: 43-32 Kissena Boulevard 1st due: Engine 273 – Ladder 129 ...