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Two methods of packing and deployment     Fire Engineering Nick Martin and company demonstrate two different methods for packing hose loads for deployment in high-rise and non-high-rise firefighting scenarios. Sponsored by Globe.  

Lawsuit against Whirlpool and cladding and insulation manufacturers     PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A U.S. judge in Philadelphia has dismissed a lawsuit filed over the 2017 fire at London’s Grenfell Tower that killed 72 people. U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson ...

Everything is interconnected, and firefighters cannot make decisions without the proper knowledge     By Clay Magee | Fire Engineering The late Andy Fredericks once said: “Standpipe systems are like a big black hole. You put water in one end ...

Quick knockdown at Box 0770     Skyler Fire 45 Tudor City PlaceB8 – Transmit 10-77. B8 – Fire 16th fl D3 – Using All Hands. 1 L/S/O. AVFKD. PWH. @2236. Duration: 30 minutes FC – Secondaries complete and negative. ...

Fire on the 16th floor     THEMAJESTIRIUM1 Here you will see the FDNY on the scene of a very quickly knocked down 10-77 high-rise fire in a multiple dwelling in Tudor City Place in the Midtown area of Manhattan ...

Using a pump test header     Miami Dade Fire Rescue This video examines how Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR) uses a fire pump test header manifold as a water source in a massive transit bus facility devoid of hydrants within ...

Training with Bill Gustin     Miami Dade Fire Rescue This video examines how to improvise a “Cleveland”/coil from hose configured in conventional horseshoe or accordion bundle folds. This procedure may be necessary when the length of a hallway is ...

Fire across the entire floor     Fire burns across the entire top floor of a residential high-rise in Krasnodar Russia.

In their own words     VSINYcom This is an award winning documentary from the FDNY perspective. It was shot in and around the site and firehouses shortly after the towers fell. This video was inspired by a retired New ...

Still heading up     9/11 Memorial & Museum – Carolyn Brown, sister of FDNY Capt. Patrick Brown of Ladder 3, shares the recording of her brother’s final dispatch call from the 35th floor of the North Tower.