Original Post found at: http://community.fireengineering.com/m/blogpost?id=1219672%3ABlogPost%3A620734 I am not known to be big Civil war or military buff. However, after my non-war time enlistment in the U.S.-ARNG including boot camp in FT Knox and advanced training to become … [Read more...]

Dan Madrzykowski, Fire Protection Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology Since 1974, civilian deaths from fire in the United States have been reduced by more than 50 percent. Unfortunately, injuries and fatalities of firefighters are not being reduced at the … [Read more...]

East Haven Deputy Chief PJ Norwood is shown demonstrating "flow path" by door control. CFD members learned through classroom and hands on at Monday nights drill how to limit the amount of air to control fire spread by closing doors. Go to Chief Norwoods facebook page "Stop … [Read more...]

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Convective heat energy is our worst enemy when it comes to protecting our skin from heat energy transfer. Think of convective heat transfer (transfer of heat via air currents) much like wind chill. yes.. Wind chill.... or even a better example... cold water in a whitewater river. … [Read more...]

Thanks to funding from the Department of Homeland Security, Assistance to Firefighters Grant, the International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI) is honored to release the second phase of training videos for the Principles of Modern Fire Attack. The ISFSI has built a … [Read more...]

Original Post found at: http://community.fireengineering.com/m/blogpost?id=1219672%3ABlogPost%3A620677 Sometimes we need to seek out opinions from others in order to ensure the validity of our own, and that is not a natural or even comfortable process.  In fact, it seems someone … [Read more...]