Congratulations to Director Steve Kerber for his 2014 George D. Post Instructor of the Year Award. Steve's vision for a thinking firefighter and drive to provide firefighters around the world with knowledge truly exemplify what is means to be great leader and educator. … [Read more...]
www.ModernFireBehavior.com are proud to partner with www.ULFirefirefighterSafety.com to host UL's newest online course: “Scientific Research for the Development of More Effective Tactics” - an online course that serves as a culmination of the full-scale field experiments … [Read more...]
The ISFSI hosted a webinar today with Eddie Buchanan on SLICE-RS - here is a recording of that … [Read more...]
By analyzing the home video and accounts from firefighters who battled a deadly Beacon Street blaze on March 26, scientists are starting to identify a horrible convergence of events, according to our news partners at WCVB. Officials say firefighter Michael Kennedy and Lt. Ed … [Read more...]
Host Steve Kerber is the Director of the UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute. He has led fire service research and education in the areas of ventilation, structural collapse, and fire dynamics. A 13-year veteran of the fire service, with most of his service at the College … [Read more...]
As thousands of Brother and Sister Firefighters arrive in Boston to honor the lives and families of beloved BFD "Jakes" Lieutenant Edward J. Walsh Jr. and Firefighter Michael R. Kennedy, we hope and pray that those closest to this incident, and most importantly the families, can … [Read more...]
A day after the flames thwarted his efforts to save Lt. Edward J. Walsh and firefighter Michael R. Kennedy in the basement of a blazing Beacon Street brownstone, Capt. Neal Mullane of Ladder 18 in South Boston, his own scalp gashed and burned, found himself drawn to the Back Bay … [Read more...]