Turnout gear provides protection against dermal exposure to contaminants during firefighting; however, the level of protection is unknown. We explored the dermal contribution to the systemic dose of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other aromatic hydrocarbons in … [Read more...]
Original Post found at: https://m.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152247025958261&id=45892463260 KTF - Fire growth in a compartment with the smoke filling the hallway (storage). Fire growth (this example) is limited to the Oxygen in the connected compartments, … [Read more...]
ORIGINAL POST: http://www.firefighterbasics.com/2014/06/17/what-the-spartanburg-burns-really-mean I will admit when the Spartanburg burns first started my first thought were they were trying to create and ” Outstanding ” Fire Service and I don’t mean Striving for Excellence. I … [Read more...]
Thursday, Jul 17 2014 8:30AM - 10:00AM Room: 324 Topic: Door Control John Shafer, Captain/ Training Officer, Greencastle, IN Fire The program addresses timely issues related to Door Control/Air Track management. One common thing that has come out of all of the recent … [Read more...]
By Chief Rich Marinucci - Post originally found at: http://www.fireapparatusmagazine.com/articles/2014/06/fire-science-pay-attention.html Many colleges offer fire science degrees. Having obtained one such degree, I sometimes wonder which of the specific courses regarding fire … [Read more...]
By Nick Ledin - original post found at: http://community.fireengineering.com/profiles/blog/show?id=1219672:BlogPost:597265 For the past handful of years, through ongoing fire dynamics research, we've been deconstructing the fireground. This Fireground Genome Project has … [Read more...]
Original Post found at: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152233120783261&id=45892463260 By Joe Starnes Our tactical fire conversations are often misleading and wasteful when the fire ground variables are not defined. What is on fire, where is the fire, … [Read more...]