The document below was produced at the end of the Kill the Flashover 2014 Project that was held at the South Carolina Fire Academy in Columbia (SC), February 10-14, 2014. This document contains salient points developed in a group setting by fire service experts from around the … [Read more...]
ModernFireBehavior.com is proud to announce that Director Stephen Kerber, UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute, the recipient of the 2014 Fire Engineering/ISFSI George D. Post Instructor of the Year Award and will be presented at the FDIC 2014 General Session. Stephen Kerber … [Read more...]
Post courtesy of the Average Jake Firefighter Blog - http://averagejakeff.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/the-fire-service-real-world/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews Editors Note: This is a post from my brother Danny who serves as an Urban firefighter in the Capital City … [Read more...]
Original post found at: http://community.fireengineering.com/m/blogpost?id=1219672%3ABlogPost%3A592428 I know many who are reading this had to do a double take. Yes that word is spelled correctly: Fingerspitzengefühl. The German word Fingerspitzengefühl translates directly … [Read more...]
ORIGINAL POST FOUND AT: http://community.fireengineering.com/profiles/blog/show?xg_source=activity&id=1219672%3ABlogPost%3A592404&cmpid=EnlFireEngWeeklyFebruary192014 I was watching the wind driven fire research and recognized a bit of irony. During the wind driven fire … [Read more...]
Original post found at: http://countyfiretactics.com/2014/02/17/interior-attack-dicers/ D I C E R S – V O D – Detect - Detect the location of the fire I – Isolate – Isolation of the fire area C – Confine – Confinement of the fire. E – Extinguish – Extinguishment of the … [Read more...]
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fireengineeringtalkradio/2014/02/18/episode-719-keeping-fire-in-your-life#.UwJKtuBom2s.twitter Lieutenant Ray McCormack FDNY and Erich Roden from the City of Milwaukee fire department discuss Urban Firefighting tactics along with the new acronyms … [Read more...]