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Saturday, March 21, 2015

Fire Engineering

Fire Engineering Blog Network

 
Brian Bastinelli      

1/250th of a Second

The average photograph is made in about 1/250th of a second. Brian Bastinelli on the dangers of trying to divine the entirety of a situation from a single moment captured in time. Read More >>
Jeremy Rebok      

Knowing Your Limitations

Jeremy Rebok on how training and guidelines will hone your skills.
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David Rhodes      

Prevent RIT

David Rhodes brings you the Hump Day SOS.
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Jason Hoevelmann      

Four Simple Rules for the Company Officer

Jason Hoevelmann offers a list.
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Brian Brush      

Attack Over Supply

Don't be fooled by the heavy "work" terminology, says Brian Brush. It's more about technique than power.
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Dan Shaw      

Look!

Dan Shaw applies an old CPR sequence to our search tactics, starting with the why and what we are looking for.
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Traits of a Good Fire Instructor

Chad Menard shares his list of desirable attributes.

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Fire News on TV

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KOLR
Mar. 20, 2015. 08:26 AM EST
BRANSON, Mo.-- A fire forced people to evacuate the Yakov Smirnoff Theatre on Thursday night.

FIRE ENGINEERING FEATURES

 

Training Guides

Applying Fire Research to Structural Firefighting

This training guide contains some of the most important firefighting research and analysis done in the past 50 years. Steve Kerber provides an insightful overview of the most significant research undertaken by Underwriters Laboratories, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and several other agencies. Also included is application of this research to the complex and dangerous work of structural firefighting. This research can make firefighting more efficient and effective and how tactics can affect fire behavior and survivability. This guide will enhance firefighters’ abilities and decision-making capabilities by providing a greater array of options for conducting life-saving operations and property saving operations.

What Would You Do?

What Would You Do? Four-Story Apartment Building

Check out a new training scenario from Skip Coleman on fire response to a four-story apartment building.

FDIC INTERNATIONAL

FDIC International is April 20-25, 2015.
Submit to teach at FDIC International HERE.

FIREFIGHTER ARTICLES

Boston Firefighters' Legacy Continues Year After Fire

The Boston Globe reports  Kristen Walsh still wears her husband's sweat shirts and his New England Patriots hat. She sleeps with his wedding band beside her bed. And, a year after Boston Fire Lieutenant Edward J. Walsh Jr.'s death, she still talks to him. She says, "Thank you," when she feels him watching out for her or their three young children, and she tells him, "I love you."

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Corbett's Trivia: Fire Dynamics Simulation

What fire involving firefighter fatalities was the first to be computer modeled using the fire dynamics simulator of NIST?

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