Friday, November 20, 2009
Tactics
USFA Releases University-Housing Fires Topical Report
University-housing fires peak in September and October and are most frequent between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m., when students prepare snacks or cook meals. ...
NIST Takes Snapshot of Station Fire
By Mary Rose Roberts
The National Institute of Standards and Technology sent two staffers to Los Angeles County to conduct a post-fire evaluation of the Station Fire....
Forest Service to Investigate Station Fire Tactics
By Mary Rose Roberts
The U.S. Forest Service will conduct an interagency review of suppression efforts used during the massive Station Fire in the Angeles National Forest in Southern California...
In Working Fires, Bigger Often is Better
By Robert R. Rielage
While a pre-connected 2½-inch line may take a bit longer to deploy, it puts a higher volume of water on the fire to overcome the BTUs of a modern apartment or single-family dwelling....
Indirect Supervision
By David C. Comstock Jr.
Acts or omissions by a fire officer at an incident that ultimately cause injuries may violate firefighter civil rights....
In the Middle of Nowhere
By Craig Encinas
Creative thinking and partnerships are the key to solving rural water-supply challenges....
By Land & By Sea
By Lewis Tycer
A Pacific Northwest maritime protection program sets the standard for multiagency response....
New Kind of Courage
By Chief Jeff Barlow, EFO, Burlington (Ky.) Fire Protection District
Last April, my pager sounded at 6 a.m. for a structure fire. Department members knew the 1 1/2-story abandoned house was marked as a no-entry structure....
Two Emergency Managers Top Obama's List for FEMA Leader
Florida's emergency manager Craig Fugate and former Iowa emergency manager Ellen Gordon are the top two choices of President Obama's administration for director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency....
Wildland Fire Report Open for Comment
The International Association of Fire Chiefs seeks comments on the draft 2009 Quadrennial Fire Review Report, which summarizes a national, strategic evaluative process to develop an internal assessment of current wildland fire programs and capabilities for comparison to future needs for fire management....
Does the Name Sam Spear Ring a Bell?
[ Ronny J. Coleman ]
Sam didn’t stop with getting the two-platoon system. He didn’t stop with getting the guys a raise. Sam continued to fight for the basic rights of those he served with....
Into Africa
By Ronny J. Coleman
The Ghana National Fire Service tries to adapt to the country’s major growing pains with limited resources. ...
Making Sense of It
Industry experts weigh in on the Charleston Post-Incident Assessment and Review Team’s Phase II Report....
Play an Active Role in Mapping Evolution
[ Ronny J. Coleman ]
The state of the art in today’s mapping is vastly superior to turn-of-the-century technology. Yet it is troubling that so few departments have access to it....
Charleston's Lessons
By Janet Wilmoth
J. Gordon Routley says there are important lessons every fire department can take from the Charleston tragedy. ...
Ready, Aim, Fire
By Rick Markley
A German inventor turns surplus military equipment into a novel way to battle wildfires....
Bellwe(a)ther
By Rick Markley
Forest Service meteorologist John Snook says monitoring and prediction were critical in wildland firefighting in Southern California....
NIST Firebrand Ignition Research Sends Sparks Flying
By Douglas Page
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has gathered its resources to attempt to learn how to mitigate airborne fire threats....
History Revealing
By Gary P. Morris
Conditions leading up to the Charleston Sofa Store fire had similarities to a fatal fire in Phoenix. What was learned after that fire also may apply....
Maximum Reach
By Chris Cavette
Fire departments may find that a combination of distances and obstacles requires a much longer aerial than they expected....
Put to Task
By Janet Wilmoth
Charleston Fire Chief Rusty Thomas talks about moving forward after tragedy with the recommendations of a fire assessment task force....
Colorado Springs Receives Valor Award
Lt. Brian Moffitt, Driver/Engineer Christopher Richardson, Firefighter Nicholas Chapel and Firefighter Ryan Douglas of Colorado Springs (Colo.) Fire Department's...
Situational Awareness Low in Attic Fires
By John Tippett
The National Firefighter Near-Miss Reporting System has received 65 near-miss reports relating to attic fires. Nearly half the submissions report a collapse...
Fire Research Foundation Receives FEMA Grant
The Fire Protection Research Foundation's $990,000 grant will support research in fire safety code compliance, firefighting tactics under wind-driven conditions and thermal capacity of firefighter protective clothing....
NIST Launches Charleston Fire Investigation
The NIST team of fire experts i in Charleston responding to an invitation by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to participate in the interviews of the Charleston Fire Department personnel who witnessed the fire. Th team will use the interview data to establish a timeline for reconstructing the fire in a computer simulation, both for NIOSH’s use and for further NIST research....
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