At the simplest point, the job of the fire department is primarily suppression. Yes, collectively, we provide a multitude of services, but suppression is the foundation of most departments’ mission.

Reick, a regional fire chief in Germany, looks the differences in how Europe studies flow paths and ventilation as well as LODDs compared to their US counterparts. Michael Reick, Voluntary firefighter ...

Brian Teears explains how fire dynamics has changed as a result of modern construction and, thus, why officers and firefighters must account for this in terms of how heat, air and water interact.

Tactical ventilation encompasses those ventilation techniques necessary to make initial firefighting operations safer, more effective and more efficient. Ask a group of firefighters to define the term ...

No live-fire training simulator can completely replicate the actual conditions firefighters encounter during structural firefighting; however, manufacturers of live-fire training simulators are ...

After days of introductions, training sessions and shared meals, the group is ready, and ideal weather conditions have arrived. Thirty or so fire practitioners have their assignments. Wearing special ...

Let's set the scene. Despite an industrial safety team's most adept practices to manage a propane storage tank, a leak suddenly erupts from a pipe. In a perfect storm of events, a spark follows. There ...