Structural Firefighting

We make it absolutely clear to officers and students at the fire department, in command school, at the FDIC and FDIC West, and so on that you are absolutely and fully responsible for getting your firefighters home safely. To do that, the incident commander has to be experienced in structural firefighting.

This year's theme for the school is "Tribute to Hero's" with many special guests from the Fire Department of New York (FDNY)

Day two of FDIC's H.O.T. evolutions exemplified the scope of the Conference's resources, not only through the various training session locations, but through the comments of participants.

My brain probably resembles a hard drive that is heavily loaded and has not been defragged. A number of people have said they'd like to pick my brain about the World Trade Center (WTC) and high-rise buildings in general. Here are the pickings.

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December 17, 2001 December 17, 2001 WTC "INVESTIGATION"?: A CALL TO ACTION Never again! In the wake of the World Trade Center, we are left with many thoughts-thoughts of friends lost, thoughts of devastated families, thoughts of...

Every year fire departments around the United States fight dwelling fires caused by the misuse or misplacement of space heaters.

Click HERE to view the FireEngineering.com list of Live Incident Reports--Last Update: 4/6/05 at 1123 hours.

As U.S. and coalition forces continue to achieve success in neutralizing al-Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan, on the home front the U.S. Fire Service breathes a momentary sign of relief in that there were no new terrorist attacks in the U.S. during the holiday season, although public safety vigilance remains a constant

再也不会!随着世界贸易中心, we are left with many thoughts-thoughts of friends lost, thoughts of devastated families, thoughts of the tremendous impact on so many lives for so many years to come