Jobs on the fire scene can vary in intensity. Primary jobs for most incidents include fire attack, search, ventilation, salvage, rapid intervention to protect the interior crews, overall command, and ...

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.

"The Study of Coordinated Fire Attack Utilizing Acquired Structures,” a multi-year project that is funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, ...

This flowchart shows how engine and truck duties “crosswalk” to the updated operational acronym SLICERS, which drives us to consider the importance of an awareness of flow path and cooling during fire ...