http://www.firerescuemagazine.com/articles/print/volume-12/issue-4/departments/hump-day-s-o-s/science-for-dummies-like-me-part-4.html We have talked about the effects of air on fire (Part 2, February 2017) and the use of water on fire (Part 3, March 2017), so this month I am … [Read more...]

ORIGINAL POST: http://www.firehouse.com/article/12305355/research-corner-gaining-access-to-ventilation-limited-fires Over the past decade, the fire service has placed an increasing emphasis on fire dynamics and how tactical choices affect fire development. Research has … [Read more...]

http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/2017/03/firefighting-room-and-contents.html?utm_content=buffer221f7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer (Photo by Tony Greco) By Mark Cotter The most common type of fires in structures that we … [Read more...]

"Don't spray water on smoke" has been uttered as a dismissive command from generations of instructors, officers, and senior firefighters attempting to stop what was viewed as a useless action, and to instead encourage progress to reach and extinguish the seat of a fire.  A result … [Read more...]

http://www.firerescuemagazine.com/articles/print/volume-12/issue-3/departments/hump-day-s-o-s/science-for-dummies-like-me-part-3.html In Parts 1 and 2 of Science for Dummies Like Me, the primary focus was ventilation and how the introduction of air from any opening increases … [Read more...]

http://www.firerescuemagazine.com/articles/print/volume-12/issue-2/departments/hump-day-s-o-s/science-for-dummies-like-me-part-2.html Science for Dummies Like Me, Part 1 Last month, we looked at the importance of understanding what’s burning and how that affects the … [Read more...]

Dramatic footage released by a Florida fire department shows the moment a backdraft injured two firefighters. The fire happened Monday morning in a West Palm Beach neighborhood. According to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, the fire started in the garage of the home. … [Read more...]

ORIGINAL POST: http://www.firehouse.com/article/12299897/from-research-to-real-life Even if you tried to ignore what has been going on in the fire service the last several years, you could not have avoided hearing about the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) … [Read more...]

http://www.firehouse.com/article/12288786/research-corner-the-complexity-of-ventilation-limited-fires#_ftnref2 Results of the UL Fire Safety Research Institute (FSRI) DHS 2008 grant, “Impact of Ventilation on Fire Behavior in Legacy and Contemporary Residential Construction,” … [Read more...]

UL Firefighter Safety - Research engineers with the UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute (FSRI) continue work on the DHS2013 Fire Attack Study by developing visual aids to be used in the future online training program which will be disseminated to the fire … [Read more...]

Experiments were conducted to investigate the capabilities and limitations of compressed air foam (CAF) relative to water when used for interior structural fire fighting. The key outcomes were to measure the gas cooling and fire suppression capabilities of CAF compared to water. … [Read more...]

The International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI) launched the Safe Operations for Law Enforcement on the Fire Ground training video and accompanying four-hour classroom led curriculum. The ISFSI LEO fire ground training curriculum consists of an online training … [Read more...]

Original Post: http://www.firerescuemagazine.com/articles/print/volume-12/issue-1/command-and-leadership/science-for-dummies-like-me-part-1.html Over the past decade, fire research has brought a whole new level of debate over our tactics, training, and understanding of fire … [Read more...]