Vertical ventilation is a critical benchmark of many departments’ fireground operations for residential and commercial occupancies. However, when the roof pitch goes from flat or shallow to steep, ...
A descriptive video presentation from the Bend, OR Fire Department Training Division on roof ventilation. (Bend Fire Department Training Division) Bend Fire Department Training Division – Vertical ...
An overnight fire at a two-story apartment building in Arlington displaced 15 residents, including three children, early ...
After sizing up the smoke conditions and other details, Houston firefighters begin to open the roof for ventilation. (Chris Kelly, YouTube) Ladder 51 was first in truck to a single family dwelling ...
Very few who are in the fire service will dispute the importance of controlled and coordinated ventilation. (In this author’s opinion, it is second only to proper hoseline placement.) Whatever your ...