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  1. HIGH-RISE FIREFIGHTING STRATEGIES

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    Mon, 1 Jul 1996

    HIGH-RISE FIREFIGHTING STRATEGIES BY VINCENT DUNN There are five attack strategies used ..... prevent fire spread from window to window. LESSONS LEARNED Firefighting strategy in high-rise building fires is different from that for

  2. Federal Firefighting Strategy Hones in on Firefighter Rescue

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    Tue, 13 Jul 2010

    In what may be a major shift in federal firefighting strategy , federal firefighters this wildfire season are focusing on rescuing severely injured colleagues and removing them from fire areas

  1. Firefighting Strategies and Tactics, 2E

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    Mon, 27 Feb 2012

    Firefighting Strategies and Tactics, 2E

  2. Firefighting Strategies for Steel-Frame Construction

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    Tue, 1 May 2007

    In the April 2006 issue of Fire Engineering, we discussed issues to be considered when confronting a fire in a one-story commercial building.

  3. PREFIRE PLANNING

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    Mon, 1 Jan 2007

    challenges. On numerous occasions, I have altered my firefighting strategy based on the information gathered through previous ..... response area to size up structures to determine potential firefighting strategies and tactics to cover all hazard concerns for the fire

  4. WHY CANT THE FIRE SERVICE EXTINGUISH FIRES IN HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS?

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    Fri, 1 Dec 1995

    highest ladder, two important firefighting strategies are taken away from firefighters ..... jump or burn to death. The second firefighting strategy a high-rise building takes away ..... take several hours. High-rise firefighting strategy is supposed to "defend in place

  5. Tactical Safety for Firefighters: Who Moved My Hoseline

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    Fri, 23 Mar 2012

    Ray McCormack considers initial hoseline placement on the fireground. Is your firefighting strategy based on egress protection or fire extinguishment?

  6. From The Jumpseat: The Efficiency of Aggression

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    Fri, 2 Mar 2007

    Today's aggressive firefighting tactics enable us to easily extinguish fires that would've taken hours or days to fight in the not-so-distant past. Mark Cotter reviews modern offensive firefighting strategies .

  7. Switching from an Offensive to a Defensive Strategy

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    Fri, 10 Jun 2011

    Frank Viscuso and Michael Terpak provide an operational guide that details the necessary steps an incident commander should take when changing from an offensive to a defensive firefighting strategy .

  8. Hale Conducts High-Rise Fire Fighting Training Seminars in China

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    Tue, 11 Oct 2011

    fire chiefs and presided over by Zhang Jianming, director general of the Chongqing Fire Bureau. High-rise firefighting strategies and pumps were the main focus, as there are more than 12,000 high-rise buildings in Chongqing. Firefighters