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  1. High -Rise Firefighting Perils: Veterans’ Perspectives

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    Wed, 1 Oct 2008

    fought major high - rise fires . I’ve interviewed ..... significant, intense high - rise fires . Following ..... about as many high - rise fires as Deputy Chief ..... Dunn says that high - rise firefighting is all about ..... difference between a high - rise fire and other types

  2. Drill of the Week: High -Rise Firefighting and Standpipe Training

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    Mon, 16 May 2005

    firefighters respond are high - rise fires . Depending on our physical ..... Not every department has a high rise in its first due, but many ..... other jurisdictions to a high - rise fire . The next serious high - rise fire to which you respond could

  1. FDNY Purchases New High -Rise Firefighting Technology

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    Mon, 12 Sep 2011

    their award winning high - rise firefighting technology , the HEROPipe ..... to any floor of a high - rise structure from the ..... game-changer for high - rise fires ,” says Don Sjolin ..... overcome a gap in high - rise firefighting tactics. "Having

  2. DANGERS OF HIGH -RISE FIREFIGHTING

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    Mon, 1 Jan 1996

    window in a high - rise fire to vent heat ..... setback around the high - rise that will prevent ..... all at most high - rise fires because it is ..... you fight a high - rise fire like a cellar ..... dangerous part of high - rise firefighting . Elevators

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

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    Tue, 11 Oct 2011

    strategies used in high - rise firefighting . More than ..... practices for high - rise firefighting applications ..... Bureau. High - rise firefighting strategies ..... 12,000 high - rise buildings ..... battled 400 high - rise fires in the last ..... CAFS) in high - rise fire suppression

  4. SIZE-UP CONSIDERATIONS FOR HIGH -RISE FIRES

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    Fri, 1 Apr 2005

    often than into the high - rise structures. Because ..... size-up for the high - rise fire might fall back to ..... differences between high - rise firefighting and the “typical ..... accomplish than at a high - rise fire . We can see more

  5. High -rise fire training: Operation "H.O.T.T."

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    Wed, 1 Aug 2001

    to an open-floor high - rise building fire and ..... indicative of all high - rise fires . Occupant control ..... SOPs are adequate for high - rise firefighting . This was proven ..... late 1970s with the high - rise building boom in Columbus

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

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    Fri, 1 Dec 1995

    rise building. A high - rise hotel fire in Las ..... all the people in a high - rise building to leave ..... take several hours. High - rise firefighting strategy is supposed ..... building. So, at high - rise fires , we do not have another

  7. HIGH -RISE FIRE CURTAIN

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    Fri, 1 Jun 2001

    Firefighting in high - rise build-ings ..... aspects of high - rise fires . This dangerous ..... experience in high - rise firefighting , found the ..... idea for a high - rise fire curtain. Such ..... fighting deadly high - rise fires . A test conducted

  8. HIGH -RISE FIREFIGHTING STRATEGIES

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    Mon, 1 Jul 1996

    HIGH - RISE FIREFIGHTING STRATEGIES BY VINCENT ..... strategies used at a high - rise fire : a direct frontal attack ..... attack strategy at a high rise fire . Firefighters drag ..... often used strategy at a high - rise fire , often is successful