Main Street Memo: Buildings Dictate Tactics and Tools

By Joe PronestiChris Tobin, and Alexis Shady

Main Street Memo buildings and tools

This firefighter training bulletin examines some of the implications of building construction for your crews’ tool and equipment selection.

Download this training bulletin as a PDF (60 MB). 

JOSEPH PRONESTI is the chief of the Elyria (OH) Fire Department. He is a graduate of the Ohio Fire Chiefs’ Executive Officer program and a lead instructor at the Cuyahoga (OH) County Community College Fire Academy. He is a frequent contributor to fire service publications and sites, including Fire Engineering and FirefigherNation.com.

CHRISTOPHER TOBIN is a firefighter assigned to St. Louis (MO) Fire Department Rescue 2.

ALEXIS SHADY is a firefighter/paramedic with the University City (MO) Fire Department.

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