Protecting exposures is one of the first actions that should be taken by the first-arriving company when there are no rescue or life-safety concerns.
- Interior Exposure Protection: a Neglected Tactic
- Exposure Protection for Well-Involved Structures
- Bill Gustin: Protecting Exposures
Preventing the spread of fire to exposures is a key part of your mission as a firefighter. Using master streams, handlines, or combinations of both will be some of the tactics that you will use to deal with exposure protection. Consult your SOGs when answering these discussion questions.
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Forest Reeder began his fire service career in 1978 and retired as fire chief of the Tinley Park (IL) Fire Department in 2021. He has worked extensively in the areas of instruction, firefighter safety, and officer development and earned his Master of Science Degree in Public Safety Administration in 2004. He is the author of Fire Department Incident Safety Officer 4th edition (2025) and co-author of Fire Service Instructor Principles and Practices, now in its 3rd edition. Forest presents nationally on fire service leadership, safety, and instructor development. He was inducted into the Moraine Valley Community College Alumni Hall of Fame in 2020 and awarded the Distinguished Alumnus award in 2021. In 2008, he received the ISFSI George D. Post Instructor of the Year, considered to be the highest recognition for fire service instructors in the nation.
