Podcast: The Senior Man
In this episode, host Jeff Rothmeier talks ventilation and firefighting with Jeff Shupe and Bob Pressler.
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Bob Pressler
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CHURCH FIRES
As responding firefighters, one of the most difficult fires you may respond to is a fire in an older church or other house of worship
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DRILLS
Keeping your department well trained and abreast of new evolutions is a very difficult task. In career departments, drill schedules can be based around work…
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THE HEADFIRST LADDER SLIDE: THREE METHODS
Since the first days of the American fire service, the fire service has either embraced change or fought it with intensity. Programs, ideas, and innovations…
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TIPS AND TOOLS FOR TOP-FLOOR FIRES
As the truck company ap-proaches the fireground, the firefighters prepare to go to work. Not sure of the exact type of building to which they…
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What Smoke Conditions Tell You
You are responding as the first-due company to an unknown type of fire. The fire is in a neighborhood of medium-size, one-family dwellings. The driver…
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BASEMENT FIRES
As the incoming chief officer, what strategies would you employ to try to stop this fire, and what building features will hinder your operation?
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TWO-MINUTE DRILLS
Photo 1. Heavy smoke pushes from the attic of this 212-story wood-frame private house. The fire, which started on a lower floor, has spread upward…
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Exposure Identification
Proper communications on the fireground are vital to the incident commander. Information concerning exposures, fire location in the building, direction of fire spread, the need…
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WINTER FIREFIGHTING OPERATIONS
Proper investigation at a seemingly routine response and the subsequent actions taken averted a tragedy at a supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey, on January…
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