Stan Wilson’s Last Call
The tragic recalling of a Dallas firefighter’s death at an escalating condominium fire and lessons learned. STUART GRANT
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Building Construction – Luxury Apartments: Is Your Department Ready?
Today's apartments have evolved into small communities all their own. Stuart Grant
Do We Really Do RIT Justice?
The best thing that we can do in memory of our fallen brothers and sisters is teach others from their incidents. Stuart Grant and Bret…
Holders, Keepers, Standpipe Alternatives
Several techniques presented below may help you get the job done more efficiently.
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Commercial Building Fires: When To Go Defensive
No decision made at a working structure fire is more basic or advanced than “offensive” or “defensive.” No other decisions can or need be made…
Are We Our Own Worst Enemies?
Have you ever felt that we firefighters are our own worst enemies? Have you ever heard the members talking about “how” and “why” we don’t…
Strategy and Tactics at Commercial Fires
The crucial decision whether to use an offensive or defensive strategy determines whether firefighters will be put in a position of immediate danger or one…
Miracle on the Freeway: Story of Survival
On Friday, April 11, 2008, at approximately 2:30 p.m., a driver was traveling south on State Highway 183 near Interstate 35E in Texas with a…
Prying and Opening Tips
Firefighters are ingenious people and are always trying to improve the way they do business.
Tips for Safety and Firefighter Rescue
It never ceases to amaze us how adept firefighters are at finding ways to improve or modify existing ideas, practices, or tools.
Give Them What They Are Paying For
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED that there aren’t any volunteer police departments, volunteer garbage men, or volunteer road or water department employees? Now, before you quit…
NEAR MISS HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM
A four-alarm fire in the northwest part of Dallas, Texas, in September, 2005, was a near-miss for Dallas Fire-Rescue.
