25 Years After the Seton Hall Fire
What's the state of campus fire safety 25 years after the deadly Seton Hall University fire? Jack J. Murphy provides an assessment.
7 min read
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Firefighting Challenges in Warehouses: The Battle Against the Bots
George Healy and Sean Gray address the unique firefighting challenges that accompany automatic storage and retrieval systems in warehouses.
9 min read
Fire Alarm Activations: Thoughts on Fixing Systems That Cry Wolf
How many more false alarms can the volunteer fire service endure? Jerry Knapp examines this problem and offers some ideas to reduce false alarms.
12 min read
After a Freeze-Up: Important Next Steps
It is incumbent on the fire service to be proactive and take necessary steps to protect property when a building’s fire protection system is compromised.
9 min read
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Preventing Fire Protection Pipes from Freezing
Jerry Naylis offers tips and recommendations for steps fire departments can take to prevent freeze-ups in pipes.
10 min read
Lessons Learned from a Large-Loss Fire Involving an ESFR Sprinkler System
On June 6, 2020, in Redlands, California, an early-morning fire destroyed a 600,000-square-foot warehouse, resulting in a loss of more than $200 million.
25 min read
The World Trade Center Construction and Collapse, Part 3
Part three in this series looks at the WTC floor systems and hat truss and their impacts during the 9/11 attack and collapse.
6 min read
The Construction Site as the Fireground
Construction sites present firefighters with all the obstacles of any structural fireground with an array of additional firefighting challenges.
16 min read
Vision 20/20 Strategy-5 Codes and Standards
Jack J. Murphy outlines some of the goals of the Strategy-5 Codes and Standards task force when it comes to fire department code participation.
4 min read
Fire Engineering Author Paul Shapiro Passes Away
Fire Engineeringand Fire Engineering Books were sad to learn of the passing of longtime magazine and book author Paul Shapiro.
4 min read
Avoiding Warehouse Disasters: The San Antonio Approach (32 Years Later)
How do firefighters attack a significant fire in a warehouse protected with a sprinkler system? Glenn Corbett considers the operational challenges.
9 min read
Sprinklers and Flow
Bill Gustin on how firefighters can augment sprinklers in buildings by supplying fire department connections.
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