Main Street Memo: Flanking
This training bulletin on building construction for firefighters emphasizes the need for proper apparatus placement at Main Street commercial fires.
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Main Street Memo: Buildings Dictate Tactics and Tools
This training bulletin examines some of the implications of building construction for your crews' tool and equipment selection.
Main Street Memo: Inverted Roof
This firefighter training bulletin focuses on inverted roofs and some of the challenges they pose for firefighting operations.
Main Street Memo: RIT on Main Street
The sheer size of your Main Street buildings will change how you approach rapid intervention at these fires.
More training bulletins
Remembering Historic Fires: The Rhythm Club Fire
Ron Kanterman shares a training bulletin about an historic tragedy that claimed the lives of more than 200 people in Natchez, Mississippi.
Main Street Memo: Victorian and Queen Anne Homes
These stately homes can present an array of firefighting challenges. Joe Pronesti, Chris Tobin, and Lex Shady have a closer look.
Main Street Memo: Combustible Cornices
This month's firefighter training bulletin on building construction examines cornices and their potential impact on firefighting operations.
Main Street Memo: Commercial Cellars
Leaving someone at the top of the cellar stairs is a great legacy tactic that must remain on today’s modern fireground.
Firefighter Training: Lightning Strikes and Fires
When lightning strikes a structure, fire officers should expect more than one fire. A training bulletin from Bill Gustin.
Firefighter Near Miss: Wire Down
Bill Gustin shares a near miss Miami-Dade (FL) firefighters experienced when responding to a report of an arcing downed power line.
Main Street Memo: Parapet Lintel
Joe Pronesti, Chris Tobin, and Alexis Shady examine considerations involving the parapet lintel.
Main Street Memo: Fingers of Smoke
Joe Pronesti, Chris Tobin, and Alexis Shady take a look at what smoke behavior can suggest about fire conditions in your "Main Street" buildings.
