From the Fire Engineering Vault: Collapse Training

Los Angeles firefighters jump for their lives.

The May 1961 cover of Fire Engineering shows a dynamic fire scene as firefighters leap for their lives. Approaching a similar structure today, what are your size-up questions? How would the answers to these questions determine strategy and tactics? 

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