A blaze on the 29 th floor of a Chicago high-rise late Monday night injured 37 people. To squelch the fire, firefighters set up their hoses on 26 th-floor rooftops and sprayed upward. How high can a ...

An engine company coming up short on an attack line stretch during the critical early moments of a working high-rise fire is a tremendous tactical error for fire ...

The process of specifying and purchasing fire hose may seem simple, but it can get quite confusing and complicated when you start looking further into it. Over the past five years, I have been tasked ...

Vacant mid-rise and high-rise buildings must be examined by firefighters regularly for changes that occurred. Open or removed fire doors, damaged or missing walls, holes in the floors, removed or ...