Ohsonline.com

Standpipe Fire Hose Stations Save Lives, Protect Property

USING thermal imaging cameras in addition to water from standpipes, firefighters extinguished a fire in a power-generating turbine that was protected by a sprinkler. Constructed of steel framing with ...
The Boston Globe

What you need to know about how firefighters use standpipes

Boston firefighters ran into trouble when they responded to a minor fire under a Red Line train at the MBTA’s Charles/MGH station on Thursday and found that they could not use a standpipe at the ...
Northwestern Media

Colorado Springs to Host Groundbreaking High-Rise Firefighting Summit at the state’s First Air Standpipe-Equipped Hotel

Conference Brings National Experts to Address Critical Air Supply Challenges in Modern Firefighting; Municipal Leaders Urged to Understand Firefighter Air Needs To successfully accomplish an interior ...
The Boston Globe

MBTA was slow to repair or replace standpipe systems used to put out fires

Firefighters were caught by surprise in July, when faulty equipment at the Charles/MGH station made it impossible to pump water upstairs to douse a fire on a Red Line train on elevated tracks. But a ...