I recently read an article that talked about, among other issues, the “required fire flow” for various fireground situations. As I have stated here many times, nothing, absolutely nothing, is as ...

Let's set the scene. Despite an industrial safety team's most adept practices to manage a propane storage tank, a leak suddenly erupts from a pipe. In a perfect storm of events, a spark follows. There ...

Fireground size-up factors can have varying degrees of impact on a fire. Life safety is always the most important, but achieving all of our incident priorities is highly dependent on many factors: • ...

Most fire departments have the ability to deploy 2½-inch handlines, and many have the big line as a preconnect to make a quick, large-flow attack on a significant fire to achieve a quick knockdown.

WINGO, WHO HAS MORE ON THE FLOODING RISK IN THE AREA NOW FACES. WE’RE WITHIN THE BURN ZONE OF THE PARK FIRE A MONTH AFTER THAT FIRE STARTED, AND 640 SOME ODD STRUCTURES BURNED BY THE PARK FIRE. SO THE ...

When fire breaks out on an industrial work site or in a manufacturing facility, the impact—on people, property, and profitability—can be significant. It's estimated that in the United States between ...

Valparaiso, IN–TFT’s new SHO-FLOW app is the fire service’s first dual-featured application that operates as either a fully functional standalone water flow calculator or in conjunction with TFT’s SHO ...

ROCKFORD (WREX) — Fire hydrants will be tested for fire flow starting next week. The annual fire flow testing program will begin Monday, October 31st. The testing will run from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m every ...

A fire protection company in northern Colorado introduced a new type of smart fire sprinkler system to homes with many benefits like using less water, eliminating freezing sprinkler heads and ...

We're taught from an early age not to play with fire. So what in the world pushes the members of the Fox Valley Fire and Flow Collective — the local group who've made a name for themselves spinning ...