The “Houston Option” by Houston firefighters     Christopher McAllister – This video demonstrates the new “Houston Option”, 2 1/2″ highrise deployment method.

Training video on the stairway and hallway stretches     CFD Training – CFD Standpipe Stretch Examples – Stairwell Stretch and Apartment / Hallway Stretch

Achieving a higher flow rate with 2-inch hose     Poudre Fire Authority – This video is to show how our highrise hydraulics were determined and to use the guage on the standpipe

A Fire Engineering Training Minutes     Fire Engineering Training Minutes Revisited: Lieutenant John Ceriello of the FDNY demonstrates the high-rise nozzle, which allows firefighters to get water on a fire in a high-rise when an external stream is not ...

Highlights of high-rise training in Texas     El Paso Fire Department – EPFD Battalion 4 C-Shift High-Rise Training Here’s an awesome video of Battalion 4-C Shift’s High Rise Training yesterday. Shot and edited by EPFD LT A. Garcia.

Training with the Bend Fire Department     Bend Fire Department Training Division – Hoze/Nozzle – Standpipe Operations

The last radio transmission from the victims was a Mayday call.

Understanding progressive collapse     Shih-Ho Chao, University of Texas Arlington (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) When buildings collapse killing hundreds – or thousands – of people, ...

Inquiry looks into high-rise fire that killed 72 people     By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Residents of London’s Grenfell Tower were wrongly told to stay in their apartments as fire raged through the high-rise building nearly ...

Part II will examine equipment in a standpipe accessory bag, choosing the size of hose line for standpipe operations and deployment of hose bundle folds.