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 ...

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

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.

Standpipe system orientation.

Retired Seattle fire chief Gary Morris lectures on the Firefighter Air Replenishment System

A Firefighters Own Worst Enemy took time to create a video walking you through the “Firefighter Mode” setting on elevators.  It is vital in any high-rise event that firefighters have control of elevators and keep control until the end of ...

Most departments use 1 3/4" hose regularly, and break out 2 1/2" hose when really big flows are needed. In this article, Paul Shapiro calls for greater use of a third size of hose that most departments don't use--2".