Hoseline adjustments based on door swing     Fire Engineering – Training Minutes: Dave McGrail discusses the importance of sizing up the apartment door and making adjustments to your hose stretch based on the swing of the door. These videos ...

Minimize kinks and ease advancement     Fire Engineering – Training Minutes Revisited: Ray McCormack discusses a way of stretching a hoseline up a stairwell to minimize kinking and all for easy advancement of the line. These videos are for ...

Recon, drop points, and more     Fire Engineering – Training Minutes: Denver (CO) Assistant Chief Dave McGrail discusses high-rise apartment firefighting, including establishing a fire attack stairwell; the role of the truck company in recon; hoseline drop points; door ...

Training with the Palo Alto Fire Department     Palo Alto Fire Department Training – High-rise standpipe limitations.

The purpose of this bulletin is to clarify some terminology and procedures   By Bill Gustin, Fire Engineering A high-rise assignment is dispatched for “smell of smoke” at 0400 hours at an old, non-sprinklered condominium building. Like many of these ...

Live discussion with Bill Gustin and guests     Fire Engineering – Join Mike Dugan, Bill Gustin, and the group as they discuss high rise firefighting and public education for high rise occupants with their special guest Lieutenant Jim Davis ...

High-Rise Fire Pumping Operations     Miami Dade Fire Rescue – As the skyline of Miami-Dade County continues to be filled with high rise buildings, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR) has devised a procedure to boost pressure in a building’s standpipe ...

Training using three 75-foot bundles     Miami Dade Fire Rescue Miami Dade Fire Rescue – This 2″ High-Rise evolution demonstrates a quick and efficient method of hose deployment and advancement. With a coordinated effort, the fire attack team, which ...

From shelter-in-place to elevator operations     Fire Engineering – Join Bill, Mike, and a panel of fire officers as they discuss high rise fire operations. Special guests will be Chief Danny Sheridan, FDNY, who will discuss the practicality of ...

Speeding up actions after Grenfell Tower tragedy     By GREGORY KATZ Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Wednesday vowed to speed up efforts to make sure the dangerous cladding used in the Grenfell Tower is ...