A FDIC 2019 hands on and classroom training preview     In today’s fire service, fast water is at the forefront of tactics. The focus of this class is to stretch lines quickly and efficiently. Skill stations include the minuteman ...

Electrical box filled basement with smoke     PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – There were some tense moments as a building in downtown Pittsburgh was evacuated Tuesday morning. Firefighters, police and EMS responded to what was called in as a building fire ...

Residents said the cost of retrofitting buildings would run into the millions     PITTSBURGH (TribLive) – Pittsburgh’s fire sprinkler bill is on hold again after more than a dozen residents complained Tuesday to City Council that costs and the ...

Council seeks installation in residential high-rises   PITTSBURGH (WESA) – Pittsburgh City Council is expected to vote on legislation Tuesday that would require building owners to install sprinkler systems in all high rise buildings 75 feet or taller. Since the ...

Suspect interfered with firefighters   ERIE, Pennsylvania (GoErie.com) – An Erie man who was walked out of a downtown high-rise in handcuffs after a small fire broke out in his apartment on Sunday night has been charged by city police ...

Working fire on 16th floor of Hahnemann University Hospital     Aaron Mott – A working high rise box at Hahnemann University Hospital in Center City Philadelphia. Engine 20 was originally dispatched for an alarm system and requested the high ...

Alarms only on specific floors sounded     DENVER (FOX 31) -As a deadly fire burned in a high-rise Denver apartment building last weekend, alarms were mostly silent. The Denver Fire Department intentionally only sounded the alarms on specific floors. ...

Firefighter training grows with increased building construction Ryan Delaney – The West Lafayette Fire Dept. is facing new challenges with the construction of taller apartment buildings. See how their high rise training is readying them for saving lives on the ...

Deploying, packing, and more   Coppell Fire Department – Coppell Fire Department Training Video – How to re-pack the 2017 High Rise bundle Deployment of the 2017 High Rise bundle Review of the most recent additions to the high rise ...

First footage from inside tragic fire   The Telegraph – First footage from inside Grenfell Tower fire shown to inquiry