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 ...

Raw video from Rideau Street fire     High-Rise Ops OTTAWA, Canada – Ottawa Fire told CTV News that no one was injured during a balcony fire at 234 Rideau Street on Saturday night. CTV News reported that several people ...

360 Oahu condos without fire sprinklers     Honolulu Fire Department – In 2017, Phil Reller lost his brother and mother in the Marco Polo Condominium fire. Today, he’s asking condo owners in 360 buildings to install fire sprinklers in ...

72 dead in worst blaze since World War II     LONDON (AP) — Britain is marking the third anniversary of the Grenfell Tower apartment block fire with a virtual church service to remember the 72 people who died in ...

Misuse of a power strip caused Gaithersburg fire     Kenny Gamble, WUSA9, with permission GAITHERSBURG, Md. (WUSA9) – Three people are displaced after an early morning apartment fire in Gaithersburg. Firefighters were called to the 9700 block of Fields ...

Increased training due to increased construction     High-Rise Operations GREENVILLE, North Carolina – WITN reports that firefighters from Greenville Fire spent time on the campus of East Carolina University on Friday conducting ladder truck drills. The training focused on ...

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 ...

Woman rescued from the fire floor     High-Rise Operations ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  –  KRQE reports that Albuquerque Fire Rescue firefighters rescued a woman during a fire at a senior high-rise. Firefighters responded to the Encino Terrace Apartments around 12:21 a.m. ...

People trapped in eight-story apartment building   (DC Fire and EMS, Twitter) Jonathan Franklin, WUSA9, with permissionWASHINGTON (WUSA9) – Several people were trapped in an 8-story apartment tower that caught fire Sunday afternoon in Southwest D.C., Fire and EMS officials said.According ...