Five died after jumping from the 12th floor     PRAGUE (AP) — At least 11 people have been killed and 10 others injured in an apartment building fire in the northeastern Czech Republic, officials said Saturday, with some suggesting ...

Four basic components for a high-rise handline operation     By Paul Shapiro | FireRescue Magazine Volume 11, Issue 7   Have you heard the saying that there is more than one way to skin a cat? This statement holds ...

Fire on 27th floor of Brussels World Trade Center Towers     High-Rise Ops BRUSSELS, Belgium – Insider Paper reports that firefighters were called to the Brussels World Trade Center Towers at around 3:45 p.m. local time on Thursday for ...

Heavy smoke and high CO levels     Skyler Fire Skyler Fire – Manhattan 10-77 Box 0659, heavy smoke and high CO levels in a high-rise. 315 7th Avenue off West 28th Street E1 E26 E3 E54 E14(HRN) E24(CFRD) E39 ...

Articles from Jerry Tracy, Jack Murphy, Dave McGrail and more   Click on the photo to open the supplement Fire Engineering Check out the July 2020 high-rise firefighting supplement, which features articles by Jerry Tracy and Jack Murphy, Dave McGrail, ...

Overcoming a break in the piping     Fire Engineering Training Minutes: Dave McGrail and Oakland (CA) Lt. Daryl Liggins discuss the effects of a broken supply line from the FDC into the building and methods to overcome this problem. ...

Witness to a near fatal fall leads to lifesaving product     Conway Shield and RopeSafe USA today announce a partnership to make RopeSafe’s critical rope safety system accessible to the military, first responders, and rope access professionals who trust ...

Extending in the IDLH     Fire Engineering Training Minutes: Dave McGrail and company discuss a safe and effective way to extend a hoseline in an IDLH atmosphere in the event of stretching short of the main body of fire. ...

Another option in door control     Fire Engineering Training Minutes: Sean Gray, Chad Christensen, and company offer a brief tutorial on the use of smoke curtains for controlling the flow path. These videos are for training demonstration purposes only. ...

Drone carries up to 150 liters of foam and six extinguisher bombs     High-Rise Ops CHINA – China’s EHang air mobility company looks at proving the versatility of its drone platform with the launch of a firefighting version of ...