One of the most stressful roles in the fire service is being an officer of the first-arriving fire company at a structure fire. Having to transmit an arrival report; assume command of the incident; ...

Each and every year, too many firefighters are killed or injured on the fireground. The average number killed is in the neighborhood of 100 a year. Factoring in the data that links over 50% of the ...

Appropriate management of an incident begins with the incident size-up. The information we obtain from dispatch, performing a 360, radio reports from crews already on scene, reading smoke, occupants ...

Editor’s Note: Bryan Winzer responded to a fire in a building with knee-walls, similar to the incident described in this article. A flashover trapped him on the top floor and he was severely burned.