Here’s the scene: You arrive late at night at a single-story strip mall with reinforced masonry walls, open web steel joist and no sprinkler system. There’s smoke and fire showing through the large ...

Science is further proving to us as firefighters that we must be strategic in coordinating our ventilation and extinguishing efforts when operating on the fireground. To get water onto the fire ...

Last time , we talked about the basic procedures or rules of forcible entry that will offer the most success in accomplishing our mission. These "rules" will also keep us out of trouble. Here we will ...

“If you cannot get in you can save anyone. What are your patrol capabilities of forcible entry?” These are the first two things I say and ask when I teach or lecture on this topic. The response in ...

A forcible door entry simulator for the Dickson Fire Department was approved recently for purchase by the city council. The training simulator, which is made by Firehouse Innovations and cost $7,650, ...