Posts Tagged: high-rise firefighting

High-rise firefighting: an analysis of procedures for operational effectiveness

Author: Edwards, James D.
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: high-rise firefighting, tactics and tasks, Initiative 3, operational safety, incident command

The importance of knowing your buildings – an examination of the FDNY standard operating procedure for high-rise office buildings as part of its risk management plan

Author: Tobin, Richard S.
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, high-rise firefighting, building construction, commercial high-rise fires

A Comparison of Two Fires: The Westview Towers North Bergen, New Jersey, and the Council Towers Apartments, St. Louis, Missouri

Author: John Lee Cook, Jr.
Date Published: Septmber 2001
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, high-rise firefighting, fire protection, lessons-learned fire report, residential high-rise fire, medical oxygen cylinders

St. George Hotel Complex 16 Alarm Fire, Brooklyn, New York

Author: Scott M. Howell
Date Published: 1995
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: residential high-rise fire, incident command, Initiative 9, high-rise firefighting, lessons-learned fire report, large-scale incidents

Five-Fatality Highrise Office Building Fire, Atlanta, Georgia

Author: Charles Jennings
Date Published: June 1989
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: lessons-learned fire report, commercial high-rise, Initiative 9, high-rise firefighting

First Interstate Bank Fire

Author: J. Gordon Routley
Date Published: 1998
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, high-rise firefighting, lessons-learned field report

Schomburg Plaza Fire, New York City (Harlem)

Author: Philip Schaenman
Date Published: 1987
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, high-rise firefighting, lessons-learned field report, residential high-rise

Aerosol Fire Suppression for High Rise Structural Applications Via Aircraft Distribution Using Metalstorm Technologies

Author: John Brooks, Julia Berezovsky, Mike O' Dwyer
Date Published: June 2002
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: high-rise firefighting, Initiative 15, aerosol extinguishing agent

High-rise response assessment

Author: Kinnes-GM
Date Published: April 1997
Publisher: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Keywords: Initiative 3, high-rise firefighting, health hazard evaluation, response assessment

Positive Pressure Ventilation for High-Rise Building

Author: G.D. Lougheed, P.J. McBride and D.W. Carpenter
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: National Research Council Canada
Keywords: high-rise fires, tactical technology, positive pressure ventilation, Initiative 3, Initiative 8, high-rise firefighting, Initiative 15, smoke movement