Archive for February2015

Taking it to the Streets Live Podcast: A Conversation on Basement Fires Media Files
February 25, 2015 | "firefighter safety", Building Anatomy, building construction, BUILDINGSONFIRE, Collapse, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, Taking it to the Streets | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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  Taking it to the Streets- A Conversation on Basement Fires Live Podcast on timely issues directly related to the conduct of operations at Basement Fires. Taking it to the Streets presents a live interactive podcast on FireFighternetcast.com on Wednesday evening February 25th at 8pm ET with a focused Conversation and Discussion on Basement Fires. […]

Taking it to the Streets- A Conversation on Basement Fires
February 22, 2015 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, Christopher Naum, floors, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, Taking it to the Streets, Taking it to the Streets | Christopher Naum | No Comments

Taking it to the Streets- A Conversation on Basement Fires Live Podcast on timely issues directly related to the conduct of operations at Basement Fires. Recent incident events in Georgia, Pennsylvania and New York over the immediate past week and over the previous two months draws attention to the operational demands, risks and parameters found […]

Don’t Ignore your Buildings-Just because it’s Cold outside
February 22, 2015 | building construction, BUILDINGSONFIRE, Christopher Naum, Reading the Building | Christopher Naum | No Comments

Buildingsonfire-Don’t Ignore Your Buildings   Getting out onto your streets is not a once a year gig or only confined to good weather: you need to stay abreast of your buildings all year long. Your shouldn’t ignore your buildings… Seasonal changes influence the building and their predictability of performance. …Don’t make excuses, make plans to get […]

Operational Considerations for Residential Basement Fires
February 12, 2015 | buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, fire behavior, fire suppression, firefighting-operations, floors, in-the-line-of-duty, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, NIOSH, Occupancy Risk | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Operational Considerations for Residential Basement Fires Basement fires in both residential and commercial occupancies are one of the most challenging tactical operations that present numerous risk factors requiring the highest degree of situational awareness, training skill sets and continuous incident monitoring and assessment to gauge building structural integrity, fire behavior and fire dynamics and corresponding […]