Archive for March2016

Lessons from the Fireground: Watts Street Fire-FDNY 1994
March 27, 2016 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, FDNY, fire behavior, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, line-of-duty, LODD, NIST, Others, Reports and Case Studies | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Lessons from the Fireground: Watts Street Fire-FDNY 1994 On the evening of March 28, 1994, FDNY responded to a report of heavy smoke and sparks from a chimney of a three-story apartment building located at 62 Watts Street, in the Borough of Manhattan.(NYC). Smoke and sparks were evident from the chimney upon arrival of first-due […]

A View from the Street: The C-Three
March 18, 2016 | A View from the Street, BUILDINGSONFIRE, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, COMMAND SAFETY, Occupancy Risk, Reading the Building | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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A View from the Street: The C-Three The importance of Charlie Division or Number Three Side can not be underscored when confronted with evolving conditions and parameter requiring identification, processing and comprehension and resultant actions. It goes along with the continued emphasis on the conduct of the three-sixty and its role in overall adaptive fire ground management and […]

Chesapeake (VA) Auto Parts Store Roof Collapse Double LODD 1996-2016
March 18, 2016 | "pre-fire planning", Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, BUILDINGSONFIRE, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Combat Fire Engagement, construction, Engineered Structural Systems, firefighting-operations, fires, first-due, History Repeating Event, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, line-of-duty, LODD, NIOSH, pre-planning, Reading the Building, Readings and Learnings, Reports and Case Studies, USFA | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Two firefighters were killed in Chesapeake, Virginia when they became trapped by a rapidly spreading fire.

Boston (MA) FD Box 9-1579 Beacon Street-2014 Fire Reports Issued
March 10, 2016 | building construction, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, LODD, NIOSH, Occupancy Risk, Others, Research & Development | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Lessons from the Fireground Boston (MA) FD March 26, 2014  Box 9-1579 298 Beacon Street Fire Reports Issued NIOSH LODD Report: http://www.cityofboston.gov/fire/pdfs/nioshbeacon.pdf BFD Board of Inquiry Report: http://www.cityofboston.gov/fire/pdfs/boi-fire-march16.pdf Executive Summary from the Boston Fire Department Board of Inquiry Report on the Line-of-Duty Deaths on March 26, 2014 298 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts Box 9-1579 District […]