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Operational Conditions can Change in a Heartbeat-Remembrance: FDNY Black Sunday 2005-2015

January 23, 2015 | "firefighter safety", Black Sunday, Bronx, Brooklyn, Building Anatomy, BUILDINGSONFIRE, FDNY, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, LODD, NIOSH | Christopher Naum | No Comments

Remembrance: Lessons from the Fireground-FDNY Black Sunday 2005-2015 Remembrance: Lt. Curtis Meyran, FF. John Bellew, FF. Richard Sclafani, Lt. Joseph BiBernardo and the Survivors The call had come at 7:59 on a Sunday morning, the day after a January blizzard had shut down the city. There was still more than a foot of unplowed snow […]

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Two- Building Knowledge = Fire Fighter Safety

June 20, 2011 | "firefighter safety", "health and safety", "pre-fire planning", "Safety Week", Black Sunday, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Combat Fire Engagement, courage to be safe, education, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting, firefighting-operations | Christopher Naum | No Comments

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Two– Building Knowledge = Fire Fighter Safety Â Know Your World Buildingsonfire.com Other Considerations in Program Planning for Safety Week; Other considerations to support the theme, objectives and initiatives of Safety Week include wide latitude of activities and interactive actions that can achieve the goals for increasing awareness […]

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January 23, 2011 | "firefighter safety", Black Sunday, building construction, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, decision-making, FDNY, fire behavior, fire suppression, firefighting-operations, LODD | Christopher Naum | No Comments

FDNY: Remembering FDNY Black SundayÂ…LODD 2005 Â Â The call had come at 7:59 on a Sunday morning, the day after a January blizzard had shut down the city. There was still more than a foot of unplowed snow on East 178th Street off the Grand Concourse, and some of it was still swirling in 45-mile-an-hour […]

Christopher J. Naum, SFPE

A 44-year fire service veteran and a highly regarded national and international instructor, author, lecturer and fire officer, he is a distinguished authority on building construction issues affecting the fire and emergency services and has traveled throughout the United States and internationally delivering training programs on building construction, command management and operational safety. A former Adjunct Instructor with the National Fire Academy, he is a past member of the Board of Directors, IAFC Safety, Health & Survival Section and a past Vice-President with the International Society of Fire Service Instructors. A former architect and fire protection engineer, he was the 1987 ISFSI George D. Post National Fire Instructor of the Year. He is the Chief of Training for the Command Institute (NY|DC) is a Consultant to NIOSH (USA) Firefighter Fatality Investigation & Prevention Program and a well-respected Tactical Theorist, researching and developing emerging and cutting edge strategic and tactical operational methodologies and is active in numerous national & international fire service agenda programs and committees. He is the Executive Producer of the Buildingsonfire.com, FiregroundLeadership.com and Co-produces TheFireOfficer.com. He lectures and instructs throughout North America and Internationally