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Ready, Set, Go…

March 23, 2015 | "Situational Awareness" assessment, building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, BUILDINGSONFIRE, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Combat Fire Engagement, COMMAND SAFETY, compentencies, fire behavior, fire suppression, firefighter, firefighting, firefighting-operations, fires, leadership, operations, Reading the Building, risk-based assessment, strategies, tactics | Christopher Naum | No Comments

Before Making Entry, while in the street; Has someone completed or assigned the reconn for a 360 of the building? Have you looked at the Building and its Profile and Understood what you’re looking at? Made a Rapid Risk Assessment? Assessed the Building’s Anatomy? Considered the Compartment? Considered the Fire Dynamics? Assessed the Predictability of […]

Building Risk Profile, Before the First-Due

March 18, 2015 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, BUILDINGSONFIRE, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Combat Fire Engagement, Company, compentencies, construction, firefighting-operations, first-due, Naum, Occupancy Risk, Reading the Building, Uncategorized | Christopher Naum | No Comments

You are integral to all that’s required on the fireground: failure is not an option.

The Les Lukert Winter Conference-NSFSI

January 31, 2015 | BUILDINGSONFIRE, compentencies, fire-rescue-topics, firefighting-operations, Reading the Building, THE MODERN FIREGROUND, training | Christopher Naum | No Comments

The Les Lukert Winter Conference 25th Annual Conference Presented by the Nebraska Society of Fire Service Instructors (NSFSI) You won’t want to miss this conference. The color of your helmet doesn’t matter there is a class for everyone. Come learn and network with other firefighters then go back to your department and “SHARE The Knowledge”. […]

Operational Excellence

January 20, 2015 | "firefighter safety", building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, command presence, compentencies, fire behavior, Fire Flow, fire suppression, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, size-up, Skills, strategies | Christopher Naum | No Comments

â€œOperational Excellence is achieved through Tactical Discipline, Tactical Patience and Knowledge of our Buildingsonfireâ€ Understanding the Compartment in various types of occupancies and variation of building types lends itself towards the identification and selection of appropriate tactics with corresponding capabilities in the form of sustainable water flow for the expected fire load package. Understanding the […]

A View from the Street

December 29, 2014 | Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, Christopher Naum, Combat Fire Engagement, compentencies, fire behavior, Fire Flow, fire suppression, firefighting-operations, fires | Christopher Naum | No Comments

The Art and Science of Firefighting is aligning in a manner that will ultimately forge enhancements in…

A View from the Street; Remembrance and Paying Respect

September 2, 2014 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, compentencies, construction, fire behavior, Fire Service Tradition, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, first-due, floors, in-the-line-of-duty, LODD, major-incidents, Mayday, Naum | Christopher Naum | No Comments

A View from the Street; Remembrance and Paying Respect A brief trip on Friday took me to the City of Buffalo, New York. Following business, I made my way to 1815 Genesee Street. As the morning sun began to burn off the light layer of fog, I came upon my destination which at first glance […]

Tactical Discipline

July 26, 2013 | "firefighter safety", command-leadership, Company, compentencies, decision-making, duty, firefighter, firefighting-operations, first-due, Generations, History Repeating Event, Officers, professional development, qualifications, risk-based assessment, Risk-preferring | Christopher Naum | No Comments

Defined by your actions on the Fireground and in Quarters.

A Delicate Balance

March 25, 2013 | "pre-fire planning", building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Combat Fire Engagement, compentencies, construction, Engineered Structural Systems, engineered systems, fire suppression, firefighting, firefighting-operations, Lumber, LVL, pre-planning, residential, risk-based assessment, size-up, strategies, tactics, Taking it to the Streets | Christopher Naum | No Comments

Light Weight construction has given way to Engineered Structural Systems (ESS) which in today’s evolving fireground, have an even more extensive array of performance, operational and integrity issues that affect a building’s performance under fire conditions.To unequivocally state that nothing has changed in buildings, occupancies, fire flow delivery rates and demands for increased proficiencies of […]

Adaptive Fireground Strategies for Today’s Occupancies at FDIC

March 16, 2013 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, compentencies, FDIC, firefighting-operations | Christopher Naum | No Comments

If you’re planning on heading to theÂ Fire Department Instructors Conference, FDICÂ in Indianapolis please consider making time to attend our classroom session. We’ll make sure we have a seat waiting for you. There’s a tremendous selection of offerings, check out the program listingsÂ HERE.Â If you’re not able to make the class, make sure you contact me if […]