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Putting the wet stuff on the red stuff
February 4, 2010 | building construction, Christopher Naum, Combat Fire Engagement, dynamics, fire behavior, fire suppression, firefighting, firefighting-operations, first-due, hydraulics, Occupancy Risk, strategies | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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The essence of fire service suppression operations is predicated upon the deployment and application of water as an extinguishing agent, in sufficient quantities, location and duration to extinguish a fire within an enclosed structural compartment. The universal engine company correlation of: “putting the wet stuff on the red stuff” is fundamental to structural fire suppression […]

Doctrine of Combat Fire Engagement
January 24, 2010 | building construction, Christopher Naum, Combat Fire Engagement, dynamics, fire behavior, fire suppression, firefighting, firefighting-operations, fires, first-due, hydraulics, risk, risk-based assessment, size-up, strategies, tactics | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Considerations for changing fire flow rates, the sizing of hose line and the adequacies for fire flow demand and application rates, staffing needs for safe operations, considerations for defensive positioning and defensive operating postures must be considered, and it warrants repeating again; Reckless-Aggressive firefighting must be redefined in the built environment and associated with goal […]