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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 […]

Peekin’ in the Attic: Discussion on recent Research Findings
April 1, 2015 | dynamics, Fire Dynamics, Fire Protection Engineering, firefighting-operations, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, Research & Development, Taking it to the Streets, THE MODERN FIREGROUND, UL | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Peekin’ in the Attic: Discussion on recent Research Findings Join us Wednesday 04.01 at 8pm ET on FireFighternetcast.com for a live discussion on key elements of the recent published findings from the UL Residential Attic & Exterior Fire Hazards Research Study. Guests include Captain Joe Pronesti, who serves on UL’s Technical Review Panel on Positive […]

NIST/Simulation of a Fire in a Hillside Residential Structure San Francisco, CA
January 31, 2015 | BUILDINGSONFIRE, fire behavior, Fire Flow, fire suppression, in-the-line-of-duty, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, LODD, Occupancy Risk, Research & Development | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Buildingsonfire Lessons from the Fireground – NIST/Simulation of a Fire in a Hillside Residential Structure San Francisco, CA On June 2, 2011, a fire in a multi-level, wood-frame residential structure claimed the life of two firefighters of the San Francisco (CA) Fire Department. NIST examined the fire dynamics of this incident at the request of […]