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Premier Episode of BuildingsonFire’s Taking it to the Street on FireEngineering.com / Talk Radio
October 5, 2017 | "firefighter safety", building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, BUILDINGSONFIRE, Christopher Naum, Fire Protection Engineering, fire suppression, firefighting-operations, risk-based assessment | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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All Units standby for an important transmission; Thursday October 05, 2017 the premier episode of BuildingsonFire’s Taking it to the Street Launches on FireEngineering.com / Talk Radio. (Here) Host Christopher Naum leads a timely discussion on Emerging Trends in Building Construction and their Impacts on Firefighting Operations with scheduled guests; Battalion Chief Jerry Tracy, (ret) FDNY, Division Chief Peter […]

Lessons from the Fireground-Buffalo, New York Genesee Street Fire
August 24, 2016 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, BUILDINGSONFIRE, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, commander, construction, firefighting-operations, floors, in-the-line-of-duty, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, LODD, Mayday, NIOSH, Occupancy Risk, Predictability of Performance, Reports and Case Studies, risk-based assessment, size-up | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Lessons from the Fireground: Buffalo (NY) Fire Department On August 24, 2009, 45-year-old Lieutenant Charles “Chip” McCarthy and 34-year-old Firefighter Jonathan S. Croom died in an early morning fire after a partial first floor collapse at a mixed occupancy commercial/residential structure.   Basement fires in both residential and commercial occupancies are one of the most […]

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
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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 […]

All Companies Stand-by: Transmitting a New Box for…
January 21, 2015 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, command presence, command-leadership, Fire Service Tradition, fire-rescue-topics, firefighting-operations, History Repeating Event, in-the-line-of-duty, incidents, leadership, lessons, LODD, major-incidents, NFFF, NIOSH, professional development, risk-based assessment, Safety Culture, scenario, Ten Minutes in the Street, training-development, Uncategorized | Christopher Naum | No Comments

All Companies Stand-by: Transmitting a New Box for… The all new FireGroundLeadership.com         All Companies Stand-by: Transmitting a New Box for a brand new destination blog-site. You’ve arrived at the new FireGroundLeadership.com. Formally CommandSafety.com, the site has been retooled and redesigned to provide a focused streaming of information and insights with a […]

The Little Things in Buildings
January 9, 2015 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, Christopher Naum, construction, firefighting-operations, inspections, Naum, risk, risk-based assessment, size-up, Skills, training-development, Uncategorized | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Don’t neglect to look at the little things when conducting a Building Size-up and assessment

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
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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
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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 […]

Smart and Intelligent Firefighting
March 10, 2013 | "firefighter safety", building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Combat Fire Engagement, compentencies, Engineered Structural Systems, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, fires, Naum, professional development, research, risk-based assessment, Risk-preferring, size-up, strategies, Technology, training, training-development | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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It’s not about NOT fighting fires, but rather fighting fires smarter.

Predictability and Performance Of Buildings and Today’s Fireground
September 9, 2012 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Combat Fire Engagement, construction, dynamics, Engineered Structural Systems, ESS, fire behavior, Fire Protection Engineering, firefighter, firefighting-operations, fires, History Repeating Event, LODD, Occupancy Risk, pre-planning, risk-based assessment, size-up, strategies, structure fires | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Understanding the building – its complexities in terms of anatomy, structural systems, materials, configuration, design, layout, systems, methods of construction, engineering and inherent features, limitations, challenges and risks – is fundamental for operational excellence on the fireground and firefighter safety.

Tabletop Training for the Weekend “Rubbish Fire”
August 27, 2011 | "pre-fire planning", Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, decision-making, firefighter, firefighting-operations, risk-based assessment, size-up, Skills, Ten Minutes in the Street, training, training-development | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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This special weekend edition of Ten Minutes in the Street TM is being offered on CommandSafety.com and is taking advantage of a training video produced by the LAFD in 2009 that involved a basis initial dispatch to a report of a rubbish fire that escalates into two structure fires and resulted in multiple alarm operations. Challenge your personnel and discuss and tabletop the incident scenario based on your operational and orgnizational profile and resources.

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