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The Waldbaum Fire and Collapse: FDNY 1978-2019 Honor, Remembrance, Learning’s 41st Anniversary
August 2, 2018 | "firefighter safety", Brooklyn, Building Anatomy, building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, BUILDINGSONFIRE, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, construction, failures, FDNY, fire behavior, firefighting-operations, History Repeating Event, honor, in-the-line-of-duty, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, line-of-duty, LODD, major-incidents, Naum, Others, Predictability of Performance, Readings and Learnings, Remembrance, Reports and Case Studies, roof, tactics, timber, Truss, Uncategorized | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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The Waldbaum’s Supermarket Fire and Collapse: FDNY 1978-2019 41st Anniversary Honor, Remembrance, Learning’s The Waldbaum Super market fire, Brooklyn, New York occurred on August 2, 1978. Six firefighters died in the line of duty when the roof of a burning Brooklyn supermarket collapsed, plunging 12 firefighters into the flames. The fire began in a hallway […]

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 […]

Mega Mansions- Insights from the Maryland Childs Point Road Fire
August 7, 2015 | Architectural Design, Building Anatomy, building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, BUILDINGSONFIRE, Christopher Naum, construction, decision-making, Fatalities, fire behavior, Fire Flow, firefighting-operations, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, mass-casualty-incident, Occupancy Risk, Predictability of Performance, Reports and Case Studies, structure fires, THE MODERN FIREGROUND | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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  On Monday, January 19, 2015, a fire occurred at a residential dwelling located at 936 Childs Point Road, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland 21401.  The two-story occupied single family dwelling was approximately 16,386 square feet in size and sustained a complete loss to the structure and contents. The damage was estimated to be approximately […]

Predictability of Building Performance on Today’s Fireground
March 24, 2015 | BUILDINGSONFIRE, Occupancy Risk, Predictability of Performance, THE MODERN FIREGROUND | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Predictability of Building Performance on Today’s Fireground When we look at various buildings and occupancies, past operations (good and bad) give us experience that defines and determines how we assess, react and expect similar structures and occupancies to perform at a given alarm. The “art and science of firefighting” is predicated on a fundamental understanding […]