Fire fighting

Fire fighting

The organized efforts employing methodology, personnel, and apparatus to extinguish or to confine fire.

Contributors in Fire fighting

Fire fighting

The strategy of 3D Zone Control, introduced by Shan Raffel, is intended to improve the safety of firefighters operating inside a burning structure. It attempts to safeguard the immediate locality of ...

loaded stream

Fire safety; Fire fighting

An obsolete fire extinguisher stream that has had a chemical fire suppression agent added and is discharged by compressed gas or by inverting the tank to mix chemicals to produce gas pressure. Now ...

maltese cross

Fire safety; Fire fighting

The emblem of the fire service is often referred to as a “Maltese Cross”, but the actual origin of the current or common emblem in the U.S. remains uncertain. While it is true that the Knights ...

professional firefighter

Fire safety; Fire fighting

All firefighters are classified as "professionals" by both the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF trade union). All firefighters ...

retained firefighter

Fire safety; Fire fighting

(U.K.) Retained firefighters are part-time firefighters, so called because they are paid a 'retainer' every year, along with a call-out fee every time they respond to an emergency call, and a ...

accountability

Fire safety; Fire fighting

The process of emergency responders (fire, police, SAR, emergency medical, etc...) checking into and making themselves announced as being on-scene during an incident to an incident commander or ...

tactical firefighting

Fire safety; Fire fighting

The combination of various tactical options on the fireground. These included 3D offensive water-fog; smooth-bore/straight stream (direct) attack; indirect attack; tactical ventilation including ...