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VFD Stuff
VFD Hose and Nozzle Chart.ods
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VFD Hose Clinic
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Don't worry about that nozzle kid
- http://www.commandsafety.com/2013/03/14/mayday-and-rapid-intervention-realities-the-phoenix-perspective/
- http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/print/volume-166/issue-4/features/changes-in-high-rise-buildings-is-it-time-to-change-your-procedu.html
- http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/2012/08/report-examines-md-firefighters-death-during-search.html
- http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/print/volume-165/issue-6/features/analysis-of-a-fatal-wind-driven-fire-in-a-single-story-house.html
CAFS
- http://www.firefighternation.com/article/firefighting-operations/power-cafs
- http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/print/volume-166/issue-7/features/compressed-air-foam-and-structural-firefighting-research.html
Elevators
- http://www.firefightingincanada.com/codes-and-standards/january-2008-cff-1654
- http://aedarsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ED-2009-005_ElevatingDevicesCodeReg_NewInstallations.pdf
- http://aedarsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/FCI-13-01-ElevatorFireAlarmInterface-Final.pdf
Master Streams
Fixed Master Stream Operations Using Smooth Bore Tips
Bryan Bush
Fire Streams and the Exponential Engine Company
Smooth Bore vs.
Smooth Bore vs. Combination...and the Beat Goes On
Fog nozzle training insights
Building a case for implementing smooth bore nozzles
Nozzle tests prove fireground realities
Fire Attack
The Great Debate (Fire Nuggets)
Other
Easy steps for Aerial Maintenance
Relay Pump Operations: Who Says It's Just for the Long Lay?
Mayday
From: Flynn, Sean T.
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 3:24 PM
To: Flynn, Sean T.
Subject: mayday links
Phoenix used to have their full study on their website (up to last year I think). I went there last week and couldn’t find it under any of the links. I tried searching (Safety Team there is called RIC (Rapid Intervention Crew) which will start returning more hits than RIT which I started with) but didn’t get any hits other than some on their current procedures. Their report after the Tarver LODD was still up there and listed some of their shortcomings on that fire which is what led to their RIT study. The link I included here was the best summary of their test written by one of PFD’s chiefs that I could find.
Seattle Fire did a similar study to Phoenix right after with a similar test parameter and got similar results. I have found references to their study but have never found any direct link to it There is a good article out there somewhere that goes very in depth on the differences between Seattle and Phoenix and why those differences were found. I can’t find it anymore though.
Phoenix 2003
http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/print/volume-156/issue-12/features/rapid-intervention-isnt-rapid.html
Asheville 2014
http://www.ashevillenc.gov/Portals/0/city-documents/fire/fire_and_emergency_services/emergency_preparedness/Asheville%20FD%20RIT%20CTA%20Final%20Report.pdf
Bonus link for you that goes into some of the reasons why we don’t call maydays and compares our training to what military pilots get for ejecting and sailors get for abandoning ship and how that might contribute to our poor performance.
http://sugargrovefireacademy.yolasite.com/resources/FFT_Survival/callingmayday.pdf
Miscellaneous
http://www.reddit.com/r/Firefighting/comments/nxuv3/whats_in_your_fire_fighter_library/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Firefighting/comments/333cb8/book_suggestions/
http://www.averagejakefirefighter.com/2015/07/15/what-is-on-your-book-shelf/
http://www.fireservicewarrior.com/downloads/
http://www.jbleatheroutfitters.com