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Good afternoon team, This one could be an interesting one due to the the different style of fire fighting between countries, from what i understand mainly due to the different construction styles and materials used in contrast between australia and USA. Regardless, the following is a general...

Good morning Gents, Just wondering in USA what the latest thoughts around glass removal in vehicle extrication. When i first started out in fire and rescue, the general consensus was that all glass should be managed (removed) in a vehicle prior to cutting operations. In more recently i'm seeing...

Good morning Team, Just wondering, more so in industrial applications but any confined space will do, how your Fire Department are trained with ventilation in confined space rescues. WHen to Positive ventilate and when do you negative ventilate. Would love us much info, links or resources as...

Good morning people. As i continue to write and update my organisations training material i was after any suggestions on methods of identifying Hazards substances in a HAZMAT Incident. So far i have the following, please share anything i have missed. I appreciate any pointers Thanks team...

Good morning Team, I was just wondering how the Fire depatments in NY or any other state/cities in the US catagorise their HAZMAT PPE? Do you have set levels? For example Level 1 is turn out kit (Fire Tunic & Trowsers), level 2 is Splash suit with SCBA. Level 3 Fully encapsulated gas tight suit...

Good morning everyone. I was wondering if anyone has come across or is aware of a product that is capable if realtime wireless Biometric monitoring of fire fighters. Something that could be worn under your turnout kit and track body temp and perhaps heart rate. This could be monitored real time...

Good morning team, I have currently moved onto updating the rope rescue component of our training SOPs. I was wondering how often rope rescue is conducted over in the big apple? also what sort of systems are used? i imagaine most of your rescues from height would be taken care of by ladders or...

Good evening Team, I had a question for all you FDNY Guru's out there. This is in relation to long duration SCBA. I was wondering what you use for long duration SCBA operations. i would imagine a standard BA cylinder would not suffice for highrise operations and i wondered what you use in that...

Good monring from Australia team, The subject of my work today is a very very brief introduction to fire investigation. The title is probably not accurate as it doesn't need to be arson but even just investigation of ignition sources and how the fire then develops from surrounding material. I...

Team, Just after a little help and advice on high rise building contruction. i have heard but i am not sure as this is not my area of expertise that there are certain safety features built into highrise buildings. Most notably stairwells. Are stairwells positive pressure? Meaning if you can get...

Good Evening Team, I was wondering if you often encounter BLEVE's and what your SOP is to manage? Do you engage the vessel and try to isolate? or is it insant evacuation for fire crews? or is this purely a call that the officer will make once on scene? In Australia we have loads of propane...

Good morninig team, Another post this morning for advice from any veterans out there. The subject this morning is smoke reading. I was wondering what you are taught and what you have experienced in this area. We are generally taught Volume, Velocity, Density and Color are the main factors in...

Good morning Team, My name is Jesse and i operate an emergency services company in Perth, Western Australia.It is a private company that provide emergency services personnel, equipment and training to remote areas of the state mainly to mining operations. This includes fire fighter's...