Several years ago, the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)’s Safety, Health & Survival section developed “Rules of Engagement” for structural firefighting. Most firefighters are familiar ...
As concern for life and property protection in the wildland/urban interface (WUI) has grown, so too has the number of proposed ways to enact this protection. Various agencies, from the fire service to ...
A recent study of one of California's most devastating wildland fires by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) strongly suggests that measures ...
In my short 17-year fire career, I have had the experience of operating on many wildland/urban interface (WUI) incidents that have tested the most seasoned of firefighter and taxed personnel and ...
Changes that I proposed in my September 2009 column in Firehouse® Magazine have been adopted by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG), an organization that represents the five federal ...
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