Your new apparatus committee has spent a lot of time sorting through details to come up with a good specification for a proposed new engine. This includes a requirement for a midship-mounted fire pump ...

Firefighters might not agree on the tactic on how to apply water to a fire, but they all agree that water puts out the fire. Furthermore, one of the first keys to fireground efficiency is getting a ...

Operating handlines in a high-rise fire scenario has its difficulties. Because of their many pressure limitations, fire protection systems in high-rise buildings can create inadequate performing fire ...

The object of firefighting has always been to put out fire, in a timely fashion, limiting damage from the fire and our suppression efforts. What has snuck up on us as an industry is that our structure ...

ONEIDA -- Lowes Oneida will be conducting fire pump flow tests on Thursday, June 30 beginning at 8 a.m. at Lowes on Upper Lenox Avenue. Residents in the area may experience low pressure and some ...

In my consulting business, I have the opportunity to peer review construction documents prepared by other electrical engineering firms. In doing so, I find it astounding how many times I comment on ...