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 ...

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 ...

ROCKFORD (WREX) — Fire hydrants will be tested for fire flow starting next week. The annual fire flow testing program will begin Monday, October 31st. The testing will run from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m every ...

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 ...

Standpipe systems can be found in occupancies that range from apartments to high-rises to large commercial buildings. These systems are relatively simple, yet most of the breadth of knowledge that ...