Reading the roof of a fire building starts as the apparatus nears the incident, including assessment of the roof's pitch and covering, of ventilation indicators, and of dead loads and structural ...
Lyons, IL, Fire Department (LFD) Fire Chief Gordon Nord Jr. is a proponent of the implementation of positive pressure ventilation (PPV) on the fireground. “The days of old, when you’d break every ...
Firefighters say a gas line and metal roof intensified the fire, while collapsing floors forced crews to shift from interior to exterior operations.