House Fires - Fire Engineering
This article is an excerpt from the book, House Fires, which provides a practical and comprehensive guide to strategy and tactics to fight house fires.

House Fire 101 - Structural Firefighting Basics - Firefighter Training
A house fire, whether confined to a room and contents, or one that is more extended, may be one of our more common emergencies, yet it is anything but routine.

Burning Down the House: A Practical Way to Demonstrate Fire Behavior
Using a four-compartment "Palmer’s Box" (also referred to as a "dollhouse") can easily show firefighters the effects of fireground ventilation.

The Efficient and Effective Truck Company: House Fires
Steve Faulkner gives this overview of truck company responsibilities and tactics as well as how to best approach victim searching during a house fire response.

Modern House Fires: Effects of Research on Strategy and Tactics
The authors share what they learned about house fires from observing five live burns at the Underwriters Laboratories Research Center. The burn results provide insight into improving strategy ...

House Fires: Search Considerations - Fire Engineering
Share To: This article is an excerpt from the “Search” section of the book, House Fires, which provides a practical and comprehensive guide to strategy and tactics to fight house fires. This ...

Hoarder Homes: Considerations for Fighting Fires in High Content ...
Brady Deal looks at fire dynamics concerns firefighters may encounter at hoarder house fires.

Think Inside the Box: Ventilation Tactics for One-Story Modern Homes
Fire data from the City of Plano/Plano (TX) Fire Rescue shows that 80 percent of fires in large modern homes start in the garage, attic, or exterior of the house into the attic space. Think Inside ...

The Hidden Dangers of Garage Fires - Fire Engineering
Mark van der Feyst reviews some of the challenges firefighters face when dealing with fires in residential garages.

Smoldering Fires: Factors and Fuels - Fire Engineering
Smoldering fires constitute a unique, specialized form of combustion. Vyto Babrauskas reviews some of the highlights of research on this topic.