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How fires are fought and why, covering size-up, fire attack, search, ventilation and the buildings and hazards that change the plan.
Unprotected engineered floors collapsed in about six minutes in Underwriters Laboratories testing. The numbers change what the 360 has to answer before anyone walks in over a basement fire.
What the DeKalb County film-studio fire teaches the first-due officer: get water before going deep, open doors only with fire control, stage an on-deck crew early, and pre-plan buildings that have changed use.
In lab houses and real buildings, a front door pulled back to the width of a hoseline slowed fire growth and kept a closed bedroom survivable. The findings translate into a few decisions for the first-due engine.
Crash-damaged electric vehicle batteries have reignited on the driveway, on the flatbed and days later in the impound yard. New full-scale research changes how much water to throw and what to tell the tow operator.