It was a cool November night in the fall of 1988. I was a battalion chief for a large suburban fire department in the Sacramento, Calif., area. My battalion was very urbanized and the largest in the ...

The window of time in which to operate offensively on the modern fireground is compressed, and conditions change rapidly. With today’s modern furnishings made up of primarily synthetic materials, fire ...

A backdraft involves deflagration or rapid combustion of hot pyrolysis products and flammable products of combustion upon mixing with air. Several conditions are necessary in order for a backdraft to ...