Understanding and Fighting Basement Fires: Where Science Meets the Streets
(Room 2A)
22 Feb 18
8:00 AM
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5:00 PM
Tracks:
Strategy and Tactics
This course was developed to teach firefighters and officers about the research results that were obtained from the 2016-2017 Basement Fire Tactics Research Panel in partnership with ISFSI, UL FSRI and the Delaware County (PA) Fire Academy. The Basement Fire Tactics Research Panel looked at numerous types of tactics and basement fires in search of more effective and efficient attack methods. These methods will be presented and discussed, as well as LODD case studies related to basement fires. The learning objectives of this class are to: understand the history of modern fire attack and tactics; understand current knowledge versus beliefs of the most recent UL/NIST findings from the basement fire tactics research panel; understand basement fire LODDs and why this research is important; and teach instructors how to deliver and fully understand the science, and to also be capable of delivering the material appropriately to firefighters and officers of their departments. This course and will be taught with that mindset directed at training officers and instructors that are interested in learning the information necessary to present this material to their own fire departments. To do that, the instructors must not only be properly taught but also must completely understand the material they are about to be given to present. The material covered will be a custom program developed with the instructor in mind. The goal will be to combine and adapt all the research into the principles of modern fire attack; their department’s tactics and SOGs; research; and actual incidents, Students will be tasked to demonstrate their understanding of the material to reinforce the success of the program.