Reducing Vacant Building Fires in Milwaukee
Reducing Vacant Building Fires in Milwaukee

Author: James H. Ley

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 45

ISBN-13:

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On the fire department side, development of a standard operating procedure for vacant buildings should be developed. A placard system to label these buildings for specific hazards should be enacted.

Vacant Residential Building Fires
Vacant Residential Building Fires

Author: Barry Leonard

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 11

ISBN-13: 1437938280

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This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. This report is based on 2006 to 2008 data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS). According to the report, an estimated 28,000 vacant residential building fires occur annually in the U.S., resulting in an estimated average of 45 deaths, 225 injuries, and $900 million in property loss. Vacant residential fires are considered part of the residential fire problem as they comprise approximately 7 percent of residential building fires. In addition, intentional is the leading cause of vacant residential building fires which are more prevalent in July (9 percent), due in part to an increase in intentional fires on July 4 and 5. Finally, almost all vacant residential building fires are non-confined and half spread to involve the entire building. Charts and tables.

Should Fire Fighters be Placing Themselves at Risk for a Vacant Building?
Should Fire Fighters be Placing Themselves at Risk for a Vacant Building?

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13:

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The problem is that firefighters are risking injury or death by engaging in interior offensive fire attacks on vacant buildings the same as occupied/inhabited structures. The purpose of this research is to determine when not to engage in an interior offensive fire attack at vacant buildings which will reduce the risk of firefighter injury or death. Descriptive research was utilized to answer the following questions: a) What defines a vacant building? b) What policies, guidelines or standard operating procedures do the surrounding communities to Rochester Hills have regarding fighting fires at vacant buildings? c) If not for human life, at what point of fire involvement in a structure is it not economically worth the risk of an offensive attack? d) Knowing the risks of firefighting, why do fire departments continue offensive fire attacks in vacant buildings?

Fireground Size-Up, 2nd Ed.
Fireground Size-Up, 2nd Ed.

Author: Michael Terpak

Publisher: Fire Engineering Books

Published: 2019-06-19

Total Pages: 509

ISBN-13: 1593704852

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Learn how fireground size-up can make your operations efficient, effective, and safe. Fire officers have many decisions to make when they approach a scene—decisions that could mean the difference between life and death. Pre-incident information combined with your on-scene size-up give the fire officer the advantage of knowing what to expect when arriving and operating at a fire scene. In this definitive guide to fireground size-up, author Michael A. Terpak gives firefighters an in-depth and expanded review of 15 size-up points to help them make decisions that are efficient, effective, and safe. In each different type of building referenced, Terpak covers the following points: --Construction concerns --Occupancy --Apparatus and staffing --Life hazard --Terrain --Water supply --Auxiliary appliances and aides --Street conditions --Weather --Exposures --Area --Location and extent of fire --Time --Height --Special considerations