Before we look at this month's close call, a quick word and opinion related to the horrific loss of nine of our brothers in Charleston, SC. Probably like you, I have had several conversations with ...

When: Township supervisors meeting, July 6. What happened: Supervisors have no objection to the installation of a dry standpipe on the Swift Road bridge for firefighters. Background: The Robert Fulton ...

Think about every urban, suburban and rural area where you respond. Hopefully you can come up with a few scenarios where you would have to decide if you should use the standpipe or stretch from the ...

USING thermal imaging cameras in addition to water from standpipes, firefighters extinguished a fire in a power-generating turbine that was protected by a sprinkler. Constructed of steel framing with ...

It is another cold and windy night at 2am when the tone alert sounds. There is a report of a fire on the 12th floor of a high rise senior housing project in your district. As you pull up to the ...

Firefighters were caught by surprise in July, when faulty equipment at the Charles/MGH station made it impossible to pump water upstairs to douse a fire on a Red Line train on elevated tracks. But a ...

LOOKING UP: Firefighters struggled to pump water up to the blaze site yesterday. William Farrington Firefighters struggled for an hour to get water to a high-altitude fire at One World Trade Center ...

Project Description: Dry Standpipe Replacement, DC MD and VA PRE - BID CONFERENCE AND SITE VISITS - NOTE (SEE APPENDIX A) Due to the nature of the work detailed in this IFB and the authority cited in ...

The city of Glenwood Springs may have spent about $235,000 too much for fire protection and ventilation systems in its new $4 million downtown parking garage at Ninth and Cooper, according to a local ...

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