Here is a great set of photos of Truck Co. 1 in Colorado Springs going vertical on a chimney fire that spread to the attic this week. The photos give a good view of vertical vent instantly cleari...
https://ironsandladders.com/2014/12/16/vertical-vent-photo-series-before-and-after/
This is one of the best pre arrival videos I have seen showing fire and smoke conditions. It is a great one to watch at the kitchen table and discuss tactics. Lots of good points to talk about ...
https://ironsandladders.com/2014/11/22/fire-and-smoke-conditions-video/
(Note: Brian Brush and myself were having a discussion early this morning about these photos. They are some of the better photos I have seen in a long time showing vertical ventilation in coordin...
https://ironsandladders.com/2014/03/23/coordinated-vertical-ventilation-arrival-cut-aftermath/
I don’t post just photos very often but these are some of the more incredible pictures that I have seen in a while. All the photos were taken by Tom Carmody. These are Pawtucket firefighters sh...
https://ironsandladders.com/2012/01/06/pawtucket-ri-firefighters/
Here is an interesting video that shows about as close of call as you can get. I just saw this over at http://www.workingthejob.blogspot.com/ . If you have not seen his blog yet check it out...
https://ironsandladders.com/2011/06/12/close-one-on-the-roof/
This is a video I stumbled across on another great website the other day. Credit goes to www.fireservicewarrior.com for this post and find on the video. I thought it was definitely worthwhile t...
https://ironsandladders.com/2011/02/10/great-fire-conditions-video/
We have all seen multiple videos out there of PPV mixed in with some other factors causing some very dangerous conditions. We understand that some departments heavily use PPV, some do not use i...
https://ironsandladders.com/2010/05/13/ppv-and-rapidly-changing-conditions/
Our next IRONSandLADDERS author is a Lt. on a truck company in downtown. He has served our city for 28 years and set a great example of being a tradesman to all. Here is some of his thoughts re...
https://ironsandladders.com/2009/12/08/thoughts-on-a-balloon-frame/