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First-Due Battalion Chief

April 3, 2019 mosorno1 841

In the past few years there has been an increase in the number of top-floor fires.

Reflections on Leadership

December 18, 2018 mosorno1 728

The fire service possesses many unique managerial needs. It necessitates a semimilitarized structure

Cutting with the Ventilation Saw

November 11, 2018 mosorno1 683

Ventilation saws are a great tool for cutting open a roof or the side of a gable end for vertical ventilation.

Violence Against Firefighters

July 3, 2018 mosorno1 851

The monthly Mayday Monday Firefighter Survival posts that fill your inbox or that you see on social media are designed to address fireground survival and the rescue of trapped/down firefighters.

Vertical ventilation is an effective way to remove the products of combustion quickly and efficiently. Going to the roof to make a vertical vent hole is a dangerous task, with the payoff being quick removal of hot gases and smoke and the...

Houston FD Honors Firefighters Killed in Southwest Inn Fire

June 12, 2018 mosorno1 696

Houston firefighters embraced just feet away from a blackened foundation where, just five years ago, they lost several of their own.

Firefighter Mother Describe Rescue From Dorchester

June 5, 2018 mosorno1 718

BOSTON (CBS) – A Dorchester mother says it was the most nerve-wracking decision she has ever made to hand her son to a Boston firefighter out a third floor window as smoke and fire was building around her.

Fire Sends Two Chicago Firefighters to Hospital

June 3, 2018 mosorno1 679

Fire Sends Two Chicago Firefighters to Hospital Two firefighters were injured in an extra-alarm blaze on the Northwest Side that spread to several buildings, officials said. The fire started around 11 a.m. in a 3-story building in the 2900 block...