You have responded as an engine captain to a basement fire with your company. As you arrive, your 360-degree size-up of the structure reveals a small one-story, single-family residential occupancy ...

In the last 30 years, the fire service has made huge gains in the area of SCBA use. Today, most departments have strict policies that address when, where and how SCBAs should be used. That’s a long ...

You arrive on scene of a fire on the first floor of a private dwelling. The incident commander orders you and your ladder crew to search the floor above. You exit the apparatus with your SCBA and ...

Imagine yourself sitting steadfast at the kitchen table of the fire station when suddenly the overhead speaker begins to relay the message: "House fire, 227 West 49th Street for Engines 1, 2, 4, Truck ...