There are many unique challenges to fighting a high-rise fire that require firefighters to develop and deploy unique strategies and tactics. Probably the most important issue for high-rise ...

High-rise incidents can present a variety of challenges for responding chief officers. Because high-rise fires are inherently complex incidents with myriad challenges, the first-due chief can feel ...

As the number of challenges associated with high-rise buildings continue to increase, so too does the responsibility of the fire department to know as much as possible about these buildings’ design, ...

In the February 2017 issue of Firehouse, we discussed the fallacies of sending first-arriving companies straight to the fire area at high-rise fire incidents. This prevalent practice sends companies ...