Training Minutes, Taming the Fire Environment, UL University

There is a new Training Minutes video series at Fire Engineering that is worth checking out.

You can listen to the Taming the Fire Environment podcast by Sean DeCrane and Jack Murphy.

Check out Structural Stability of Engineered Lumber in Fire Conditions at UL University.

Elements of the Scene Size Up

COAL WAS WEALTH

C - Construction
O - Occupancy
A - Apparatus and manpower
L - Life hazard

W - Water supply
A - Auxilliary appliances
S - Street conditions

W - Weather
E - Exposures
A - Area and height*
L - Location and extent of the fire
T - Time
H - HAZMAT*

* Chief John Norman's proposed modification combines height with area and lets H stand for HAZMAT

WALLACE WAS HOT

W - Water
A - Area
L - Life hazard
L - Location-extent
A - Apparatus-personnel
C - Construction-collapse
E - Exposures

W - Weather
A - Auxiliary appliances
S - Special matters

H - Height
O - Occupancy
T - Time