HWNDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — Crews with the Owensboro Fire Department got together to sharpen their skills when an emergency hits. OFD got together on Wednesday for vertical ventilation training. The ...

LELAND, NC (WWAY) — Leland fire crews recently conducted vertical ventilation training. The important training involved cutting a hole in the roof of a burning building to release heat and smoke.

Before we can fully explore the strategies and tactics associated with vertical ventilation, it’s important to address building construction, not what you can read in books but rather the buildings in ...

Reading the roof of a fire building starts as the apparatus nears the incident, including assessment of the roof's pitch and covering, of ventilation indicators, and of dead loads and structural ...

Truck officers plant the seeds of success for the attack on a fire when they perform disciplined, accurate and actionable size-up. Truck officers should assemble a mental picture of the fire to which ...