Several weeks ago, I happened to be out at a fire department training center as the department trained with thermal imagers. The only training they planned to conduct was to get the flashover ...

Flashover training offers firefighters the opportunity to observe fire behavior and the signs that lead to a flashover. Training will be conducted in a Phase 1 training container from Swede Survival ...

When you ask fire service folks who are in the know about weak areas of training for firefighters, two always seem to rise to the top of the list: building construction and fire behavior. And these ...

Scientists design AI-based system to warn firefighters of flashovers By Ben Coxworth June 02, 2021 When a flashover occurs, all of the flammable materials within an indoor space may ignite within a ...

MCALESTER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT, Okla. -- Thick black smoke slowly descended, filling the small room, engulfing the eight firefighters here in a noxious cloud. As the heat built to nearly 1,000 ...

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