LENEXA, Kan. — In an effort to get smoke out quicker from large buildings, the Lenexa Fire Department uses a tool called Vent 94. Vent 94's primary function is for moving a large amount of air, ...

ATF FRL – This video describes fire behavior in ventilation limited structures using live fire demonstrations, computer fire modeling (Fire Dynamics Simulator) and ATF field testing. The vast majority ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Investigators with the Nashville Fire Department classified the weekend fire that tore through a Bellevue apartment complex, leaving a dozen families homeless, as ...

If we do not have a place to push the heat and smoke out of the building and we introduce water to extinguish the fire then all of the heat and smoke will be coming back on the interior team. If ...

You may think the one constant in our industry is fire behavior–but fighting residential fires with the same tactics used a generation ago is no longer safe, as proved by a study recently released by ...

I've always said that cleaning your dryer vent twice a year — with the daylight savings time changes — is an easy, and very satisfying chore. Some experts recommend doing it quarterly. Unfortunately, ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The DMAX facility in Moraine was evacuated as a precautionary measure due to a vent fire early Thursday morning. Around 5 a.m. Thursday, June 22, firefighters were called to the ...

A more-than century old underground coal fire burning deep inside the Grand Hogback south of New Castle that has been putting out a lot of smoke in recent days is not a major wildfire risk, according ...