Urban Fire Training

Marking Death Traps: Hazardous "Occupied" Vacants

Marking Vacant and Abandoned Structures

By Brian Butler- New Article at Firehouse.Com

March 2018 issue of Fire Magazine

Extended post on UrbanFireTraining Blog

EDITORIAL: The Art of the "Handjob"

IF YOU HAVE THIN SKIN, YOU MIGHT WANT TO AVOID READING THIS…

In almost every fire station in America lurks the “handjob."

So what are some signs of the handjob? He's the guy who...

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Fires in "Occupied" Vacant and Abandoned Buildings

By Brian Butler - Coming 2019-

This is also an excellent course for ALL firefighters and company officers that is being offered in early spring 2019 for your department, conference or seminar.

Vacant properties used to be an inner-city problem but that is no longer the case. Suburban and metropolitan areas have seen an increased presence of abandoned residential and vacant commercial properties. Many of these buildings are not only prone to fires, they’re occupied by drug users, gangs, copper thieves, squatters, and vagrants. These properties may be structurally unstable with holes in the floors, open roofs, rotted floor decking, fortified board ups, window bars, and the scene of prior burns. In addition, firefighters may have to navigate broken glass, tires, needles, and hoarding conditions. We can’t always assume that these buildings are unoccupied and go defensive. This presentation focuses on size-up, locating victims, unique rapid search and rescue options, savvy laddering and bridging, forcible entry, safe aggressive strategies and methodical tactics.

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