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Preplanning Service Stations: Knowing the Hidden Hazards
By Brian Butler April 2019 issue Fire Engineering
Rapid Transit Emergencies
By Brian Butler September 2018 Issue Firehouse Magazine
The Urban Attic: The 'Upside Down' Basement Fire
By Brian Butler Fire Engineering Magazine: April 2018 Issue
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
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.
Related article: https://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/article/12389383/marking-vacant-and-abandoned-buildings
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March 2019 Issue Firehouse Magazine
Featured Preview of "The 'Occupied' Vacant." Fires with Entrapment in Vacant, Abandoned, and Hazardous Buildings, Presented by Brian Butler, City of Trenton NJ and Xavier Ricci, City of Stockton CA. Firehouse World March 25th-28th, 2019. Also catch Brian and Xavier on Wednesday and Thursday presenting "Elevators, Trains and Target Hazard Automobiles" Sizing up Transportation Machinery and Truck Company Ops "VES" Visit www.firehouseworld for more.
Chimney Fires
By Brian Butler December 202 issue of Fire Engineering Magazine.
September 2019 Fire Engineering
September 2019 Fire Engineering
September 2019 Fire Engineering
Elevators, Trains, and Automobiles: Sizing Up Passenger-Occupied Transportation Machinery
Elevators, trains, and automobiles transport millions daily and are examples of “moving” machinery that are usually occupied with numerous passengers. The fire service must start identifying any machine that is passenger occupied and moving as “transportation” machinery, including elevators, escalators, passenger trains, and light rail. Working around occupied “moving” machinery presents various hazards to firefighters, especially since it’s the fire department that is first summoned during an emergency. We can no longer rely just on the experienced company officers and rescue personnel to recognize the dangers associated with these types of machines-
Capt Brian Butler City of Trenton NJ Capt Mark Gregory, FDNY
Fire Prevention
September 2019 Fire Engineering
September 2019 Fire Engineering
TRANSPORTATION MACHINERY: MACHINERY THAT MOVES, MACHINERY THAT TRANSPORTS AND CARRIES PASSENGERS.
NOW PART OF OUR CUSTOMIZED SEMINARS.
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