A study of tactical patterns during fire fighting operations

✍ Scribed by Stefan Svensson

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 440 KB
• Volume: 37
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0379-7112
• DOI: 10.1016/s0379-7112(02)00027-9

✦ Synopsis

Twenty experiments were performed in a three-room apartment, on the first floor of a threestorey apartment building with an attached staircase. The purpose of the experiments was to investigate various tactical patterns used during fire fighting operations, including suppression and ventilation procedures. As a fire source, eight standard wooden pallets were used. The temperature and pressure in the apartment, the weight of the fire source and the flow rate of water for suppression were recorded continuously. The results showed that positive pressure ventilation is a useful procedure, provided that it is used correctly and with caution. In addition, basic tactical principles were experimentally shown and validated.