DAYTONA BEACH — With a small torch, Scott Hardin lighted what he hoped would soon become one of the most dangerous fires a firefighter can face: a flashover or backdraft. The metal trailer in which he ...

During the first 14 years of my career as a firefighter, I attended numerous incidents where the fire behaved unexpectedly. The textbooks at the time were somewhat vague in relation to fire behavior, ...

In my first article on this topic, “The Art of “Reading Fire,” I discussed a new mnemonic for fire behavior indicators, B-SAHF, which stands for Smoke, Air, Heat and Flame, all in the context of ...

Swiss authorities have said that a deadly fire at a ski resort bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, rapidly developed into a “flashover” – a dangerous phenomenon in which everything in a room ignites ...

The facility will train firefighters in how to deal with dangerous compartment fires A new centre that will train firefighters in how to deal with dangerous "backdraft" and "flashover" conditions has ...

Greg Gorbett spends unmeasured hours building scale-model rooms, complete with furniture and fixtures. He then judiciously stacks wood cribbing inside and burns his creations. More often than not, he ...