FE Volume 155 Issue 10

Read the second part of Fire Engineering‘s comprehensive report on firefighting operations during the 9/11 attacks on New York City. Read part 1.

Search and Rescue Operations: John Norman

Searching the Ruins of the World Trade Center: John P. O’Connell

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

THE USE OF ROBOTS AS A SEARCH TOOL

THE PLANNING SECTOR

LOGISTICS

FOR THREE CLERGYMEN: THE ULTIMATE TEST OF FAITH

BUILDING THE EOC

“FIREPROOFING” AT THE WTC TOWERS

HAVE WE LEARNED THE EVACUATION LESSONS? A COMMENTARY

JET FUEL

LEARNING AND APPLYING THE LESSONS OF THE WTC DISASTER

FEMA URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS

WTC: ANALYSIS OF FDNY’S RESPONSE AND PROPOSED REFORMS/CHANGES

PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS’ FAMILIES

EXCERPTED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE McKINSEY REPORT

THE MEDICAL ASPECT

QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ASKED…THEN ANSWERED

CONSTRUCTION AND COLLAPSE FACTORS1

BETRAYAL OF TRUST: “THE GREATEST JOB IN THE WORLD” LASTED ONLY SIX WEEKS

COLLAPSE LESSONS

Hand entrapped in rope gripper

Elevator Rescue: Rope Gripper Entrapment

Mike Dragonetti discusses operating safely while around a Rope Gripper and two methods of mitigating an entrapment situation.
Delta explosion

Two Workers Killed, Another Injured in Explosion at Atlanta Delta Air Lines Facility

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport.