Firefighter training drill by Forest Reeder
This week’s drill is a review quiz on fire behavior. Using local definitions and reference sources, check your knowledge of basic fire behavior terms and principles. Your ability to size-up and assess incident conditions that may affect your survival depend on you knowing this information. Understanding and interpreting the fire behavior at an incident is one of the first steps in size-up that should directly tie to all of our strategic and tactical decision making.
Differentiating the “Fireground Phenomena”
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Forest Reeder began his fire service career in 1978 and retired as fire chief of the Tinley Park (IL) Fire Department in 2021. He has worked extensively in the areas of instruction, firefighter safety, and officer development and earned his Master of Science Degree in Public Safety Administration in 2004. He is the author of Fire Department Incident Safety Officer 4th edition (2025) and co-author of Fire Service Instructor Principles and Practices, now in its 3rd edition. Forest presents nationally on fire service leadership, safety, and instructor development. He was inducted into the Moraine Valley Community College Alumni Hall of Fame in 2020 and awarded the Distinguished Alumnus award in 2021. In 2008, he received the ISFSI George D. Post Instructor of the Year, considered to be the highest recognition for fire service instructors in the nation.
