Rural Structure Fire Unexpectedly Involves Lithium-Ion Batteries
Eric Bachman describes an ordinary fire response that turned out to involve lithium ion (Li-ion) battery storage.
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Case Study of a Drainage System Fire
Eric G. Bachman uses a July 2019 response by the Lafayette (PA) Volunteer Fire Company that taught some serious lessons on the best way to handle an incident involving a fire in a drainage system.
From The Ground Up
Eric Bachman offers another case study of how fire departments working in concert with developers can help with preplanning efforts and better ensure effective emergency response.
From The Ground Up
Recognizing, understanding, and contemplating the challenges, intricacies, and hazards of a facility is essential to mounting an effective and safety-minded response, writes Eric Bachman.
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Old Buildings, New Challenges
It is as important to identify new facilities in the community as it is to reevaluate “completed” facility preplans, writes Eric G. Bachman.
Occupancy Classifications: An Orientation
Like building construction types, learning the occupancy classes is necessary for understanding associated challenges and characteristics related to the occupancy layout and occupant demographics, writes Eric G. Bachman.
Improving Facility Orientation
Marking a door may not seem to be a tremendous concern in the overall scheme of response to a facility, but sometimes it’s the little things like that which can hinder or create incident-hampering problems, writes Eric G. Bachman.
Preincident Intelligence of Special Care Facilities
Fire officials must get into special care facilities and improve their intelligence of facility characteristics and fire department limitations, writes Eric Bachman.
Preincident Planning for Agricultural Occupancies
Every farm is a unique operation with an array of potential hazards and risks for operating first responders. Know the hazards.
Preplanning: A Vacation Approach
The benefits of preplanning are infinite and incalculable; its importance, at times, is not recognized or appreciated until it’s needed, writes Eric G. Bachman.
Developing Preplanning Standard Operating Procedures
Although no two incidents are the same, there are common tasks, considerations, and precautions universally applicable no matter the situations, writes Eric Bachman.
Preincident Intelligence of Inactive Buildings, Part 1
A fire department that does not have full sight of the district it protects is not likely to be successful when confronted with unrealized hazards, writes Eric Bachman.