Preplanning VES Operations: It’s All About the Details
Dennis Reilly provides suggestions on decisions fire departments can make before firefighters arrive on scene where they need to perform vent-enter-search.
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Operating in Unison
Proper training and prior experiences can help you learn when, where, and how to perform proper firefighting operational tactics.
Defensive Strip Ventilation Operations
Ed Hadfield reviews some considerations for defensive strip operations and problems with new multifamily construction.
Forcible Entry for Board-Ups: How to Keep It from Falling Apart
Clay Magee discusses boarded-up windows and offers some methods and approaches firefighters can use to access them.
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Ventilation Deconstructed: A Framework for Decision Making
Nick Papa relates the "ventilation rules of 3s" and discusses the implications of tempo when it comes to structural firefighting operations.
VES: Not Always as Easy as Vent-Enter-Search
Recently, members of Charlotte (NC) Fire Department Tower 18 encountered heavy duty window screens while they attempted to VES.
Vent-Enter-Search: A Brief History
Eric Dreiman reviews the development and application of vent-enter-search (VES) for structural firefighting.
Think Inside the Box: Ventilation Tactics for Modern Two-Story Homes
Eric Wahlberg examines how to apply the "box" concept when it comes to firefighting tactics in modern two-story and open concept homes.
Training Minutes: Door Control and VES
Eric Dreiman and company emphasize the need for firefighters to control the door during vent-enter-search ops.
Think Inside the Box: Ventilation Tactics for One-Story Modern Homes
Eric Wahlberg considers ventilation tactics for modern homes, breaking them up into various discrete compartments—the interior, garage, and attic boxes.
Think Inside the Box: Ventilation and Flow Path in Modern Homes
Adopting a "box" approach to the various spaces in modern homes can help firefighters with ventilation efforts. Eric Wahlberg has more.
Ladder Placement for VES
Eric Dreiman and company review proper ladder placement for vent-enter-search (VES) operations.