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With several LODDs occurring in basement fires this year, we want to bring back this #TacticalTuesday video featuring FSRI Advisory Board Member, Philadelphia Fire Department Commissioner Adam Thiel as he discusses tactical considerations to avoid getting caught in the flow path exhaust while fighting a basement fire. Basement fires can be difficult to control and extinguish once they have gotten beyond the incipient stage. Access and ventilation opportunities are usually limited, floor plans ar

Basement fires can be difficult to control and extinguish once they have gotten beyond the incipient stage. Access and ventilation opportunities are usually limited, floor plans are often anything but standard, and fuel loads can be large including the structural members of a floor. Advancing down the interior stairs as a first tactic may work well during the incipient or growth stages of a fire, but when a fire has reached ventilation-limited conditions or has already flashed over, pushing down

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