Time to revise basement fire tactics?

摘要

Captain Danny Stratton's "Fires Below the Residential First Floor" (March 2012) was timely to a project underway by the Safety, Health and Survival Section of the International Association of Fire Chiefs. In the article, Stratton describes the risks and difficulties experienced in fighting fires below grade in basements and cellars. Any firefighter who has fought a basement fire can attest to the extraordinarily high risk firefighters face when fighting this type of fire.