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Go Ahead — Blow Smoke
Positive-pressure ventilation and its cousin, positive-pressure attack, are among the best tactics for keeping firefighters safe when dealing with structure fires. By Kriss Garcia
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SimsUShare Mobile is a new application for instructors that lets you take your own pictures and add virtual smoke and fire effects as a way to make classroom instruction more vivid and relevant to your students.
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Video of April 2012 PPA Course Live Fire Exercises in Newbury, OH.
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PPA USED AT PARIS, TX STRUCTURE FIRE
Watch these firefighters put PPA in action at a residential structure fire. This attack is an excellent example of a text book evolution.
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News Report of Oshtemo Township, Michigan Apartment Fire Using PPA
Oshtemo FD extinguished an apartment fire quickly utilizing PPA and 150 gallons of water.
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Announcing May 23, 24, 25 2012 Canadian Instructor Academy.
We are pleased to announce our Canadian PPA Instructor Academy in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada on May 23, 24, 25 2012. For information contact Chief Mike Godwin, Red Deer Emergency Services at this email address: mike.godwin@reddeer.ca
UL's new study of 'Firefighter Safety and Photovoltaic Systems'
This project was funded by DHS’ Fire Prevention and Safety Grant Program and fills a knowledge gap in the fire service by providing scientific based information on how to operate safely around this technology. The online training program provides an interactive presentation with Firefighter interviews and tactical considerations that can be used tomorrow by firefighters of all levels.
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PPA Thermal Imaging Video
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Arvada, CO news report on PPA: Stoking the flames: inside a burning building.
Arvada firefighters demonstrated an innovative new method of fighting fires and saving lives. It's called a Positive Pressure Attack.
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On Fire, On Purpose
News clip from our Iowa PPA course. Firefighters practice new (PPA) technique in controlled burn.
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The Arson Project conducted live burns using our Build and Burn Live Fire Structure.
The Arson Project is a criminal justice research project hosted by the Constitutional Law Center of Monterey College of Law to examine the reliability of evidence used in the investigation and prosecution of arson and related crimes.
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News Report of Southern California PPA Instructor Academy.
Firefighters often use vertical ventilation during a structure fire, however, rooftops can be extremely dangerous. Positive Pressure Attack is an alternative used by firefighters at the attack entrance to improve conditions.
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Why We Do The Things We Do?
Firefighter has close call during roof ventilation operation in Lehigh County, PA. Click the link below to view the video.
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PPA FIREFIGHTER TRAINING AT SOUTH DAKOTA FIRE SCHOOL
Firefighters from around the state battle a blaze using Positive Pressure Attack as part of a training exercise at the State Fire School in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The training was led by Kriss Garcia of Salt Lake City, Utah.
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PPA CAN PREVENT THIS TYPE OF FIREFIGHTER RISK
A firefighter describes his fall through the roof of a burning structure while attempting to ventilate.
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Bozeman Firefighters Train Using PPA
PPV and PPA 2 part cont. ed training, Half a day class room with a several events of live fire testing. Click the link below to read the article.
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Attic Fires and Positive Pressure Attack
Video taken at our Michigan PPA class demonstrating the value of PPA during attic fires.
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Attic Fires and Positive Pressure Attack
Interior crews pulled the ceiling in a large area below the main area of the attic fire. This fire was allowed to burn until flames were present throughout the entire attic as observed by interior crews. Crews retreated to the stairway until the fan was started. within 10 seconds from the time the fan was started interior crews went under the attic awaiting the hose crew to advance from the attack entrance or the vent point. The environment shortly after the fan was started was very clear with the fire being held to the attic by the fan one floor below. When the hose crew made it to the room we did not immediately attack the fire, instead we observed the behavior of the fire during a pressurized attack. after several minutes the hose crews started opening the pipe and extinguishing the fire. The atmosphere where interior crews were operating was never compromised as the fan kept the majority of the products of the fire and extinguishment in the attic area. Interior crews had the fire under control with very minimum water within just a few minutes. The exterior fire you can see after attic knockdown was the wooden soffit burning which the interior crews could see but they were observing it being held to the exterior of the building also by the fan. After initial knockdown, a second fan was placed inside on the ground floor and aimed up the stairway to enhance our pressure and control of the fire. Neither the interior ignition crew or the attack group were ever in an environment where they were not in control of the burn. They were never in an environment which they could not see in nor one that had any appreciable increase in temperature.
Positive Pressure Attack when properly used is fantastic for attic fires.
The balloon house in the photo had 19 fires in it. Fire that entered the balloon due to the fire impingement was easily seen and extinguished as with PPA you have no hidden fires. instead you have seen fire. Fire once controlled is not scary, /Smoke is scary and unpredictable. Smoke will get worse therefore we remove it and the temperature knocking off two sides of the fire triangle. Without PPA all sides of the triangle are there and once air is introduced you complete the triangle and aggressive fire behavior is likely.
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Positive Pressure Attack Training Video Now Available
Positive pressure attack is an offensive application of positive pressure ventilation that involves the use of gas powered PPV blowers during the initial attack phase of structural fire fighting. This four-hour introductory training video includes:
An overview of fire ground ventilation
How PPA works
Applications of PPA
Tactical considerations for PPA
Precautions for using PPA
Operating procedures for implementing PPA
Methods of PPA instruction and training
This training program uses live fire scene video, incident case studies and scientific data to walk students through the theories, tactics and applications of Positive Pressure Attack.
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USFA Releases Provisional 2010 Firefighter Fatality Statistics
YEAR-TO-DATE SUMMARY STATISTICS (PROVISIONAL)
ON-DUTY FIREFIGHTER FATALITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. FOR THE PDF REPORT CLICK THE INFORMATION LINK BELOW
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Steve Kerber on the benefits of PPA
This is a power point presentation from Steve Kerber on the benefits of Positive Pressure Attack.
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Acquired Structures and Training
An article reinforcing the importance of using acquired structures for training purposes. If acquired structures are out of the question for your department, check out our Build and Burn Live Fire Structure at the bottom of this News section!
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Underwriter Labs most recent research on natural horizontal ventilation.
Here is an online video presentation of the report. It does not discuss the use of blowers, forced ventilation or pressurization.
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Underwriter Labs most recent research on natural horizontal ventilation.
Steve Kerber's research paper studies the effects of natural horizontal ventilation on fire behavior. It does not discuss the use of blowers, forced ventilation or pressurization.
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Expanded PPA training opportunities through the PPA Instructor Network
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Now With New Metal Roof Addition.
Build & Burn Live Fire Training Structure plan book is now available for purchase. Build this structure and give your firefighters a real world live burn experience.
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