The “Understanding and Fighting Basement Fires” report is now available online at http://s.ul.com/2GDGtD6. The International Society of Fire Service Instructors and UL FSRI have conducted this research to better understand why basement fires present such a high risk to firefighters and what they can do to avoid injury. This study goes beyond past research by increasing the size of the basement, and incorporating three different access conditions to the basement. This project is supported with a

PUSHING FIRE 🔥 Still think exterior water pushes fire? Many firefighters were taught that flowing water from the outside (especially into a basement) would make things worse. What should you do? Jesse Marcotte sets the record straight with his advice 👇 ✅ Stream type ✅ Nozzle pattern ✅ Fire attack level ✅ Thermal imaging If you’ve got basement fire problems, you need to hear this breakdown — especially when lives might be above the fire. 👉 Watch the full video (Episode 6 of Fully Involved Podc

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