Evidence Based Practices For Strategic and Tactical Firefighting

____ do not provide us with the means to fully measure and understand the actual progression of fire and the impact of each action we take at the fire scene. - Experienced-based The researchers used a variety of instruments to measure the temperatures throughout the structure at various heights within each room, the _____, and heat generated from _____, the _____ and direction in and out of the fire compartment, and--from ventilation points--the visibility and the chemical makeup of the fire gases within and outside the structure. - heat release rates. - room contents. - airspeed and direction A house with working smoke detectors and a residential sprinkler system increases the occupants' chance of surviving a fire by about ___%. - 80% These experiments included component testing of modern furnishings, furnished room experiments, full-scale burns in ______, and full-scale burns in _____. - - the laboratory - acquired structures This evidence based research points to topics that the fire service needs a better understanding of, in order to operate safely in today's fire environment, including: - _____ - _____ - _____ - _____ - _____ - - Fire dynamics. - Ventilation and fire flow paths, i.e. how fires spread. - Applying water, i.e. coordinating fire attack