Why Ventilation?

Class Hours: 4

John Kriska

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Introduction: An explanation of my journey to “Timely” and “Appropriate” Ventilation, A Tactical Priority, Foolish things that we do on the incident scene that can lead to Firefighter deaths or injury.

Solid Fuel Behavior: State of the fuel that we encounter in fires, Pyrolysis, Fuel and Ventilation controlled fires; Smoke is fuel, White smoke hazard, controlling the flammable vapors in smoke, Firefighter Safety Initiatives

Leadership: Traits and Principles of Leadership that can assist you in creating change

Technology vs. Increased Risks of Firefighting: Four technological advances that have impacted the risk of Interior Firefighting, Increasing your water flow, New light shed on toxic gases in fires; Flashover and Backdraft..what’s the difference?

“The Way We Have Always Done It”: Conduct a practical fire attack exercise, Mindset of the way we have always done it, Mission Vision Thinking, negative results of using a 30 degree fog pattern, Time element for search and rescue/fire attack,

Exterior Building Size-Up: Layman’s Size-Up Method, New Size-Up Method

Ventilation: What is Ventilation?, Timely and Appropriate Ventilation, Ventilation methods review, Vertical Ventilation-Timely?, Horizontal Ventilation, Hydraulic Ventilation, Negative Pressure Ventilation, Why ventilate?, Vent-Enter-Search

Positive Pressure: Wind Positive Pressure affect on venting operations, Understanding Fire Positive Pressure affect on the attack crew, The Ideal Gas Law, Natural Ventilation is not enough, Supporting Natural Ventilation with Mechanical Positive Pressure