Incident commanders, safety officers and first-due decision makers have discovered that “reading smoke” is an essential skill for situational awareness and predicting fire behavior. When applied to a ...

Throughout history, many cultures have used smoke to communicate, including Native Americans, ancient Chinese and even modern Boy Scouts. Firefighters can also read smoke signals to determine ...

In my first article on this topic, “The Art of “Reading Fire,” I discussed a new mnemonic for fire behavior indicators, B-SAHF, which stands for Smoke, Air, Heat and Flame, all in the context of ...

In general terms, lighter colored smoke frequently contains a substantial concentration of unburned (and highly flammable) pyrolysis products.As discussed in the previous article, fire behavior ...

The Amarillo Fire Department released information Wednesday about a Tuesday night rubbish fire, which caused smoke to rise from the storm drainage system. According to a news release, just before 8 ...

Smoke can send signals in more ways than one. James Markewicz, 23, of Mahanoy City, was among the firefighters who responded to the fire at Thunder Road, 121 N. Main St., Shenandoah, early Aug. 10.

IMPACT YOUR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. THANK YOU CHRIS. AN UPSTATE BUSINESS WENT UP IN SMOKE AS FIRE CREWS RESPONDED TO FURNITURE STORE IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. OUR CARLOS FLORES WAS THERE AT THE SCENE. HE ...