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You’ve heard of skyscrapers. You may even be familiar with the operational doctrine built around them — high-rise protocols, standpipe operations, stair staging, elevator recall, air management above the seventh floor. But there is another building type quietly reshaping the American fire attack landscape — one with no standard definition in the model codes, no […]

“Air is everything. Without it, search and rescue stops. Extinguishment stops. Overhaul stops. Salvage stops. Everything we do in the interior attack depends on breathable air reaching our firefighters.” — Mike Gagliano, President, Firefighter Air Coalition Somewhere in America tonight, a firefighter will enter a burning high-rise. They will carry between 15 and 30 minutes […]

Fire in the Sky will focus on high-rise, big-box and mid-rise ops, strategies and tactics.  The second annual Fire in the Sky Conference will be held September 16-18, 2025 in Houston, TX.  Firefighters and fire departments must up their game in this ever-changing structural environment of the mega-tall and horizontal structures being built around the […]

The Firefighter Air Coalition (FAC), in association with the Dallas County Fire Chiefs, is presenting a 3-day comprehensive firefighter training program focused on coordinated ventilation to support extinguishment and survivability, reading smoke, improving search methods and efficiencies, reviving the engine company and special operations, directing the fire attack, ladder and hose operations and more. The […]