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Firefighting techniques and tactics webinar series

The Finnish Association of Fire Officers, in collaboration with the Emergency Services Academy, organized a webinar series on firefighting techniques and tactics in structural and vehicle fires. The series featured expert lectures on the topics of the following Emergency Services Academy publications:

In addition, four other webinars were held on the related themes. Recordings of the presentations have been published on the Association’s YouTube channel. You can find links to the episodes at the bottom of this page.

The webinar series was funded by the Finnish Fire Protection Fund.

Recordings (English and Swedish subtitles, episodes 11 and 12 are presented in English)

  1. Opening of the webinar series: Building fire extinguishing tactics and techniques in transition
  2. Structural fire and rescue operations command and control and reconnaissance
  3. Quadrant model of firefighting tactics
  4. Buildings to be extinguished – structural safety and fire safety equipment
  5. Additional extinguishing techniques: initial firefighting reconnaissance and hand-held extinguishers
  6. Nozzle and extinguishing ventilation techniques
  7. Structural fire investigation
  8. Cavity fires and Positive Pressure Attack (PPA)
  9. Additional firefighting techniques
  10. Energy transition in vehicles and energy storages – extinguishing tactics and techniques
  11. Basic Principles of Firefighting in the Netherlands Based on Practical Research
  12. The First 1 Minute of the Incident
  13. Firefighter lifts and operating in tall buildings
  14. Creating a firefighting and smoke extraction opening in the cavity space of a building’s roof using a firefighting and overhauling grapple (SaRa grapple)