Tactical Consideration: Basement Fires - Don’t Get Caught in the Flow Path Exhaust

UL FSRI Advisory Board Member, Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel discusses tactical considerations to avoid getting caught in the flow path while fighting a basement fire. Basement fires can be difficult to control and extinguish once they have gotten beyond the incipient stage. Access and ventilation opportunities are usually limited, floor plans are often anything but standard, and fuel loads can be large including the structural members of a floor. Advancing down the interior stairs as a first