Dubai, Buildingsonfire Lessons from the Fireground 2016 FDIC Conference 2016 Christopher J Naum, SFPE

Buildings on Fire: Lessons from the Fireground 2016 FDIC International, Indianapolis, Indiana USA 4-hour preconference workshop: Tuesday afternoon April 19th, from 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Elements of effective and adaptive fireground leadership and the hard lessons learned are presented in this highly interactive program. Extensive case studies are reviewed and applied to identify vulnerabilities and commonalities and learnings. Integrated in the program are discussions on emerging research and its effect on future strategies and tactics. Students are made aware of actions all fire departments and personnel must implement into their fireground operations to reduce operational risks and improve operations at structure fires. Integrated into the program will be facilitated class discussions on emerging research and its effect on future strategies and tactics as applied to the events presented. Structural compromise and collapse, the predictability of building performance, fire behavior and operational decision-making, tactical deployment and occupancy risk and profiling will also be discussed that frame the learnings and case study lessons related to The Building, The Compartment and the Company that formulate the Building FACTS Model that will be presented as well. Lessons from the fireground 2016 resonate with recommendations and actions that all fire departments and personnel must recognize and implement in future fireground operations in order to reduce operational risks and improve incident mitigation and structure fires. Case studies from across the U.S from Houston, FDNY, Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, Michigan, California, Boston, Seattle to Canada and the UK will be presented. Today’s buildings and occupancies present increasing challenges that have redefined strategic and tactical fireground operations and have changed the rules of engagement in structural fire incidents. Lessons from the Fireground 2016 provides the foundation from which you and your organization can build and enhance operational capabilities and meet the challenges of today’s demanding and evolving fireground.