DAYTONA BEACH — With a small torch, Scott Hardin lighted what he hoped would soon become one of the most dangerous fires a firefighter can face: a flashover or backdraft. The metal trailer in which he ...

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 ...

Editors Note: To view more detailed images of the figures displayed on the right, please click on the links to each figure in the body of the article. Previous articles examined fire development in a ...

Swiss authorities have said that a deadly fire at a ski resort bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, rapidly developed into a “flashover” – a dangerous phenomenon in which everything in a room ignites ...

Greg Gorbett spends unmeasured hours building scale-model rooms, complete with furniture and fixtures. He then judiciously stacks wood cribbing inside and burns his creations. More often than not, he ...