Legendary Fire Instructors Converge in Colorado Springs Focused on Interior Attacks in High-Rise and Big-Box Fires

Fire in the Sky 2026 Unites Veterans from FDNY, Chicago, Seattle, Denver and Beyond for Three Days of High-Rise and ...
Firehouse

A Research-Driven Approach to High-Rise Fire Risks to Firefighters and Occupants

Corey Smedley tells why his department adopted the use of floor-below nozzles and smoke curtains for battling fires in unsprinklered high-rise residential buildings. Research that was conducted by the ...
Firehouse

From Fires to False Alarms, High-Rises Challenging Ann Arbor, MI, Firefighters

ANN ARBOR, MI — When the 19-story Legacy high-rise opened behind the Michigan Theater last August, it welcomed hundreds of University of Michigan students. It also increased the workload of the Ann ...

Fire In The Sky summit at Hotel Polaris focuses on high-rise fire safety

Colorado Springs to host groundbreaking high-rise firefighting summit called Fire In The Sky at the Nation’s First ...
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Eleven of the Country’s Most Experienced High-Rise and Large-Structure Firefighters Are Headed to Colorado Springs

Three-Day Fre in the Sky 2026 Runs March 17–19 at Hotel Polaris — the First Hotel in Colorado with an Installed Air Standpipe Specifically for Firefighting Air is everything. Without it, search and ...
Firefighter Nation

Fire Up Your Future: High School Firefighter Training and Recruitment

I was 32 years old when I became a career firefighter. My only regret about going into the fire service is that I did not start it sooner in my life. I love being a firefighter, and want to share my ...