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Supervisor cleared on all charges in Deutsche Bank Building Fire that killed 2 FDNY Firefighters

Supervisor cleared on all charges in Deutsche Bank Building Fire that killed 2 FDNY Firefighters

Published reports are being stating that the least senior of three construction officials in the Deutsche Bank manslaughter trial was acquitted of all charges today — after telling jurors that he had no idea the giant pipe he helped remove from the basement had anything to do with providing water to firefighters. A construction foreman […]

ENGINE COMPANY STANDPIPE OPERATIONS:PRESSURE-REGULATING DEVICES

ENGINE COMPANY STANDPIPE OPERATIONS:PRESSURE-REGULATING DEVICES

ENGINE COMPANY STANDPIPE OPERATIONS:PRESSURE-REGULATING DEVICES  FireEngineering.com Feb 1, 2005  BY DAVID M. McGRAIL For most in the American fire service, pressure-regulating devices and specifically pressure-reducing valves (PRVs) were virtually unknown prior to 1991. It was only after the tragic One Meridian Plaza high-rise fire, which occurred in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 23, 1991, that PRVs […]