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Considerations for Instructors: How to Fight a High-Rise Building Fire
The height of high-rise buildings put fires beyond the reach of routine ground-based operations and deprive the fire department of using exterior ground ladders for rescues and firefighting, even with aerial apparatus. Read on to learn how best to fight a fire in a high-rise building.