Not Your Garden Variety Fire: Multi-Family Operations

Presented by: Kevin Manhardt, Captain; Squad Co 8, Horry County FD Myrtle Beach, SC

Room 201

With rapid changes to today’s socioeconomical landscape and the rapid growth of suburban communities, we are seeing more American’s forego the white picket fence to take up residence in a multi-family occupancy. These buildings are also following today’s trends in modern construction, creating hazards and operational difficulty for fire departments.

This program provides a tactical insight into operations in garden-style apartments, condominiums, and townhomes. We will go into building construction, tactics, and incident management, as well as many other important tidbits that will make your next fire a success. Fires in these types of residences pose a high life hazard and may be some of the toughest fires we may face as the modern fire company.