This website is updated regularly. Every Saturday, something new will be uploaded. Visitors that want to receive information about the CFBT-BE initiatives can send a message to Karel Lambert on facebook.

 

 

24/02/2024: Articles: article 55 online in 10 languages.

 

27/01/2024: Articles: Art 19, 21-22-23 in Turkish online.

 

13/01/2024: Articles: Art 1-2-11 in PT, 18 in TR and 48-49-52 in IT

 

31/12/2023: Articles: Article 53 online in 11 languages.

 

16/12/2023: Articles: Articles 1-5 online in Japanese.

 

26/11/2023: Articles: 6 new translations into Greek available.

 

12/11/2023: Articles: article 51 online in 10 languages.

 

15/08/2023: Articles: article 52 online in 9 languages.

25/07/2023: Articles: articles 1-10 online in Greek

24/07/2023: Articles: article 49 online in 8 languages

 

22/01/2023: Articles: article 48 online in 9 languages

 

04/06/2022: Articles: art 44-47 and 50 available in Korean

 

12/03/2022: Articles: art 15 available in Portuguese and 35, 36 and 38-42 in Korean

 

 

27/06/2021: Articles: art 18 available in Italian and art 21-30 in Korean

 

10/04/2021: Articles: art 11-17 available in Italian and art 15-20 available in Korean

03/04/2021: Articles: 44th article online in 7 languages: how long takes search & rescue

27/02/2021: Articles: 7 more translations into Italian and 3 into Korean online

09/01/2021: Articles: 7 more translations into Korean online

12/12/2020: Articles: 10 translations in Korean and one extra in Portuguese online

05/12/2020: Articles: 50th article in 9 languages online: Grenfell, what now?

28/11/2020: Articles: 47th article in 9 languages online

21/11/2020: Fire Behavior: book by Emmanuel Belaire about decontamination added

 

12/04/2020: Articles: 46th article in 9 languages

 

15/03/2020: Articles: 4 new translations into Italian, Portuguese and Chinese

 

18/01/2020: Fire behavior: Hoarder Homes by Ryan Pennington

11/01/2020: Fire behavior: scientific paper by Poplin about aerobic fitness and firefigther injuries

04/01/2020: Learning from incidents: the Grenfell Tower Inquiry

28/12/2019: Leadership: turntheshiparound.com & subsribe to leadership nudges

21/12/2019: Colleagues: German Berckmans, Kurt D'helft & Steve De Blauwe added

14/12/2019: Learning from incidents: NFPA report about the Keokuk Fire

07/12/2019: Fire Behavior: link to article about the difference between backdraft and smoke explosion

30/11/2019: Learning from incidents: One Meridian Plaza fire in Philadelphia

23/11/2019: Colleagues: Case Study "Watts Street" by Ed Hartin

16/11/2019: Leadership: Leaders eat last by Simon Sinek

09/11/2019: Articles: 9 new translations: 7 Portuguese, 1 Chinese and 1 Turkish

02/11/2019: Learning from incidents: Interstate Bank fire in Los Angeles

26/10/2019: Leadership: Call sign chaos by Jim Mattis

19/10/2019: Fire behavior: Paper by Tommasini about fire suppression involving PV systems

12/10/2019: Colleagues: Access design by Paul Grimwood

05/10/2019: Colleagues: Case study commercial building in Durango by Ed Hartin

28/09/2019: Articles: 45th article in the series interior firefighting in 9 languages

21/09/2019: Leadership: Start with why by Simon Sinek

14/09/2019: Colleagues: Case study single family dwelling in San Pablo by Ed Hartin

07/09/2019: IFIW: Presentation by Stefan Särdqvist at IFIW 2019

31/08/2019: Learning from incidents: House fire in Waregem (Fluvia)

24/08/2019: IFIW: Presentation by Steve Brisebois at IFIW 2019

17/08/2019: IFIW: Presentation (video) by Lars Axelsson at IFIW 2019

10/08/2019: ICS: The Heat of the Moment by Sabrina Cohen-Hatton

03/08/2019: Colleagues: Case study hardware store fire in New York by Ed Hartin

27/07/2019: IFIW: Presentation by Ricardo Weewer at IFIW 2019

20/07/2019: Leadership: Presentation (video) by Eileen Collins

13/07/2019: IFIW: presentation by Shan Raffel at IFIW 2019

06/07/2019: Leadership: My American Journey by Colin Powell

29/06/2019: Learning from incidents: Fire from Taxandria - Belgium (only in Dutch)

22/06/2019: Learning from incidents: Firefighter Safey Incidents system of the IFE

15/06/2019: Articles: Insulation Fire in Brussels in Firehouse

08/06/2019: Articles: 10 new Chinese and Portugese translations

01/06/2019: Leadership: book Five Alarm Leadership

25/05/2019: IFIW: presentation by Nicolas Tramontana at IFIW 2013

18/05/2019: Fire Behavior: video by UL FSRI about Pushing Fire

11/05/2019: Fire behavior: Paper by Kerber about the effect of firefighting on occupant tenability

04/05/2019: Fire behavior: 3 video's by West Sussex Fire & Rescue about the smoke stopper

27/04/2019: Articles: 43rd article in the series interior firefighting online in 9 languages

20/04/2019: Colleagues: link to www.eurofirefighter.com

13/04/2019: Fire behavior: The book "Les phénomènes thermiques"

06/04/2019: Articles: 2 new Portugese and 1 new Chinese translation

30/03/2019: Articles: Hose management (in Dutch) by Steve De Blauwe & Karel Lambert

23/03/2019: IFIW: presentation about protective clothing and heat stress

16/03/2019: Learning from incidents: Shop fire by the Liege fire department on line

09/03/2019: IFIW: Presentation by Art Arnalich during IFIW 2018

02/03/2019: Colleagues: Presentation in Brussels by Paul Grimwood about the RICE model

23/02/2019: Learning from incidents: movie clip about live fire training accident (in Dutch)

16/02/2019: Fire behavior: Fire dynamics for firefighters by Ben Walker

09/02/2019: Colleagues: article by Steve Brisebois about transitional attack (in French)

02/02/2019: Fire behavior: scientific paper about suppression by Särdqvist, Jonsson & Grimwood

26/01/2019: IFIW: presentation + video of Stefan Särdqvist at IFIW 2018

19/01/2019: Learning from incidens: report about an industrial fire in Liege online

12/01/2019: IFIW: videos of several presentations at IFIW 2018 a.o. by Steve Kerber

05/01/2019: Publications: 12 new translations into Italian, Chinese and Portuguese

29/12/2018: Fire behavior: scientific paper about fire dynamics by Johansson & Svensson

22/12/2018: Learning from incidents: The Forward Avenue Fire in Ottawa, Canada

15/12/2018: Publications: 42nd article in series interior firefighting online in 9 languages.

08/12/2018: IFIW: Presentation by Peter McBride during IFIW 2018

01/12/2018: Fire behavior: scientific paper about gas cooling by Svensson and Van de Veire

24/11/2018: "Les caméras thermiques" by Anthony Collin and Ronan Vinay in the "fire behaviour" section

17/11/2018: Presentation (film) by John McDonough during IFIW 2018

10/11/2018: Book "Brandverloop 2nd edition" in the "books" section.

03/11/2018: Presentation by Karel Lambert during IFIW 2016.

27/10/2018: Paper about heat release rate calculations in the "papers" section.

20/10/2018: "La ventilation Opérationnelle" by Ronan Vinay in the ventilation section.

13/10/2018: Presentation by Ed Hartin and video of Szymon during IFIW 2018

06/10/2018: Presentation by Szymon Kokot-Góra during IFIW 2018

29/09/2018: 6 new translations into Turkish, Itialian and Portuguese online

22/09/2018: Presentation by Karel Lambert during IFIW 2018

15/09/2018: ED Talk by Ed Hartin during IFIW 2018

08/09/2018: Presentation by Ricardo Weewer during IFIW 2018

01/09/2018: 41st article in series interior firefighting online in 8 languages.

25/08/2018: Presentation by Jens Stiegel during IFIW 2018

18/08/2018: Presentation by Raymond Yu during IFIW 2018

11/08/2018: Colleagues: The operational problem of fire control by Stefan Svensson

04/08/2018: Colleagues: An engineering approach to fire-fighting tactics by Stefan Särdqvist

28/07/2018: Articles: 4 new Portuguese translations

21/07/2018: New page about leadership & book by David Marquet

14/07/2018: Colleagues: Thomas Levasseur & Alexandre Piquet + videos

07/07/2018: Fire Behaviour: scientific paper by Gottuk about backdraft.

30/06/2018: Colleagues: link to presentation by Dan Madrzykowski.

23/06/2018: Colleagues: Steve Brisebois.

16/06/2018: 40th article in series interior firefighting online in 7 languages.

09/06/2018: Articles: 8 translations into Chinese online.

02/06/2018: Colleagues: document by Paul Grimwood about adequate flowrate.

26/05/2018: Fire Behaviour: scientific paper by Alarifi about effects of firefighting.

19/05/2018: Fire Behaviour: A survey of backdraught by Chitty.

12/05/2018: Papers: Steam as an extinguishing medium.

05/05/2018: Learning from incidents: case from Moircy online.

28/04/2018: Fire Behaviour: scientific paper by Fent about airborne contaminants.

21/04/2018: Papers: syllabus about FDS (only in Dutch).

14/04/2018: Colleagues: document by Paul Grimwood about flashover velocity.

07/04/2018: Fire Behaviour: scientific paper by Peacock about flashover.

31/03/2018: 39th article in series interior firefighting online in 7 languages.

24/03/2018: Learning from incidents: link to movie about LODD in Keokuk, Iowa.

17/03/2018: 1st translation into Chinese and extra translation into German online.

10/03/2018: Learning from incidents: case from Liege online.

03/03/2018: Fire Behaviour: scientific paper by Kallada about pressure build-up.

24/02/2018: Colleagues: link to newest e-learning program of UL FSRI online.

17/02/2018: Learning from incidents: case from Antwerp online.

10/02/2018: Translation of the 32nd article about Ukkel into Korean online.

03/02/2018: Learning from incidents: firefighter gets hurt in Charleroi online.

27/01/2018: Ventilation: link to scientific paper about PPV fans in the subway.

20/01/2018: 38th article in series interior firefighting online in 7 languages.

13/01/2018: Learning from incidents: factory fire at FN Herstal (Liege) online.

06/01/2018: Presentation by Michael Reick at IFIW 2014 online.

30/12/2017: Translation of the 32nd and 33rd article into Portuguese online.

23/12/2017: Fire Behaviour: scientific paper by Steve Kerber about horizontal ventilation.

16/12/2017: Fire Behaviour: article by Luca Parisi about breathing technique online.

09/12/2017: Learning from incidents: firefighter gets hurt in Liege online.

02/12/2017: Translation of the 33rd article about BE-SAHF into Korean online.

25/11/2017: Presentation by Ed Hartin at IFIW 2014 online.

18/11/2017: Fire Behaviour: scientific paper by Paul Grimwood about fire flowrates.

11/11/2017: Learning from incidents: underground garage fire in Liege online.

04/11/2017: Presentation by Stefan Svensson at IFIW 2014 online.

28/10/2017: Colleagues: French translation of "Fire behavior indicators" by Ed Hartin.

21/10/2017: Fire Behaviour: scientific paper by Steve Kerber about changing fire dynamics.

14/10/2017: Learning from incidents: safety message from Sweden about Li-ion batteries.

07/10/2017: Learning from incidents: Bank street fire online.

30/09/2017: Presentation by Dario Gauss at IFIW 2014 online.

23/09/2017: Presentation by Karel Lambert at IFIW 2017 online.

16/09/2017: A topic scientific articles was added in section "fire behaviour"

09/09/2017: 37th article in series interior firefighting online in 7 languages.

02/09/2017: 12 new German translations online.

26/08/2017: SOP High-rise Fire-fighting by Paul Grimwood in section "colleagues".

19/08/2017: Abstracts of IFIW 2011 presentations in section "IFIW".

12/08/2017: SOG Large store fires by Paul Grimwood in section "colleagues".

05/08/2017: Report about train tunnel fire in Brussels in section "learning from incidents".

29/07/2017: Link to movie about the double LODD at Ukkel online in section "learning from incidents".

22/07/2017: Book "Eurofirefighter 2" by Paul Grimwood presented in the "colleagues" section.

15/07/2017: Presentation by Karel Lambert at IFIW 2013 online.

08/07/2017: Paper by Paul Grimwood about Snatch Rescues online in "colleagues" section.

01/07/2017: Presentation by Jason Caughey at IFIW 2017 online.

24/06/2017: Presentation by Karel Lambert about the double LODD in Brussels at IFIW 2011 online.

17/06/2017: Case study by Ed Hartin online in "Colleagues and suggested literature".

10/06/2017: 9 new translations into German and Italian online.

03/06/2017: link to column by Dave Birke in learning from incidents.

27/05/2017: 36th article in series interior firefighting online in 7 languages.

20/05/2017: link to the Kill the flashover website online in section fire behavior.

13/05/2017: Presentation by Christoph Gruber at IFIW 2017 online.

06/05/2017: Text by Michael Reick at IFIW 2014 online.

29/04/2017: Presentation by Stuart Helmore at IFIW 2017 online.

22/04/2017: Presentation by Peter McBride at IFIW 2017 online.

15/04/2017: Course text on interior firefighting in Dutch and French online in papers.

08/04/2017: Presentation by Jerry Tracy at IFIW 2017 online.

01/04/2017: Presentation by Katherine Lamb at IFIW 2017 online.

25/03/2017: Videopresentation "Close the door" by Ed Hartin online in section "colleagues".

18/03/2017: French translation of the paper about backdraft online.

11/03/2017: 35th article in series interior firefighting online in 7 languages.

04/03/2017: 8 new translations in Italian, Spanish and Turkish online.

25/02/2017: Presentation by Stefan Svensson at IFIW 2017 online.

18/02/2017: FIREx talk by Ed Hartin online.

11/02/2017: Presentation by Dario Gaus at IFIW 2017 online.

04/02/2017: Presentation by Ed Hartin at IFIW 2017 online.

28/01/2017: Presentation by Hans Nieling at IFIW 2017 online.

21/01/2017: Presentation by Jason Caughey at IFIW 2016 online.

14/01/2017: 7 new translations in German, Spanish and Turkish online.

07/01/2017: Presentation by Peter McBride at IFIW 2014  online.

31/12/2016: Report about the first IFIW meeting in 2008 online.

24/12/2016: 34th article in series interior firefighting online in 7 languages.

17/12/2016: Presentation of John McDonough and Karel Lambert at IFIW 2014 online.

10/12/2016: Presentation of Christoph Gruber at IFIW 2016 online.

03/12/2016: Presentation of Jerry Tracy at IFIW 2016 online.

26/11/2016: 8 translations in German online.

19/11/2016: article in dutch about decision making online in "ICS".

12/11/2016: 6 extra translations in Turkish and 9 in Spanish online.

05/11/2016: 31st article online in French and English.

29/10/2016: 9 Italian translations online.

22/10/2016: 33rd article in series interior firefighting online in 5 languages.

15/10/2016: Film about SLICE-RS online in "fire behavior".

08/10/2016: Presentation of Peter Ehler at IFIW 2016 online.

01/10/2016: Presentation of Christian Gryspeert at IFIW 2015 online.

24/09/2016: Presentation of Shan Raffel at IFIW 2015 online.

17/09/2016: Dutch paper about under ventilated fires online in "fire behavior". 

10/09/2016: 5 new Spanish and 2 new Turkish translations of articles online. 

03/09/2016: Presentation of Dogan Gurer at IFIW 2015 online. 

27/08/2016: 10 Spanish translations of articles online. 

20/08/2016: Presentation of Art Arnalich at IFIW 2015 online. 

13/08/2016: Presentation of Ed Hartin at IFIW 2015 online.  

06/08/2016: 8 Turkish translations of articles online. 

30/07/2016: Presentation of Steve Kerber at IFIW 2015 online. 

25/07/2016: 32nd article (FR) in the series interior firefighting online in "articles".

23/07/2016: 32nd article (NL+ENG) in the series interior firefighting online in "articles".

16/07/2016: Presentation of Stefan Svensson at IFIW 2015 online. 

09/07/2016: French translation of 30th article in series interior firefighting online.  

02/07/2016: Presentation of Juan Carlos Campaña at IFIW 2015 online. 

25/06/2016: Dutch version of a new chapter for the course company officer online. 

18/06/2016: Presentation of Stéphane Morizot at IFIW 2015 online. 

11/06/2016: Dutch version of a chapter for the course company officer online. 

04/06/2016: English translation of 30th article in series interior firefighting online. 

28/05/2016: Link to book by Stefan Särdqvist on line in "Colleagues" section. 

21/05/2016: Presentation of Paul Grimwood at IFIW 2015 online. 

14/05/2016: New section added about IFIW. 

07/05/2016: 31st article in the series interior firefighting online in "articles".

30/04/2016: Text by John McDonough about interior attack online in "colleagues".

23/04/2016: French translation of 28th article in series interior firefighting online.   

16/04/2016: Lesson plan about vent controlled fires by Ed Hartin online in "colleagues". 

09/04/2016: French translation of 29th article in series interior firefighting online.

02/04/2016: Presentation about ventilation controlled fires by Ed Hartin online in "colleagues".

26/03/2016: French translation of an article by John McDonough online in "colleagues". 

19/03/2016: English translation of 29th article in series interior firefighting online.

12/03/2016: Entry procedures by Paul Grimwood online in "colleagues".

05/03/2016: 30th article in series interior firefighting online.