Firefighting Strategies and Tactics

Introduction

The 9-11 was an attack that took place in the U .S .A where nineteen terrorist attacked and hijacked four planes taking them hostage . Two of these planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City , with each plane to each tower . The result of this was that there were other buildings that were affected by the debris from these two buildings . The third plane crashed into Pentagon in Arlington County , Virginia near Washington D .C . The fourth one crashed in Sharksville in rural Somerset County , Pennsylvania . The first

plane crashed in the 94 - 98th floors and the second one crashed into 78 - 85th floor

The four commercial airliners contained approximately 91 ,000 liters of jet fuel . The large amount of fuel may have influenced the amount of burning and it also catalyzed it . The southern tower (2 WTC ) fell after the fire which took about 56 minutes . This fire was caused by the impact of the plane . The north tower burned for about 102 minutes (1 WTC before it collapsed . A third building 7 World Trade Center (7 WTC collapsed as a result of debris damage from 1 WTC and subsequent fire (Marshall , 2005

New York firefighters were deployed to the world Trade Center within minutes after the North Tower was struck . The chief Officers set up a command center in the lobby and the firefighters climbed the stairs Another mobile center was set at Vesey Street but it was destroyed after the building collapsed on it . A command post was set in Greenwich Village . A firefighters on the scene when the building collapsed . They were also supplemented by off duty officers . Many volunteers traveled long distances to come and aid the firefighters . There were also NYPD helicopters that monitored the situations from above

When information was received that the building was going to collapse information was sent out . The firefighters inside the building were not able to hear the evacuation s and most of them were killed and others were trapped . Also the communication between the NYPD helicopters with the Commanders was not possible because of the repeater systems in the towers . A injured . The remaining firefighters and those who survived continued to work alternating within 24 hours shift (Marshall , 2005

It took many weeks to confirm that there were no more survivors . The rescue team continued and the firefighters continued to fight the fire there were still smoldering even after 99 days . It took till the month of May 2002 for the clearing to be completed . After the death of their friends they didn 't loose hope but worked harder . By early September 2003 about 2833 applicants received compensation for their families and also relief assistance . A fund was developed and most of these families were compensated

Incident Command System (ICS

The U .S . president directed the Homeland Security to develop a system to control fires and other domestic incidents . This was so , since there were frequent misunderstandings . This made it possible for the...