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PPA/PPV Articles and Reports
This page is dedicated to providing firefighters a wide range of information on Positive Pressure Attack and positive pressure methods in general.
The following links are provided to assist you in your search for information related to the fire fighting industry. Tempest Technology assumes no liability for the links provided here. If you encounter a broken, inactive, or mislabeled link, please email us.
Articles
The History of Positive Pressure Attack (pdf, Balloon Life, 2001)
Positive Reinforcement (Fire Chief Magazine, 2006)
The Power of Positive Pressure (Fire Chief Magazine, 2005)
Pressure Precepts (Fire Chief Magazine, 2006)
Positive Pressure Attack: Questions and Answers (fireengineering.com, 2007)
NIST Test Fans the Flames for High-Rise Fire Safety (NIST Tech Beat, 2006)
NIST Tests PPV in High Rise (Fire Chief Magazine, 2006)
Fans Clear High-Rise Stairwells of Smoke (NIST Tech Beat, 2007)
Positive-pressure ventilation in a test setting (Summary of Fire Engineering article, 1989)
Positive Pressure for a Positive Advantage, Part 1 (Firenuggets.com)
Positive Pressure for a Positive Advantage, Part 2 (Firenuggets.com)
Positive Pressure for a Positive Advantage, Part 3 (Firenuggets.com)
Large Scale Fire Tests in the Runehamar Tunnel Completed (SP Technical Research Institute, Sweden)
Fire Attack: Flue Season (Fire Rescue Magazine, 2005)
Fire Officials Tackle Challenges of High-Rise Blazes (N.Y. Times, 2008)
Fanning the Flame of Success (Fresno Bee, California, 2008)
Positive Pressure Ventilation (Fire.gov, 2008)
Reports
The Wind of Change, A Study Investigating The Implementation Strategies And Usage of Positive Pressure Ventilation In United Kingdom Fire Services (pdf, 2002)
Characterizing Positive Pressure Ventilation using Computational Fluid Dynamics
(abstract, link to pdf, NIST, 2003)
Evaluation of the Ability of Fire Dynamic Simulator to Simulate Positive Pressure Ventilation in the Laboratory and Practical Scenarios (abstract, link to full report, NIST, 2006)
Evaluating Positive Pressure Ventilation In Large Structures: High-Rise Pressure Experiments (abstract, link to full report, NIST, 2007)
Full-Scale Evaluation of Positive Pressure Ventilation In a Fire Fighter Training Building (abstract, link to full report, NIST, 2006)
Effect of Positive Pressure Ventilation on a Room Fire (abstract, link to full report, NIST, 2005)
ANSI/AMCA Standard 240-06, "Laboratory Methods of Testing Positive Pressure Ventilators for Aerodynamic Performance Rating" (report available for purchase only)
Advances in positive pressure ventilation: Live fire tests and laboratory simulation (abstract, link to full report, Fire Technology, 1994)
Positive Pressure Ventilation for High-Rise Buildings (abstract, link to full report, National Research Council Canada, 2004)
Positive Pressure Ventilation in Single Medium-Sized Premises (abstract, link to full report, Fire Technology, 2004)
Smoke ventilation in operational fire fighting (abstract, link to full report, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, 1997)
Smoke ventilation in operational fire fighting. Part 2. Multi-storey buildings (abstract, link to full report, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, 2000)
Evaluation of Fire Scene Contamination by Using Positive-Pressure Ventilation Fans (Forensic Science Communications, 2002)
Characterization of Firefighter Exposures During Fire Overhaul (Firescenesafety.com, pdf, 2000)
Use of Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV) Fans To Reduce the Hazards of Entering Chemically Contaminated Buildings, Summary Report (Chem-bio.com, 1999)
Fire Cause & Fire Debris Analysis, A Review: 1998 to 2001 (Interpol.int, pdf, 2001)
The Operational Problem of Fire Control (Lund University, Sweden, pdf, 2002)
The Use of Positive Pressure Ventilation in Firefighting Operations (summary, link to full report, Communities and Local Government site, UK, 2000)
Miscellaneous Links
Chicago Fire Department Mobile Ventilation Unit in Action (You Tube video, 2007)
Tempest MVU at Chicago High Rise Burn Test (You Tube video)
Positive Pressure Ventilation(PPV), Tactical Firefighting Research (Firetactics.com)
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