Firehouse

The "Anatomy & Physiology" Of the Structural Fireground

What type of construction? You may be surprised. An important feature of a pre-incident plan is the classification of building construction. Classifying the type of building should be simple, quick ...
Firehouse

Past installments of this series introduced the strategic classification of building construction. Ordered strategically, based on perceived fire resistance, the five basic ...

Because a Type IV building is more robust and thus more fire resistive — strategically — than a leaner Type III building, they are listed out of order numerically. The August 2009 installment ...
The Diplomat

China’s Navy Commissions First-of-Class Type 055 Guided Missile Destroyer

The lead ship of the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s’ (PLAN) new class of Type 055 guided-missile destroyers (NATO designation: Renhai-class), Nanchang (with hull number 101), was commissioned on ...