Articles

On our website you can find a number of articles that were published in a variety of firefighting magazines. Most of the articles were originally written in Dutch. The Dutch version of the articles are indicated with name_NL. Several articles have been translated into English. Those are marked name_ENG.

De brandweerman (The firefighter)

"De brandweerman" is a Flemish magazine that appears 5 times per year. It is distributed to most Dutch speaking firefighters in Belgium. Karel Lambert writes an article about (interior) firefighting for every issue of the magazine.

1. Evolution in the knowledge about interior firefighting

2. A fire suffering from a lack of air

3. Wind Driven Fires

4. Backdraft

5. Responding to a Chimney fire – Case Study

6. The most familiar form of Rapid Fire Progress: Flashover

7. New insights into ventilation

8. Posts inside a network: new tactics ?

9. Fire Gas Ignition

10. Insights concerning the door entry procedure

11. Firefighting: Command & tactics

12. Configuring power blowers

13. Introducing positive pressure ventilation

14. Gascooling: a new approach

15. Why does water extinguish fire?

16. Rapid Fire Progress: a summary

17. Solutions for Rapid Fire Progress

18. "The building is your enemy"

19. Live fire training: benefits and risks

20. What is air track

21. Transitional Attack

22. Vent openings and fire

23. 3T Firefighting

24. Hose handling

25. Hygiene at fires

26. Turning robots into thinking firemen

27. The smoke stopper

28. Taking a closer look at under ventilated fires

29. What to do in a case of a fire

30. Construction fires: insulation fire in Evere

31. Direct attack

32. Ukkel

33. The art of reading fire

34. Flammability limits

35. Thoughts on high pressure lines

36. Lightweight Construction

37. Making choices

38. Then non-negotiables

39. Slings

40. Situational Awareness

41. The standpipe

42. The fire service deserves better

43. Teaching nozzle techniques

44. How long takes search & rescue

45. Reviewing door entry

46. How do people die in a fire?

47. The fire growth curve revisited

48. Burn injuries vs heat stress

49. Fire behaviour in multiple rooms

50. Grenfell, what now?

51. Smouldering fire: PUR foam

52. CRM

53. Murphy visits Anderlecht

54. Difficult fire in a museum

55. Five on one hose

Firefighters which want to translate articles into their mother tongue, can always contact Karel Lambert.

Besides the series about interior firefighting, we collaborated with others for the following articles:

"Nieuwe manieren van bouwen hebben invloed op het brandverloop" by Joris van Besien, Frank Maertens, Karel Lambert & Jean-Claude Vantorre

"Drie brandweerscholen zetten samen de volgende stap in het CFBT-verhaal" by Karel Lambert:

article_tcursus.pdf

"Connecting RIT and ICS" was written by Pieter Maes. He was coached by Karel Lambert.

article_RIT ICS_NL.pdf article_RIT ICS_ENG.pdf

The IFIW 2015 congress was organized in Belgium at PIVO. An article appeared in De BrandweerM/V: Article IFIW

Together with Steve De Blauwe, Karel Lambert wrote an article about hose management (in Dutch).

Fireforum magazine

This magazine is published for firefighters, architects, fire engineers, insurances, ...

Two articles were published in this magazine:

An article about research into PPV in staircases: article_thesis.pdf article_thesis_FR.pdf

An essay that appeared in "GRIP 4" and ."Brand & Brandweer", two magazines from the Netherlands was published in Fireforum magazine as well: essay_NL.pdf essay_FR.pdf

Brand & Brandweer (Fire & Fire Service)

Several articles were published in the dutch magazine Brand & Brandweer. They were published in other magazines as well:

- An essay about interior firefighting: essay_NL.pdf

- An article about the IFIW congress in 2015 in Belgium: Article IFIW

GRIP 4

GRIP 4 is a Dutch magazine for managers in the fire service, crisismanagement and disaster relief. Karel Lambert wrote an essay about interior attack.

You can download it here: article_grip_4.pdf

The article was published as well in the Dutch magazine "Brand & Brandweer".

Fire Engineering Magazine

Fire Engineering Magazine is a very important journal for firefighters in the United States. In the edition of July 2013 appeared the article "configuring power blowers" by Karel Lambert. It is a translation of the 12th article in the series interior firefighting. You can find it here. It is possible that you have to register first on the website of Fire Engineering Magazine before acces tot the article is granted.

Przeglad Pozarniczy (Firefighting Review)

Firefighting Review is a Polish magazine that exists for over 100 yearst. Articles for and by firefighters spread knowledge throughout the Polish fire service. In 2014, IFIW took place in Poland. John McDonough and Karel Lambert wrote a paper about effective training. The theme was nozzle techniques. The title is "Training with intent". De text is available in English, French, Polish, Dutch and Spanish. Have fun reading!

Training with intent_ENG.pdf Training with intent_FR.pdf Training with intent_POL.pdf

Training with intent_NL.pdf Training with intent_ESP.pdf Training with intent_TR

Firehouse

Firehouse is one of the most important magazines for firefighters in the United States. In the edition of October 2017 appeared the article "Insulation Fire in Brussels" by Karel Lambert. It is a translation of the 30th article in the series interior firefighting.

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