What Recent Research Is Pushing the Fire Service Forward?

Host Eric Dreiman reflects on FDIC, survivability profiling, and practical victim-centered search tactics on this episode of Hooks & Hoses. Drieman discusses recent research and explains why first responders must favor targeted, split searches, saturating structures to prioritize bedrooms, and avoid premature survivability judgments. He details practical, experience-based guidance for company officers and firefighters and the importance of balancing safety with rescue intent