Multi-Family Fire Tactics: Garden and Stand-Alone Apartment Buildings - CP26250

We all have buildings in our jurisdictions that are considered multi-family occupancies. These structures create multiple challenges for us when they burn. The focus of this class is the garden or stand-alone apartment buildings four stories or less. The class will cover important factors for firefighters and officers to consider when responding to fire in these structures. Everything from pre-planning, construction considerations, how fire codes impact our operations at these fires, to size up and tactical deployment and incident command functions. We will use video, audio and pictures from fires that the instructor has been on as well as well known fires throughout the country that proved to be challenging and have valuable lessons attached to them. This class will not touch on high-rise apartment buildings. The focus is on the buildings that will found in just about every town throughout the country. Host: Battlefield Fire Protection District 4117 West Second Street Battlefield MO Contact: Justin Merritt at 417-881-9018 or jmerritt@battlefieldfire.com Sessions: January 29, 2026 13:00-17:00 Partners: Missouri Division of Fire Safety Funding provided by the Division of Fire Safety (DFS) and the Missouri Fire Safety Education / Advisory Commission. State Funding sources include the DFS General Revenue (GR) Fire Training Fund and Fire Education Fund