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CFBT-US, LLC Page 1 fire Development and fire Behavior Indicators Battalion Chief Ed Hartin, MS, EFO, MIFireE, CFO Introduction Building Factors, Smoke, Air Track, Heat, and Flame (B-SAHF) are critical fire Behavior Indicators . Understanding the Indicators is important, but more important is the ability to integrate these factors in the process of reading the fire as part of size-up and dynamic risk assessment. Compartment fire Development Part of the process of reading the fire involves recognizing the stages of fire Development that are involved.

Fire Development and Fire Behavior Indicators © CFBT-US, LLC Page 3 color, etc. are important, but need to be integrated into the B-SAHF framework to provide a

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