Steam Myths, VEIS + Basement Fires with Returning Guest Sean Gray | Fully Involved Podcast (E11)

Back by popular demand! He hosted the Fully Involved crew at Cobb County Fire Department in Georgia for on-site Ep. 4-7, then he was the Ep. 1 guest of the Fully Involved Podcast. Now in his second podcast appearance (Ep. 11), the Fully Involved crew catches up with Sean at Connecticut Fire Academy’s Winter Fire School to talk steam myths, VEIS, basement fires, gas cooling vs. surface cooling, and what’s changing in the brand-new Second Edition of "The Evolving Fireground" that he co-authored with PJ Norwood. In Sean Gray’s Podcast Episode 1, we covered steam expansion myths, exterior streams, water mapping, nozzle choice, and why water placement beats chasing bigger GPM. Now in Podcast Episode 11 firefighters will learn: • Why exterior water does not automatically “steam” firefighters • How straight streams, fog patterns, and air entrainment change fire attack • What UK and US crews can learn from each other about air control and flow rates • Why surface cooling matters in hallways, fire rooms, and water mapping • How to recognize low-intake, high-exhaust basement fire problems • Why maneuverability and speed can matter more than higher GPM • How VEIS and search tactics are changing with new research • Company officer leadership lessons from Sean’s “Walking the Wire” class