Fellow firefighters talk about losing a comrade.

Firefighting experts emphasize the importance of pre-planning and learning more about residential construction techniques.

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In an effort to educate and inform fire departments, firefighters, first responders and other emergency personnel on the changes in building construction and design, fire service experts Billy Goldfeder, Deputy Chief of the Loveland-Symmes, Ohio, Fire Department, Crawford Wiestling, Fire Chief Emeritus and Investigative Expert, Ron Siarnicki, Executive Director of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, Jerry LaMoria, Battalion Chief of the Prince George’s County Maryland Fire/EMS Department, and Dan Madrzykowski, Engineer for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, provide expertise on firefighting concepts and fire research to help firefighters responding to building structure fires. State Farm® claims no expertise in fighting structure fires, and disclaims liability for the information on this Web site. State Farm does support the dissemination of information that promotes safety. State Farm produced, hosted, and facilitated this informational Web site.

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