When buildings are constructed beyond the reach of a fire department's highest ladder, two important fire fighting strategies are taken away from firefighters.
Life-saving victim removals using ladders and, in many cases the ability to extinguish a fire with an outside master stream.
The only strategy for a high-rise fire beyond the reach of an aerial ladder is an interior attack. Firefighters must extinguish the fire using handheld hose streams advanced through heat and smoke from an inside stairway.
If this method fails, there is no alternate plan.
An outside attack is not an option without the HERO PIPE.
Neutralize Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives safely from below.