HVAC and refrigerant challenges with FDNY Captains Chris Collier and Dan Gordon, Lt. James Pirot and fire code counsel, Kelly Carr

About this episode

The episode discusses HVAC systems and refrigerants' challenges on the fireground with FDNY experts.

In this episode of the FDNY Pro Podcast, host FDNY Battalion Chief Anthony Pascocello welcomes returning guests Captain Chris Collier, Captain Dan Gordon, and Lt. James Pirot, as well as new guest FDNY fire code counsel Kelly Carr, to discuss the challenges that HVAC systems and refrigerants pose on the fireground. They cover recent operational challenges they’ve encountered, adapting to the environmentally friendly A2L refrigerants and their associated fire risk, and the impact all of this has on fire code and response strategies. They also give a brief summary of what is being offered at the 2026 FDNY High Rise Symposium.

People in this episode

Host: Anthony Pascocello

Guests: Chris Collier, Dan Gordon, James Pirot, Kelly Carr

Topics covered

• HVAC systems
• refrigerants
• fire safety
• fire code
• operational challenges
• environmentally friendly refrigerants
• fire response strategies

Keywords

• HVAC
• refrigerants
• fire code
• fire safety
• A2L refrigerants
• fire response
• FDNY High Rise Symposium

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FDNY, FDNY Foundation

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