That's not transitional attack. That's a fully involved structure fire that you have no choice but to fight it from the outside and work your way inside.

Good idea, Mr. Davis...I remember Denis Smith once saying how often he had to "dance around the fire with a FF's bravado"-- at the FDNY Academy they are always pounding in the message not to get carried away with some teenage musclehead idea of "being a hero"....when someone may be trapped in a burning building, of course, it can be a tough call as to exactly what to do

Sounds like one consideration was people trapped inside ( or possibility thereof)--hmm...at the FDNY Academy they are always pounding in the message, don't go rushing into situations with some adolescent idea of being a hero...I remember reading Denis Smith talking about starting from the outside " dancing around the fire with a FF's bravado"