Compromised Floor Assembly Traps Firefighters
Residential Fire and Floor Compromise Norwichbulletin.com A Taftville (CT) Firefigher was caught in a compromised floor condition while fighting a fire in a residential occupancy on Friday morning...
View ArticleAlbuquerque Fire Department; Learnings from Close Call Collapse and Fire...
The Albuquerque Fire Department seeks to improve operations from past performance Four firefighters with the Albuquerque (NM) Fire Department were injured during operations at a three-alarm fire that...
View ArticleStairway Collapse and Mayday in Chicagoland
A fire in single family residential occupancy in Chicago’s West Humboldt Park section on May 29th produced these dramatic occurrences: Serious injury...
View ArticleFire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week 2011: Day Five: Near-Misses,...
Do you know what's underneath you as you're making entry? During the last quarter of 2010 and leading well into the second quarter of 2011 there has been a significant emerging trend developing in...
View ArticleRemembrance: FDNY and Buffalo(NY) Double LODD from Floor Collapse
Dangers of Floor Collapse Take the time to revisit two Firefighter LODD incidents that both occurred in the month of August in 2006 and 2009 respectively. Excerpts from the NIOSH Reports have been...
View ArticleFDNY: The 23 Street Collapse October 17,1966 Box 55 598
Accessed from FDNY - Remembering the "23rd Street Fire" October 17, 1966, Facebook Page On October 17th 1966, Manhattan Box 598 was struck at 21:36 hours for the report of a building fire at 7 East...
View ArticleSFFD Diamond Heights LODD Safety Violations
State investigators have cited the San Francisco Fire Department for “serious” worker safety violations in the deaths of two firefighters killed battling a Diamond Heights house fire in June. Reports...
View ArticleSan Francisco FD Berkeley Way Double LODD Report Issued: Routine Fire….
Charlie Side Fire View The Chief of the Department directed the Department Safety Officer to conduct a Safety Investigation of this incident. The primary purpose of the investigation was to...
View ArticleWorcester FF Brian Carroll recalls the Arlington Street Fire of December 8, 2011
Firefighter Brian Carroll reflects on the 2011 Arlington Street Fire and Cold Storage Fire of 1999. Firefighter Brian Carroll was trapped in the basement of 49 Arlington St. after the second-floor of...
View ArticleEngineered Structural Support (ESS) system: Been in the Field lately?
Been in the field lately looking at your buildings under construction? Here’s a new look at a common Engineered Structural Support (ESS) system. Here’s today’s Taking it to the Streets session; Take a...
View ArticleColerain and Eleven Minutes to Mayday: Lessons from 2008 Resonate Today
Remembering the Sacrafice: Capt. Broxterman and FF Schira On Friday, April 4, 2008 at 06:13:02 hours, what began as a routine response for Colerain Township Fire and EMS Engine 102 to investigate a...
View ArticleStill and Box for CFD: Near Miss Stairwell Collapse in Chicago
A fire in a three story multiple family apartment building injured four City of Chicago (IL) firefighters when an interior stairway collapsed during firefighting operations. The building was...
View ArticleA View from the Street; Remembrance and Paying Respect
A View from the Street; Remembrance and Paying Respect A brief trip on Friday took me to the City of Buffalo, New York. Following business, I made my way to 1815 Genesee Street. As the morning sun...
View ArticleFDNY: The 23 Street Collapse October 17,1966 Box 55 598
Accessed from FDNY – Remembering the “23rd Street Fire” October 17, 1966, Facebook Page On October 17th, 1966, Manhattan Dispatch recorded an alarm from a resident at 7 East 22nd Street for smoke on...
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