Lairdsville Tragedy … [Read more...]
FIRE REPORT-FIREFIGHTER FATALITY: CALIFORNIA-APPARATUS CRASH
This is the departmental report of findings from the fatality accident that occurred August 6, 2005 with a Line of Duty Death of the Riverside County, Calif. Fire Department Apparatus Crash-Ejection of Firefighter (download) … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER FATALITY ARTICLE-PHOENIX, ARIZONA
Rapid Intervention Isn't RAPID By Steve Kreis, Asst. Chief, Phoenix Fire Dept. … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER FATALITIES-POMPEY HILL, NY
First-Floor Collapse During Residential Basement Fire Claims the Life of Two Fire Fighters (Career and Volunteer) and Injures a Career Fire Fighter Captain - New York … [Read more...]
We had a reported house fire it was some time in the winter. We were going to pull our engine out when another firefighter ran in front of the truck then slipped on the floor ....AND hit the garage door button to close it at the same time the truck pulled out!! He ended taking … [Read more...]
SEARCH ROPE.... DISTANCE KNOTS.... STAYING TOGETHER.... A GOOD BOSS..... TRAINIED FIREFIGHTERS..... WEARING OUR BUNKER GEAR.... I was on the 2nd truck doing a search on the floor above in a commercial occupancy when we (the inside team) realized that in the 8-10 minutes that we … [Read more...]
CALIFORNIA MAN ACCUSED OF RUNNING DOWN FIREFIGHTERS
Modesto Bee 1-5-06 A man was arrested after two firefighters were run over with a Chevrolet Suburban on Monday afternoon, the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department reported. About 3 p.m., the Burbank Paradise Fire Department was using fire hoses to drain a flooded parking lot on … [Read more...]
Background: Our department has a tiered training program that includes company-level drills on a daily basis, a scheduled 12 hour training shift per month (covering a wide range of topics and programs), and outside training opportunities (such as National Fire Service Staff and … [Read more...]
Chief, I hope that this never happens to a fellow brother or sister in the fire service. It reinforced to me, that the dangers we face are not just on the fire ground, but around the rigs that we work around. Our department responded to a garage fire and initially, we had our … [Read more...]
By: KENNETH DEAN, Staff Writer 01/02/2006 (Staff Photo By: Brad Smith) ARP - A Troup firefighter was injured and several others treated for smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion Monday during a blaze in downtown Arp. The fire, which began about 11:30 a.m. Monday at the Arp Food … [Read more...]