(FFCC’s NOTE: In this “FirefighterCloseCall” a single company was dispatched to what is considered as “an outside fire”…our FD would do the same. This firefighter was FULLY GEARED UP and on-air-and it made a BIG difference to what seemed to be a “hoo-hum” response… that BLEW UP in their faces! “Unknown type fires” must be...Read More
THEY WERE DISPATCHED TO AN “UNKNOWN MEDICAL AND… “… she reached out and pulled out a pistol…” As most of our responses now are EMS related, I thought I would share an experience with you that confronted my 3 man engine company when we were dispatched to an “unknown medical”. It truly reinforced the fact...Read More
WITHOUT WARNING-AN AMTRAK TRAIN WHIZZED BY….…WHILE WE WERE FOCUSING ON THE EMERGENCY……Not That Train!! FFCC.COM NOTES: As we read this, we are further convinced that ANY scene we operate on should have a SAFETY SECTOR established…if only to be those additional set of eyes who focus on THE BIG PICTURE and what MIGHT go wrong.What...Read More
(FFCC’s NOTE: In this “FirefighterCloseCall” a single company was dispatched to what is considered as “an outside fire”…our FD would do the same. This firefighter was FULLY GEARED UP and on-air-and it made a BIG difference to what seemed to be a “hoo-hum” response… that BLEW UP in their faces! “Unknown type fires” must be...Read More
From correspondents in Hong KongJuly 7, 2004 A FIREMAN and a workman died in Hong Kong in what is believed to have been a deadly gas leak from a car parking lot drain, police said. The two were declared dead in hospital after they and another five firemen were overcome by fumes released from a...Read More
(FFCC’s NOTE: How many times have all of us been dispatched to what sounds like a BS run? Countless. The middle of the night-tones go off -we groan-and respond. When we arrive… jeez… “it’s a tree fire” and we do what we have to without major concern…and then GRAVITY kicks in. LOOKING at the big...Read More
