At 09:18 hours on March 1, 2011 we responded to a fire in an older Victorian residence with balloon construction. The fire was contained to a laundry room, and was burning inside the wall when crews arrived. The fire attack captain advised me that there was no visible fire in the room, and they discovered...Read More
The man who was shot and killed by Nassau County Police in Bellmore, Long Island (NY) after he crashed his truck and opened fire on BFD personnel was armed with enough weapons to commit a mass killing. We have several links to video and audio below. 31-year-old Jason Beller opened fire on BFD members, injuring one FF/EMT (see below). Beller...Read More
The man who was shot and killed by Nassau County Police in Bellmore, Long Island (NY) after he crashed his truck and opened fire on BFD personnel was armed with enough weapons to commit a mass killing. We have several links to video and audio below. 31-year-old Jason Beller opened fire on BFD members, injuring one FF/EMT (see below). Beller...Read More
Approximately 36% of the baseline vehicle’s BIW is made of PHS and AHSS. In the optimized S-in motion solution, PHS and AHSS equate to 54% of the BIW weight. Although the AHSS amount remains nearly identical, the PHS amount in the S-in motion is 25% vs. the baseline’s 6%. The world’s largest steel producer recently...Read More
As FF McGuire continues to improve, here is an update. Just before dawn, with two hours left in his overnight shift, Michael McGuire slipped his cloth hood over his head, strapped on his plastic breathing mask and yellow helmet, and entered the burning high-rise. A dozen stories above, people trapped in their apartments were leaning out...Read More
Firefighter Randy Wiebicke who, like so many New York City firefighters, toiled in and around ground zero in the months after 9/11, died Wednesday following a nearly three-year battle with multiple myeloma, an aggressive and fatal blood cancer. Wiebicke underwent an experimental stem cell transplant procedure last summer, when his cancer was in remission. But...Read More
