Two firefighters fell to the basement of a home while working a house fire in Prince George's County. At about 12:52 on Sunday, the Prince George's County Fire Department was called to the 13000 block of Barnwell Pl in Marlton for a house fire. When crews arrived, they found a … [Read more...]
According to the USFA, in 2019, 62 Firefighters died in the Line of Duty, 22 less than the 2018 total of 84 Firefighters. The fatalities included 25 career firefighters, 34 volunteer Firefighters, and 3 wildland agencies w/the total consisting of one female and 61 males. There … [Read more...]
The NFFF launched its Incident Commander-to-Incident Commander (IC to IC) Network in 2020 to support incident commanders involved in a Firefighter fatality. Several of those IC's are willing to share their experiences so we can all learn. TOMORROW: THURSDAY OCTOBER 22, … [Read more...]
There is a "no cost/no excuse" training course from UL specifically related to fighting fires in basements or related "below grade" conditions. Their “Understanding and Fighting Basement Fires” course covers the results of fire experiments conducted as part of the Basement Fires … [Read more...]
Worcester (MA) is moving forward with a study of the Fire Department, nearly a year after pledging to review firefighter safety in wake of the Line-of-Duty death of Lt. Jason Menard. The city said this week it had hired Emergency Services Consulting International (ESCI) to study … [Read more...]
Utica Fire Deputy Chief Matt Ambrose suffered from minor injuries following a house fire on Smith Place in Utica. According to Utica Fire Chief Scott Ingersoll, fire crews were battling the fire inside of the home when the stairway collapsed causing Ambrose to fall from the … [Read more...]
Today UL released two new flashover related videos: a short PSA and a full-length side-by-side home furnishing comparison experiment video. The PSA drives awareness of how little time there is to escape a dwelling fire and urges people to plan ahead by having working smoke … [Read more...]
A mobile home is a total loss following a fire that investigators believe was sparked by a cigarette butt. The Hinesburg Fire Department responded to the fire at a home on Hillview Terrace a little after 1530 on Saturday. Heavy fire was already seen on the front porch when crews … [Read more...]
The next installment of the IC to IC program on NFFF Connect is TODAY September 24th at 1:00 pm EST. They will be having a discussion with Assistant Chief Robert Wilkins, Philadelphia Fire Department , the Incident Commander of that house fire that killed a Firefighter in … [Read more...]
As a warning, this is an absolute commentary about fireground radio use, so if that's not something you're interested in, skip to your next page-or change channels. See what I did there? And in addition, I'll start out with a disclosure. I have a significant history of … [Read more...]