Tragic news from South America where 3 Firefighters were killed in the Line of Duty this morning in a multi-family dwelling fire. The fire occurred in Caseros, a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The fire destroyed an apartment on the fifth floor of a new complex … [Read more...]
Tomorrow - Friday July 23rd, 2021 - 09:00 -17:00 ...is the Lieutenant Nathan Flynn Fireground Leadership Training Program While some of you may be joining us in person this year, we unfortunately can't have everyone on site in Maryland. The 3rd Annual Lt Nathan Flynn … [Read more...]
Here are a couple of videos showing the new FDNY Super Pumper 1 ...along with some history that we thought you'd enjoy: =VIDEO 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbBT-Adn3Cw =VIDEO 2: https://youtu.be/D1U1zh7A6Wg =ARTICLE ABOUT THE NEW SUPER PUMPER … [Read more...]
More than 800 bereaved and survivors from Grenfell Tower and 102 firefighters are seeking up to tens of millions of pounds in compensation from organisations involved in the disastrous refurbishment in a case that reaches the high court on Wednesday. The victims of the fire on … [Read more...]
A 35-year-old volunteer Firefighter in the Philadelphia suburbs, who was on his last fire run ahead of moving home to his native Canada today, died in the Line of Duty this morning while fighting a house fire in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pa. last night. Penn … [Read more...]
MACHINE LEARNING COULD ALERT FIREFIGHTERS OF IMPENDING FLASHOVER
New machine learning algorithms could soon help firefighters forecast dangerous flashover ignition events using sensor data from burning buildings. Called P-Flash, the system was developed by Thomas Cleary and colleagues at the National Institute of Standards and Technology … [Read more...]
Today at 1017 hours in Washington County (Maryland-West central Maryland) their 911 Center received numerous calls reporting a structure fire at 17847 Carter Lane in Hagerstown, MD. Fire companies from Funkstown, Fairplay, Halfway, Hagerstown and Williamsport were alerted to … [Read more...]