Fully Involved Tesla Car Fire Takes 42 Minutes to Extinguish-600 Gallons of Water Per Minute Help Suppress Challenging Fire September 15, 2022By Captain Philip Hayes At 11:18 AM today, the Stamford Combined 911 Dispatch Center began receiving calls of a car fire behind the … [Read more...]
Probably like you, I like to watch (with intentional self-control) what people are “putting out there” online, and lately, there has been a lot of chatter related to firefighting and searching in vacant buildings. One example: Some reacted negatively on social media to a … [Read more...]
By Charistin Clark, WCIV: September is Suicide Awareness Month, and first responder suicide rates are on the rise. Firefighters are more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty, according to a study done by the Ruderman Family Foundation. North Charleston … [Read more...]
Stafford Co, VA Fire Rescue: Last night while working a crash on I-95, northbound, Rescue 1 was involved in a crash after being rear ended by a civilian vehicle. All the occupants in the car were transported to local hospitals as well as one of our own, a Firefighter was … [Read more...]
A new article (and an online firefighter training program) “Hierarchy of Contamination Control in the Fire Service” co-authored by some phenominal fire service scientists Gavin Horn, Kenny Fent, Denise Smith, and Steve Kerber, has been published. This document covers fire service … [Read more...]
The Fire Chief as well as the father of Watertown NY Firefighter Peyton Morse has been subpoenaed to testify in front of a New York grand jury investigating Morse’s death after a training incident. Watertown Fire Chief Matt Timerman has also been subpoenaed. Chief Timerman and … [Read more...]
The rental house that was the scene of a fire that killed the two Maryland sisters on vacation with their family in Noyak (Town of Southampton, Sag Harbor Long Island, NY) earlier this month did not have a rental permit or working smoke alarms. Sisters Jillian Wiener, 21 and … [Read more...]