A MESSAGE FROM WILDWOOD (New Jersey) FIRE CHIEF DAN SPEIGEL Chief Speigel asked us to pass this on www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com On Saturday, September 14, 2019 at approximately 1800 hours the Wildwood City Fire Department, Squad 3 and Rescue 3 along with the North Wildwood … [Read more...]
At 04:50 on the 18th of July 2019 Newark Division of Fire & EMS units along with mutual aid companies were dispatched on a residential structure fire at 268 Moull Street, Newark, Ohio. The initial assignment for this residential fire was: 1 chief, 2 ladder, 3 engines, and 2 … [Read more...]
Firefighter Eric Whitehead credits his fellow Buffalo (New York) firefighters for saving his life when they pulled him from the attic of a burning house in January. "I just knew my brothers were there," Whitehead told The Buffalo News in a February phone interview from the … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that 2 Firefighters died in the Line of Duty from the South-West Limburg (Belgium) FD, Heusden-Zolder station, last night. Members were operating in the vacant structure (occupied by homeless) and there was a flashover. When conditions changed members were … [Read more...]
I love Ben Franklin. I have spent the better part of my life reading his stuff and the stuff that's been written about him. Ben Franklin himself had no shortage of his own quotes as well: "Who is wise? He that learns from everyone." (Ben Franklin, Firefighter, Smart … [Read more...]
As you will recall, Captain Dave Smiley Jr., a 23-year-old volunteer rescue Captain for Delaware's Minquas Fire Company (New Castle County, near Wilmington), sustained serious burns in March at a working house fire in Mill Creek. Captain Smiley is also a career Firefighter with … [Read more...]
The following are excerpts from a new report related to the LODD of Howard County (MD) Firefighter Nate Flynn. The best any of us can do is to "honor by learning" the published/known facts of what happened and then applying those to our own departments, realistically available … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER MAYDAY – STRUCK IN HEAD BY FALLING CEILING
Today we responded to a building fire mutual aid into Springfield at a country club. Upon arrival we were assigned to the third floor to open up and check for extension. While operating directly under the fire pulling the ceiling. After a few hits the entire ceiling came down on … [Read more...]
If firefighting could be accomplished one task at a time, we (and the public) would all be in much better shape! Consider a few of the "standard" tasks that must be performed at a structural fire, including: Turnout Response Establish water Size up Stretch … [Read more...]
An 18-year-old woman was killed, three residents were taken to a hospital and two Sterling Heights firefighters suffered burns during a house fire today. Firefighters were called around 8:15 a.m. Wednesday to a home in the 37000 block of Mariano Drive. The family was trapped and … [Read more...]
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