William Kaempffer, Register Staff NEW HAVEN Firefighters jumped through windows to escape flames after being trapped inside a burning house Wednesday in the East Shore section. Three firefighters one severely burned were taken to the hospital for injuries suffered while … [Read more...]
I DISAPPEARED THROUGH… A FALL THROUGH THE FLOOR
In the early winter of 2003, my fire company responded to a multiple alarm building fire, mutual aid. Shortly after entering the building with rest of my crew, we relieved a team in the room where we thought the fire started. The previous team failed to tell us that the fire had … [Read more...]
HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO DIE AND DECIDED…….. THAT WAS A BAD IDEA!!!……”
Dear FFCC.com:I was the Incident Commander and these two firefighters did an outstanding job in not only rescuing the victim, but keeping their composure when all went bad. They we able to rescue the victim and themselves just prior to the 1st floor lighting off. The victim was … [Read more...]