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Remembering Brackenridge 1991 Floor Collapse and LODD
Remembering Brackenridge, Pennsylvania December 20, 1991: Four Firefighters Killed, Trapped by Floor Collapse Four volunteer firefighters died when they were trapped by a partial floor collapse during...
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Wind Driven Fires
Wind Driven Fires Wind blowing into the broken window of a room on fire can turn a “routine room and contents fire” into a floor-to-ceiling firestorm. Historically, this has led to a significant number...
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The New Rules of Combat Fire Engagement: Random Thoughts
The New Rules of Combat Fire Engagement: How do You Measure Your Effectiveness on the Fireground? What are Your Rules of Engagement Based upon? Are Your Operations SOP Driven? Are they Aggressive or...
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San Francisco FD Berkeley Way Double LODD Report Issued: Routine Fire….
Charlie Side Fire View The Chief of the Department directed the Department Safety Officer to conduct a Safety Investigation of this incident. The primary purpose of the investigation was to...
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The Fireground; Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
The Fireground; Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow It will always still be about….. The Brotherhood Honor Courage Protection Fortitude Duty We have assumed that the routiness or successes of past operations...
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Residential Fire Injures Seven Firefighters: Wind Driven Conditions Suspected
Fireground Operations, View from Alpha-Bravo Corner street side. Photo by Billy McNeel. Residential Fire in Prince George’s County (MD) Injures Seven Firefighters: Wind Driven Conditions Suspected...
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Structural Collapse Insights and Aides from NIST
In case you missed these are or are first to see these now, informative information on Structural Collapse previously issued by NIST. This supplements the continuing research and effort by UL, NIST...
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Leading Causes of Residential Fire Fatalities: Unintentional/Careless...
USFA Releases Civilian Fire Fatalities in Residential Buildings (2008-2010) Report “Other unintentionally set, careless” actions and “smoking” are the leading causes The Federal Emergency Management...
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Adaptive Fireground Management for Company and Command Officers: FDIC 2012
Here’s a promo for the program; “Adaptive Fireground Management for Company and Command Officers”: that will be presented at the Fire Department Instructors Conference- FDIC on Thursday April 19, 2012...
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Fire Dynamics Simulation of 2011 Baltimore County LODD- 30 Dowling Circle
Operations at 30 Dowling Circle 01.19.2011 Box 11-09On Wednesday, January 19, 2011, a fire occurred in an apartment building located in the Hillendale section of Baltimore County, Maryland. This fire...
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Baltimore County (MD) Firefighter Falkenhan Line of Duty Death Report Issued
Operations at 30 Dowling Circle 01.19.2011 Box 11-09 Mark Gray Falkenhan had dedicated his life to serving others. He perished in the line of duty on January 19, 2011 while performing search and rescue...
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Predictability and Performance Of Buildings and Today’s Fireground
Understanding the distinctiveness of your first-due, mutual aid or greater-alarm response area requires constant vigilance and continuous observations. Building knowledge equals firefighter safety....
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Nothing is Ever Routine: Residential Fire-Chicago LODD
Terrence Antonio James, Chicago Tribune Nothing is ever routine;…… pause to reflect and remember the demands of the job and the inherent risks and the sacrifices made each and every day in this...
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Near-Miss, with RIT Deployment at Structural Collapse: Canada
A rapid and fast moving early morning fire in downtown Trenton, Ontario Canada resulted in the subsequent collapse of a three story mixed use commerical and apartment occupancy structure. Published...
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The 1942 Luongo’s Restaurant Fire and Collapse in East Boston; Six Boston...
The 1942 Luongo’s Restaurant Fire and Collapse in East Boston; Six Boston Firefighter Line of Duty Deaths Boston Fire Department Box 6153 Five Alarm November 15,1942 Boston Fire Department Box 6153...
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