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Victim Survivability Profiling and Getting the Job Done
Seattle Ladder 8 Capt. Dana Caldart, Firefighter Josh Materi and others recount rescue of seven from roof of a well-involved dwelling. Victim Survivability Profiling Takes A Hit originally posted by...
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Gypsum Board Ceiling Systems and Firefigher Safety
The recent events in Los Angeles and the line of duty death of veteran LAFD Firefighter Glenn Allen who died Friday from injuries he sustained when a ceiling collapsed on him in a house fire late...
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Residential Home from LAFD’s LODD died is now a crime scene
The LAPD made it clear yesterday that arson has been ruled out in the fire last week that killed Firefighter Glenn Allen. But the circumstances surrounding the death of the 61-year-old Los Angeles...
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Thousands Honor Fallen LAFD Firefighter Glenn Allen
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times PHOTOGRAPH BY: Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times Firefighters gather to honor fallen colleague, Glenn Allen, HERE Glenn L. Allen was a...
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Engineered Floor I-Joists and Firefigher Safety: Basic Insights
The following videos provide some Basic insights on Engineered Floor I-Joists and Firefigher Safety. The first two video reports are a few years old, but provide some good visual and narrative insights...
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Eleven Minutes to Mayday; What You Need to Know
The Colerain Township (OH) Fire and EMS Department under the leadership of Director and Chief G. Bruce Smith released its final report Investigation Analysis of the Squirrels nest Lane Firefighter...
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First-Due Residential Fire
Video Clip provided by PGFD Captain Greg Zalenski, Station 812 -College Park (MD)VFD. An mid morning fire in a Single family (SFR) residential structure challenged arriving companies as they went into...
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Compromised Floor Assembly Traps (CT) Firefighters
Residential Fire and Floor Compromise Norwichbulletin.com A Taftville (CT) Firefigher was caught in a compromised floor condition while fighting a fire in a residential occupancy on Friday morning...
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Stairway Collapse and Mayday in Chicagoland
A fire in single family residential occupancy in Chicago’s West Humboldt Park section on May 29th produced these dramatic occurrences: Serious injury to a woman and her grandchild, a firefighter being...
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Looking Back at The Cherry Road Townhouse Fire, Double LODD; DCFD 1999
Looking Back at The Cherry Road Townhouse Fire, Double LODD; DCFD May 30th, 1999 DCFD Phillips and Matthews On May 30, 1999, (DCFD) fire fighters responded to a box alarm involving a townhouse fire...
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San Francisco FD: The Diamond Heights Fire Updates
Courtesy Patty Stanton Courtesy Patty Stanton Courtesy Patty Stanton Updates from San Francisco; From KCBS:...
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San Francisco FD Flashover LODD, two others injured
San Francisco firefighters carry one of their own from the scene of a house blaze today in the Diamond Heights neighborhood. Patty Stanton / Special to The Chronicle San Francisco (CA) Fire Department...
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2nd San Francisco Firefighter Dies After Diamond Heights Fire
SFFD Firefighter Anthony Valerio It’s being reported that San Francisco Fire Fighter Anthony Valerio passed away this morning as a result of injuries sustained while operating the Diamond Heights fire...
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Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week 2011: Day Five: Near-Misses,...
Do you know what's underneath you as you're making entry? During the last quater of 2010 and leading well into the second quarter of 2011 there has been a significant emerging trend developing in...
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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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