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Bodies Recovered Five Days After TX Fire
The bodies of two non-residents were recovered Monday from the rubble of a Harris County (TX) apartment complex that ...
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OH Firefighters Hurt When Burning Garage Apartment CollapsesFour firefighters were injured when a garage apartment collapsed during a fire in Rome Township, Ohio. |
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Hundreds Flee Buffalo (NY) High-Rise Fire
Hundreds of people fled a two-alarm fire on the eighth floor of a high-rise building Tuesday in downtown Buffalo, New...
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Fire at NYC Trump High-Rise Injures 11
Eleven people were injured in a predawn fire at the Trump Place Apartments on Manhattan's Upper West Side Tuesday.
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Chicago Firefighters Assist in Rescue of 18 from Elevator
Chicago (IL) firefighters worked with a building engineer and an elevator company to free 18 people who were trapped ...
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Recognizing the Suburban/Urban InterfaceAs communities move from semi-rural suburbia to urban, firefighters may experience not only an increased volume of incidents, but a widening variety of problems to mitigate, Dave DeStefano writes. |
Fireground Search: How Do you Know?Firefighters should not abandon aggressive tactics to rescue potential victims on the fireground, Jerry Knapp writes, but there are strategies that can be used to help minimize the risk responders are exposed to at emergency incidents. |
Sizing Up the Situation Before ArrivalHaving advance knowledge of the fireground can help firefighters perform some size-up before they even arrive on scene. Dan Sheridan writes about two incidents where having prior knowledge helped firefighting operations. |
From the Jumpseat: The Safety/Identity ConflictDo the stories that make up how firefighters think of themselves actually make it more difficult for them to operate safely on the fireground? Mark J. Cotter reviews a scientific study that says yes. |
Dunn's Dispatch: Rekindle Fires
Preventing a rekindle is a team responsibility. Vincent Dunn discusses the implications of a rekindle and the importance of overhaul operations.
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House Fire Roof Vent Helmet Cam - Training TipsThe Traditions Training group provides a video meant to provoke positive discussion about tactics and duties of a firefighter placed into a similar situation. |
CSB Statement on Four Year Anniversary of the Catastrophic Imperial Sugar ExplosionTuesday, February 7, 2012, marks the fourth anniversary of the massive sugar dust explosion that killed 14 workers and injured 38 others at the Imperial Sugar Refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia. The loss of life continues to be mourned in the community. |
Rapid Intervention Basics for FirefightersJeff Schwering offers a reminder about the many elements for which the rapid intervention team (RIT) is responsible and issues a call for a return to the basics |
Bodies Recovered Five Days After TX FireThe bodies of two non-residents were recovered Monday from the rubble of a Harris County (TX) apartment complex that had burned five days earlier, prompting questions about the thoroughness of the fire response from relatives of the victims. |
Study Points to Future Wildfire Danger in Western United StatesRecent scientific research points out the possibility of dangerous future wildland fire activity in the Western United States. |
CSB Chairman: Nine Years After Corbin (KY) Explosion, Still No Dust RegulationsOn Feb. 20, 2003, powerful dust explosions tore through the CTA Acoustics plant in Corbin, Kentucky, where fiberglass insulation was manufactured for the automotive industry, killing seven and injuring many more. Nine years after the CTA catastrophe, there is still no comprehensive OSHA standard to prevent these accidents. |
Dallas Fire Rescue Probes Response to Fatal Fire
February 22, 2012
Dallas (TX) Fire Rescue is investigating the response to a fire that killed a disabled man Sunday afternoon. |
