When SOPs, training and teamwork come together, the fire is almost a quiet, non-event.
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Jakes on the Cape were busy this morning with a working condo fire.
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Companies in the Southern Division go to work on restaurant fire.
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Dave LeBlanc leads us to consider that the ever-changing understanding of sizeup involves more than the actual on scene picture.
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Entries are few in this latest edition. Perhaps departments have made themselves secure against social media gaffes. Naahhhh…..
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My submission to this month’s edition notes four main issues.
Without them, no policy will be effective.
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Four alarms struck as fire spreads among triple-deckers.
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Dave LeBlanc is wondering if the fire service has become so infatuated with the tools, that we’ve forgotten about the problems.
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Staten Island Hospital names five burn center rooms for fallen FDNY firefighters.
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Video series of a fourth-alarm fire in Allston on 24 October.
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Social media and social networking faux pas have created a lot of commentary among public safety bloggers. What would they do if they were in charge?
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One couple protects their “stash” increasing your risk of injury or worse.
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Firefighters suffer minor injuries at vacant house fire.
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Homeless man escapes three alarm fire in Dallas with help of the police.
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33 Loses New Wagon. Station Error Has Engine Rebuilt; Contractors and Officials Scramble. Advances In Safe Response Stressed
2 commentsBusy engine company has its new engine relocated as officials consider options.
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Pennsylvania house fire reminds us that we should always think of our area of refuge.
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Latest in quality use of cameras and editing during response and fireground operations from a western Maryland department.
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The new guy was just putting away the last dish when someone yelled “First due box!” He’s the last one on board and the engine pulls out just as he closes his door.
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Simple lessons for firefighting from the horse racing world.
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FireEMSBlogs.com has been running for a little over a year now.
What are you doing with it?
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Grabbing the pipe, a fold and running like a bat out of hell will almost guarantee that the second due will have your fire.
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The housewatch wakes you, hitting the intercom yelling “first due box!”. At o-dark-thirty did you hear the address? Did it tell you how many lengths you’ll need?
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Utility company hits a gas line and, well, you can guess the rest.
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Everyone has a camera. Everyone. E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E.
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Rhetorical Lesson No.4:
No commentsDeath By POV
Let’s say that Johnson was the one dead.
How could we honestly honor a LODD caused by going 96 mph?
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