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January at Backstep Firefighter

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A monthly review of our popular postings and the editorial cartoon.

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Posted by on January 31, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

Why We Search: Shared Post Courtesy of CMD-FD, on Squatter Resourcefulness

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Camden squatters and the resourcefulness and creativity which they have attained.

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Posted by on January 31, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Training & Development • Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Make A Hole, Make It Wide

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FDNY’s Ray Pfeifer joins Dave LeBlanc in stressing to you why the pathway from door to nozzle needs to be clear.

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Posted by on January 29, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Education, Engine Company, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

P.G. Working:
College Park House Fire, and Other Workers

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Companies in the 6th and 4th Battalions start the morning with a working house fire.

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Posted by on January 27, 2011 • Filed under: fire, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Anonymous Is A Kick-Butt Firefighter

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Remember, for every time you point a finger at some department there are three more pointing back at you.

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Posted by on January 26, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Learning Behavior, Philosophy, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: , , , , , , ,

Why We Search:
Neighbor Rescues Two Squatters From Springfield, Missouri Fire

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Neighbor passing by sees flames, then hears a scream.

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Posted by on January 26, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues • Tagged: , , , , ,

Why We Search:
Michigan Teens Ditch Class and Videotape Themselves Setting Fire In Empty Warehouse

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Teens ditch school to play with fire inside Waterford warehouse.

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Posted by on January 21, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: , , , , ,

Smoke Is Fuel. Brief Moment in Fire Science at New York House Fire

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Video of a New York house fire reminds us how quickly black turns to orange.

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Posted by on January 21, 2011 • Filed under: Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Strategy Reconsidered, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: , , , , , , , ,

The First 10

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A look at the first 10 line of duty deaths in 2011.

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Posted by on January 20, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Firefighter Safety & Health, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, News • Tagged: , , ,

P.G. Working:
Children Rescued From Well-Involved 4th Battalion House Fire

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First arriving crews were faced with heavy fire on Side Alpha and the family reporting kids still inside.

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Posted by on January 19, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Engine Company, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: , , , , , ,

Metro Working:
P.G. and D.C. Fires

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Companies in the county and downtown put plenty of red ink in the log book.

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Posted by on January 18, 2011 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, News, Videos • Tagged: , , , , , , ,

2011 Challenge
Last Year’s Show Opportunities

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Serious about reducing line of duty deaths? Serious about improving awareness of firefighter health? Let’s see just how serious we were last year.

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Posted by on January 16, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Line of Duty, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: , , , ,

From Sir Lancelot To Wyatt Earp to Dick Winters, Putting Others Ahead Of Ourselves

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“Every day we read that we must all come home and we are well on our way to a world where you will have to justify going in to search, not the other way around.” Dave LeBlanc

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Posted by on January 15, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Line of Duty, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

Calling All Fire Photographers!
Andy Fredericks Training Days Needs You

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Organizers of yearly training event want your nozzle team photo.

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Posted by on January 13, 2011 • Filed under: Education, Engine Company, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: , , , ,

Vacant Hyperbole, or
“Janet Doesn’t Ride Here”

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“That being said, let’s be honest: who hears about fires in an abandoned building and doesn’t wonder about the rest of the story? We all do, but who decides whether vagrants are worth looking for in a burning building?”

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Posted by on January 12, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, News • Tagged: , , , , , , ,

Collyer Mansion: Buffalo

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Cluttered conditions slowed the progress of Buffalo firefighters at this afternoon fire.

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Posted by on January 12, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Boston Working: Hyde Park Worker Becomes Second 3rd Alarm Fire

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Basement fire runs the walls and attic, ending up with three alarms struck.

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Posted by on January 7, 2011 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: , ,

Boston Local 718 Offers A Customer Service Message.
What Does Your Local or Department Do?

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Boston Local reminds its customers they’re close at hand when the time calls.

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Posted by on January 6, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Communication, Fire Rescue Topics, Funding & Staffing, Technology & Communications, Videos • Tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Victim Survivability Profiling Takes A Hit

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Seattle Ladder 8 Capt. Dana Caldart, Firefighter Josh Materi and others recount rescue of seven from roof of a well-involved dwelling.

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Posted by on January 5, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Boston. First Multiple Alarm of The New Year, Plus “The Bravest” Episodes

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Companies in District 7 had the rear porch and all floors well off prior to collapse.

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Posted by on January 5, 2011 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: , , ,

Why We Search:
Chicago, Two Fires With Rescues

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Squatters rescued from one fire, tenants from a second.

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Posted by on January 2, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Cape Cod Working:
Collapse During Harwich Cottage Fire

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Heavy fire reportedly showing upon arrival.

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Posted by on January 2, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,