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Ohio Close Calls
Blaming Radios and Remembering Past Tragedy

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Calls show hindsight and misguided blame. Are we sure we're headed in the right direction when looking for "lessons learned"?

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Kensington Working:
Basement Fires, Ladders and Kinks

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Kensington house fire highlights basement fire and some other things.

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Globe’s WASP
Physiological and Location Monitoring on the Fireground

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More on Globe's WASP technology.

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Globe WASP
Getting Closer to Better Firefighter Tracking and Monitoring

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Firefighter tracking, health monitoring and PPE combine for a proactive approach to your safety.

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Snohomish County Working:
Rescue Off Balcony

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First due engine reportedly has a rescue awaiting them.

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Manhattan Scaffolding Rescue Highlights Agency Rivalry and Risk Management Decisions

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Scaffold rescue highlights problems in unified command system.

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Mayday Transmitted During Reading Apartment Fire

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Calm and collect a member calls for help as crews evacuate the fire floor.

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Pasadena Working: Transitional Attack

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Brief knockdown of visible fire comes from the outside.

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Why We Search: Camden
Pot of Gold at the End of the Row?

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Vacant row comes down after someone dies.

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The Area of Refuge and “Experience Makeup”

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The area of refuge only applies to truckies forcing apartment doors, correct?

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Reader Definitions of Transitional Attack

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Providing a brief fire attack video to pick your brain on what you think transitional attack is.

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Berwick, PA Working:
West Ninth Street Fire Videos

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Nice series of video and audio of a Columbia County fire from start to finish.

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Squad Co.18 Working (Again):
10-77 with People in the Windows

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Manhattan fire with reports of people hanging out the windows.

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Communications Drill with DCFD RS.3 Video

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Arrival video from D.C. offers opportunity to train on sizeup report expectations.

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Pushing the Envelope

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Despite modern challenges, many basics still keep us alive.

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Whitehall, PA Working:
Rescue on North Ruch Street

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Rescue at Pennsylvania house fire.

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Alameda County Responds
More About What You Think You Know

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More information on the popular helmet cam video.

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Alameda County Working: Rescue Company Helmet Cam Captures Rescues and More

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Video answers critics about delay in getting water on the fire and shows that chasing kinks is everyone's job.

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So Much for That “It’s Not Vacant Until We Search” Ideology

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Aggressive and Safety each took a hit in Toledo.

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A Comment Worthy of a Post

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Executive Director of the NFFF reminds us of the purpose of "EGH".

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Why Everyone Goes Home doesn’t always mean “Everyone Goes Home.”

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The cowboy in us asks 'If great responsibility is founded on personal responsibility, then what place does personal experience hold?'

 

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Why We Search, 2012

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We are not saying you should be reckless, unsafe. We are saying you should be realistic.

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Told You So. Ontario Volunteer Department Charged After Fire Traps Firefighters During Rescue

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Court raises issues of liability, training and funding.

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Plan B

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Having various plans is like having various resources. You'll never be stuck trying to solve any fireground problem with the same solitary solution.

 

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Complacency

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Routines can be dangerous.

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