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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"?
Snohomish County Working:
Rescue Off Balcony
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Fire showing from the fifth floor of 39 Eldridge Street and related material on truck company operations and ventilation.
Video answers critics about delay in getting water on the fire and shows that chasing kinks is everyone's job.
You are an engine company, not an Italian restaurant.
“We’re just trying to do the best we can.”
Engine 42 Lieutenant Catches Boy and Provides Training Questions for Engine Companies
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Rescues at Roxbury apartment reminds us of the need for training under antagonistic conditions and the value of teamwork.
North Carolina engine company is staffed with four but routinely runs with three.
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“Expect Fire” New Haven
After Medic-Local, Engine 11 Comes Across Working Fire and Makes a Rescue
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“We noticed a commotion on the sidewalk. People were pointing,”
Only a block away, Engine 22 has an afternoon full of fire and first line choices.
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The average complaint about the big line is that it takes a lot to advance it.
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Dave LeBlanc looks at size-up and how having to guess if someone is dead or alive can throw a wrench in the initial decisions.
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Video of Rural/Metro engine company shows that two men can properly accomplish some of the immediate basics.
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Ray shares some pics from Manhattan and a few other boroughs.
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Tunnel vision, prejudices, attitude, excessive talking – all can turn a fireground sour.
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NY Daily News video report of an all-hands fire in Brooklyn.
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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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John Salka and the Transitional Attack
2 commentsPopular instructor and FDNY battalion chief shares his thoughts on Facebook.
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