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“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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First arriving crews were faced with heavy fire on Side Alpha and the family reporting kids still inside.
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Organizers of yearly training event want your nozzle team photo.
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First due fire for 44 and others in the 4th Battalion.
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Date and registration are set continuing Andy’s legacy.
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Clear, concise, level-headed communication is one of the best characteristics a first-due officer can have. Especially when the local alarm turns out to be two floors of heavy fire and the exposures starting to go.
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Back in the eighties riding with Engine Co.37 and Ladder Co. 26.
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When SOPs, training and teamwork come together, the fire is almost a quiet, non-event.
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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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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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Stockton, California Working:
1 commentA Little ‘Shot in The Arm’ for the Fire Service
First-in footage at Stockton working fire.
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