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2012 Maydays

A year of communication we hate to hear, but train to say

Posted by Bill Carey on January 12, 2013 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Communication, Dispatch & Communications, Emergency Communications, Firefighter Safety & Health, Rescues, Special Operations, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "fireground audio", "rapid intervention", audio, communicating, communication, communications, FAST, firefighter down, mayday, priority traffic, radio, rapid intervention team, RIC, RIT, urgent

RIT Deployed at Texas House Fire

Roof, ceiling collapse after Caney Creek firefighters move in

Posted by Bill Carey on January 8, 2013 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "rapid intervention", Billy Schmidt, Caney Creek VFD, ceiling collapse, collapse, evacuation, FAST, FDTN, Fire Department Training Network, FireRescue Magazine, Jim McCormack, Michael Dugan, NFPA, NFPA 1407, rapid intervention team, RIC, RIT, roof collapse, video

This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Collapse Six Minutes After Under Control, Chicago 2010

Collapse kills two, injures 19 after two line fire goes under control.

Posted by Bill Carey on December 22, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Rescues, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "rapid intervention", abandoned, Chicago, Chicago Fire Department, collapse, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, mayday, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, roof collapse, vacant

This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Fire Keeps RIT from Reaching Probie, Texas 2004

Increasing heat, crowded entrance, radio not used and victim 15 feet from the door.

Posted by Bill Carey on December 20, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Rescues, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "fire behavior", "forcible entry", "Probationary Firefighter", "rapid intervention", accountability, bailout, communication, communications, disorientation, firefighter safety, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, sizeup, Texas

This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Disorientation, Radio Problems and RITs Driven Out, Missouri 1999

Two rapid intervention teams forced to withdrawl from search for battalion chief.

Posted by Bill Carey on December 18, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Learning Behavior, Line of Duty, Rescues, Special Operations, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "line of duty death", "rapid intervention", communication, disorientation, firefighter safety, incident command, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, mayday, Missouri, radio, radio problems, warehouse

Boston Mayday Training Sample

Video highlights communications during fire attack and mayday.

Posted by Bill Carey on November 23, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Rescues, Technology & Communications, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Uncategorized, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "rapid intervention", boston, Boston Fire Department, communicating, communication, communications, Education, mayday, training, video

Lessons Learned:
Deadly Disorientation at Texas Plant Fire

Eight contributing factors present before the fire actually started.

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Posted by Bill Carey on September 2, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "line of duty death", "rapid intervention", "risk management", command, communicating, communication, communications, firefighter safety, Lessons Learned, Maxim Egg Farm, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, preplan, preplanning, risk, safety, sizeup

Lessons Learned: Fatal, Illegal Renovation in the Bronx, August 2006

A repost in memory of Probationary Firefighter Mike Reilly and Lieutenant Howie Carpluk.

Posted by Bill Carey on August 30, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "line of duty death", "rapid intervention", Bronx, collapse, communication, communications, fdny, Lessons Learned, mayday, NIOSH reports

Lesson in Awareness:
Texas Mayday Incident Training Site

Texas department goes all out sharing lessons learned from their own close call.

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Posted by Bill Carey on August 26, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Learning Behavior, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "rapid intervention", disorientation, Flower Mound Fire Department, Lessons In Awareness, Lessons Learned, mayday, training

Lesson In Awareness: D.C. Rear Tenement

You never know what to expect downtown on Side Charlie.

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Posted by Bill Carey on June 30, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Education, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, News, Strategy Reconsidered, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "fire behavior", "Lesson in Awareness", "rapid intervention", building construction, communication, dcfd, Lessons Learned, preplan, sizeup

Texas 2010 LODD State Investigation Synopsis

Report on July 2010 fire that claimed a captain identifies seven main errors.

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Posted by Bill Carey on June 28, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "line of duty death", "rapid intervention", command, communication, communications, firefighter safety, Maxim Egg Farm, mayday

Images from Leslie Collapse, Mayday
Courtesy Michigan Fireground

Michiganfireground.com captures the action where 10 firefighters were injured.

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Posted by Bill Carey on April 15, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Special Operations, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "rapid intervention", building construction, collapse, fire photography, mayday

Looking Back at “The Front Seat” for April 6, 2011

A recap of Dave’s program with the discussed firefighter fatality reports.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on April 9, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, In the Line of Duty, Learning Behavior, Line of Duty, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "firefighter netcast", "line of duty death", "rapid intervention", "The Front Seat", John Mitchell, lodd, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, Rhett Fleitz, training

Can You Hear Me Now? Staying Alive: Prince George’s County Fire, EMS Department Unveils Mobile Mayday Simulator

New Technical Services Battalion uses department box truck to create a complex mayday classroom.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 1, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Learning Behavior, Rescues, Technology & Communications, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Vehicle Operations & Apparatus, Videos • Tagged: "PGFD", "PGFEMS", "rapid intervention", communicating, communications, Education, mayday, training

Kansas City Flashover, Mayday:
Raw Video Interview Highlights Burnt Line, Backup Line and Area of Refuge

Kansas City firefighters working on a Saturday morning house fire experience a flashover and mayday call.

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Posted by Bill Carey on December 11, 2010 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "close calls", "fire behavior", "Kansas City", "near miss", "rapid intervention", flashover, mayday, rescue, safety, search

Stories of Survival
D.C. Firefighters Burn Foundation

There’s very little to add to what is presented in these two videos.
Even less to what Joe Morgan, Charlie Shyab and Kenneth Humphries share.
If you care about the man or woman riding across from you, pass them along.
Special thanks to the D.C. Firefighters Burn Foundation. (more…)

Posted by Bill Carey on April 28, 2010 • Filed under: Uncategorized • Tagged: "burn center", "fire behavior", "rapid intervention", "saving our own", dcfd, firefighter, recovery, rescue, sizeup, stress

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