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Whatever it takes…

Posted by Bill Carey on May 22, 2013 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, fire, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", Detroit, Detroit Fire Department, occupants, occupants trapped, rescue, risk, videos

Contradictions in Atlanta

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Rescue challenges those who cling to absolutes in fear and tradition.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 5, 2013 • Filed under: fire, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "Victim Survivability Profiling", abandoned, Atlanta, firefighter safety, primary search, rescue, safety, science, search, sizeup, squatters, tradition, vacant, victims, video

Kentland Working: Fatal Fire in Glenarden

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Multiple victims found during the primary search

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Posted by Bill Carey on February 21, 2013 • Filed under: fire, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", Glenarden, Kentland, Landover, Marc Bashoor, Mark Brady, occupants, occupants trapped, primary search, rescue, search, videos

Why We Search:
Jumper and Rescue at Chicago Abandoned Building Fire

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Two people injured after fire in South Side home

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Posted by Bill Carey on January 9, 2013 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "risk management", abandoned, Chicago, Chicago Fire Department, firefighter safety, jumper, primary search, rescue, risk, risk analysis, safety, vacant, Why We Search

Shot In The Arm:
FDNY L.111, Rescue 2 Ride-Along ’92

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¾ boots, bunker pants, helmet tetrahedrons and white-over-red cabs

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Posted by Bill Carey on January 3, 2013 • Filed under: fire, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Truck Company, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "tower ladder", Brooklyn, buff, engine company, fdny, inspiration, ladder companies, Ladder Company 111, ladders, rescue, ride-along

Collyer Mansion: Washington, D.C.

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Fire in Northwest reveals hoarding conditions

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Posted by Bill Carey on November 25, 2012 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "collyer mansion", "pack rat", "Washington, D.C.", dcfd, hoarder, hoarding, primary search, rescue, search, videos

Expect Fire: Denver
Smoke Investigation Ends with Rescue

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Smoke in the area…

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Posted by Bill Carey on November 20, 2012 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", Combat Ready, Denver, Expect Fire, primary search, rescue

Why We Search:
Rescue at Colorado Springs Church Fire

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You expect every church to be occupied at 0400, don’t you?

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Posted by Bill Carey on November 10, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues • Tagged: "Bill Carey", church fire, Colorado Springs, Expect Fire, occupants, primary search, rescue, search, Why We Search

PG Working, Updated:
Duplex Fire with Rescues (Videos)

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Capitol Heights fire with two rescued in critical condition.

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Posted by Bill Carey on August 8, 2012 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "PGFD", "Prince George's County Fire EMS", Capitol Heights, Chapel Oaks, Kentland, Mark Brady, primary search, rescue, Ritchie, search and rescue, Seat Pleasant, West Lanham

Idaho Falls Working:
Video of Basement Fire with Trapped Occupant

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Fire reportedly blocked the normal basement exit.

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Posted by Bill Carey on August 6, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, fire, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", communication, obvious rescues, rescue, sizeup, sizeup report, video

Rhetorical Lesson No.10
Profiling and Pets

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If VSP is to reduce risk of injury and death it should apply to searching for the Golden Doodle, right?

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Posted by Bill Carey on July 19, 2012 • Filed under: Uncategorized • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "risk management", "Victim Survivability Profiling", firefighter safety, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, public image, rescue, Rhetoric, rhetorical lessons, risk, risk analysis, safety, search, search and rescue, Stephen Marsar, victims, VSP, worcester

Philadelphia Rescue
Is Taking Off Your Facepiece For a Occupant a Bad Thing?

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Risk. Is it a matter of actual policy or personal interpretation?

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Posted by Bill Carey on July 6, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Fires, News, Rescues, Training, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", firefighter safety, Philadelphia, primary search, rescue, risk, SCBA, search, search and rescue

Hyattsville Working:
Truck 1 Supports Technical Rescue

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Three people rescued from high water on 38th Street.

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Posted by Bill Carey on June 2, 2012 • Filed under: Firefighting Operations, News, Rescues, Special Operations, Truck Company, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "PGFD", Hyattsville, Mark Brady, Paul Hawkins, photography, rescue, special operations, Technical Rescue, training, video, water rescue

Harry M. Archer Medal
Courage and Valor…Understated, Revisited

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The citation is proof that people can survive even in the most unthinkable conditions.

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Posted by Bill Carey on May 9, 2012 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "The Front Seat", "truck company", Brooklyn, decision making process, fdny, firefighter safety, rescue, rescues, risk, safety, search and rescue, truck company operations

Snohomish County Working:
Rescue Off Balcony

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First due engine reportedly has a rescue awaiting them.

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Posted by Bill Carey on April 19, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Engine Company, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Training, training-fire-rescue-topics, Truck Company, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "truck company", communications, engine company, engine company operations, ladders, obvious rescues, rescue, sizeup, sizeup report, truck company operations, video

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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Posted by Bill Carey on April 14, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Firefighter Safety & Health, News, Rescues, Special Operations, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "risk management", command, fdny, high angle rescue, high-rise, incident command, initial command, Manhattan, NYPD ESU, rescue, risk, risk analysis, rope rescue, safety, safety officer, special operations, video

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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Posted by Bill Carey on February 23, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", fdny, Manhattan, obvious rescues, rescue, Squad Co.18, video

Whitehall, PA Working:
Rescue on North Ruch Street

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Rescue at Pennsylvania house fire.

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Posted by Bill Carey on February 14, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", primary search, rescue, search, search and rescue, video, Whitehall

Playing the Rescue Card

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Comments show that our beliefs are hypocritical once we find a body.
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Posted by Bill Carey on February 1, 2012 • Filed under: Commentary, Firefighter Safety & Health, Learning Behavior, Rescues, Training, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", behavior, Commentary, Hackensack, Lake Station, PPE, rescue, SCBA, videos

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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Posted by Bill Carey on January 26, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "risk management", abandoned, Education, primary search, rescue, risk, risk analysis, search, search and rescue, sizeup, squatters, vacant, vagrants, Why We Search

Collyer Mansion Rescue: Pasadena, MD
Rescue of Handicapped Occupant and Progressing Fire on Videos

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November rescue of a handicapped woman from rapidly progressing fire conditions.

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Posted by Bill Carey on December 15, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "collyer mansion", "fire behavior", Earleigh Heights, firefighter injuries, firefighter safety, flameover, flashover, hoarder, hoarding, Maryland, Pasadena, primary search, rescue, risk, risk analysis, Rivera Beach, rollover, search and rescue, sizeup, trapped, videos

“Absolutely Not!” Rebuffing Refusing to Search for Occupants in Collyer Mansion Conditions
Shared Post from CMD-FD

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Gabe Angemi allows us to share why hoarding shouldn't be an excuse to not act.

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Posted by Bill Carey on December 12, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Rescues, Training • Tagged: "collyer mansion", Camden, firefighter safety, Gabe Angemi, hoarding, rescue, risk, safety, search

“Expect Fire” Palm Beach County
0400 hrs. Wires Down Call Becomes Working House Fire with Rescues

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Palm Beach County crew of three adapts quickly and rescues family of four.

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Posted by Bill Carey on November 2, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Education, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: engine company, Expect Fire, obvious rescues, Palm Beach County, primary search, rescue, rescues, search and rescue, situational awareness, sizeup, sizeup report

Mark My Words

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Is 'Legal Counsel' going to be the newest riding position?

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 27, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "Bill Carey", "chief officers", "public education", "public information", "public relations", "risk management", "Victim Survivability Profiling", culture, Education, firefighter safety, legal issues, primary search, public image, rescue, risk, safety, safety officer, search and rescue, sogs, sops, victims, VSP

Tale of Two Fires, And One Big Question

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If the occupant dies after the fire, we don't worry about the rules so much, right?

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 24, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Rescues, Strategy Reconsidered, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "Dave LeBlanc", "Victim Survivability Profiling", Homewood, obvious rescues, persons trapped, primary search, rescue, rescues, rules, search and rescue, Vallejo, VSP

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Detroit Decisions
Chief Makes a Rescue, Squad Does Transport

Contradictions in Atlanta

Kentland Working: Fatal Fire in Glenarden

Why We Search:
Jumper and Rescue at Chicago Abandoned Building Fire

Shot In The Arm:
FDNY L.111, Rescue 2 Ride-Along ’92

Collyer Mansion: Washington, D.C.

Expect Fire: Denver
Smoke Investigation Ends with Rescue

Why We Search:
Rescue at Colorado Springs Church Fire

PG Working, Updated:
Duplex Fire with Rescues (Videos)

Idaho Falls Working:
Video of Basement Fire with Trapped Occupant

Rhetorical Lesson No.10
Profiling and Pets

Philadelphia Rescue
Is Taking Off Your Facepiece For a Occupant a Bad Thing?

Hyattsville Working:
Truck 1 Supports Technical Rescue

Harry M. Archer Medal
Courage and Valor…Understated, Revisited

Snohomish County Working:
Rescue Off Balcony

Manhattan Scaffolding Rescue Highlights Agency Rivalry and Risk Management Decisions

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

Whitehall, PA Working:
Rescue on North Ruch Street

Playing the Rescue Card

Why We Search, 2012

Collyer Mansion Rescue: Pasadena, MD
Rescue of Handicapped Occupant and Progressing Fire on Videos

“Absolutely Not!” Rebuffing Refusing to Search for Occupants in Collyer Mansion Conditions
Shared Post from CMD-FD

“Expect Fire” Palm Beach County
0400 hrs. Wires Down Call Becomes Working House Fire with Rescues

Mark My Words

Tale of Two Fires, And One Big Question

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