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Protecting Lives

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Protecting people’s lives will involve risk for us as firefighters

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Salisbury Working:
House Fire with Reported Children Trapped

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Engine 16, Tower 16 and Assistant Chief 1 go to work

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Life After Arlington Street
Worcester Firefighter Brian Carroll

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"What am I supposed to be doing?

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Why We Search: Australian Squatters

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The occupied "vacant" building down under

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A Profiling Scenario
Do you know what your next move is?

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Scenario should worry you and lead you to look into what might happen.

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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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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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“It’s All Good”

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The greater good exemplified.

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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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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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Whitehall, PA Working:
Rescue on North Ruch Street

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Rescue at Pennsylvania house fire.

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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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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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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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The Path You Chose

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Are you certain this is the job for you?

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“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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Mark My Words

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

 

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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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A Tale of Two Fires

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At what point do we add so much to our “incident evaluation” that we handcuff ourselves into inaction?

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Two and Three-Man Crews Entry No.2:
Pine Bluff, Arkansas

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This two-man ladder company is the standard for working structure fires in their city.

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The Floor Above. Why a game changer demands different training

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Brian Brush on why we should – and shouldn’t – rely on the stairway when going above.

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