Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week 2011, Day Seven; Fire Fighter, Fire...
Preparing for the Mayday Event; Not a matter of IF, But a Question of When… Are you ready? Are you Prepared? As the official Fire/EMS Safety Week 2011 begins to wind down, in many stations around the...
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Supervisor cleared on all charges in Deutsche Bank Building Fire that killed...
AP Photo 5-5-5-5 August 18, 2007 Published reports are being stating that the least senior of three construction officials in the Deutsche Bank manslaughter trial was acquitted of all charges today —...
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NIOSH Findings Reported on Bridgeport (CT) Double LODD Fire; Failed to...
2 Bridgeport firefighters die in line of duty: wtnh.com Fire vented through the roof. Note: NIOSH investigators believe this photo shows conditions very close to the time that the Mayday was called...
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Fire Fighter...
Video Clip recorded live by Fire Department Network News TV (FDNNTV) at the 50th IAFF Fire Fighter Convention in San Diego, CA on August 23, 2010. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and...
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Remembrance: FDNY and Buffalo(NY) Double LODD from Floor Collapse
Dangers of Floor Collapse Take the time to revisit two Firefighter LODD incidents that both occurred in the month of August in 2006 and 2009 respectively. Excerpts from the NIOSH Reports have been...
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Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports
NIOSH has recently released the following Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports: Are they on your radar screen? Recently Released Reports Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation # F2011-04 Fire...
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Remembering Brackenridge 1991 Floor Collapse and LODD
Remembering Brackenridge, Pennsylvania December 20, 1991: Four Firefighters Killed, Trapped by Floor Collapse Four volunteer firefighters died when they were trapped by a partial floor collapse during...
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FDNY Brooklyn Box 4080: 17 Vandalia Avenue 12.18.1998
FDNY Brooklyn Box 4080: 17 Vandalia Avenue 12.18.1998 Take a moment to look back at an incident: On December 18, 1998, Three FDNY Firefighters died in-the line of duty while conducting suppression and...
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Wind Driven Fires
Wind Driven Fires Wind blowing into the broken window of a room on fire can turn a “routine room and contents fire” into a floor-to-ceiling firestorm. Historically, this has led to a significant number...
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Colerain and Eleven Minutes to Mayday: Lessons from 2008 Resonate Today
Remembering the Sacrafice: Capt. Broxterman and FF Schira On Friday, April 4, 2008 at 06:13:02 hours, what began as a routine response for Colerain Township Fire and EMS Engine 102 to investigate a...
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Remembering the FDNY Father’s Day Fire- 2001
June 17, 2001 Remembering FDNY Father’s Day Fire-June 17, 2001 The relative calm of a quiet Sunday, Father’s Day, June 17th , 2001 was broken at 14:19 hours with a phone call to the FDNY Queens...
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