Posts Categorized: Fire Rescue Topics/firefighter Safety Health
Seafare Restaurant Burns Down in Myrtle Beach
MYRTLE BEACH - Horry County fire crews battle a blaze at a Myrtle Beach restaurant. The Seafare Restaurant at 9925 North Kings Highway caught fire at approximately 9:23pm Saturday night, said Horry County Fire Rescue spokesperson Lesley Yancey. (more..…
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Vacant Mill In Clinton Destroyed In Fire
CLINTON - Fire crews are still on the scene of a fire that destroyed an Upstate mill. Clinton firefighters responded just after 7pm Saturday to the Lydia Mill on Peachtree Street. The fire destroyed what was left of the now vacant mill. It was in …
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Fire Destroys Spartanburg County Home
HOLLY SPRINGS - A massive fire destroyed a home on Ben Hurt Road Extension tonight near Lyman Lake in Spartanburg County. Holly Springs Fire responded just before 7pm Saturday. Nine other fire departments joined the effort. Firefighters coul…
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Tanker Truck Burns In Massive Fire After Anderson County Wreck
ANDERSON COUNTY - Flames and black smoke billowed from a tanker truck that caught fire after a crash in Anderson County. The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported the accident on Shady Grove Road near Holiday Dam Road at 10:23 a.m. (more...)…
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San Francisco Fire Department releases report into deaths of Lt. Vincent Perez and FF/PM Anthony Valerio. Flashover caused when glass in sliding door shattered.
Chief says the key factor in the deaths was the window breaking which firefighters had not control over.
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The Conversation is Heating UP! Is an LODD Acceptable Ever?
I would love to hear what you all have to say. This is a great reason to be connected with The Fire Critic on Facebook! Be sure to click "like" when you visit and share the page with your friends. Comments are always appreciated.
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Helmet-cam raw video: Watch the entire video of the fire with children trapped in Alameda County, California from earlier in the week.
Raw video of helmet-cam from fire with multiple children rescued in San Leandro.
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Early raw video & fireground audio: Up close on initial attack at fatal apartment fire in Great Mills, Maryland.
Man found in chair in living room of apartment.
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Alexandria paramedic Joshua Weissman still critical after fall from overpass. Audio from car fire and rescue of medic.
Weissman is seven-year-veteran of the department.
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Pre-arrival video & helmet-cam: Rescues of children from house fire in Alameda County, CA caught on video.
Some of the children were found in a closet, under a blanket.
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Raw video: Two views of an apartment fire in Washington, DC.
Fire in a room on the first floor.
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So Much for That “It’s Not Vacant Until We Search” Ideology
Aggressive and Safety each took a hit in Toledo.
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Must see video: Sometimes the fire just gets away from you. Australia firefighters have to chase burning box truck.
Box truck takes off as firefighters pull up to the scene.
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UPDATE – Audio from Philadelphia house fire with rescues. Three firefighters & four civilians hurt. Lt. critical but stable.
One firefighter seriously burned on both arms.
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Raw video: Fires in Gary and Lake Station, Indiana.
A pair of fires on Saturday afternoon.
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Fire Burns Festiva Welcome Center
HORRY COUNTY - Traffic will continue to be slow moving Friday afternoon after a two alarm blaze at a Myrtle Beach Welcome Center shut down the beach bound lanes of Highway 501.
Leslie Yancey, spokeswoman for Horry County Fire Rescue, said firefighte…
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Toledo Fire Department issues report on man’s body found after demolition of burned apartment building. Provides details of search done after initial evacuation order.
Firefighters had already rescued five as fire traveled from second floor to the attic.
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2012, The First 10
Here is a specific breakdown of these first ten fatalities.
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More Building Construction for Size Up
In addition, the importance of the block wall in the back is important for orientation as well. If we get inside and get to a wall that is block, we have a pretty good idea of where we are. We only would know this by pre-planning and/or doing our 360.
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Raw video: Three-alarm strip mall fire in Surrey, British Columbia.
Fire occurred early Thursday morning.
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Listen to the Firefighter Netcast’s Stand Down for Behavioral Health- Part 1
Now more than ever before, we have an incredible amount of new resources with which to assist us as we begin to change our attitudes toward the way we address these behavioral health issues which have always been there, but we were always afraid to confront.
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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.
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Pre-arrival video: House fire in Detroit.
House fire at Winthrop and Acacia.
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Best of the Rest – Short and Sweet…Fire Service Warrior, FDIC, and Social Media
Last week I posted an article from January on The Fire Service Warrior. Chief Ron Siarnicki commented on the post directly on FSW and apparently the two caught up to discuss it. This week, Chris Brennan talks about why he wrote the article and his discussion with Siarnicki. Read the original post here and the newest post here.
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Playing the Rescue Card