Posts Categorized: Fire
Must see video: Portland, OR firefighter falls through roof on live TV.
Firefighter fell about four feet and is okay.
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Two former NC fire chiefs found not guilty in case of junior firefighter shocked with stun gun. Incident happened at an East Spencer FD Christmas party.
Former police officer accused of providing stun gun also found not guilty.
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Public pressure forces removal of beer at Colorado firehouse. Former firefighter tells reporter ‘people have showed up visibly impaired’ at fires.
State senator calls complainers "professional cranks" and supports a beer or two after a fire call.
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Lightning Strikes Chemical Tanks in Pennsylvania …. Vol. Fire Police Officer Suffers Fatal Heart Attack
Two Quarter Million-Gallon Tanks Involved
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Expensive Fire at BMW Motorcycle Dealer in Paris
A FIRE BROKE OUT AT A PARIS, France, BMW motorcycle dealer around 1 pm Monday afternoon.
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Raw video & pictures: Man rescued from balcony at rooming house in Ottawa.
Bed & breakfast. Fire & Rescue.
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Updated: Shopping Mall Fire Working in Los Angeles County
LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS are on the scene of a 2-alarm fire in a Palmdale shopping mall this morning.
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Read Miami-Dade investigative report into Trayvon Martin case Facebook rant. Despite apology Captain Brian Beckmann demoted two ranks to firefighter. Read statements from union & mayor.
Mayor says, "There's no such thing as being off the clock."
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Spectacular High-Rise Fire in France
ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND SEVERAL MORE INJURED, one seriously, from a fire in an 18-story apartment building in Roubaix, France, Monday afternoon.
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UPDATED: Miami-Dade Captain Brian Beckmann demoted to firefighter. Psychological eval ordered over Facebook rant on Trayvon Martin case. Mayor says ‘we are public servants 24/7′.
Beckmann says mayor wanted him fired.
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6 Rescued From Burning Apartment in Illinois
Firefighters arrived just as the people were about to jump from the 3rd floor.
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Buffing in Buffalo
Lloyd Mitchell with Two Houses Working
Conditions were so bad that the arriving companies went defensive right away.
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Four firefighters accused of gang rape in what has been called a ‘common’ initiation ritual. Eight other Paris Fire Brigade members also face charges.
A truly amazing and astonishing story from France.
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Downtown Fire in California
Friday night a fire started in a large 90-yr.-old building currently used as a restaurant and within minutes it had spread through an entire row of six other shops along the block of 5th Street.
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Raw video: Gary Fire Department visits same building twice within an hour.
Heavy fire conditions on the return trip.
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FDNY raw video: Bronx three-alarm apartment fire.
Fire on the 5th floor of an E shaped building with extension to the 6th.
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A fascinating film: A day in the life of an Austin, Texas firefighter in 1953.
Film shows some of the first black firefighters hired in the state of Texas.
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Pre-arrival video: Five-alarm fire in Santa Clara, CA. Townhomes under construction threaten occupied buildings. Video from four sides.
Fire buildings were in the framing stage.
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Museum Pumper Burns
THE DENVER FIRE MUSEUM in Colorado saw one of its antique pumpers heavily damaged by an engine fire late last week.
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Someone you need to know …flowing foam, dragging 2 1/2″, visitors and more
TRUST ME .... get to know this guy and support the National Firefighters Endowment ANY WAY YOU CAN! These are the folks helping us... the firefighters. In these times of cut backs in staffing, salaries, station closings / brown outs etc .. who else is on our side? Shane gave a GREAT interview in Rhett's 2nd "20 Questions" installment... he explains a lot of what the NFE is all about .... take the time ... READ IT!
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Another parade for Kyle: Saying goodbye to a brave 12-year-old boy who wanted to be a firefighter like his dad.
Young Kyle McGetrick's story reached firefighters all over the world.
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Update: Arrests Made…. 4-Alarms at Oregon High School
A FIRE STARTED DURING CLASS HOURS at the Woodburn High School in Woodburn, Oregon, Friday morning and went to four alarms.
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Raw video: House fire in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Fire was caused by an electrical problem.
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News reports: New Charleston, SC Fire Chief is Eugene, OR Deputy Chief Karen Brack.
Brack is deputy chief of operations in the Eugene Fire Department.
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Pre-arrival video: FDNY at Brooklyn Con Ed substation fire.
Fire at John Street & Bridge Street in DUMBO.
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