Posts Categorized: Hazmat
Fire at Pier 97: Three alarms for FDNY as sanitation facility on the Hudson burns.
West Side Highway shut down for three-alarm fire.
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Must see videos: Scores of explosions at Collingdale, Pennsylvania welding shop fire. Employees injured. Two old fire trucks destroyed.
Blasts forced evacuation of homes in the area.
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FRI2010 / FireEmsBloggers Meet Up
FireEmsBlogs.com Friends with Fire Rescue tear it up at Geno's East after spending the day seeing the expos at Fire-Resource International
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A first of it's kind conference, only a few weeks away. San Jose, CA Sept 14th-16th.
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The CNG bus fire: A more complete picture.
Video provides more fuel to the conversation in our comments section.
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Around The Fire Web
AROUND THE FIRE BLOGS
Firegeezer's SUNDAY EMERGENCY! - Your weekly dose of EMERGENCY!
Backstep Firefighter - Willy and the Firemen
STATter911 - Covering Boston's 9-bagger! Biggest in 25 years for the Jakes!
Firehouse Zen - Roto-Ray and Feder…
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Crash #3 Catches the Pumper
"This truck is set-up for car accidents, unfortunately it's not set-up to be the buffer for our car accidents," said Oakwood Fire Chief Schade.
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Tanker Crash, Fire Kills Driver
A GASOLINE TANKER COLLIDED WITH A CAR, THEN CRASHED and broke out in flames Monday afternoon in South Carolina.
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Pre-arrival video: Underground fire forces evacuation of two hotels near White House.
Fireballs from underground rattled tourists.
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Tanker Truck Flips & Burns
BREAKING NEWS>>
ROCK HILL - Multiple Fire Departments have responded to a tractor-trailer tanker fire on I-77 near the Charlotte Knights' stadium in York County.
Fire officials report that the truck caught fire on I-77 southbound near mile mark…
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FDNY Deutsche Bank Building LODD Fire Report issued by NIOSH
The NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program has released the investigation report of the line of duty deaths of two career FDNY firefighters during a 2007 seven-alarm high-rise fire in the former Deutsche Bank building under…
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CNG bus explosion
CNG bus explodes in evening traffic.
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Riley Ignorant of Routley Team Wanting Thomas Out?! Rigghhtt!
NOTE: The title of this story is loaded with sarcasm.
CHARLESTON - In the wake of the Sofa Super Store fire in June 2007, which took the lives of nine firefighters, Charleston Mayor Joe Riley said the city would be remembered for how it responded to the…
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Now THAT Was a Close Call
THE SMALL CITY OF ENID, OKLAHOMA, (pop. 47,000) came within a whisker of becoming even smaller Thursday night ....
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Molten Magnesium Maximizes Mitigation
Melting magnesium and high-test fuel create four hour auto fire.
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Greenwood County Fatalities; Why?!
A SConFire Editorial. Close your eyes and imagine… you go to bed with your wife and family feeling safe and secure; thinking about what tomorrow will bring.
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Suspicious Odor Evacuates Florida Value Place Motel
Responders feared the fumes could be coming from a meth lab
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Crews Conduct a Level A Entry for a Chlorine Leak at a Virginia Water Treatment Plant
A valve shut down stopped the leak.
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Mayor Rebuts Routley Emails
Statement from Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr.
Charleston, South Carolina
Rebuttal to the Routley Report Emails released to media
CHARLESTON - On Sunday, August 1, the Post & Courier printed a story regarding conversational emails between various m…
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FF and Fire Wife Blogs
Updated August 2010: Blogs by the firefighter and ems community including blogs by firefighter's wives.
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Quick Takes
Fire & EMS news for Monday
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Fire, explosions & toxic waste. Watch the video from Saturday night’s fire in Kelowna, B.C.
Creek and some back yards off limits due to toxic runoff.
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LA Building Explosion Likely due to illegal gas line hook up
LAFD US&R conducted shoring and K9 search operations
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FIREFIGHTER EAST Magazine
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A new online firefighter online magazine has appeared on the horizon. It is FIREFIGHTER EAST and it looks to be a solid publication. Not to be in com…
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Leak in K-Mart was Refrigerant
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CHARLESTON - A refrigerant leak, possibly caused from the AC system, shut down the West Ashley K-Mart for several hours on Thursday. St. Andrews and Char…
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