Posts Categorized: News/videos
Dispatcher Creates 90-Minute Delay on Working House Fire
THE DENVER, COLORADO, FIRE DEPARTMENT is in damage-control after a call-taker in the emergency dispatch center decided to disregard a 9-1-1 call for a "smell of smoke" in a neighborhood.
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DC Chief Kenneth Ellerbe comments on suspension of spokesman Lon Walls over racism allegations. More discussion of order telling firefighters to behave at mayor’s speech.
Chief appears on radio talk show.
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Museum Items Damaged in Self-Storage Facility Fire
Gone With the Wind Movie artifacts likely damaged or destroyed.
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Brussels Firefighters Wet the Government
FRIDAY MORNING A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP of Belgian firefighters held a peaceful protest in the country's government center in Brussels.
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A Romp in the Rescue Raises Investigation
Did He or Didn't She?
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Long-Burning High Rise Fire Challenges Firefighters
FIREFIGHTERS IN MARSEILLE, FRANCE, were still on the scene of a high-rise apartment fire this morning 20 hours after it started.
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First-Due Odor Chases Firefighters Away
A strong smell began growing in the firehouse and eventually got so strong that it became untenable in there.
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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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I Wish I Had Him For My Engine Driver
LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE CAPTAIN JOHNNY AHTEN has been promoted up and out of the driver's seat in the fire department, but he still gets to practice quick response on the weekends....
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Alameda County Working: Rescue Company Helmet Cam Captures Rescues and More
Video from Rescue Officer answers critics about delay in getting water on the fire and shows that chasing kinks is everyone's job. Where is that firm benchmark that says you must have water on the fire by __ time?
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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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3-Alarm Industrial Fire in Nashville
A FIRE AT A NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, INDUSTRIAL property Wednesday afternoon was quickly elevated to a third alarm bringing 45 firefighters to the scene.
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Ambulance Crash in North Carolina
A FIRST MED AMBULANCE COLLIDED WITH a delivery truck near Kinston, North Carolina, Wednesday evening. Both vehicles then went off the road with the ambulance taking out an electric pole and ending upside down.
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Gasoline Tanker Burns in South Carolina
A GASOLINE TANKER LITERALLY CRASHED AND BURNED in Anderson County, South Carolina, Tuesday morning.
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Fire Chief Wants to Replace Fire Engines With Pickup Trucks
THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, HAS DIRECTED the Fire Chief Laura Knapp to cut spending 10% over the next three years. So she has come up with a plan that the City Council loves to hear.
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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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UPDATED: Scores of firefighters in DCFD garb show for mayor’s speech. No comment from Chief Ellerbe on spokesman Lon Walls’ claims that previous protest was ‘racist act’.
EMS union president thinks firefighter 24-hour shifts should go.
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Challenging Containment in Ancient Town Center in Germany – 3 Rescues Included
A DIFFICULT FIRE IN HECHINGEN, GERMANY, Monday evening destroyed a centuries-old home in the town center and heavily damaged four others
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FF’s On Elevator Rescue Get Stuck On Elevator
When the firefighter who was able to reach him got the victim onto another car, it became stuck and both of them were trapped and in need of freeing.
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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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Vacant Warehouse Fire in Vallejo Draws Crowd
The 70-yr.-old building is wood-frame construction and was well-involved and fast-moving when the FD arrived.
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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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KayCee City Manager Wants To Lay Off Firefighters, Use Savings To Give Other City Employees Raises