Posts Tagged: Backdraft
Chicago ride-along controversy: Columnist uses opening scene of Backdraft to explain latest battle between Commissioner Hoff & Inspector General.
IG thinks Commissioner Hoff should have come down harder on battaltion chief who allowed son to ride-along.
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Must see raw video: Smoke explosion at Texas house fire.
Pre-arrival video from Texas.
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Must see video: Smoke explosion in Franklin, Ohio.
Firefighter escaped injury at restaurant fire.
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Are We Missing The Target?
Until we understand our enemy, the fire and the building we operate in, how can we expect not to get in trouble?
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LAFD’s Glenn L. Allen honored on the red carpet at the Oscars. Rescue Me, Backdraft’s Jack McGee says Allen helped his wife.
Firefighter Glenn Allen had come to the aid of Jack McGee's wife after a fall during hiking.
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Backdraft: A little behind the scenes action from Chicago in 1990.
A little glimpse into the making of Backdraft.
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Basics of Size-Up and Smoke Reading
Here is a good video from our buddy Dale Pekel. Dale has a series of great training videos. In this video, he shows some basics about size up and reading smoke.
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Quick Takes
Fire & EMS news for Monday.
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Bail out time: A pair of head first ladder slides caught on camera.
Close calls in Virginia and South Carolina captured on camera.
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Influential Fire Report- Firefighters Trapped at the HoJo
He says that when they penciled through the smoke...it was like spraying gasoline onto the fire...the entire area lit up instantly and violently, “like a bomb went off,” as he described it. He reacted by burying himself facedown on the floor, his partner setting the nozzle to wide fog and spraying it above him as a water curtain. It worked and they were able “ride out” the event.
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Must see video: Neighbor captures Chicago smoke explosion with camera.
Fire almost two weeks ago on S. Paulina Street injured four firefighters.
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Indoor Video of a Catastrophic Fire Event
When a catastrophic fire event takes place as you are crawling through the burning box, does it really matter whether it's a flashover, backdraft, smoke explosion, etc.?
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Morning Lineup – January 20
We have a couple of updates for you this morning. The first has to do with the fishy battle to keep the Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. This story has nothing to do with emergency responders or fires, etc. But we got involved by reporting on thi…
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Slow-motion of smoke explosion in Baltimore.
Fireball that swept through rowhouse injured five firefighters.
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New, longer version of Baltimore smoke explosion video. Shows evacuation and efforts to get to injured firefighters.
Longer version of the video shows what happened immediately after firefighters were engulfed in a fireball.
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UPDATED with new details. Must see video from Baltimore close call. Firefighters caught as fireball comes out front and rear of rowhouse. Five hurt in smoke explosion event.
Two-alarm fire leaves five Baltimore City firefighters injured.
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Around the Fire Web
... story from Prince George's County (Md.) about a backdraft explosion last night that blew several firefighters tush-over-teakettle across the front yard.
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Quick Takes
Monday's Quick Takes: PGFD reports backdraft blew firefighters more than 15-feet, "Spontaneous combustion" may not be the best explanation for New Jersey bonfire explosion; Three alarms equal 10 firefighters; Captain takes tumble after delivering Santa; Early video after gas explosion levels house;Legal battle over Knox Box; Baltimore County extrication; South St. Louis fire.
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Reported backdraft at Maryland house fire. Prince George’s County firefighters mounting an interior attack were uninjured. Explosion blows firefighters more than 15 feet.
PGFD reports a backdraft during a Sunday evening house fire sent firefighters flying, but no one was hurt.
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GMap Shows Poor Handicap Access
If you're blind or wheelchair bound, you may want to stay away from the intersection in front of the Takoma Park Seventh Day Adventist Church in Takoma Park, MD.
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Blogfest 11 – Two Killed in Texas Fire No One Knew About
Check out this story of a house fire that snuffed all the oxygen and blew out a couple of windows but then smoldered out. The unfortunate thing is that two people were inside at the time of the fire and died. I have heard of this type of thing happening …
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Blogfest 10 – Video – A Must See View of the Station Fire
This is a firefighters perspective of the Station Fire.
This 6 minute video was given to KPCC's Steve Julian, courtesy of a Monrovia city firefighter. The video is shot at the entrance to Big Tujunga Canyon. As fire creeps closer to structures, you c…
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Firefighting is Dangerous?
If you already know why firefighting is dangerous have a nice day. If you do not, check out this video. More information on the incident here.
Editor's Sidenote: I freakin hate youtube videos that disable embed ability (being able to put the video on an…
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Flashmob – a new threat for building construction
First off, if you do not know what a flashmob is...
Wikipedia defines it as a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse. The term flash mob is generally applied only t…
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Saturday Hotshot – Australia's Firies at work
This week we are welcoming the newest column (weekly post) titled Saturday Hotshot. Enjoy.
[caption id="attachment_238" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="INFERNO: Firefighters battle a fire raging at Darwin River (above) and (below, right) the fu…
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