Posts Tagged: Bailout
Ohio Close Calls
Blaming Radios and Remembering Past Tragedy
Relying blindly on technology without incorporating behavioral changes is like giving an M40 to someone who has never fired a rifle in their lives and expecting them to put every round in the 10-ring. It’s not going to happen.
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FDNY & neighbors in Islip, Long Island welcome home Rescue 2′s Robert Weidmann. Three months in burn unit for firefighter whose dramatic escape was caught on video.
Route home lined with firefighters and street lined with neighbors to greet burned firefighter.
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Bailout Hooks–Your Preference?
A recurring question that comes up during almost every firefighter escape or bailout class is which anchor hook most people use and why. We like to train firefighters with the equipment they have, but the hook debate always seems to cause some passionate opinions on which is best and why. I feel that it is not as important what hook you have, but whichever you are using… be an expert with it. No matter what system you are using you must know how to use it properly in any and all conditions that you may face as a firefighter.
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Plan B
Are you going to fires with blinders on? Are you approaching your training with blinders on?
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This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Fire Keeps RIT from Reaching Probie, Texas 2004
" - it was reported that all at once it sounded like firefighters were yelling “back out, back out” and “bail out.”"
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UPDATE – Firefighters identified & audio from Brooklyn mayday. Rescue 2 crew forced to bail when top floor flashes.
Dispatch audio from Brooklyn.
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Raw Video: FDNY Rescue 2 Firefighter Rescued from Brownstone in Crown Heights on Fire. 4 Others Injured
Below is the amazing video of an FDNY Firefighter from Rescue 2 bailing out of a window onto an aerial ladder. The firefighter is in flames as he gets out of the building and another firefighter helps put out the flames. Check out STATter911.com for more details on this fire. In total, 5 firefighters were injured in this fire with some experiencing severe burns.
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UPDATE – More video from FDNY bail out: Rescue 2 firefighter in flames exits a Brooklyn brownstone. Five injured in Crown Heights fire.
Witnesses describe efforts to rescue firefighter.
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“Impact This” and Garden-Style Apartment Fires
Ric Jorge and Mike Walker on “The Front Seat”
You've seen the video on Facebook - noise, limited visibility, an increasing urgency to get out. The Front Seat speaks with the video creator as well as picks up on some interesting items on Oklahoma City garden-style apartment fires.
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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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Anatomy of a mayday & bailout. Video details house fire that left two Milwaukee firefighters injured.
New details and additional video of bailouts captured on video.
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Mayday and Rapid Intervention Realities: The Phoenix Perspective
One of the major objectives of this year's theme was addressing a variety of functional areas for the Mayday event.
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Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week 2011, Day Seven; Fire Fighter, Fire Officer and Command Training and Preparedness
As the official Fire/EMS Safety Week 2011 begins to wind down, in many stations around the country this weekend is dedicated to training, drills and evolutions dedicated toward the many facets and functional elements...
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Close call video: Milwaukee lieutenant discusses bailout from house fire caught on video.
Two different video clips of firefighters making a sudden exit from attic of burning home.
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Maydays and Window, Rope Bailout in Queens,
All Within 35 Minutes of the 10-75
35 minutes after the 10-75, there was one member caught in a floor collapse and later, another forced to bailout of the second floor.
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Operational Conditions can Change in a Heartbeat: Remembering FDNY Black Sunday
Take the time to read both NIOSH reports and remember the sacrafice…
Three veteran FDNY firefighters died in the LODD in Brooklyn, New York and the Bronx on Sunday January 23, 2005, a day that has become known as “Black Sunday” and called one …
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Never Forget, Honor and Learn
This marks the 6th anniversary of the Black Sunday fire in New York City. Two brothers, Lt. Curtis Meyran and Lt. John Bellew. Four other firefighters were severely injured after jumping out of the fourth floor of an apartment building, Firefighters Jeff Cool, Lt. Joe DiBernardo, Firefighter Eugene Stolowski and Firefighter Brendan Cawley to escape severe fire conditions.
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Remembering FDNY Black Sunday…Multiple Firefighter LODDs January 23, 2005
FDNY: Remembering FDNY Black Sunday…LODD 2005
The call had come at 7:59 on a Sunday morning, the day after a January blizzard had shut down the city. There was still more than a foot of unplowed snow on East 178th Street off the G…
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VES:Flashover, Bailout and Close-call
N.J. Firefighter bailout from Second-Story Window as a result of room fashover
An Asbury Park (NJ) firefighter was seriously burned while fighting an apartment fire in the seaside community. 41-year-old firefighter Jason Fazio was in listed in cri…
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Virginia Working: Portsmouth Bailout
They searched and found him, but were driven out the windows.
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