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Ohio Close Calls
Blaming Radios and Remembering Past Tragedy

By in Backstep Firefighter at May 10, 2012 at 5:57 pm
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. Read More »

Kensington Working:
Basement Fires, Ladders and Kinks

By in Backstep Firefighter at May 3, 2012 at 6:21 pm
"[The fireground] moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. " Ferris Bueller, kinda. Read More »

Globe’s WASP
Physiological and Location Monitoring on the Fireground

By in Backstep Firefighter at April 25, 2012 at 11:28 am
Just before he presses the button on his handie-talkie the EMS duty officer reaches out to him, “Check this out, Ladder 104 Can, he’s spiked his heart rate and respiration.” Read More »

FDIC Wrapup Part III – The People We Met

By in The Fire Critic at April 23, 2012 at 4:53 pm
Willie and I stuck out like sore thumbs...We rocked Alt Kilt custom kilts, our helmets with custom Box Alarm Leather helmet fronts, and MN8 shirts. It was a marketing idea we thought up and it worked! Read More »

Globe WASP
Getting Closer to Better Firefighter Tracking and Monitoring

By in Backstep Firefighter at April 20, 2012 at 1:14 am
Firefighter tracking, health monitoring and PPE combine to offer a proactive approach to your safety on the fireground. Read More »

Snohomish County Working:
Rescue Off Balcony

By in Backstep Firefighter at April 19, 2012 at 7:55 am
Okay, so this isn't someone straddling the window sill with that rich brownish, grayish smoke pulsing out over him, but imagine pulling up to this with just you, your driver and one firefighter in the back. What's your game-plan? Read More »
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Manhattan Scaffolding Rescue Highlights Agency Rivalry and Risk Management Decisions

By in Backstep Firefighter at April 14, 2012 at 1:09 pm
“We have some of the best training and the best equipment to do this.” Read More »

Mayday Transmitted During Reading Apartment Fire

By in Backstep Firefighter at April 12, 2012 at 1:56 pm
"I believe I'm at the stairwell on the Walnut Street side, but I'm stuck in here. On the fire floor, can't get out of this spot and I'm burning up in here." Read More »

Pasadena Working: Transitional Attack

By in Backstep Firefighter at March 26, 2012 at 12:31 pm
Remember, you can't call a "time out." Read More »

Boston Working:
Grecian Yearning Restaurant, Old Video
Jenny Dell, New Video

By in Backstep Firefighter at March 25, 2012 at 8:38 am
Four alarms for extension into the exposures and Goodbye Heidi, Hello Jenny. Read More »

We Won!

By in Backstep Firefighter at March 23, 2012 at 9:15 pm
It's not what you think. Read More »

Clothes Make The Man.
Can Intent Justify the LODD?

By in Backstep Firefighter at March 18, 2012 at 6:10 pm
There's a reason why they make compartments - it's to put stuff like gear into. Read More »

CFSI: Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program Webinar

By in Backstep Firefighter at March 16, 2012 at 12:39 pm
PSOB Director to discuss program purpose and field audience questions. Read More »

Why We Search: Camden
Pot of Gold at the End of the Row?

By in Backstep Firefighter at March 14, 2012 at 11:51 am
Demolition crew arrives day after fatal fire, years after neighbors' requests. Read More »

Denver Working: Apartment Fire, Transitional Attack?

By in Backstep Firefighter at March 12, 2012 at 5:58 pm
Is it a weak, cowardly move that says you have no balls when it comes to being an "aggressive firefighter"? Some believe so. Read More »

The Area of Refuge and “Experience Makeup”

By in Backstep Firefighter at March 7, 2012 at 10:00 am
The area of refuge only applies to truckies forcing apartment doors, correct? Read More »

Reader Definitions of Transitional Attack

By in Backstep Firefighter at February 29, 2012 at 9:48 am
Providing a brief fire attack video to pick your brain on what you think transitional attack is. Read More »

Berwick, PA Working:
West Ninth Street Fire Videos

By in Backstep Firefighter at February 24, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Nice series of video and audio of a Columbia County fire from start to finish. Read More »

Squad Co.18 Working (Again):
10-77 with People in the Windows

By in Backstep Firefighter at February 23, 2012 at 9:33 pm
"If people are already on the ledge, it tells me it's already bad inside." Battalion Chief Ron Schmutzler. Read More »

Squad Co.18 Working:
Top Floor Fire on Lower East Side

By in Backstep Firefighter at February 23, 2012 at 7:09 am
Video from Manhattan two-alarm fire and related material on truck company operations and ventilation. Read More »

New Color Scheme for PGFEMS Apparatus

By in Backstep Firefighter at February 21, 2012 at 3:51 pm
County-owned apparatus faces new look after years old design. Read More »

Communications Drill with DCFD RS.3 Video

By in Backstep Firefighter at February 18, 2012 at 5:22 pm
Arrival video from D.C. offers opportunity to train on sizeup report expectations. Read More »

John Salka and the Transitional Attack

By in Backstep Firefighter at February 15, 2012 at 1:27 pm
What is so great about the "Transitional Attack"? Can it stand up to "real-world" firefighting, or rather, firefighters? Read More »

Whitehall, PA Working:
Rescue on North Ruch Street

By in Backstep Firefighter at February 14, 2012 at 7:19 am
It can be this simple; one company attacks, another searches and a trapped occupant is rescued. Read More »

Alameda County Responds
More About What You Think You Know

By in Backstep Firefighter at February 13, 2012 at 1:54 pm
More information on the popular helmet cam video from someone who was there. Read More »

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