Posts Tagged: Boston
Boston Mayday Training Sample
Video highlights communications during fire attack and mayday.
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‘He’s Got a Strange Accent’
Boston Hires New Chief, an Outsider
Abraira is the department's first Hispanic chief and first outsider to be chief.
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Mission Hill 5 alarm three-decker fire as tweeted by Boston Fire
Early morning fire in rear of three story Mission Hill duplex quickly goes to 5 alarms ... as tweeted by Boston Fire
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“We’re just trying to do the best we can.”
Engine 42 Lieutenant Catches Boy and Provides Training Questions for Engine Companies
Lieutenant's catch helps us give you some valuable questions your engine company should try and answer - before the fire.
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Fireground audio & raw video: More from Boston six-alarm apartment building fire.
Earlier coverage of this fire
More from the six-alarm apartment fire in Boston early this morning that left a dozen people hurt. The fireground audio is above and raw video below.
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Six alarms in Boston. Numerous rescues at Roxbury apartment fire.
A dozen people hurt in fire this morning.
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Boston Working:
4-Alarms in Dorchester, District 7
"Fire alarm striking Box 3153 for the report of fire..."
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“Burn”
The Boston Version
For those of you born in the eighties, just think of it as that Led Zeppelin stuff the older guys listen to.
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Boston September Multiples
Two three alarm fires as well as a second alarm job with extras are some of what kept Boston firefighters busy in September.
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EMS official grabs WNBC-TV camera. Apparently they don’t read U.S. Court of Appeals decisions in Suffolk County, New York.
Was Long Island exempted from the Constitution?
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Lessons Learned:
Boston Box 4-281, August 2007
"We've been to tons of fires like that before." Boston firefighter Michael Feeney
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Boston Triples: Sox, Temps and Roxbury Box
Three alarms struck more for the heat than the top floor job in Roxbury.
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Boston: Barge Fire, Rocket in D.C. and a Dorchester Grab
A brief post-holiday update from Beantown.
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Falling glass shutters luxury Austin hotel
Bring a hard hat when visiting downtown Austin
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Boston Fire Gear Special for Backstep Firefighter Readers
A nice little Boston payoff for reading this blog.
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Boston Fire Photography Legend Takes Up
“I’ll never put the camera away,’’ - Bill Noonan
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Eastie Fire Goes To Three Alarms
Fire in the basement ran up into the first and second floors.
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Be Careful Who Is Interpreting The Data.
Asst. Professor In Firefighter Personality Study Says Globe Was Wrong
"Harmon’s implication that firefighters are morally inferior is not justifiable."
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Boston Local Once Again Swings The Social Media Sword. New Union President Delivers A Still Unpublished Response To Globe’s “Opinion”
718 takes on a Boston Globe Op-Ed attack on firefighter personalities. Readers' comments allowed, but for some reason they don't have the president's response.
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A great message from Syracuse chief & union president at annual firefighter memorial service. But will anyone hear it?
Are firefighter reputation and image issues drowning out this message?
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Boston, January Multiples
Two second alarm fires and two three alarm fires top the first month of the year.
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Why Firemen don’t carry guns!
Who am I kidding? I don't need a gun. I'd kill the guy who did this with a hand full of cotton balls...
Fallen firefighter's helmet stolen from family: MyFoxBOSTON.com
More on this story from the link above or from Rhett over @ Firecritic HERE…
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FireTruckBlog.com: Apartment building’s insurance company sues City of Boston & repair shops in connection with Lt. Kevin Kelley’s death.
Second lawsuit over January 2009 incident.
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Insurance Company Sues Boston, Repair Shops For 2009 Apparatus Crash That Killed Fire Lieutenant
Lt. Kevin Kelley was killed in January, 2009, when Boston's Ladder 26 was unable to stop while going down a steep hill and crashed into a Mission Hill apartment complex.
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