Posts Tagged: Building
SFFD Diamond Heights LODD Safety Violations
State investigators have cited the San Francisco Fire Department for "serious" worker safety violations in the deaths of two firefighters killed battling a Diamond Heights house fire in June
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188 Days of Opportunity to make a Difference: Surviving the Fire Ground
During this week, there were on average, over 8,600 structure fires in the United States. According to NFPA statistics the following occur on average in the U.S;
A fire department responded to a fire every 23 seconds.
One structure fire was repo…
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SFFD Firefighter Memorials and Updates
More details emerged Monday about last week’s fatal Diamond Heights blaze, as fire officials said an emergency alert accidentally went off on a nearby fire engine about the same time two firefighters’ personal alarms sounded inside the burning buildi…
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San Francisco FD mourns the loss of a Second Firefighter LODD After Diamond Heights Fire
San Francisco firefighter Anthony Valerio is the second firefighter to die from Thursday's Diamond Heights fire. According to San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White, Valerio had "significant damage to his respiratory system" and burns across his body after Thursday's fire.
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2nd San Francisco Firefighter Dies After Diamond Heights Fire
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It's being reported that San Francisco Fire Fighter Anthony Valerio passed away this morning as a result of injuries sustained while op…
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San Francisco FD: The Diamond Heights Fire Updates
Courtesy Patty Stanton
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San Francisco FD Flashover LODD, two others injured
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Fire in Emmitsburg’s Four Corners
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For those of you that have attended courses at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland; many of you have eaten at S…
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360 DEGREES OF SEPARATION
The fireground often has competing or conflicting incident priorities, demands or distractions before a complete appreciation of all mission critical or essentialinformation and data has been obtained. The effective assessment of the incident scene is mu…
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It’s more than just Size-Up; Situational Awareness and Dynamic Risk Assessment
Dynamic Risk Assessment is commonly used to describe a process of risk assessment being carried out in a changing or evolving environment, where what is being assessed is developing as the process itself is being undertaken.
This is further problemati…
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Vacant or Unoccupied: Tactical Risk and Safety
We seem to do a lot of things at times out of common practice and repetition, you know; “We’ve always done it that way….” syndrome. There’s a resonating theme that is making its way around the fire service dealing with going to a defensive tact…
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BECOME SAFE
How do you think these elements fit into the Big Picture during combat fire suppression operations at working structure fire?
What's your experience gauge telling you as it related to these elements?
As a Company Officer it is imperative that you …
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