Posts Tagged: Construction
Building-Occupancy Relationships and Firefighting
Knowledge and proficiencies related to building construction are formulative to all strategic, tactical and task level assignments.
Without understanding the building-occupancy relationships and integrating; construction, the compartment, occupancy ris…
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FDNY Brooklyn Box 4080: 17 Vandalia Avenue 12.18.1998
FDNY Brooklyn Box 4080: 17 Vandalia Avenue 12.18.1998
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Gypsum Board Ceiling Systems, Ceiling Collapse and Firefighter Safety
We're posting the ROTW alert in it's entirety below and are expanding upon this discussion to include materials previously posted on Buildingsonfire.com from the posts that surrounded the LAFD LODD of Firefighter Glenn L. Allen
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First-Due Residential Fire
Video Clip provided by PGFD Captain Greg Zalenski, Station 812 -College Park (MD)VFD.
A mid-morning fire in a Single family (SFR) residential structure challenged arriving companies as they went into operations. A video clip depicting the respond…
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The Dichotomy of Risk
The internet will be alive with ideas, thoughts and reasons why what happened in DC and Gary shouldn’t have happened.
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Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire; Final NIST Report Issued
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its final report on its study of the June 18, 2007, fire at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, S.C., that trapped and killed nine firefighters, the highest number of firefigh…
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Gypsum Board Ceiling Systems and Firefigher Safety
The recent events in Los Angeles and the line of duty death of veteran LAFD Firefighter Glenn Allen who died Friday from injuries he sustained when a ceiling collapsed on him in a house fire late Wednesday night in the Hollywood Hills again gives us paus…
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Quick Thinking Canadian Firefighter Injured Saving His Son During Roof Collapse
[fblike]Off-duty professional firefighter Corey Scott suffered minor injuries after a snow-laden roof collapsed on them Friday in Spruce Grove, Alberta. His five-year-old son was not hurt as Corey shielded him from the falling debris as they escaped.
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Attic Fires in Residential Buildings Report
Firefighters must decide whether to fight the fire from above or below, both of which present many difficulties. In both instances, firefighters have to consider that roofs or ceilings may collapse.
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Cape Cod Working:
Collapse During Harwich Cottage Fire
Tense moments during roll call after second floor collapse.
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FDNY Brooklyn Box 4080: 17 Vandalia Avenue 12.18.1998
Three FDNY Firefighters died in-the line of duty while conducting suppression and rescue operations at fire on the tenth floor of 10-story high-rise apartment building for the elderly.
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Cape Cod Working: Yarmouth 2-Alarms
Attic fire in beach-side condo makes for a tough job for companies assigned.
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P.G. Working: Upper Marlboro
Early morning worker for companies in the southern part of Prince George's County.
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Boston Working: District 11
Videos of a basement job that extended through the roof in October.
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Taking it to the Streets; “Redefining the Fire Ground” Rescheduled
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Wednesday Night’s Program has been postponed due to Emergent Server issues at BlogTalkRadio.
The Program has been r…
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Taking it to the Streets; “Redefining the Fire Ground” Rescheduled
Many would argue that the fire ground doesn’t need to be “redefined”; that the way we do business in the Streets is just fine and that the American Fire Service knows how to get the job done, at any cost.
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Taking it to the Streets; “Redefining the Fire Ground”
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For a Rockin’ Hot Time, Tune in this coming Wednesday night, November 3rd to FireFighter NetCast.com and Taking it to t…
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NIST Study on Charleston Furniture Store Fire Calls for National Safety Improvements
Major factors contributing to a rapid spread of fire at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, S.C., on June 18, 2007, included large open spaces with furniture providing high fuel loads, the inward rush of air following the breaking of windows and a lack o…
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Remembrance Challenge Answer
If one firefighter learns just one new thing about collapse, what better honor can we show the fallen?
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P.G. PIO Initiates Command
Maryland PIO briefly takes a different role at building fire.
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Illegal Renovation Kills FDNY Lieutenant and Probie, 2006
"Save my probie," he urged. "He's underneath me."
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Preplanning Pays Off For Boston Chief
District 7 chief's first thoughts on arrival were of the Worcester Cold Storage fire.
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Knowledge of Building Construction; Are you Prepared?
Check out the latest posting at our sister site Commandsafety.com for the latest release of Buildingsonfire.com’s Building Construction Training and Lecture Series for 2010. Recently updated with a series of new seminar and training program topics …
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Remembrance Challenge