Posts Tagged: England
Firefighters say rules wouldn’t allow them to go beyond ankle deep to reach drowning man in lake three feet deep. Inquest in UK brings out similarities to Alameda, CA case.
Cop and paramedic also ordered not to go in.
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Video: The making of a fire station.
The 11 month long project was completed in July.
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Must see video: UK firefighters caught in explosion. West Yorkshire FRS video from Castleford blast.
July 8 explosion at homes in Castleford.
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Fire Videos Around the World From Cleveland to Houston & Thailand to Canada and More!
This is a bit of a long post...and it involves plenty of video. I got in front of the computer searching for what fires were caught on video and uploaded to Youtube...and I found a ton!
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Close call video: Collapse narrowly misses UK firefighter.
Video from 2010 incident just being released.
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Raw video: UK warehouse fire with explosions.
Clothing stored in the warehouse is destined for the world's poor.
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UK Rap Fire Prevention Song: Good or Bad Investment
I think that $8000 is a drop in the bucket. If any fire department wants to get down to spending there are so many other things to point fingers at.
The song may not be extremely appealing to me, but it does have a good message and I think it should be used as much as possible. The song already has over 7000 views on youtube. Let's just hope they do some ideal marketing on this one to get their moneys worth!
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Quick Takes: December 6, 2010.
Fire & EMS news for Monday.
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Early Video: Clock Hotel Fire in Welwyn, UK takes 60 Firefighters to Contain
Ten fire engines from Stevenage, Welwyn, WGC, Wheathampstead, St Albans, Hitchin, Letchworth and Baldock, Rickmansworth, Hertford and Potters Bar arrived at the scene, as well as the Control Unit from Hertford and aerial ladder platforms from Stevenage and Watford.
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Video: Mill fire in Haworth, England.
Nearby homes were evacuated because of exposure issues.
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Video roundup: Fires from New Jersey, Nebraska & the U.K.
Video from three recent fires.
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Quick Takes
Tuesday's fire and EMS news.
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Quick Takes
Wednesday's Quick Takes: Mayor wants to look at replacing 95-member career department with volunteers; Firefighters request 50% pay cut; Dave needed to make sure he wasn't delusional upon reading this article from NH; Fiber factory fire; A subtle sprinkler ad right under our noses; Another Maine firefighter charged with arson; Fire chief charged with battery against former member; Firefighter goes from one probation to another.
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Cross-Continental Divide or Deja Vu?
Now I'm not the biggest EMS geek but two fellow Fire-EMS Bloggers have embarked on their own home-grown exchange student program that has proven to be pretty darn entertaining so far.
Justin "The Happy Medic" Schorr is hosting Mark "Medic 999" Glen…
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Schoolgirl Burned in Science Lab Explosion
A 10-YR.-OLD GIRL WAS AIRLIFTED to a burn hospital in England on Wednesday afternoon following an explosion caused by a chemical mixture.
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It’s Time to get SAFER!
Are you SAFER than you were last year?
That is, did you submit a grant application under the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) “Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response” program for recruitment and retention?
If you didn’t, you missed out on a great opportunity to better your fire department, or in our case, the entire volunteer fire service in our region.
Here’s the good news. You get another chance. DHS just announced that the application period for the 2009 SAFER grants opens November 16, 2009.
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Puff, Puff, Pass Cannibas Goes up in Smoke
The youtube video below states: House fire in cannabis factory Sutton Surrey
The title of the video is "Drugs up in smoke"
Do they make a parachute big enough to fit over a house? If so, you could sell tickets for a couple minutes under the parachute a…
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New Video from Camberwell Fire in England
The Fire Critic first reported this incident here. Apparently, some newer footage has been released on the incident included below. I noticed some interesting things in the video, the most interesting being the car sitting on its side. It appears as thou…
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For all you Crusty Old Firemen
Here is a video to help all you crusty old firemen explain to the newest generation how it used to be (somewhat) and how fortunate the new generation should be. The insight is comical, yet very true. Eat your heart out! While I don't think this will clos…
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4-Alarm Fire Rages At South San Francisco Food Factory
From CBS5.com
Firefighters continued to battle a four-alarm structure fire at the Columbus Food manufacturing plant in South San Francisco Thursday morning.
The fire was first was reported at a warehouse at 465 Cabot Road just after 2 a.m., the dispa…
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Alleged Sex Scandal At Atlantic City Fire Station
From MyFoxPhilly.com
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Officials in Atlantic City are investigating an alleged sex scandal involving three firefighters.
A source tells Fox 29 News that a mother of a teenage girl found a cell phone picture of her daughter wearing fi…
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Building Construction Questioned in Deadly Flat Fire
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Officials are questioning the design of a 12 story flat in England. The …
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100 Jumps in one day
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You might remember I posted about two Brits who are skydiving for charity, well apparently there is another firefi…
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Fourth of July Fireworks Explosions
In honor of our Independence, I give you some of the largest fireworks disasters, fireworks factory fires, and other fireworks explosions. Your Happy Medic wrote a post about how he really likes fireworks left to the professionals, and I guess I should t…
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Rolling Brownouts, Firehouse Roulette, Firehouse Closures, Layoffs…
Call it what you will, but I call it poor management.
The three highest priorities in any jurisdiction should be:
Public Safety
Education
Refuse Collection
Those are in no particular order. Those are the necessities. PERIOD. Over the last 5 or so y…
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