Posts Tagged: Fire Pictures
Company Discussions: Redeployment?
Time is running out for keeping this in check and an interior attack. We've all been here and we know how this can go.
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Fire Officer Basics: Part 1
Although everyone is responsible for safety and identifying unsafe conditions, the officer must continually keep a watchful eye on conditions.
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Right in the Middle of It
Situational awareness must be practiced at all times. Even in the platform.
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More Roof Ops
Is there anything we are forgetting here?
First, let me make it clear, I was looking for a picture I have of a crew working on the roof the correct way when I came across this one.
I know, we have beat the first Roof Ops post to death and if y…
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Company Training Discussion 2: Residential Fire with Exposure
This is the response from the posting from the other day. Our fried Fred commented with the following details:
Assuming wood frame construction of main structure. Challenges: fire already past egress point at patio doors of main structure. Exposure …
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Woe the Shopping Carts
With the holidays over, so to speak, the big sales days are upon us now. You might want to check on your big stores to make sure things are in order.
As we can see here, the shopping carts have taken precedent over the people inside for access to th…
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More On Engineered Lumber
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I know this is older but is worth mentioning and showing again. Be careful out there and take time to look for basements. Stay safe.
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Watered Tree Vs. Non-Watered Tree: Merry Christmas
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Company Discussion 1: Responses
Here are some of the things that I see from this picture and that should be discussed with your company in resoponse to the questions posed.The general condition of the outside likely is the same on the inside which could make entry and advancement of an…
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Keokuk, Iowa: Ten Years Ago Remembered
keokuk Photos By Cindy IutziIt was ten years ago today that Keokuk, Iowa lost three of it's own in a two-family residential fire. In addition to the LODD there were also three children that perished in the fire as well. There is a great deal of inf…
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Tis the Season for Candles
I know I have just about beat this to death, but I attended two Christmas plays and a wedding in the past week and was glad to see that there were no candles in the aisles at any of them. This time of year we see an increased use in candles in plac…
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Company Discussion 1: Residential Fire
This is a house that we all have in our jurisdiction somewhere. Take a look at the scene and start your size up. What hazards do we have just from looking at the propert? If the outside looks as it does, what can we suspect the inside looks l…
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Ridge Cut
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Here is a good video showing a ridge cut for venting a roof vertically. Don't forget that on a real fire, you need to wear SCBA and it is still optimum to have a roof ladder to help to operate off.…
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Combustible Liquids
This is a repair shop that is not sprinklered, it was built prior to the code, and that also does fabricating. They have added on without permits for several years and now is a dangerous place to be. They have taken some measures to meet the inspecti…
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1964 Indiana Nursing Home Fire
On this day in 1964, a nursing in Fountaintown, Indiana caught fire around 3:00AM. A nurse reportedly saw the fire in the kitchen and hall way and started screaming for everyone to get out.
The first state troopers on the scene stated that the fire mo…
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Special Events, Watch for Them
On this day in 1961, not that long ago, a circus tent caught fire in Niterói, Brazil. The fire killed 323 people including many children. It is suspected that a disgruntled worker set the fire, but that has been disputed by some. It is another example…
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More Candles
More candles, look at the draped chairs right next to the candles. Again, right in the aisle that will serve as an egress aisle in the event of an emergency.
I don't see sprinklers on the ceiling, although they could be there, but someone could be bad…
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Walking on Fire
Okay, does this cause panic in anybody else? What I see here is some very bad decision making. Most codes would not allow this.
First, the hanging streamers I'm sure are not class A finishes. Second, the candles are all in the aisles which are part of…
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The Great New York Fire of 1835
On this day in 1835, a great fire swept through New York destroying over 500 buildings and claiming the lives of two people. The fire reportedly did what would be hundreds of millions of dollars of damage.
The fire started on Merchant street and sprea…
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Engineered I-Joists: Be Aware of Your Buildings
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Some of you may have seen this video, but is worth looking at again and showing it to your firefighters, officers and building officials. Take time to look at your subdivisions and know the danger…
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Nice Jeans
This picture was labeled as "safety-fire-training", no kidding. This appears to be some sort of flammable liquids fire training by the looks of the props and their technique.
As we can see, they are wearing standard jeans and long sleeve t-shirt for p…
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Hanging by a Thread
Okay, its not really a thread, but it may as well be. These truss systems are popular for overhangs and porches on commercial and residential buildings. Typically, the top end will sit on a nailed 2x4 or rest on the top of the wall and toenailed into t…
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Oh, The Good Old Days are Gone!
Remember the good old days when your commerical buildings were block and mortar or steel buildings with large dimensional lumber? Those days are long gone and it has made our job that much more dangerous.
When this building is completed, it will likel…
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How Many Does It Take?
Now I don't know exactlly what is going on here, but just from the photo I would guess that they are pushing the limits of this porch. It appears that the building is of an advanced age the possibility of some rotten members are good.
Since there are …
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How to Vent a Field?
There is alot of this kind of construction in Western Europe, but it is becoming popular in parts of the U.S. as well. There obvious concerns for firefighters here. The load itself, having dirt and grass on the roof system, add water, snow or ice and…
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