Posts Tagged: Firefighting
Early raw video & fireground audio from deadly PA firehouse fire. Body found in car pushed into Leithsville VFC by dump truck.
Vehicle and body not found until after fire was extinguished.
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Raw video: Dump truck hits PA’s Leithsville VFC sparking four-alarm fire that destroys firehouse.
Truck driver burned.
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Helmet Camera: Father/Son Team Fight Hudson Street Fire in Red Bank
Red Bank Volunteer Fire Department (NJ) Firefighters battle a house fire on Hudson Street and capture it with a helmet camera. Two families escaped the fire safely prior to firefighters arriving.
Listen as Father/Son firefighting team are on the rig together. The father is on the pump, the son is on the line. "lets go, lets go, Dad this thing is #$@#ing going lets go"...
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MCI at DC Firehouse: Firefighters at Engine 10, Truck 13 ill hours after fire at what may have been a PCP lab.
Firefighters from House of Pain in Northeast taken to Police-Fire Clinic.
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Video: Hot Dog…That Bitch is Gettin it!
Check out this short video of a response by Birmingham's Bravest to a vacant house fire around 1pm today (as best I can tell).
The video includes a train passing by right in front of the apparatus.
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Must see video: Collapse during LA Tech frat house fire. Three firefighters hurt in Saturday’s blaze.
Fire started when members of the fraternity burned notes to celebrate the end of classes.
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Video: Pike House at Louisiana Tech…Roof Collapse, Backdraft, or Smoke Explosion?
Parker said the blaze caused the collapse of the roof, which sent a plume of fire and smoke into the air, and caused some area residents to believe an explosion rocked the house when it was simply the collapsing structure.
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Video: Building Fire in West Palm Beach
A building at Georgia and Wilmot Streets in West Palm Beach exploded and burned. The cause of the fire had not been determined. No one was injured.
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Video: Just How Fast Does Fire Spread? Watch this Fire Grow Pretty Quick
I am not sure where this video is from, but I thought it was intriguing as to how fast the fire spreads engulfing the lower floor of this apartment complex.
Is that a booster line? The first line off? Maybe that is how they roll...
What line would you pull first?
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Raw video & commentary: Apartment fire in New Berlin, Wisconsin. Reporter questions the response time. Dave questions the reporter.
Is it enough to just have both sides of the story?
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DC battalion chief describes Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe as workplace bully. Washington Times reports Kevin Sloan’s transfer is latest casualty of last year’s beer incident.
Battaltion Chief Kevin Sloan says transfer came less than four hours after his decision in case where Chief Ellerbe found beer in the fire house.
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Early video: Fire in New York’s Chinatown.
Fire at 51 Mott Street on Sunday.
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Raw video: Bus fire & MCI inside DC’s 3rd Street Tunnel under The Mall.
Civilians and police officers transported for smoke inhalation.
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Quick Takes: May 21, 2012.
Fire & EMS news for Monday.
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Video: Ocean City, NJ House Fire
This is a video of a house fire in Ocean City, New Jersey. The house is well off when firefighters arrive. One firefighter was injured (heat related injury). The fire occurred on Morningside Road.
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Medical Oxygen Tank Over Pressurization On Wheels
You get a call for a truck with a high-pitch sound coming from it. On arrival the truck is a Class B straight truck with hazardous materials placards easily identifiable on your approach.
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Virginia tanker overturns leaving firefighter with life-threatening injuries.
Rig was responding to a call early Sunday morning.
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$10 million settlement reached in Deutsche Bank fire. Widow of FDNY Firefighter Joseph Graffagnino will get money from contractor & city.
Firefighter Robert Beddia's family had previously settled for $6 million.
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Early video: Apartment fire in Lawrence, Indiana.
Fire yesterday in vacant buildings at an apartment complex.
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Helmet Cam Video – Interior and Exterior Attack on Large SFD
This fire was in Jacksonville, Florida on May 14, 2012 on Cinancy Street. The fire was captured on film by a helmet camera and shared by FDCam.com.
You just can't win them all can you?
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UPDATE – Raw video: Two homes burning Martinsburg, West Virginia area.
Fire damages two single family homes.
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Sheriff’s vehicle hits fire-police member. Volunteer was directing traffic at collision scene in Theresa, New York.
Lance Willix suffered serious leg injuries.
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Fire Chief Plans to Bill “Idiots” After Rescue…Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
I have no problem with the Fire Chief speaking out publicly and referring to these students as idiots. I think it is a teaching moment for other future idiots. It is a public service.
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Kill The Flashover
Transitional attack is something you might see in our department, but you probably wouldn't hear anyone using the terminology "Transitional Attack". It would merely be a case of cooling the fire prior to heading inside if needed.
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Helmet-cam video: More from West Plains, Missouri thrift store fire with collapse.
Video from crew on initial attack.
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