Posts Tagged: Firefighting
Arrangements for Alexandria Fire Department Paramedic Joshua Weissman
Funeral will be Thursday in Alexandria.
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San Francisco Fire Department releases report into deaths of Lt. Vincent Perez and FF/PM Anthony Valerio. Flashover caused when glass in sliding door shattered.
Chief says the key factor in the deaths was the window breaking which firefighters had not control over.
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Helmet-cam raw video: Watch the entire video of the fire with children trapped in Alameda County, California from earlier in the week.
Raw video of helmet-cam from fire with multiple children rescued in San Leandro.
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Even when running with a short crew, this kid knows to drop a supply line. But we do need to get him some LDH.
Someone is doing a good job mentoring this young firefighter.
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Alexandria (VA) Fire Department Paramedic Joshua Weissman dies after fall off of I-395 bridge. Watch raw video of press conference.
Radio traffic from car fire and rescue of paramedic
Previous coverage of this story
Alexandria Fire Department Paramedic Joshua Weissman has died at the Washington Hospital Center following his fall last night off a bridge carrying I-395 over Four Mi…
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Alexandria paramedic Joshua Weissman still critical after fall from overpass. Audio from car fire and rescue of medic.
Weissman is seven-year-veteran of the department.
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UPDATED – Alexandria, Virginia officals confirm Paramedic Joshua Weissman is critical after fall from I-395 bridge. CPR was started after removal from Four Mile Run creek.
Washington Post identifies medic as 33-year-old Josh Weissman.
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Pre-arrival video & helmet-cam: Rescues of children from house fire in Alameda County, CA caught on video.
Some of the children were found in a closet, under a blanket.
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Best of the Rest – Moving Fires, Sweepstakes, America’s Fire Captain and much more!
Come see Superman & Lex Luthor together: Or maybe it's more like Austin Powers & Dr. Evil. Dave Statter meets Rhett Fleitz. Somehow I ended up on the same bill with THE Fire Critic at the Ohio Fire & Emergency Services Foundation's 2012 Leadership Conference.
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Raw video: Two views of an apartment fire in Washington, DC.
Fire in a room on the first floor.
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Quick Takes: February 6, 2012.
Fire & EMS news for Monday.
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Must see video: Sometimes the fire just gets away from you. Australia firefighters have to chase burning box truck.
Box truck takes off as firefighters pull up to the scene.
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Two from FireTruckBlog.com: Man throws concrete through window of responding rig & vintage film.
Apparatus news from FireTruckBlog.com.
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UPDATE – Audio from Philadelphia house fire with rescues. Three firefighters & four civilians hurt. Lt. critical but stable.
One firefighter seriously burned on both arms.
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Black FDNY Applicants Get House Calls to Complete Applications
Some black applicants will be getting house calls by the Vulcan Society to help them complete their incomplete applications. This was approved by a Court Monitor. We are talking about over 2000 house calls! Keep in mind that 52% of the applicants are black.
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Antique of the Week & an antique film to go with it.
Vintage film features a fire dog.
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Raw video: Fires in Gary and Lake Station, Indiana.
A pair of fires on Saturday afternoon.
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Toledo Fire Department issues report on man’s body found after demolition of burned apartment building. Provides details of search done after initial evacuation order.
Firefighters had already rescued five as fire traveled from second floor to the attic.
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What are the odds? Vacaville, CA firefighter finds items stolen from his home while on medical call.
Patient's roomate is arrested on burglary charges when he came to the hospital for a visit.
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Raw video: Three-alarm strip mall fire in Surrey, British Columbia.
Fire occurred early Thursday morning.
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Listen to the Firefighter Netcast’s Stand Down for Behavioral Health- Part 1
Now more than ever before, we have an incredible amount of new resources with which to assist us as we begin to change our attitudes toward the way we address these behavioral health issues which have always been there, but we were always afraid to confront.
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DC firefighters can’t wear DCFD on-duty. New York cops can’t wear NYPD off-duty.
Commissioner is concerned about offensive messages with NYPD logo.
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Hose Streams and Fire Suppression Research from the NIST
Little, if any, fire suppression research has been conducted on the effectiveness of fire streams from manual hose lines during the past 50 years.
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Pre-arrival video: House fire in Detroit.
House fire at Winthrop and Acacia.
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