Posts Tagged: Fireworks
Must see video: Firefighters & cops attacked by commercial grade fireworks during a ‘near riot’ in Peoria, Illinois.
Firefighters and police suffer burns and temporary hearing loss.
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Happy 4th of July from Ironfiremen.com
Stay Safe and in house!
Captain Wines
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Your Independence Day moment of Zen … with an Arizona Bonus
FDNY's busiest night is July 4th. A brief retrospective, with an update from STATter911. Now with Arizona tips!
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Quick Takes: March 14, 2011.
Fire and EMS news for Monday.
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Pyrotechnic Laws Updated
COLUMBIA - Retailers and manufacturers of fireworks and other pyrotechnics have a new process to obtain their licenses now that state safety regulations have been changed. According to Union County Clerk of Court Freddie Gault, anyone seeking a license …
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Fireworks and LP Gas: Good Mixture?
This is a fireworks wholesaler and storage facility. As you all know, fireworks are flammable and have been known to cause some catastrophic fires and explosions.
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An Anniversary They’d Rather Forget
The flames spread immediately through the entire building, dominating the thousands of firework displays taking place in the city.
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Fireworks Up…..Fireworks Down
PYROMANIACS WILL BE BACK SOON
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The must see tragic video from fire in Russia that kills more than 100. Witnesses say fireworks set ceiling on fire with results similar to The Station nightclub blaze. NIST report & video from 2003 fire.
Video from inside Perm, Russian club as tragic fire starts.
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Ready, Fire, Aim !!
Nine people suffered first- and second-degree burns from the explosions or bumps, bruises and cuts in the resulting panic ...
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3 UK Teens Arrested for Fire Death
Responding to local scuttlebut, they began searching Facebook pages where they found incrimnatory statements from the suspects.
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Another Fireworks Warehouse Lights Up
The shop was packed with customers when something caused a firework to ignite and it rapidly set the entire shop ablaze.
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Morning Lineup – October 18
It was very rarely that you ever finished the game because there was always a moment when somebody reached a setback that so infuriated him that they'd pitch the board, marbles and all, across the room and then storm out.
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Tuesday Morning Job Security Check 3
Since we aren't too far removed from the fireworks of July 4th, I thought I would share one more fireworks explosion. This guy made it away with his life...barely. NEVER stick your head directly over the top of a firework. That is like staring down the b…
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Two More Casualties in Ocracoke, NC
Two more people died from the fireworks explosion we reported yesterday. The original report is here.You can read more about the third and fourth victims who died at the hospital due to injuries sustained in the explosion here. One more remains injured.
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North Carolina Fireworks Explosion
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While checking out the World News tonight I noticed another fireworks explosion...this time in North Carolina. An earlier post detailed several large…
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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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Just so we are clear…The Fire Critic is World Wide
While the Fire Critic builds his vast empire here at FireCritic.com, I want to be sure that EVERYONE knows we are hoping to report and bring in folks from across the GLOBE. I have already seen hits from Europe, Asia, Australia, and other places across th…
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Jay Lowry launches FFHourly.com
Jay Lowry has launched a new website FFhourly.com. The new site should not be mistaken for FirefighterHourly.com but probably will because their names are so familiar. FFhourly.com is not the same thing as FirefighterHourly.com though.
From Jay Lowry:
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