Posts Tagged: Incident Command
School Bus roll over in Botetourt County … on board students call 911
The bus involved was not equipped with seat belts or safety restraints. Of the 39 students aboard, 13 were transported to local hospitals with what has been described as minor injuries. The call to 911 actually came from one of the on board students as the driver worked to remove others from the overturned vehicle.
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Manhattan Scaffolding Rescue Highlights Agency Rivalry and Risk Management Decisions
“We have some of the best training and the best equipment to do this.”
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San Francisco FD Berkeley Way Double LODD Report Issued: Routine Fire….
This incident appeared from the onset to be a routine “room and contents” fire that the SFFD encounters on a regular basis. As the Companies were performing standard fireground operations, the incident rapidly deteriorated due to a hostile fire event. The failure of a window in the fire room allowed fresh oxygen to enter the room, providing a fire that was deprived of one of the key elements of combustion to rapidly intensify.
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Volunteer vs. Paid …Respect my AUTHORITAH !!!
"He said Tuesday that if an emergency services director assumes control of a scene "there are going to be a lot of hurt feelings and busted noses."
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Alameda County Working: Rescue Company Helmet Cam Captures Rescues and More
Video from Rescue Officer answers critics about delay in getting water on the fire and shows that chasing kinks is everyone's job. Where is that firm benchmark that says you must have water on the fire by __ time?
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This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Disorientation, Radio Problems and RITs Driven Out, Missouri 1999
En route to the scene, the victim had advised the IC that they might have radio problems, due to past experiences with their radios in this type of structure.
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SFFD Diamond Heights LODD Safety Violations
State investigators have cited the San Francisco Fire Department for "serious" worker safety violations in the deaths of two firefighters killed battling a Diamond Heights house fire in June
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Report & audio tapes from deadly Indiana State Fair collapse. TV station looks at lack of MCI plan & coordination.
TV station reports Indianapolis Fire Department had been on site in support role but became incident command by default.
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AN EMOTIONAL FEW WEEKS, THE FIRE CRITIC, CHIEF GOLDFEDER, ZACH GREEN AND FOXFIRE
Chief Billy was upset that he wasn't able to take us by their Fallen Firefighter Memorial before he ran out of time. We told him not to worry about it .... just give us the address and we'd be sure to stop by and visit it. NOPE ... that wouldn't due. He didn't want us to go to their memorial, he wanted to TAKE us ! THAT'S BROTHERHOOD .
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Los Angeles Firefighters Battle Major Emergency at Townhouses Under construction
Another Major Emergency fire challenges companies at a townhouse complex underconstruction in LA. Are you trained and prepared to address an alarm assignment at a building or complex under construction? The rules of combat fire engagement are different.
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Training Download: Commercials- Got Fire? Anticipate Collapse
It is mission critical to comprehend and understand your department’s operational capabilities and the necessary deployment demands for fire suppression, fire flow and phased operations at commercial building fires. Training Download Available.
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Commercials- Got Fire; Anticipate Collapse
There are numerous factors to be cognizant of at commerical building fires especially when it comes to identifying precursors and indicators for collapse. Got Fire? Anticipate Collapse!
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Apartment Complex Under Construction: Rapid Deployment and Operations
Safety and accountability are high priorities at multiple alarm incidents involving a construction site. A rapidly advancing fire in an apartment building complex under construction was managed and controlled without incident. How prepared are you and your company?
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Checking your Compass
As a Company Officer; have you checked your compass lately? Do you know where you are?
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NIOSH Report addresses Operational Issues at Metal Recycling Facility Fire
NIOSH recently released its report on operational issues that resulted in seven career fire fighters being injured while fighting a fire at a large commercial structure containing recyclable combustible metals.
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News Article Illustrates “The Fog of War” that’s common at major hazmat incidents
I only read half of the article's headline when I was sucked in: "A night of Tension, Confusion, and a Toxic Cloud". You had me at hello.
OrgeanLive.com updated a story they first ran in May, about a release of nitrogen dioxide and hydrofluor…
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Texas Captain; 2010 LODD Report Issued with Lessons Learned
Captain Araguz, a 30 year old, 11-year veteran of the Wharton Volunteer Fire Department made Captain in 2009.
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NIOSH Findings Reported on Bridgeport (CT) Double LODD Fire; Failed to Respond to Maydays
Bridgeport (CT) fire officials' failure on nearly ever level led to the line-of-duty deaths of two firefighters battling a fire in a residential occupancy in Bridgeport, CT on July 24, 2010.
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Firefighter Killed In Roof Collapse at Church Fire
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A major fire took command o…
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Another Multiple Alarm Fire in Camden, NJ
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A huge fire early this morning has engulfed a three-story warehouse in downtown Camden, two days after another massiv…
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SFFD Firefighter Memorials and Updates
More details emerged Monday about last week’s fatal Diamond Heights blaze, as fire officials said an emergency alert accidentally went off on a nearby fire engine about the same time two firefighters’ personal alarms sounded inside the burning buildi…
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Woonsocket (RI) Eight Alarm Mill Fire: Caused by Welding
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A 112-year-old building, once the home of the Woonsocket Rubber Co., a firm that made decoy tanks fo…
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San Francisco FD mourns the loss of a Second Firefighter LODD After Diamond Heights Fire
San Francisco firefighter Anthony Valerio is the second firefighter to die from Thursday's Diamond Heights fire. According to San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White, Valerio had "significant damage to his respiratory system" and burns across his body after Thursday's fire.
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