Posts Tagged: Intersection
Must see video: Camera captures Philadelphia Fire Department ambulance rollover.
Two medics with non-life threatening injuries.
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Ambulance Crashes Into Building
A TRANSPORT AMBULANCE CARRYING A DIALYSIS PATIENT collided with car at a Brockton, Massachusetts, intersection Friday morning.
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Florida Ambulance in Fatal Crash
AN 18-YR.-OLD WOMAN WAS KILLED SUNDAY AND three other people seriously injured in Jacksonville, Florida, when an ambulance collided with a pickup truck.
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Firetrucks Collide in NYC
Ladder 107, which was heading north on Ashford, flipped on to its side. Its back end landed on a minivan parked on the street and its front end jammed into a tree,
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First-Due, Second-Due; Do Not Pass Go, Proceed Directly to Jail
Last week a horrific accident involving two responding fire apparatus collided in an intersection resulting in serious personal injuries to eleven people, nine of which were firefighters. The resulting collision caused significant property damage to the …
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Running Against the Wind
It seems like yesterday..But it was long ago. Against the wind, We were running against the wind. We were young and strong, we were runningAgainst the wind..And the years rolled slowly past. And I found myself alone.. Surrounded bv strangers I thought we…
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NIST;Fire Fighting Tactics under Wind Driven Conditions:Laboratory Experiments
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF) with the support of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/ Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Research and…
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Latest NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports
NIOSH has recently released the following Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports:F2008-15 Jun 22, 2007 Engineer suffers fatal heart attack at scene of residential fire Michigan http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200815.htmlF2008-13 Feb 19, 2…
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Structural Stability of Engineered Lumber in Fire Conditions – Free Online Course from UL
Structural Stability of Engineered Lumber in Fire Conditions - Free Online CourseThis two-hour presentation summarizes a research study on the hazards posed to firefighters by the use of lightweight construction and engineered lumber in floor and roof de…
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Take a Good Look Around-This is Your Town
As you drive about your response district today, coming back from an alarm, heading to the firehouse tonight or running errands around your community this weekend, take a good look around.Ask your self a simple question; “How well do you know the build…
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2008 Firefighter Near Miss Annual Report Issued
The 2008 Near-Miss Annual Report was recently issued and is available on the NMR Webs site HERE.The report was also included in the February issue of FireRescue magazine.If you would like more copies of the 2008 Near-Miss Annual Report please e-mail Ama…
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Houston FD Mayday Operations & RIT
In case some of you missed the excellent video that depicts the operations of the Houston FD at a Four Alarm Fire in an office building on March 28, 2007 HERES some information.The fire resulted in three civilian fatalities with three firefigher injurie…
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