Posts Tagged: Milwaukee
Helmet-cam video: Milwaukee, WI apartment fire.
A fire on Tuesday at 87th and Fond du Lac.
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Raw video: Multiple frozen hydrants hamper Milwaukee firefighters at house fire.
Fourth hydrant, two blocks away, provides water.
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Raw video: Houses on fire in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Fire Thursday night in the 3600 block of W. Vliet Street.
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Is Milwaukee, Wisconsin another community where the First Amendment is just an option? Officers cite safety & privacy as reason to remove TV cameraman from non-secure area at house fire. Watch raw video of the arrest.
Note to Police Chief Ed Flynn: Aren't you sworn to defend not just your officers, but the Constitution of the United States?
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Anatomy of a mayday & bailout. Video details house fire that left two Milwaukee firefighters injured.
New details and additional video of bailouts captured on video.
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Close call video: Milwaukee lieutenant discusses bailout from house fire caught on video.
Two different video clips of firefighters making a sudden exit from attic of burning home.
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Blizzard 2011: Chicago firefighter punched. CFD snowmobile in action. Plus more stuck rigs.
Snowmobile makes an EMS run and a look at some snowbound fire engines.
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Quick Takes
Fire & EMS news fro Tuesday.
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At least a dozen firefighters hurt in Milwaukee. Injuries reported minor in 4-alarm house fire.
Fire spread from vacant building to occupied home.
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What you liked in 2009. The most popular stories of last year from STATter911.com. Plus, our contest winner.
The 20 stories you clicked on the most in 2009. And believe it or not, the man in this picture didn't make the top 10.
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Fiery Crash Kills 2 Best Friends in Milwaukee
The crash drove the pickup into a parking lot where it burst into fire,
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Was It An Off-Duty Ambulance Driver?
A delivery truck carrying 930 doses of swine flu vaccine was left idling outside a flu clinic in Milwaukee while the driver was inside. When he came back out, the truck was gone along with all its contents.
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Today’s Web Scanner 11/3/09
An Arkansas ambulance strikes and kills a man rescuing an injured dog; a Milwaukee firefighter accused of tainting his wife's tea with an anti-depressant- his 3-year old also drinks it; after 45 years a Tuscaloosa B/C reluctantly hangs up the leather.
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Warship USS New York Arrives- Built With WTC Steel
The USS New York is home. A warship built with steel salvaged from the World Trade Center has arrived in New York City.
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30 Minutes of Training Per Week is Unfair and “Unreal”
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I had just finished reading a depressing thought I found on facebook by Christopher Naum:
“There’s an awful lot of time, energy and resour…
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“We’ll take care of our brother…”
“I told them that he is not really conscious right now,” she said. “And he said ‘Is that the fireman?’, and I said ‘yeah’. and he says ‘we’ll take care of our brother.'”
A video showing yet another example of the meaning of brotherhood, and the special gift of passage given by his brothers at LA County fire.
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Milwaukee Firefighters Jam City Hall
Milwaukee mayor looks to cut over $4M from budget and eyes fire and police cuts, specifically slashing ladder company personnel from 5 to 4. Milwaukee firefighters turned out in force to urge the mayor to look elsewhere.
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CDC Says 1 in 3 Will Contract H1N1
The CDC is concerned that Americans don't fully appreciate the magnitude of this deadly pandemic. As ER's begin to swell beyond capacity, a majority say they will pass on the vaccine, and many parents may not vaccinate their children. How will this affect first responders? Pretty damn hard.
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A New Weapon for Hi-Rise Fires-The Hero Pipe
The HERO PIPE was created by a veteran fire fighter with 20 years experience in downtown Chicago who recognized the limited capabilities when battling modern high-rise fires.
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360 Burn Around the Fire Web
Fire Daily lights up the scene with posts by FireGeezer.com, FirehouseZen.com, FireCritic, and ChiefReasonArt.com, all blog posts worth your time.
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LODD- Capt. Carl Nordwall, Norfolk Airport Fire Dept.
Captain Carl Nordwall of the Norfolk Airport Fire Department passed away in the line of duty Tuesday after collapsing during shift change on Saturday from an apparent heart attack.
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Monday Morning Shoutout – The HouseWatch
This weeks Monday Morning Shoutout goes to a blog that I have followed for some time. The HouseWatch is a blog out of Milwaukee, the home of Paul Conway and BEER!
The HouseWatch is a serious look at firefighting. The blog is full of no-nonsense, no bull…
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