Posts Tagged: Niosh
Wind Driven Fires
Wind blowing into the broken window of a room on fire can turn a "routine room and contents fire" into a floor-to-ceiling firestorm.
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FDNY Brooklyn Box 4080: 17 Vandalia Avenue 12.18.1998
FDNY Brooklyn Box 4080: 17 Vandalia Avenue 12.18.1998
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Remembering Brackenridge 1991 Floor Collapse and LODD
Remembering Brackenridge 1991 Floor Collapse and LODD
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This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Poor Operations and Flashover Kill Three, Iowa 1999
It is believed that the three victims were hit with a thermal blast of heat before the handline burned through.
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This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Collapse Six Minutes After Under Control, Chicago 2010
The T-16 crew proceeded into the structure and observed a small amount of rubbish burning on the ground.
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This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Fire Keeps RIT from Reaching Probie, Texas 2004
" - it was reported that all at once it sounded like firefighters were yelling “back out, back out” and “bail out.”"
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This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Pre-Planning and Disorientation, New York 2003
"The officer and nozzle man from E95 thought they heard a scream from inside the fire building. "
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IAFF Cancer Study Newsletter,
Issue 1
First word out on work done so far investigating firefighter cancer.
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A Tale of Two Fires
VSP will never save a firefighter that fails to wear his seatbelt, that drives like an Indy car racer, or eats his double cheeseburger on a jelly donut.
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Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports
New NIOSH LODD Reports issued from the FIRE FIGHTER FATALITY INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM. Are they on your radar screen?
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NIOSH Reports:
July, August, September Releases
Findings and recommendations from the investigations of seven line of duty deaths and an explosion at a commercial structure fire that injured seven firefighters.
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Lessons Learned:
Deadly Disorientation at Texas Plant Fire
Probably one of the best reasons to do preplanning from 2010.
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Remembrance: FDNY and Buffalo(NY) Double LODD from Floor Collapse
Take the time to revisit two Firefighter LODD incidents that both occurred in the month of August in 2006 and 2009 respectively. Both of these incidents involved a double firefighter line-of-duty death (LODD) and resulted from a floor collapse during the conduct of operations within the fire involved structures. There are numerous lessons learned and recommendations that can be considered and applied in organizations and agencies across the country, both large and small; career or volunteer.
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It’s only been ten years. What’s the rush?
This week, despite this “anecdotal” evidence to the contrary, a review by NIOSH determined there exists too little scientific evidence linking cancer to time spent amid the dust and wreckage at Ground Zero. Cited in the failure to link was “a lack of research.”
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program
Video Clip recorded live by Fire Department Network News TV (FDNNTV) at the 50th IAFF Fire Fighter Convention in San Diego, CA on August 23, 2010.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, also known as NIOSH, is a federal agency …
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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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NIOSH says Bridgeport FD failed to respond to mayday calls in double LODDs. Many failures cited in deaths of Lt. Steve Velasquez & FF Michel Baik.
Read NIOSH report.
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NIOSH summary report on CFD firefighter/paramedic Christopher Wheatley’s LODD prompts an interesting question
Is it important to follow each fireground order to the letter, or should we have the latitude to act upon our instincts and experience to get the job done?
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Mayday and Rapid Intervention Realities: The Phoenix Perspective
One of the major objectives of this year's theme was addressing a variety of functional areas for the Mayday event.
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Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week 2011, Day Seven; Fire Fighter, Fire Officer and Command Training and Preparedness
As the official Fire/EMS Safety Week 2011 begins to wind down, in many stations around the country this weekend is dedicated to training, drills and evolutions dedicated toward the many facets and functional elements...
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NIOSH, 9/11, WTC and Cancer