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The Same Mistakes: Newspaper Reports Common Issues Affecting Fire Operations

Four years after nine firefighters died battling Sofa Super Store fire, a report details an eerily similar set of breakdowns in a March blaze. Read More »

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 Read More »

Remembering Hackensack and Gloucester

As we approach the July 4th holiday period, two significant LODD incidents previously occurred during this time frame Read More »

Not-So-Vacant, Vacants

When most of us think about fighting fires in vacant buildings we envision either urban areas with blocks of old vacants or rural areas with one lonely house hidden in the overgrowth. But we found a random row of empty, new construction, houses in a well-kept suburban area where firefighters generally wouldn't think twice about calling this row "EMPTY" or "VACANT". Presumably, they would set their strategies and tactics in motion accordingly. Here is proof that we can never take things at face value. Read More »

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week 2011: Day Five: Near-Misses, Maydays and Floor Collapses

[caption id="attachment_1349" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="Do you know what's underneath you as you're making entry?"][/caption] During the last quarter of 2010 and leading well into the second quarter of 2011 there has been a signi… Read More »

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… Read More »

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. Read More »

2nd San Francisco Firefighter Dies After Diamond Heights Fire

[caption id="attachment_2501" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="SFFD Firefighter Anthony Valerio"][/caption] It's being reported that San Francisco Fire Fighter Anthony Valerio passed away this morning as a result of injuries sustained while op… Read More »

San Francisco FD: The Diamond Heights Fire Updates

  Courtesy Patty Stanton   [caption id="attachment_2475" align="aligncenter" width="417" caption="Courtesy Patty Stanton"][/caption]   [caption id="attachment_2488" align="aligncenter" width="572" caption="Courtesy Patty Stanton"][/captio… Read More »

San Francisco FD Flashover LODD, two others injured

[caption id="attachment_2425" align="aligncenter" width="370" caption="San Francisco firefighters carry one of their own from the scene of a house blaze today in the Diamond Heights neighborhood. Patty Stanton / Special to The Chronicle"][/caption] Sa… Read More »

Another Near Miss Floor Collapse

Floor compromise and isolated shift resulted in minor firefighter injuries and a near miss event in San Diego (CA) Read More »

Ambulance Fraud?

Take a look at this story: Philly Ambulance Fraud   This brings up an interesting point: - Those who don't necessarily need ambulance transport or emergency services routinely call 911. - Fear of liability has created a sense of "let… Read More »

Near Miss Reporting and One Captain’s Close Call

Taking it to the Streets: Near Miss Reporting and One Captain’s Close Call On Your Street, In Your City, Across the Country, Around the WorldTM      Join us on Wednesday night March 16th at 9:00 pm ET for an insightful discussion on the Nation… Read More »

Taking it to the Streets: Near Miss Reporting and One Captain’s Close Call

Taking it to the Streets: Near Miss Reporting and One Captain’s Close Call On Your Street, In Your City, Across the Country, Around the WorldTM            Join us on Wednesday night March 16th at 9:00 pm ET for an insightful discussion on … Read More »

Efficiency?

An administrator once told me that System Status is the best operational system for an EMS agency because it gets maximum efficiency out of limited resources.  He went on to explain how EMS should not utilize a fire-service model, instead we should … Read More »

The Definition of a FireFighter

On August 9, 2010 Chicago Firefighter/Paramedic Christopher Wheatley was working a grease-chute fire at a restaurant when he fell approximately 35 feet from the ladder of an attached fire escape suffering fatal injuries while he was making his way up to … Read More »

BURN

BURN is a documentary about Detroit, told through the eyes of Detroit firefighters, who are on the front lines charged with the thankless task of saving a city — and an American Dream — that many have written off as dead. We made a 10-minute trailer.… Read More »

Ten Minutes in the Street: “A Little Smoke Showin’ with your Coffee?”

New Scenario Posted Ten Minutes in the Street A Buildingsonfire.com Series Interactive Scenarios, Where YOU Make the Call Ten Minutes in the Street is back, bringing you insightful and provoking street scenarios for the discriminating and persp… Read More »

Remembering Hackensack and Gloucester City

[caption id="attachment_482" align="alignleft" width="333" caption="Hackensack (NJ) Ford Fire July 1, 1988"][/caption]  As we approach the July 4th holiday period, two significant LODD incidents previously occurred during this time frame that hold a … Read More »

No More History Repeating Events-Remembrance

As we approach the July 4th holiday period, two significant LODD incidents previously occurred during this time frame that hold a number of lessons learned related to command management, operations, building construction principles and building performan… Read More »

The Summer Tour is about to Begin…

The Summer Tour is about to Begin.. Taking it to the Streets With Christopher Naum A New Monthly Radio Talkshow on FireFighter Netcast.com A Buildingsonfire.com Series and FireFighter Netcast.com Production Advancing FireFighter Safety and … Read More »

Taking it to the Streets

Advancing FireFighter Safety and Operational Intergrity for the Fire Service through provocative insights and dynamic discussions dedicated to the Art and Science of Firefighting and the Traditions of the Fire Service. Read More »

So Many Decisions

With this picture in mind, what does your second in unit do? Does it backup the first in crew with a hand line? Does it perform ventilation? Just where do you order this second in crew and what are the tactical priorities? Read More »

How Do You Operate?

These questions came up in a recent conversation with several people on multiple occasions. I am really interested to know how the rest of the country is doing it and what trends are being followed. Read More »

Ten Minutes in the Street: Interactive Scenarios Returning to Firefighter Nation

Ten Minutes in the Street  After a bit of an extended hiatus on the lecture circuit, Ten Minutes in the Street is returning to the Firefighter Nation Forums with more of what you came to expect with high quality scenarios and thought provoking discuss… Read More »

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