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FDNY Brooklyn Box 4080: 17 Vandalia Avenue 12.18.1998

By in Command Safety at December 28, 2011 at 8:30 am
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Second Alarm Apartment Fire, VA

By in The Company Officer at November 20, 2011 at 10:07 pm
Strategy and Tactics at Garden Apartment Complex and Residencies required special instructions, insights and knowledge that goes well beyond the practices and methodologies typically deployed at single family residential fire incidents. Read More »

NFPA 2010 Fire Loss in the U.S. Report issued

By in The Company Officer at November 10, 2011 at 8:05 am
Public fire departments responded to 1,331,500 fires in the United States during 2010, a slight decrease from the previous year and the lowest number since 1977 according to the NFPA in it's report release. Read More »

Fire-Related Firefighter Injuries Report Issued

By in Command Safety at February 22, 2011 at 8:14 pm
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) issued a special report examining the details of firefighter injuries sustained on the fireground or while responding to or returning from a fire incident. The report, … Read More »

FDNY Brooklyn Box 4080: 17 Vandalia Avenue 12.18.1998

By in The Company Officer at December 18, 2010 at 11:29 pm
Three FDNY Firefighters died in-the line of duty while conducting suppression and rescue operations at fire on the tenth floor of 10-story high-rise apartment building for the elderly. Read More »

Residential Structure Flashover and FF LODD- NIOSH Report

By in Command Safety at October 3, 2010 at 4:16 am
Victim was found wrapped in the 2 ½ inch hoseline that had ruptured. Read More »

The “Routiness” of Success, Or Not..

By in Command Safety at March 5, 2010 at 1:59 pm
It's no longer just brute force and sheer physical determination that define structural fire suppression operations. Aggressive firefighting must be redefined and aligned to the built environment and associated with goal oriented tactical operations th… Read More »

Fire in the United States Report 2003 to 2007

By in The Company Officer at January 13, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Fire in the United States Fire in the United States covers the 5-year period from 2003 to 2007 The report focuses on the national fire problem and provides an overview of fires and losses in buildings, vehicles and other mobile properties, and other pr… Read More »

Leading Recommendations for Preventing Fire Fighter Fatalities, 1998–2005

By in The Company Officer at January 13, 2010 at 4:55 pm
NIOSH issues Report on: Leading Recommendations for Preventing Fire Fighter Fatalities, 1998–2005 The United States currently depends on approximately 1.1 million fire fighters to protect its citizens and property from losses caused by fire. Each ye… Read More »

The Consciences Observer or Activist

By in Command Safety at August 9, 2009 at 1:10 pm
The Consciences Observer or Activist. So… the operative question today is this: What did you do on your last alarm response related to operational safety and enhanced situational awareness? Do you: participate in, contribute, join in, share, lead, pro… Read More »

Fourteen Minutes to Mayday

By in Command Safety at August 8, 2009 at 9:32 am
Fourteen Minutes to MaydayOn April 04, 2008, a 37-year-old female career captain and a 29-year-old male part-time fire fighter were fatally injured when a section of floor collapsed and trapped them in the basement during a fire at a residential structur… Read More »

History Repeating Events: Waldbaum’s Fire FDNY August 2, 1978- SIX LODD

By in Command Safety at August 4, 2009 at 10:49 pm
31th Anniversary of the Waldbaum’s FireThe Waldbaum’s fire, Brooklyn, New York occurred on August 2, 1978. Six firefighters died when the roof of a burning Brooklyn supermarket collapsed, plunging 12 firefighters into the flames. The fire began in a … Read More »

Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV) Tactics

By in Command Safety at August 4, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV) TacticsImproving firefighter safety is an ongoing effort for the fire service. A series of fire experiments were conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Building and Fire Research La… Read More »

The NEW Lexicon and Challenges

By in Command Safety at August 4, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Engineered Structural Assemblies & Systems (ESS)· THE Predominate Fire Service Challenge....The NEW Lexicon to add to your operational safety vocabulary and incident action plans...· Do you know what they represent and how these components, assemblies … Read More »

Fire Chiefs and Statistics

By in The Fire Critic at June 18, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Some Fire Chiefs have devised a great way of showing success in their careers and within their departments. By altering the reporting criteria for call data they can manipulate the data. That data compared to former data (history) will show change. The p… Read More »

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Five: “From Waldbaum’s to Hackensack- Worcester to Charleston; Legacies for Operational Safety”

By in Command Safety at June 18, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Five: “From Waldbaum’s to Hackensack- Worcester to Charleston; Legacies for Operational Safety”Protect Yourself: Your Safety, Health and Survival Are Your ResponsibilityToday is June 18th, the fifth da… Read More »

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Three: “Dynamic Management of Risk during Combat Fire Engagement”

By in Command Safety at June 17, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Three: “Dynamic Management of Risk during Combat Fire Engagement”Protect Yourself: Your Safety, Health and Survival Are Your ResponsibilityOf the four (4) Key Focus areas in this year’s Fire/EMS Safet… Read More »

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Four: “History Repeating Events”

By in Command Safety at June 17, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Four: "History Repeating Events"Protect Yourself: Your Safety, Health and Survival Are Your ResponsibilityToday is June 17th, the fourth day in the Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week. To many of you,… Read More »

Firefighting and the Built Environment

By in Command Safety at June 16, 2009 at 7:19 pm
If you don't fully understand how a building truly performs or reacts under fire conditions and the variables that can influence its stability and degradation, movement of fire and products of combustion and the resource requirements for fire suppression… Read More »

Building Construction, Command Risk Management and Firefighter Safety

By in Command Safety at June 16, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Building Construction, Command Risk Management and Firefighter Safety; three functional domains common to the fire service, each having a profound influence and interdependent relationship to fire operations, safety and incident management. When we talk … Read More »

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Two. “Building Knowledge = Firefighter Safety”, Know Your District and its Risk

By in Command Safety at June 16, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week: Day Two. “Building Knowledge = Firefighter Safety", Know Your District and its RiskProtect Yourself: Your Safety, Health and Survival Are Your Responsibility. There are Four (4) Key Focus areas in this year… Read More »

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week; Day-One; What’s It All About

By in Command Safety at June 14, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Today is the first day of Fire and EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week. Did you know that? If so, then you’ve already kicked off a full week of focused activities for your companies and personnel within your organization or in concert w… Read More »

Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week; T minus One; The Opposing Spectrum of Fire Service Safety Culture

By in Command Safety at June 14, 2009 at 10:01 pm
The Evolving Fire Service Safety Culture lies somewhere between two conflicting and opposing spectrums, marked by traditionalist emotions and conservative perspectives. It's all about firefighter safety, survivability and doing the "job"; however we nee… Read More »

Technology and Future Demands, today; “But Did You Know?”

By in Command Safety at June 12, 2009 at 11:43 am
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Leadership

By in Command Safety at May 20, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Leadership; It certainly isn't about the number of bars or collar brass horns you have on your collar, the color of your helmet, or the "title" you have. Although there are many who would argue that point and feel that they are THE Leader specificially b… Read More »

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