Posts Tagged: Vacant
Why We Search, 2012
We are not saying you should be reckless, unsafe. We are saying you should be realistic.
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Pine Bluff, Arkansas Video Highlights Quick Work by Minimum Staffed Crews
Submitter of a past Backstep article is seen on tape hustling the hoselines.
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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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Remembrance: Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse Fire and the Worcester Six
Remembrance: Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse Fire and the Worcester Six
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The Worcester 6
May the Worcester 6 always be remembered; “Fallen Heroes Never Forgotten.” Learning from the past is your responsibility.
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Why We Search: Maryland Father Tries to Save Son in Abandoned House Fire
The elder McKeown called 911 and then entered the home to search for his son.
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Let it burn? Just maybe says the Detroit commissioner. Donald Austin handles the topic head-on with Charlie LeDuff & others.
The commissioner explains the risk analysis involved in fighting fires in vacant buildings.
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Lesson in Awareness:
Two Dead in Presumed Vacant CT House Fire
Tin foils hats, boarded up windows and two dead bodies.
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Detroit’s “Paradigm Shift” Jams Gears
Well, that certainly made an impact.
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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.
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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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Updated: Detroit’s New Vacant Building Policy.
All Flash, Little Substance and A Big Loophole
Detroit's new broom (Fire Commissioner) attempts to sweep clean (on vacant building fires) with the wrong word usage and flimsy policy.
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Why We Search: Atlanta
Homeless Woman Reportedly Killed In Demolition
“I was watching the backhoe turn and as he turned I heard a woman moan.”
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April at Backstep Firefighter
April saw discussions primarily centered on risk, sizeup and personal responsibility.
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Why We DON’T Search, Maybe, Kinda:
Vallejo, California
"- I watched and watched and they never once went in there to look for them."
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Roof and Ceiling Collapses DCFD and Gary FD
The collapse conditions presented themselves during the course of operations in which suppression or search and rescue operations were being conducted.
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Why We Search: Despite Owner’s Claim, Vacant Ohio Rental Home Was Occupied
Homeowner told crews that the home was not occupied and there was reason to believe anyone was inside.
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January at Backstep Firefighter
We "covered" January rather well.
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Why We Search: Shared Post Courtesy of CMD-FD, on Squatter Resourcefulness
CMD-FD allows us to share with you another in the multiple examples of why we search when fire and building conditions allow it.
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Why We Search: Camden
Pot of Gold at the End of the Row?