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3*4*3 Reports
I recently posted an article on CommandSafety.com that addressed a series of Major Influencing Fire Service Reports, Issues and Focus areas that should be on your radar screen. This was also the theme...
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FDNY Brooklyn Box 4080: 17 Vandalia Avenue 12.18.1998
Take a moment to look back at an incident: On December 18, 1998, Three FDNY Firefighters died in-the line of duty while conducting suppression and rescue operations at fire on the tenth floor of...
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Remembering Brackenridge 1991 Floor Collapse and LODD
Remembering Brackenridge, Pennsylvania December 20, 1991: Four Firefighters Killed, Trapped by Floor Collapse Four volunteer firefighters died when they were trapped by a partial floor collapse during...
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Fire Department Officers Liable in Double Firefighter LODD
Double Firefighter LODD Residential House Fire 2002 Lawsuit revived against fire departments in firefighter’s death in 2002 house fire A New York State appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit against...
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Eleven Minutes to Mayday; What You Need to Know
The Colerain Township (OH) Fire and EMS Department under the leadership of Director and Chief G. Bruce Smith released its final report Investigation Analysis of the Squirrels nest Lane Firefighter...
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Don’t Count on Mutual Aid: “Let it Burn”
From the Grand Rapids Press Series Interesting discussions and dialog coming from the Grand Rapids Press and a series of articles on fire service delivery , capabilities, ratings and finances. The...
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Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week 2011, Days One thru Seven;Training...
Did you remember to participate in the 2011 Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week? The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and the International Association of Fire Fighters(IAFF) were...
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Mayday and Rapid Intervention Realities: The Phoenix Perspective
Southwest Supermarket Fire March 14, 2001 This year’s Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week focused on Surviving the Fire Ground: Fire Fighter, Fire Officer and Command Preparedness. One of the...
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The Ides of March: Learning and Remembrance
Operational Safety Here are five (5) NIOSH Firefighter LODD Event report summaries for incidents that occurred in the March 4th through the 8th time frame in the years 1998, 2001, 2002, 2008. Take...
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Auto Parts Store Roof Collapse Double LODD 1996
Roof Collapse Chesapeake VA 1996 Double LODD OVERVIEW On March 18, 1996, two firefighters were killed in Chesapeake, Virginia when they became trapped by a rapidly spreading fire in an auto parts store...
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