Fireground Operations
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More than 50 Fall River firefighters, including 30 who were off-duty, responded as residents were trapped inside Gabriel House
Jersey City Fire Chief Jack Johnson said civilians reported vagrants possibly lived in the building
A massive blaze gutted the longtime family-owned boat business in Summit Township, prompting a multi-agency response
Neighbors told Hayward firefighters that the owners were out of the country
Five considerations for first-arriving crews to prevent the situation from deteriorating
A mayday was transmitted after a collapse trapped Baltimore County firefighters
350,000 gallons of water used as The Cuyahoga burned in Ashtabula Harbor
Fresno County Fire Battalion Chief Seth Brown said the mother intentionally crashed the SUV into the house to make a hole
One firefighter was injured, nine residents displaced by the fire in Chinatown
With the stairs set ablaze by the burning battery, residents in the four-story building had to scale down the fire escape, FDNY said
The blast was “severe, absolutely extreme,” and “you could feel it in your chest,” Crescent Township Fire Department Chief Andrew Tomer said
The LAFD firefighters noticed an unusual burning sensation on their faces while responding to the fire
Syracuse firefighters fought the fire from the outside after working to open boarded up windows, doors
The Clinton Township fire chief said the township does not have a cost-recovery ordinance
Two New Haven firefighters were injured while fighting a fire in a structure under renovation
FDNY companies found the victim in the attic of the Bronx house
Simple steps to maintain composure when the scene is anything but routine
The Eminence department’s seven trucks, along with other equipment, were destroyed
An outside-in fire extended into the attic space of a row of Whitehall townhomes
While the fire is the flashiest part of the scene, the smoke plays a supporting role in helping crews understand how to knock it down
One person died after being struck a quarter of a mile away by one of the canisters from the Clinton Township fire
Two firefighters were trapped on the second floor of one of the buildings in the Chelsea blaze
Racine firefighters rescued two children during an early-morning house fire
The fires in Allston and Dorchester injured a few firefighters and displaced several occupants
Firefighters in Syracuse were wondering what would cause cardboard boxes holding vodka, whiskey to burst into flames
An 8-year-old boy died and two people were injured during an early-morning fire
Fire on the first floor trapped one occupant and forced another to jump from a window in Buffalo
Grand Rapids firefighters quickly extinguished fire in the basement and on the roof of the Grand Rapids Brewing Company
Two Tomah firefighters were injured as the fire extended into several buildings
Officials in Hawley cancelled school to try and conserve the town’s limited water supply
Summarizing keystone research across the four ventilation methods used on the fireground
First things first: You do not get to cut holes anymore!
Understanding hydraulic ventilation, air entrainment, flow path science and their impact on ventilation efforts
