Fireground Operations
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Bus was clipped by SUV at busy intersection, slammed into daycare center, burst into flames; no children were trapped inside bus
The NFPA study shows 71,875 injuries were suffered in the line of duty last year, an 8 percent drop from the previous 12 months
Battalion chief: Fire started in one of mall’s stores, could no longer identify it because it sustained heavy damage in fire
Firefighters say people thought it safer to stay in their apartments than to risk escaping downstairs without knowing how extensive fire might be
Fire commissioner: ‘It was a very aggressive attack by members of the department, and they held the fire in check... The building is salvageable’
Pump emitting sparks started fire on Navy ship Henry J. Kaiser while it was in dry dock at San Francisco’s Pier 70
Man stopped at nearby roadblock decided to bust through, drive through fire scene, ‘almost killed a half-dozen firefighters,’ fire chief said
Fire jumps between bales of cotton; they don’t catch fire easily, but when they do, they’re difficult to put out, firefighters say
Both fires ‘suspicious,’ says fire department, called arson; firefighter was injured after slipping on stairs
Owner was not at home; fire investigators believe decorative lights could have been on for days, overheated
Police say 1 elderly victim has burns over 80 percent of her body; Halloween display on front porch included lights, hay bales
Firefighters arrived to see RV engulfed in flames, 2 residents lying outside; female resident suffered major injuries
More than 120 Los Angeles firefighters raced to nightclub estate to fight fire, which broke out in attic
‘You got almost a 200-year-old building, oil soaked floors, who knows what else,’ fire chief says
Fire started in carport, then jumped to attached vacant home; those living next door said embers were drifting into their garage
Bodies of final three victims of grain elevator blast that killled 6 people, injured 2 others were recovered Monday morning
Fire chief says Brattleboro’s Academy School’s ‘administration had a very good handle on the situation’
More than 40 firefighters sent to suppress fire burning out of control at 3-story apartment complex under construction
Neighbors assist in rescuing two young boys from rooftop; family’s two dogs died in the fire
Flames started in pile of household machinery, appliances and was about 2 1/2 stories high, length of football field
Search of second floor trapped firefighters in flashover, requiring 2 to break window and jump to safety
Firefighters took about 30 minutes to knock down Calif. house fire; no injuries or fire cause reported
Seung Na armed himself with 2 fire extinguishers, attacked fire inside one of his motel buildings to help guests escape safely
20 firefighters called to scene, controlled fire in 15 minutes; Chihuahua inside was killed, but cat escaped without injury
Anyone can try to make all situations fit only a single nozzle’s parameters, but this is a false supposition that could create safety issues for your crews as they advance into a structure
Firefighters had to wait 15 minutes to enter; fire officials still investigating fire that killed two young boys, mother
Fire Chief became suspicious at scene of fire in abandoned home: ‘They were Johnny on the spot, the first to respond to it’
Many times we get caught with too many firefighters pushing toward the nozzle and not assisting in manipulating the hose line
Equitable Building next to Occupy Wall Street protests; fire department says no connection between fire and protest
