Fireground Operations
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Former Vancouver Captain Gregory Weber’s attorney stated “a firefighter’s life should only be put at risk for the life of another, not mere property”
Texas City firefighters responded to an apartment fire and a report of people trapped inside
An occupant who jumped from the fourth floor was one of several people injured during a two-alarm South Shore high-rise fire
He called 911, grabbed a 100-foot hose and turned on the water
The firefighter was treated for dehydration
Firefighters were attacking a van fire when the power line dropped
Several commenters online expressed dismay at the lack of full PPE
A small plastic gasoline tank inside the porch helped fuel the fire and firefighters used fire-retarding foam to extinguish the gasoline fire
One of the city’s two water plants destroyed by Hurricane Ike in 2008 has not been rebuilt
The children told firefighters they noticed smoke coming from the bedroom and got out of the house on their own
About four or five tankers were brought in from Catawba because there are no nearby fire hydrants
The cause of the garage fire remains under investigation
The firefighter fell off of a pile of belongings in the basement where the fire was burning
Our job requires the use of ladders on just about every working fire we go to
A salon worker was also hospitalized in the incident
The departments had to shuttle water to the scene by tanker truck and rotate crews to prevent heat exhaustion
Firefighters fought through heavy flames and smoke and were hit with fragments from pressurized oxygen tanks exploding
The nearby firefighters responded and called 911, as dispatchers called in four more engines and trucks along with a Haz-Mat team
If we don’t tell our citizens what to expect if cuts are made, then nobody else will
Responders had to stop two residents who tied to attack flames themselves
Firefighters from Piercetown and West Pelzer alternated with a Whitefield crew to relieve each other from the heat
One man was found outside and, after cutting their way into the fire-ravaged unit, firefighters found five men who had died in the blaze
Three firefighters inside the structure near the collapse suffered burns and smoke inhalation trying to save another firefighter
Several explosions were heard inside the building
Three firefighters were hospitalized because there weren’t enough firefighters to rotate shifts
About two dozen citizens presented the video, saying it shows a 14-minute delay of putting water on the fire
Five firefighters suffered minor injuries; the roof collapsed during the fire and there are concerns about structural stability
A Quincy firefighter was taken to a local hospital after he was injured in a fall down a rocky cliff
The heat was so intense that firefighters’ helmets were ‘melting’
Wednesday was deja vu for area fire investigators and Camden residents
Responders faced a “near-riot” mob setting off mortar-type fireworks, with some people throwing bottles and rocks
This fire and near miss is a reminder about the dangers of vehicle fires