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The May 31, 2013, motel structure collapse resulted in the five LODDs, four at the time of the incident, one years later
Nearly a dozen fire departments fought the blaze at Louisiana’s historic Nottoway Plantation House, built in 1859
With medical calls on the rise, deploying smaller, agile units may be the key to saving money — and lives
It’s important to have your crew and apparatus ready for these conditions well in advance of the cold weather forecast
Fire departments and individual members can take several measures to make cold weather operations safer and more comfortable
Preparing your organization’s response to a vessel fire takes time, planning and outreach
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A consultant’s review of the fatal fire criticized Sedgwick County’s 911 operations and the Wichita Fire Department’s lack of “self-reflection and accountability”
A bystander banged on the door of the Dunstable Fire Department to alert the two firefighters on duty about the growing fire
Nearly a dozen contributing factors, including a lack of pre-incident planning and crew integrity, are listed in the report on the death of a Spring Valley firefighter in 2021
The clock begins to run against you as soon as new members report for duty, so start building their muscle memory and slide deck now
Firefighters from seven departments responded to a commercial structure fire in Simsbury
Police officers were among those transported to a hospital during an apartment fire in Gloucester
Fighting the blazes that scorched a record 1.9 million acres, largely in eastern Oregon, cost the state over $350 million, according to Gov. Tina Kotek
Minneapolis firefighters faced several burning tents and exploding propane tanks as fire damaged two houses near the encampment
With the right training and direction, rapid intervention should never be a dull assignment
Each day communities are finding more and more of them
Photos from the scene in Westampton showed piles of materials in the windows and doorway
Birmingham firefighters rescued two people trapped on the third floor during an abandoned apartment building fire
A Derby man snuck into his neighbor’s house and struck a resident with a hammer while his own house burned
Police officers and firefighters in Lyndhurst rescued four people in a house fire
Firefighters from six departments faced sub-freezing temperatures, a heavy fire load and a firefighter trapped by a piece of furniture in the Phillipsburg blaze
The dangers associated with hoarding conditions are the same whether you call it “heavy clutter,” “Collyer Mansion conditions” or “hoarder house”
‘Ticking time bombs': FDNY responds to e-bike store fire, finds hundreds of damaged Li-ion batteries
Firefighters faced heavy fire on the first floor of the Manhattan e-bike store and found Li-ion batteries stored in the basement
A four-alarm fire on the fifth floor at an apartment in Edison left two occupants in critical condition
An Orlando firefighter bailed out of a second-floor window with flames overhead
The Joplin fire marshal said the woman had been using candles for light and heat before the fire started
Mutual aid companies worked in the snow to supply water to an apartment fire in Geneva Township
An apartment fire on Manhattan’s Upper East Side began on the fifth floor and extended into the sixth and fourth floors before being extinguished
16 adults and seven children were displaced by the Kansas City apartment fire
Fire in Baltimore’s Greektown neighborhood killed one person and damaged three homes
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A fire in a stormwater drainage system caused the collapse of two areas of a parking lot behind the Williamsburg Premium Outlets
The first arriving firefighters found several vehicles on fire inside a railcar in downtown Las Vegas
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