Fireground Operations
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Bethlehem Fire Chief Michael C. Reich said firefighters “found heavy fire on multiple floors of the structure,” and the wind pushed flames to two exposures
Ibrahim details his own mayday experience and shares his take on proactive vs. reactive RIT
It’s a simple way for company officers and incident commanders to enhance the group after-action review
Brandi Pritchard admitted to setting fire to the house she rented in order to collect insurance payments
Jeremy Lyons broke in through the back door and used an accelerant to set the house ablaze
When firefighters arrived, they found neighbors restraining a man on the home’s front lawn
Heavy winter snow and spring rains that flooded many Western states will probably delay the onset of this season’s worst wildfires
The girls, ages 10 and 3, are believed to be the first in the U.S. to die in a fire caused by a hoverboard
Officials said an overheated vault holding electric transformers was to blame
Capt. Joseph Fontaine earned the ninth highest test score, but was not promoted to rank of battalion chief
One firefighter suffered a second-degree burn on his knee while the other suffered second- and third-degree burns on his hands
The cause of the Jan. 12 fire is unknown “after months of an intensive comprehensive investigation”
Two people died and a third was badly burned when the house exploded on April 17
The agent was involved in recreational shooting and immediately reported the fire after it begun
Fire officials said toasters, towels and various other materials were used to ignite the fires
More than 470 firefighters and support personnel are working to keep the fire from escaping the refuge and burning private land
A man was holding an infant on the third floor of an apartment building when crews arrived on scene
The cause of the fire is under investigation
Most of one tractor-trailer and the cab of a tanker truck were obliterated by the time firefighters extinguished the fire
The teen could have received 18 months in a juvenile detention facility
The two firefighters stopped and rendered aid when they noticed the car on fire on a highway
The fire and police department used #besmart and #notworthyourlife on Twitter to call out his behavior after the incident
The 14-year-old has been in and out of the hospital with mental health issues and has tried to harm himself
A bolt of lightning sparked the blaze April 6 inside the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
Chief Ben Barksdale said the fire-suppression effort is one of the largest in the county’s history, if not the largest
The fire was the deadliest in the nation’s biggest city since March 2015
Capt. Leon Whitener had just gotten off work when he heard a fire call for a person trapped
Crews battled a pair of fires overnight, both deemed to be arson
The wood-frame home burned rapidly and was already engulfed in flames by the time firefighters arrived
This spring, the U.S. Forest Service wants to do 22 controlled burns
If found, the person responsible will have to pay the costs of crews fighting the blaze
The fire has burned roughly 40 square miles since it was sparked by lightning April 6
William Tolley, 42, died after falling from a five-story building at the scene of a fire