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A gun safe fell through the first floor, pinning two Bendersville firefighters
In “Boyd Street,” those who were on scene recount the incident and the following months of recovery and departmental self-assessment
“I have a firefighter brother, and when I saw what was happening and that they needed some help, all I could see was my brother up there,” Aaron Murrell said
Mayday training, preplanning, mutual-aid agreements and scene size-ups emerge as common themes in major incidents
The firefighter told Portland Fire & Rescue that when he stepped forward “the floor that was there, just wasn’t there anymore”
ICs enjoy the confidence of firefighters during a mayday, but what is the basis for that faith?
Abbott spent years helping to coordinate the Phoenix Fire’s Command Training Center, and later served as the president of Command Emergency Response Training
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