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This special coverage series offers simple steps all firefighters should know for how to survive an entanglement, along with other hazards – floor collapse, flashover, disorientation and air management issues – so you are better prepared for these all-too-common fireground dangers.

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Officials said the firefighters became disoriented and were assisted from the house by other firefighters
Video shows one of the firefighters leaping from the roof of the building to another building to escape
Two of the firefighters sustained burns to 40-50% of their bodies, officials said
Firefighters worked frantically to save fellow members as the building collapsed around them; 9 did not survive
The POINTER technology is designed to pinpoint firefighters’ locations and motions through smoke, debris and other obstructions
A mayday call was made and the firefighter was assisted out of the hole, official said
A mayday call was canceled after a firefighter managed to bail out of a window