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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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Kevin Bell died when his SCBA ran out of air; a preliminary NIOSH report showed that one of his alarm bells was not working
The stricken firefighter was rescued by colleagues and taken to a hospital, where he was treated and later released
An officer found the firefighters a way out of where they were; the cause of the fire is being investigated
The two firefighters were uninjured; a resident also escaped the home uninjured
A state police fire marshal said the March 3 fire started when a mattress leaning against a wall fell onto a propane heater
Firefighter Daryl Gordon, 54, died after falling down an elevator shaft; he leaves behind a wife and two daughters
Residents of the building said the elevator was unreliable and many feared using it