Safety
The FireRescue1 safety resource section features fire incident news; tips for how to stay safe on scene and on the roadways; lessons learned from major incidents; videos and podcasts that highlight safety-related topics, such as fireground hazards, mayday incidents, patient interactions and hazmat exposure; the impact of leadership on safety; behavioral health issues; plus analysis from major events.
Three firefighters assigned to Engine 32 were injured when their fire engine overturned while responding to a rescue
The Anchorage Fire Department is calling attention to poor maintenance, safety problems in multi-family housing
A power line fell on a rig as San Francisco firefighters faced a top-floor fire, threatening exposures
A department that experiences an LODD can’t change the past, but it can affect the future to ease pain and prevent more deaths
The aerial ladder was being tested for certification when a rigger broke; the victim was flown to a hospital with injuries to his head, arm and ankle
Some 180 people were injured and 90 remain hospitalized in serious condition with authorities predicting the death toll could rise significantly
The drones might be able to replace manned flights or the use of hotshot firefighting teams in some situations
Edward Moriarty, who is moving into a new home, found out the hard way that his neighborhood is a fire response no-man’s land when his car burned to a cinder
A firefighter fell through a rooftop skylight and suffered a close call in 2012, three years before the same happened to firefighter John Whelan
There is a lack of statewide emergency planning and hazardous-material response capability should an oil spill occur
The video shows children’s costumes being burnt to pieces in less than 10 seconds
Capt. John Darmanin said he was demoted because he spoke out about the understaffed unit’s backlog of incomplete investigations
A Detroit EMS union steward says $12/hour is inadequate for the risks of violence medics encounter on every shift
The 32-year-old rookie firefighter felt a sharp pain in his left side but ignored it; he later realized there was a hole and burn mark in his turnout gear
Recent attacks have raised concerns about how to keep first responders safer while on scene
The department’s safety director said he doesn’t know how the city can afford not to protect its first responders
Researchers are looking into flexible, high-temperature space materials for personal fire shelters; the project is expected to finish up in 2018
Recent stabbings of two EMTs in Detroit and two firefighters in San Diego have raised concerns about how to keep responders safe on scene
Firefighters were inside the building when it was hit, but no one was hurt
Donta Betts on why he tried to torch a police car: “I figured I did all this because that was my period of time to go wild on the police.”
Jason Farley died earlier this year rescuing individuals stranded by flash flooding; he was pulled into a storm drain and became trapped
The 71-year-old man threatened to kill the responding firefighters and medics and also tried to punch a firefighter
Assistant Chief Dennis Hevener said he never feared for his life; he also knew the suspect from high school but hadn’t seen him in 35 years
The Ohio firefighters were initially called to a report of a brush fire; no one was injured
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The chief of emergency medicine said the EMTs are expected to recover and are being treated by the trauma team at the hospital
Officials said there was nothing about the facility that was code complaint or safe; the haunted house proceeds make up half of the department’s yearly income
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