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.
Funding for Frederick County firefighters will be used for roadway safety and new nozzles and hose
There are few things firefighters do that put the public at risk, but responding to calls is one of them
Protests and riots after the death of Michael Brown thrust the city into the national spotlight
Firefighter Joe Yeakley is hospitalized with burns over more than 50 percent of his body; another firefighter received minor burns and was treated and released
The firefighter suffered a minor injury in the fire; the cause of the fire is under investigation
Chief Gary Shaw has been suspended for 90 days for allowing his firefighters to portray Santa in a town parade while riding on the back of a flatbed truck instead of in a cab
Firefighter Jonathan Boggs was directing traffic when a car he stopped swerved to drive around him; he was hit in the knee by the bumper on the car
An 11-year-old boy was critically injured and a 13-year-old girl is in stable condition; the shooter, a 12-year-old student, is in custody
The fire truck driver was alerted to the girl; firefighters did not check the teen’s vitals to see if she was alive
“It engulfed over their heads, threw them back, threw their helmets off...”
Two firefighters sustained minor injuries in the all-night fire operation and were released following emergency room treatment
It took firefighters about seven hours to extinguish the blaze; a fire hydrant at the home didn’t provide enough water to put out the fire
The unit fell four stories with three people on it
The 28-year-old firefighter slipped off a rope and fell about 50 feet
A new video also shows firefighters looking down, but never checking the victim’s vitals
The injured firefighters are expected to be OK; one suffered a minor finger injury, and the other suffered a foot injury in a ladder accident
Some firefighters had just been cleared from a residential blaze when they got called to the massive warehouse blaze
The firefighter was driving by when he spotted an apartment fire and got out to help the residents escape the burning home
A man yelled at a firefighter to shut off the water that was flooding his apartment; he later chest bumped the firefighter and threatened to fight him
The fire truck, with its lights and siren activated, was responding to an emergency call when it struck the bicyclist
A car slammed into the passenger side of the fire truck as it paused to look for oncoming traffic; no firefighters were hurt but the driver of the car is seriously injured
The firefighter was driving on a suspended license from an earlier DUI case and he was arrested
The firefighter was one of five people injured and was taken to the hospital after suffering hand burns
The firefighters sustained minor injuries after an explosion happened about five minutes into the fire suppression
He got his wife and three kids out safely, and found it strange to be the one needing help as he watched firefighters put out the blaze
Winter can be hard on a rig’s air brakes, but a little extra care will halt brake problems
One of the firefighters was hurt in a fall through a floor that collapsed; the other firefighters sustained burns and all were transported to the hospital
We need to take a closer look at why there was a rise in trauma-related firefighter fatalities
Good mayday training isn’t the sole domain of large metro fire departments; smaller department programs are effective, as this story shows
A faulty electrical wire caused a blaze in a high-rise apartment building that killed one man and seriously injured another
Chief Harold Schapelhouman returned to work eight months after breaking his neck in a fall at home; he lost the use of his legs and partial use of his left hand as a result of the accident
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