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Submit Your Close Call / Near Miss Navigation Home Close Calls Secret List Gallery EMS CloseCalls Drills Firefighter Staffing Personal Survival Safety and survival SOGs Links Modern Fire Behavior About Us Never Forget Fire Communications Pass it On LODD STATS Yearly Totals Year Totals 2015 15 2014 87 2013 101 2012 83 2011 81 2010 87 2009 93 2008 118 2007 118 2006 107 "In Memory Of" Click this patch   Custom Search  Contact Info  Email BillyG info@ firefighterclosecalls.com  Email Weekly Drill Suggestions to Drills@firefighter closecalls.com Click Here for The 9/11 Widows' and Victims' Families Association Click Here: Skyscraper Safety Campaign       Also check the most current issue of THE SECRET LIST for related News and Updates-(Click Here)  T-BONE APPARATUS CRASH IN SC  Friday, March 13, 2015    A fire engine was hit by a pickup truck in Chester, South Carolina on Friday afternoon, officials say.The accident happened around 1 p.m. at the intersection of SC Highway 9 and West Chester School Road. Officials say the engine was responding to an alarm on Castles Road when it was T-boned by a pickup truck. No one was entrapped in the accident.         UPDATE: INJURED MN FF RETURNS HOME  CBSMIN Video  Friday, March 13, 2015    Ryan Sabo, the Gibbon volunteer firefighter injured in a fire on February 16, was released from North Memorial Medical Center on Friday, February 27. “We are relieved to finally be here and excited for Ryan to continue his healing process in the comforts of our own home and surrounded by those who love and support him,” wife Nickie wrote in a post on CaringBridge. She reported that the staff had been commenting positively about Sabo’s progress during the last week of February. They had encouraged the Sabos to start thinking about at-home care and therapy. There was no timeline as to when Ryan would be released, so the Sabos were pleasantly surprised when he was given the “okay” to go home on Friday afternoon. ORIGINAL STORY: A volunteer firefighter was severely injured while responding to a call early Monday morning. Ryan Sabo was responding with the all-volunteer Gibbon Fire Department, offering mutual aid at... [ more ]         TUSCON FD RE-WRITES SOPS TO INCORPORATE MODERN FIRE BEHAVIOR  ISFSI Video  Friday, March 13, 2015    Tucson firefighters have been training to use new firefighting techniques that only a handful of departments across the country have had the chance to learn.More than 600 firefighters in the department completed training in the new techniques over the past two months. "Firefighters can do things wrong, and there's a science behind it," said Capt. Barrett Baker, a department spokesman. "All of the crews have come out to do it, because the training on these new techniques has to be hands-on." Last May, more than 550 firefighters from 177 departments nationwide attended training called Spartanburg Burns, in South Carolina. Four members of Tucson Fire had the opportunity to explore the science and data behind new techniques for using water and controlling air flow as a way to improve firefighting and firefighter safety. The training included burning several vacant homes. The techniques, first applied by New York firefighters, are based o... [ more ]         FF FALLS FROM WINDOW AT MA FIRE  7News Boston WHDH-TV  WHDH Video  Friday, March 13, 2015   One firefighter was injured in a three-alarm house fire in Worcester early Friday morning.The flames broke out at a two-family home on Tahanto Road around 3:30 a.m. Friday. A neighbor took photos of flames shooting from a second floor window when crews arrived. "We heard a loud boom and he ran and looked out a window," said neighbor Naomi Haaker. The family on the first floor told firefighters that they had not seen the family that lived on the second floor, so crews entered the building to find the second family. The second-floor family had used a back door to exit the building and when the fire intensified, crews were recalled from the building. One firefighter fell from a second-story window when he missed the ladder, but he fell into a bush and a pile of snow below. "He hit the trees and he hit the snow and that kind of helped him out a little bit. If there is a good part to the snow, that's it," said Deputy Chief John Sul... [ more ]         SCBA PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED AS ONE FACTOR IN CT FIREFIGHTER LODD INVESTIGATION  Friday, March 13, 2015   One of the alarms that should have warned Fallen Hartford firefighter Kevin Bell that his air tank was running out of air was not working properly when he died fighting a fire in October, the federal government has concluded. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health inspected two tanks, which fire professionals refer to as "cylinders," after the Oct. 7 fire on Blue Hill Avenue. The Courant obtained the report Friday. Hartford Fire Marshal Roger Martin confirmed Friday that the second cylinder in question belonged to firefighter Jason Martinez, who suffered serious injuries in the fire. The office of the chief state medical examiner previously ruled Bell died because his cylinder ran out of air. Neither cylinder had air in it when they arrived at NIOSH, the report indicates. The 20-page report raises questions about the conditions of the 10-year-old breathing apparatus the men wore that night. Among the conclusi... [ more ]         FIREFIGHTERS FIRST DUE...WITH SO FEW  YouTube Video  Friday, March 13, 2015   Please take time to watch the below video. If there has been a recent example of how critical firefighter staffing is on the first alarm...this would be it. Keep in mind that's not necessarily the fault of the firefighters-who like most firefighters, do the best they can. Leadership. Be it at the political, administrative or the operational level have a responsibility to educate the community on what level of service they can expect...and what costs there are to impact the levels of service. This isn't tough stuff, gang...but so many communities "rest assured" that behind those bay doors are a katrillion firefighters that will come running to save the day when their stuff is on fire. You know and we know, that isn't always the case. In some places - and not just rural areas - but heavily populated suburban metro areas, the apparatus MAY or MAY NOT get out in time to matter. In some places, that's almost always the case. How ma... [ more ]         FIREFIGHTER FALLS FROM WINDOW BU8T THE MASSACHUSETTS SNOW BREAKS THE FALL  Friday, March 13, 2015    A Worcester firefighter who fell from a second-floor window while battling a three-alarm house fire may have been spared more serious injury by a snowbank. The firefighter was taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries and released. He was reaching for a ladder when he fell from the window of the two-family home Friday morning. Deputy Chief John Sullivan says the 19-year veteran was trying to escape the building from the second floor when he fell, but was cushioned by the snow. All the occupants of the home were able to get out safely. No names were released. The cause remains under investigation. Firefighters were called to the home at about 3:30 a.m. and arrived to find heavy fire coming from the rear of the building.          FF KNOCKED OUT BY HOSELINE DURING TRAINING  MABAS 21 Video  Friday, March 13, 2015    Check out this video.  We have no other details.          FIREFIGHTERS AND CIVILIANS INJURED IN FLORIDA FIRE APPARATUS CRASH  Thursday, March 12, 2015    A crash involving a Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue paramedic truck and a car in Hollywood (Broward County, Florida) has left six people injured.  Initial reports indicated that the paramedic rescue truck struck a tree and that at least two people were injured. A total of six people were transported for injuries, three of whom are trauma alerts. Five people were transported to Broward General. It is not immediately known where the sixth victim was taken. Three people inside the paramedic truck had to be transported. Crews confirm that three people inside that vehicle, including a young child, were transported. The toddler and the child's mother are trauma alerts. The crash occurred on the northwest corner of Raleigh Street and North 23th Avenue in Hollywood.    LODD APPARATUS CRASH IN SOUTH AFRICA  Firefighter Nazeem Davies  Thursday, March 12, 2015   A young firefighter from the West Coast District Municipality died on Thursday when the fire truck he was driving left the road and plunged down the side of the Dasklip Pass.Nazeem Davies, 25, from Worcester, was on his way back to the Vredenburg station from the Winterhoek Mountains, near Porterville, where he and his colleagues had helped put out a fire. West Coast District Municipality spokesman Kallie Willemse said Davies and a colleague, Niklaas Nel, were on their way back to Vredenburg when their fire truck left the road and plunged down the side of the pass.         WALL COLLAPSE CLOSE CALL  Thursday, March 12, 2015   Thanks to Dave Statter www.Statter911.com for sharing this video and close call with us: The first video of Gelateria Italia burning yesterday (Tuesday) in White Rock, BC (from White Rock Live) shows an interesting scene. At about 8 seconds into the video a fire officer points to the structure and orders the firefighters at the front of the building to move. Within 10 seconds the fir... [ more ]   FIREFIGHTER TRAINING AT NO COST OTHER THAN YOUR TIME-ATTIC FIRES  Thursday, March 12, 2015    UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute has released a new training program entitled “Residential Attic and Exterior Fire Hazards” – an online course that serves as a culmination of the small scale, full-scale, and field experiments performed by UL as part of a research study funded by DHS.  The purpose of this study is to increase firefighter safety and effectiveness by providing scientific knowledge on the dynamics of attic and exterior fires and the influence of coordinated tactics from full-scale fire testing in realistic residential structures.   The interactive training takes firefighters through all of the details that went into the experiments, experiment results, and tactical considerations derived from the results.  Experiments included 28 wall tests, 3 wall and eave tests, 4 full scale attic tests,... [ more ]         ENGLISH FF CRUSHED BY BACKING FIRE ENGINE  Thursday, March 12, 2015    A firefighter was injured in Cambridge when he was crushed by a fire engine at the scene of a suspected arson attack.The man in his 30s was caught between the reversing rescue vehicle and a stationary van in Stanley Road, Abbey, yesterday evening. He is still in hospital after suffering multiple injuries, which are not thought to be life-threatening. Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said they will be investigating the circumstances of the firefighter's injuries, caused during the response to a fire at a derelict building. Joe Ouroussoff, who lives in Riverside, heard "disturbing" screams as he saw the incident unfold. He did not think he could hear a reverse beep on the vehicle. The 45-year-old said: "Just before it hit the van I heard someone say 'woah, stop' and then it hit the van and the firefighter started screaming and shouting. The screaming was a bit disturbing. It was clear it was a firefighter because he had all... [ more ]         FIRE CHIEFS TRUCK STRUCK BY ROCKS - TEENS THROWING ROCKS OFF BRIDGE  Thursday, March 12, 2015    Two teenagers are in custody for throwing rocks off of a railroad overpass yesterday morning, damaging the windshield and hood of a Portland Fire & Rescue Chief Officer’s vehicle while he was driving to work. Deputy Chief Jeff Bancroft was able to pull over and turn on his emergency lights and call police. "I don’t really remember how I stopped or anything like that. I was just kind of shocked that it happened. It was as loud as if someone shot the car with a shotgun," Bancroft said. One other vehicle was hit by the rocks, but fire officials said no one was hurt in the incident. Officers searched the area, eventually finding a 16- and 17-year-old hiding along the train tracks... [ more ]         MAN WATCHING FIRE ENGINE - STEPS INTO PATH OF AMBULANCE IN HOUSTON  Thursday, March 12, 2015    Authorities were investigating an auto-pedestrian accident in southeast Houston involving an emergency vehicle.According to Houston Fire Department officials, a man was watching a fire truck in the 8300 block of Broadway near Bellfort  when he stepped into the path of an oncoming ambulance. The man was distracted by the sirens on the fire truck and did not see the ambulance. The ambulance was traveling at a low speed and did have its lights on, according to officials. The man was not seriously injured, and was treated and released at the scene. 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