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Nolan's complaint alleged that in past years Huertas had used staff from the training division to support and oversee the training exercises held at the department's training academy, but this year did not. "Due to the nature of having untrained personnel participating in this exercise [three legislators and two members of the media suited up and participated in Monday's event], along with other firefighters who are not familiar with the operation of live burns and ... [ more ]         FIRE APPARATUS BURNS BUT FIREFIGHTERS ARE OK I9N MULTI ALARM FIRE IN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY, MARYLAND Monday, April 6, 2015  Prince George’s County firefighters fought to get a three-alarm fire under control in Capitol Heights late this afternoon lost two of their own fire apparatus to the intense fire. A commercial building located at 8740 Ashwood Drive in Capitol Heights caught fire late this afternoon, sending a thick black smoke into the air that could seen from Nationals Park by fans attending opening day. Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department spokesman Mark Brady tweeted a video that showed the cab of a fire truck at the scene in flames. Water hoses were still hooked up to fire truck as firefighters tried to douse the cab of the vehicle to extinguish the fire. Fire Chief Marc Bashoor tweeted that the building that caught fire was a roofing company.   2 PHILLY FFs INJURED AT BRUSH FIRE NBCPhiladelphia Video Sunday, April 5, 2015  Two firefighters suffered minor injuries Saturday while battling a brush fire that erupted near a farmhouse in the Wissahickon section of Philadelphia. The 2-alarm blaze broke out in a grassy area near Bells Mill Road around 6 p.m., officials said.Medics rushed the two injured firefighters to Roxborough Memorial Hospital, officials said. The location of the blaze, in a wooded area, along with the wind conditions made it difficult for crews to get to the scene, according to authorities. Crews got the fire under control shortly after 7 p.m. Read more: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Firefighter-Hurt-Battling-Blaze-in-Wissahickon-298685861.html#ixzz3WRn4kmZ0         INITIAL SIGNIFICANT INJURY REPORT FROM FRESNO ROOF COLLAPSE Saturday, April 4, 2015   The Fresno City Fire Department is sharing the initial information that has been gathered as part of their ongoing investigation into a fire that seriously injured one of its personnel. It is important to reiterate what the department has provided at the beginning of their report, that this information is intended to be used as safety and training material and that details presented may be subject to change. “A Board of Review has not approved this Informational Summary Report. It is intended as a safety and training tool, an aid to preventing future occurrences, and to inform interested parties. Because it is published on such a short time frame, the information contained herein is subject to revision as further investigation is concluded and additional information is developed.” At 1323 on 3/29/2015, Fresno Fire Department Dispatch received a 911 call reporting a residential fire at 1310 E. Cortland, Fresno CA. At 1324, Engines 5, 9, 20; Trucks 4 and 11; and Battal... [ more ]        Fresno Bee Video Fresno Bee Video   IT'S ALWAYS A FIRE! Saturday, April 4, 2015   In the early 70's I worked with a great Chief named Eddie Bennett. While no doubt he was a real character, a WW II veteran from the Greatest Generation, he knew the job and was highly respected on the fireground. He was as old school as old school gets with many "Eddie-isms" that many of us still remember today. For example, when the tones went off he would yell "heeeeere weeeeeeee go!" in a way only he could bark it - I could fill pages with all his ism's....but since today is the 7th anniversary of the Line of Duty deaths of Ohio Fire Captain Robin Broxterman and FF Brian Shira, I wanna share ONE Eddiie-ism with you: "It's always a fire until we get there and decide what we have--so act like it" What he was talking about is when there is a run, automatic alarm, reported smoke, a reported fire....act as if it is going to be the WORST CASE scenario and... [ more ]         FF SERIOUSLY INJURED IN IOWA GRASS FIRE Friday, April 3, 2015  A grass fire in Spring Run Wildlife Management Area charred hundreds of acres and left one fire fighter seriously injured Wednesday night. Jim Nygaard of the Superior Fire Department was air-lifted to a burn unit at a Twin Cities hospital after battling a blaze east of Spirit Lake.Nygaard has been with the Superior Fire Department for more than 30 years and was using one of the department's tractors to plow a fire barrier when the machinery stalled. He couldn't get it to restart, and in an attempt to get himself out of the situation he was in, he got burned," Superior Fire Chief Kevin Swalve said. "Because of the high winds, the flames went up over him." Nygaard was transported by ambulance to Lakes Regional Healthcare and then air-lifted to a burn unit in St. Paul, Minnesota. He's now in stable condition and should be OK, Swalve said. Nygaard is a past Superior Fire Chief, but loved being out in the field fighting fires instead. "He's been a r... [ more ]         TASK FORCE FINDS TRAINING FLAWS IN KEVIN BELL DEATH INVESTIGATION NBCConnecticut.com Friday, April 3, 2015  For months, the NBC Connecticut Troubleshooters have been investigating the death of Kevin Bell, the first Hartford firefighter to die in the line of duty in 40-years. Today, new information came to light about Bell's training record. The Hartford Fire Task Force, made up of several former fire chiefs, met Thursday for the sixth time. The task force has focused its inquiry on training, specifically relating to Bell and the months leading up to Oct. 7 of last year, the night he died in a fire on Blue Hills Avenue. During the meeting, former Chief Edwin Casares read from an email from Deputy Chief Dan Nolan, dated April 1, 2015. It's a response to the task force's inquiry about the training of Bell and the department as a whole. In the email, the training deputy chief said department records indicate that Bell had no live fire training in the 18 months leading up to the Blue Hills Avenue fire. In fact, only three companies had any live fire training over that same perio... [ more ]         SAN FRANCISCO FD FAILS TO IMPLEMENT DAs ALCOHOL RECCOMENDATIONS Thursday, April 2, 2015   The San Francisco Fire Department has not acted on a warning from the city’s district attorney that it needs to toughen its alcohol-testing rules for firefighters — a warning that anticipated a judge’s dismissal of drunken-driving charges against an ex-firefighter who crashed his rig.Superior Court Judge Kay Tsenin — citing a “Keystone Cops” investigation —tossed felony charges last month against Michael Quinn in the June 2013 crash at Fifth and Howard streets that left a moto... [ more ]         VENTILATION ISSUES MAKING OCEAN CITY MD FFs ILL Thursday, April 2, 2015  Ocean City firefighters have reported headaches, congestion, and general sickness after being on duty, the result of vehicle fumes leaking from the ground-level engine bay into second-story bunk rooms.Fire Chief Chris Larmore told Ocean City Council members Tuesday that the firefighter's union has brought their illness issues to his attention, and that such health problems most likely were caused by an HVAC design flaw in the living quarters. He also said the problem may be fixable, by relocating bunk rooms to another side of the building, as part of an ongoing renovation. And, while Larmore pledged to make whatever changes are necessary to improve living conditions to the 55-year-old facility, he also said "there's no reason to believe" the bunk room is unsafe. "There's a difference between uncomfortable and unsafe," the fire chief said in an interview Wednesday. "If we had employees that went to a doctor and said, this has symptoms of mold, or some sort of ai... [ more ]         GRASS RIG BURNS UP AT INDIANA GRASS FIRE Thursday, April 2, 2015  The Liberty Volunteer Fire Department lost a truck Wednesday while fighting a field fire on Indiana 101 South. Firefighter Matt Reuss, who was driving the small truck known as the “grass rig,” said firefighters already had applied two tanks of water to the fire and were on their way for a third load when the wind shifted. “The truck died in the bottom of the field,” Reuss said. “I got it started and was driving uphill when (farmer) Kevin Pinkerton yelled, ‘Your truck is on fire.’” Firefighter Jeff Moles, who was a passenger in the truck, said fire and smoke quickly surrounded the truck. “I couldn’t even see Matt,” Moles said. Moles and Reuss escaped the vehicle without injury, but the truck is a total loss, Chief Jim Barnhizer said. “It’s about as totaled as it can get,” Reuss said. The fire likely was sucked into the engine compartment through the engine’s air breather, Barnhi... [ more ]         DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF ALLEGEDLY PRESSURED TO ALTER FIREFIGHTER LODD REPORT Thursday, April 2, 2015   A day after an internal presentation of a Philadelphia Fire Department critique detailing errors and delays in the December blaze that killed Firefighter Joyce Craig, the report's author wrote in an official department log that he was being pressured to redact portions of his work.Deputy Chief Rich Davison, the author of the report, wrote that Deputy Commissioner Jesse Wilson - the department's second-in-command - had asked for redactions and explained his request with the suggestion that "some statements in the critique could hurt the city," according to a copy of the entry obtained by The Inquirer. Executive Fire Chief Clifford Gilliam, a department spokesman, wrote in an e-mail that nothing from the report had been redacted. Davison declined to comment. Rather than asking Davison to remove anything, Gilliam said, Wilson had called Davison to "discuss the content and method used to collect information contained in the critique." Gi... [ more ]         23 PA FFs EVALUATED AFTER SILO EXPLOSION AND FIRE WNEP.com Video Thursday, April 2, 2015  A stubborn fire in a silo at a pet food processing plant in Hazle Township kept firefighters from four counties busy Tuesday night into Wednesday as they meticulously worked to extinguish the smoldering product and contain damage. Bill Gallagher, Hazle Township supervisor and volunteer firefighter with its fire company, was one of many volunteers who responded to Vita Line, 1111 N. Park Drive, Humboldt Industrial Park, when the fire began Tuesday around 6:30 p.m. The business is a short distance from state Route 924. Firefighters at first believed equipment inside the plant caught fire and later sparked two secondary fires. They just about had the blaze extinguished around 9 p.m., Gallagher said, when Vita Line maintenance workers found two other pieces of equipment on fire, including a silo. The exact cause of the fire has not been determined. After the discovery of the new fires, Hazle Township Fire and Rescue contacted Luzerne County 911 and requested additional fire... [ more ]         LAST ALARM: The final shift of Cincinnati Firefighter/FAO Daryl Gordon Wednesday, April 1, 2015  Before the sun rose March 26, flashing lights illuminated the misty streets as fire truck sirens bellowed, echoing from Firehouse 14 racing to 6020 Dahlgren St.It was just another fire run, a call to duty for 54-year-old Cincinnati firefighter Daryl Gordon, who was just an hour and a half from signing off of his shift. Just months from retirement after proudly serving 30 years, first as a firefighter, and then as a Fire Apparatus Operator and Explosive Ordinance Disposal Technician, Gordon could not have known this would be his last fire. 'It's On Fire' On duty since 7 a.m., Gordon’s shift was just about to end; 24 on, 48 off. It's a shift he'd worked for decades. It had been a busy night. There had been structure fires on Harrison Avenue, Queen City Avenue and President Drive. Then a half dozen 911 calls flood dispatch. “Cincinnati 911 what is the address of your emergency?” It’s 5:31 a.m. The 911... [ more ]         NJ FF LODD – Medical, US Forestry Helicopter Crash at Controlled Burn (The Secret List) Tuesday, March 31, 2015   All- We regret to inform you of the Line of Duty Death of Firefighter Barry Van Horn, 63, of the Somerville, NJ FD. Firefighter Van Horn responded to a fire alarm call at 07:25 hours on March 25, 2015.  After the call, he returned to his office to fill out the fire report of the incident (Firefighter Van Horn was also the municipal Fire Official). He felt ill, however, and went home.  Shortly thereafter, around noon, Firefighter Van Horn suffered a heart attack.  He was transported by ambulance to Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center where he remained until his death on March 27, 2015. Our condolences to his family and all affected by his death. US Forestry Helicopter Crash at Controlled Burn While not declared a LODD as of yet. 2 US Forestry Department Contractors died, and another was very critically injured while operating at helicopter that crashed yesterday at a controlled burn in Harrison Co. MS. Eddie Baggett, prescrib... [ more ]         MAYDAY IN MILWAUKEE - 2 FFs INJURED Fox6 Video Tuesday, March 31, 2015  A three-alarm fire that broke out Monday night on Milwaukee’s south side reignited into a four-alarm fire Tuesday morning. Some had to jump to an adjacent building in order to get out alive. A tavern and several apartments were destroyed.The fire weakened the backside of the building, and it collapsed Tuesday. As the building is set to be demolished, residents say it’s a miracle everyone is okay. Fire officials were initially called out to the scene near Cesar Chavez Drive near Walker Street around 10:30 p.m. Monday. Firefighters were called back to the building around 8 a.m. Tuesday after smoke was reported coming from the building. The fire was upgraded to a four-alarm. The three-story structure, which contains a bar on the first floor and apartments on the second the third floors, sustained significant fire and water damage.           Prev1234Next        1        2        3        4        5        6        7        8        9        10        11        12        13        14        15        16        17        18        19        20        21        22        23        24        25        26        27        28        29        30        31        32        33        34        35        36        37        38        39        40        41        42        43        44        45        46        47        48        49        50        51        52        53        54        55        56        57        58        59        60        61        62        63        64        65        66        67        68        69        70        71        72        73        74        75        76        77        78        79        80        81        82       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