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Remembrance: Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse Fire and the Worcester Six
Today December 3, 2011 marks the 12th anniversary of the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire that resulted in the line of duty death of six courages brother firefighters. For those of you who...
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Building-Occupancy Relationships and Firefighting
Knowledge and proficiencies related to building construction are formulative to all strategic, tactical and task level assignments. Without understanding the building-occupancy relationships and...
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Looking Back at One Meridian Plaza High Rise Fire: 1991
One Meridian Plaza Fire 1991, Provided Photo Source Not Known, All rights reserved On what began as an uneventful Saturday night twenty-one years ago, a fire on the 22nd floor of the 38-story Meridian...
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San Francisco FD Berkeley Way Double LODD Report Issued: Routine Fire….
Charlie Side Fire View The Chief of the Department directed the Department Safety Officer to conduct a Safety Investigation of this incident. The primary purpose of the investigation was to...
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Baltimore County (MD) Firefighter Falkenhan Line of Duty Death Report Issued
Operations at 30 Dowling Circle 01.19.2011 Box 11-09 Mark Gray Falkenhan had dedicated his life to serving others. He perished in the line of duty on January 19, 2011 while performing search and rescue...
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Predictability and Performance Of Buildings and Today’s Fireground
Understanding the distinctiveness of your first-due, mutual aid or greater-alarm response area requires constant vigilance and continuous observations. Building knowledge equals firefighter safety....
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Resource Tool for Your Radar Screen
Buildingsonfire on Facebook Take a moment to check out the latest links on Facebook with Buildingsonfire. Timely and quick links to areas of interests related to Building Construction for the Fire...
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Remembrance: Worcester Cold Storage Tragedy
Worcester Cold Storage Tragedy On December 3, 1999, a five-alarm fire at the Worcester Cold Storage & Warehouse Co. building claimed the lives of six brave firefighters who responded to the call....
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Building Construction for Today’s Fire Service
Here’s the starting line-up of the New 2013 Buildingsonfire Training Programs and Seminars Program Details coming early January Building Construction for Today’s Fire Service Reading the Building:...
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Engineered Structural Support (ESS) system: Been in the Field lately?
Been in the field lately looking at your buildings under construction? Here’s a new look at a common Engineered Structural Support (ESS) system. Here’s today’s Taking it to the Streets session; Take a...
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Taking it the Streets: Reading the Building
Taking it the Streets: Reading the Building Here’s a simple view from the Alpha street side. I’ll give you the options as to what you’re arrive on or as…Reading the Building requires numerous layers of...
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Remembering the Strand Theater Fire of 1941
The Strand Theater | Brockton, MA March 10, 1941: The Strand Theater Fire turned from a routine fire into one of the worst tragedies in Brockton and Massachusetts history when the west section of the...
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2004 PA Church Fire and Collapse: Situational Awareness and Collapse Zone...
Remembrance:Pittsburgh(PA) Bureau of Fire- Post Fire Collapse and Double LODD NIOSH Report F2004-17: Career battalion chief and career master fire fighter die and twenty-nine career fire fighters are...
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Adaptive Fireground Strategies for Today’s Occupancies at FDIC
If you’re planning on heading to the Fire Department Instructors Conference, FDIC in Indianapolis please consider making time to attend our classroom session. We’ll make sure we have a seat waiting for...
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A Delicate Balance
A Delicate Balance Light Weight construction has given way to Engineered Structural Systems (ESS) which in today’s evolving fireground, have an even more extensive array of performance, operational...
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Ready, Set, Go…
Ready, Set, Go… Before Making Entry, while in the street; Has someone completed or assigned reconned a 360 of the building? Have you looked at the Building and its Profile? Made a Rapid Risk...
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Cugees Restaurant Roof Collapse-1981 LAFD
LAFD January 28, 1981 Was working on an LODD report and came across a past notable incident that occurred over 32 years ago, that should be recognized, for many of you that may not of heard or read...
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Remembering the FDNY Father’s Day Fire- 2001
June 17, 2001 Remembering FDNY Father’s Day Fire-June 17, 2001 The relative calm of a quiet Sunday, Father’s Day, June 17th , 2001 was broken at 14:19 hours with a phone call to the FDNY Queens...
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Building Risk Profile, Before the First-Due
Understanding Building Risk Profile, Before the First-Due Arrival. Photos: CJ Naum You need to get out into the streets and not only look at your buildings, but also comprehend what it is your looking...
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FDNY: The 1978 Waldbaum Fire and Collapse-Remembrance 35 Years
The Waldbaum’s Supermarket Fire and Collapse FDNY 1978 Thirty Five Years ago: The Waldbaum Super market fire, Brooklyn, New York occurred on August 2, 1978. Six firefighters died in the line of duty...
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