All Entries Tagged With: "Construction Profile"
Lessons Learned from Structure Collapse Close Call in SC
Five firefighters were on the second story of a house when the floor tilted, causing three firefighters to fall On June 23, 2010 Engine 109 was dispatched for a single engine response to the area of 398 Huger Street for a report of smoke in the area. Upon arrival at 0949 hours Engine 109 found […]
Near-Misses, Maydays and Floor Collapses
Do you know what’s underneath you as you’re making entry? If you’ve been paying attention to the latest news and on the job reports these past few days, you may have noticed there’s been an emerging trend evident in near miss, close-calls resulting in maydays, RIT deployments and self-rescue resulting from floor compromise and floor […]
