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Residential Structure Flashover and FF LODD- NIOSH Report

Residential Structure Flashover and FF LODD- NIOSH Report

Photo Warren Skalski On March 30, 2010, a 28-year-old male career fire fighter/paramedic (victim) died and a 21-year-old female part-time fire fighter/paramedic was injured when caught in an apparent flashover while operating a hoseline within a residence. Units arrived on scene to find heavy fire conditions at the rear of a house and moderate smoke […]

A Breed Apart

A Breed Apart

Firefighters line Western Avenue on Tuesday after the funeral of Edward Stringer. (E. Jason Wambsgans, Chicago Tribune / December 29, 2010) Originally Posted by Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune December 29, 2010 Whatever the date on the birth certificate, in psychological years a firefighter never gets beyond adolescence. Like Edward Stringer, who was buried Tuesday, and […]

Chicago: Anatomy of a Building and its Collapse-PDF Download

Chicago: Anatomy of a Building and its Collapse-PDF Download

Chicago: Anatomy of a Building and its Collapse PDF Training Aid The recent post titled: Chicago: Anatomy of a Building and its Collapse has been receiving a considerable amount of attention as the post makes its way throughout the fire service eMedia sites, links, likes, shares and commentary circles, with over 6,000 views in the past […]

Chicago: Anatomy of a Building and its Collapse

Chicago: Anatomy of a Building and its Collapse

  The tragic events in the City of Chicago on Wednesday December 22, 2010, when Chicago Firefighter Edward J. Stringer – Engine Co.63 and Firefighter/EMT Corey D. Ankum, Truck Co.34 were killed in the line of duty while operating at a structure fire in an abandoned one-story brick building in the 1700 block of East […]

Buffalo Box 191 North Division & Grosvenor Streets; December 27, 1983

Buffalo Box 191 North Division & Grosvenor Streets; December 27, 1983

December 27, 1983 Buffalo, New York Five Firefighter Line-of-Duty Deaths As Buffalo (NY) firefighters arrived at the scene of a reported propane leak in a three-story radiator warehouse (Type III Ordinary and Type IV Heavy Timber construction), a massive explosion occurred, killing five firefighters instantly and injuring nine others, three of them critically. The force […]

Statistical Reports: Firefighter Casualties

Statistical Reports: Firefighter Casualties

Topical Fire Report Series The National Fire Data Center’s Topical Fire Report Series explores facets of the U.S. fire problem that affect Americans in their daily lives. Primarily based on data collected through USFA’s National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS), each issue briefly addresses the nature and relevance of the specific fire or fire-related problem, […]

Firefighter Fatality Retrospective Study 1990 - 2000

Firefighter Fatality Retrospective Study 1990 – 2000

USFA Firefighter Fatality Retrospective Study Subject(s): Data and Statistics, Firefighter Casualties, Health and Safety  Media: Manuals and Reports  Read Online/Download: Adobe Acrobat (PDF)/ Other Help PDF (3.0 Mb) Description: This report identifies trends in mortality and examines relationships among data elements on firefighter fatalites between 1990-2000. Using this analysis, better targeted prevention strategies can be […]

Firefighter Fatalities in the United States in 2001

Firefighter Fatalities in the United States in 2001

USFA LODD Report Subject(s): Data and Statistics, Firefighter Casualties, Health and Safety  Media: Manuals and Reports  Read Online/Download: Adobe Acrobat (PDF)/ Other Help PDF (977 Kb) , Word (7.4 Mb) Description: The specific objective of this study was to identify all of the on-duty firefighter fatalities that occurred in the United States in 2001. 

Career lieutenant dies following floor collapse into basement fire and a career fire fighter dies attempting to rescue the career lieutenant - New York

Career lieutenant dies following floor collapse into basement fire and a career fire fighter dies attempting to rescue the career lieutenant – New York

F2009-23 Aug 24, 2009 Career lieutenant dies following floor collapse into basement fire and a career fire fighter dies attempting to rescue the career lieutenant – New York

Highrise Office Building Fire, One Meridian Plaza (Philadelphia, PA - February 1991)

Highrise Office Building Fire, One Meridian Plaza (Philadelphia, PA – February 1991)

Highrise Office Building Fire, One Meridian Plaza (Philadelphia, PA – February 1991) USFA Technical Report Subject(s): Fire Prevention & Planning/Code Enforcement, Firefighter Casualties, Health and Safety, Operations & Tactics  Media: Technical Report Series  Read Online/Download: Adobe Acrobat (PDF)/ Other Help PDF (1.6 Mb) , Text (159 Kb) Description: This report documents one of the most […]

Four Firefighters Killed Trapped by Floor Collapse (Brackenridge, PA - December 1991)

Four Firefighters Killed Trapped by Floor Collapse (Brackenridge, PA – December 1991)

Four Firefighters Killed Trapped by Floor Collapse (Brackenridge, PA – December 1991) USFA Technical Report Subject(s): Firefighter Casualties, Hazardous Materials, Operations & Tactics  Media: Technical Report Series  Read Online/Download: Adobe Acrobat (PDF)/ Other Help PDF (1.6 Mb) , Text (71 Kb) Description: Although not new discoveries, this report provides several valuable lessons for the fire […]

Four Firefighters Die in Seattle Warehouse Fire (Seattle, WA - January 1995)

Four Firefighters Die in Seattle Warehouse Fire (Seattle, WA – January 1995)

Four Firefighters Die in Seattle Warehouse Fire (Seattle, WA – January 1995) USFA Technical Report Subject(s): Arson, Firefighter Casualties, Health and Safety, Operations & Tactics  Media: Technical Report Series  Read Online/Download: Adobe Acrobat (PDF)/ Other Help PDF (1.1 Mb) , Text (93 Kb) Description: Incident shows how critical information can be missed during a complicated […]

Investigation Analysis of the Squirrels Nest Lane Firefighter Line of Duty Deaths- Colerain Township FD, Ohio

Investigation Analysis of the Squirrels Nest Lane Firefighter Line of Duty Deaths- Colerain Township FD, Ohio

The Colerain Township (OH) Fire and EMS Department under the leadership of Director and Chief G. Bruce Smith recently released its final report Investigation Analysis of the Squirrels nest Lane Firefighter Line of Duty Deaths related to the April 4, 2008 Double Line of Duty Death of a Captain and Firefighter.  This investigative analysis and report, although specific […]

Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse Fire 1999

Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse Fire 1999

Friday December 3, 2010 marks the 11th 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 remember this event, take the time to reflect and honor the sacrifice made this day; to those of you who have not […]