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USFA Releases Restaurant Building Fires Report
Three Alarm Fire Renton, WA 2007 KOMONews.com The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) United States Fire Administration (USFA) has issued a special report examining the characteristics of...
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Texas Captain; 2010 LODD Report Issued with Lessons Learned
Captain Thomas Araguz III Captain Araguz, a 30 year old, 11-year veteran of the Wharton Volunteer Fire Department made Captain in 2009. He lost his life while battling a multiple alarm fire a the...
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The Waldbaum’s Supermarket Fire and Collapse FDNY 1978-2011
The Waldbaum’s Supermarket Fire and Collapse FDNY 1978 The Waldbaum Super market fire, Brooklyn, New York occurred on August 2, 1978. Six firefighters died in the line of duty when the roof of a...
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Three Firefighters Injured in Residential Collapse
Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services Cherokee County (GA) Fire and Emergency Services and Woodstock (GA) Fire Department personnel responded to a...
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FDNY Chief Joseph Pfeifer on Leadership During 9-11
Ten years ago, on September 11, 2001, New York City Fire Department Battalion Chief Joseph Pfeifer saw the first aircraft hit the North Tower and radioed the alarm, the first FDNY fire chief to take...
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Second Alarm Apartment Fire, VA
Photo by Maxim Boldin A second alarm fire occurred in a four-story apartment building in the 20500 block of Reserve Falls Terrace, Loudoun County, VA that took command of over 13 apartment units....
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Near-Miss, with RIT Deployment at Structural Collapse: Canada
A rapid and fast moving early morning fire in downtown Trenton, Ontario Canada resulted in the subsequent collapse of a three story mixed use commerical and apartment occupancy structure. Published...
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Testimony Continues from 2011 LAFD LODD Fire at Luxury Hollywood Hills Home...
February 2011 fire in the Hollywood Hills A veteran fire captain testified Wednesday that he was trapped in debris that fell from a ceiling during a February 2011 fire at a luxury home in the Hollywood...
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Auto Parts Store Roof Collapse Double LODD 1996
Roof Collapse Chesapeake VA 1996 Double LODD OVERVIEW On March 18, 1996, two firefighters were killed in Chesapeake, Virginia when they became trapped by a rapidly spreading fire in an auto parts store...
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Taking it to the Streets: Vacant, unoccupied, abandoned
What at the Projected Operational Risks? Do they Matter? Photo:CJ Naum, 2013 Taking it to the Streets Vacant, unoccupied, abandoned and derelict buildings continue to challenge emergency response...
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