Boston firefighters are on the scene of a 4 story Brownstone burning in the Back Bay neighborhood. The fire has reached 9 alarms. Firefighters transmitted maydays earlier, and 5 firefighters have been injured in the fire.
Read More »Video: 6 Alarm Fire Claims Historic Rexmere Hotel in Stamford, NY (3 Videos)
In less than an hour, the 7 story building built in 1897 was gone. The building was in the process of being sold. The call came in as an automatic fire alarm. Two caretakers who lived at the house were not there when the alarm came in.
Read More »Must See Video: Last Minute Rescue at Houston’s 5 Alarm Fire Today. Man Jumps Down One Floor To Reach Rescuers Right Before Collapse
This is some amazing video of a worker who was stranded on the top floor of an apartment comlex that burned today in Houston. The man jumped down to the balcony on the level below him because the floor he was on was fully involved in flames. Firefighters utilizing an aerial ladder were able to reach him from there.
Read More »Video: Houston Firefighters Battle 5 Alarm Fire. 368 Unit Apartment Complex Under Construction (9 Videos)
Fire officials said the five-story, 368-unit apartment complex appeared to be under construction. Flames engulfed the upper floors and other parts of the structure as 200 firefighters in 70 units fought to gain an upper hand on the blaze. Portions of the walls collapsed.
Read More »Video: Stockton FD Offers a Complete Look at the January Fire That Raised Safety Concerns by Chief Piechura
The Fire became contreversial when Stockton Fire Chief Piechura raised safety concerns over what he saw in the video. Good for him. While we have a dangerous job, we rely on others to create policy for our safety while we are on duty. Sometimes we may HAVE to take risks that are against policy.
Read More »Video: 3 Alarm Townhouse Fire & 3 Alarm Warehouse Fire in Surrey, BC
Crews were busy on St. Patrick's Day in Surrey, British Columbia. They had a 3 alarm warehouse fire AND a 3 alarm townhouse fire.
Read More »Dash Cam: Strip Shopping Center Fire in Duncanville, TX
Duncanville FD, along with Dallas FD, DeSoto FD, Cedar Hill FD and Ovilla FD responded to a 2 alarm structure fire in a shopping strip in Duncanville.
Read More »Video: Multiple Rescues at Apartment Fire Outside Paris, France. 2 Rescued by Ladder Off the 10th Floor (5 Videos)
This fire in Clichy-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis) Paris, France on the 10th and 11th floors kept firefighters busy on March 13th. Two people were rescued by aerial ladder (Video 2). Another fire broke out on the 3rd floor as seen in the 4th video. 11 people were injured. 117 Firefighters from 17 firehouses battled the fire.
Read More »Helmet Cam: Firefighters Battle Metal Shop Building Fire
Tanker 51 going to work on a mutual aid structure fire. Heavy fire conditions were found in a metal shop building with 3 vehicles and multiple ATV's on fire in side.
Read More »Video: Firefighter Slides Off Metal Roof at Commercial Fire.
What can you learn from this video? Can you use this video to teach others about the dangers of operating on roofs like this one? While the video does not show how this firefighter gets into this situation, I believe we can use this video as a training tool to learn from.
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