June 10, 2009
May 23, 2009
San Francisco Wall Collapse Video
Related Article:
Police are investigating whether a marijuana growing operation may have sparked a Thursday morning warehouse fire that seriously injured a paramedic firefighter. The paramedic firefighter suffered major injuries after a flaming piece of building fell on him as he battled the three alarm Bayview blaze. Thursday afternoon, police inspectors were at site of the fire, waiting to collect evidence from the burnt-out warehouse, San Francisco Police Sgt. Lyn Tomioka said. Officers’ suspicions about a possible pot grow were raised when they discovered an illegal converter box bypassing the building’s electrical meter, Tomioka said...READ ALL
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May 18, 2009
PA Firefighter Injured In Car Fire Strut Explosion
Firefighter close calls is reporting a PA firefighter was injured during a car fire by a HOOD STRUT. This is one topic I have tried to cover with videos very carefully. There are many examples on video of these failures. Please be careful when operating on car fires.
Related Links, training and VIDEO:
http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/
A Pennsylvania Firefighter was IMPALED by a heated and exploding HOOD STRUT while operating at a car fire. In this most recent "hood strut projectile" event, which happened in Swatara Township (PA), Firefighters from the Friendship Fire Company of Bressler last week arrived at a "routine" engine compartment fire which quickly changed from being routine.. A line was stretched and crews worked to open the hood...while operating, a hood shock exploded and impaled a FF in the right knee. EMS treated and transported him to an area trauma center where he was treated and spent the night. He luckily escaped without major injuries from the incident and is expected to make a full recovery.
Firerescue1 - "Over Aggressive Attacks on Car Fires" - feature story by me - CLICK HERE
Related Videos from Firefighter Spot-
Car fire explosion - HERE
Car Strut Explosion - HERE
Car Fire Strut Explosion - HERE
Car Fire Dangers - HERE
and as I like to say...
THERE ARE NO HEROES ON UNOCCUPIED CAR FIRES!
watch till 3:15 for explosion...[Video not from PA Injury]
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May 08, 2009
May 02, 2009
Some Firefighters Do The Dumbest Things
When looking for firefighter videos, I typically search for high quality and high content clips. I try to focus my search on major fires, close calls and mishaps — generally things that firefighters will be interested in and can even learn from.
But in recent months I seem to be coming across more and more videos that take a whole new approach to firefighting and the profession at large. These videos feature firefighters performing various prank-like stunts that are often dangerous and crude. Maybe it is a generational thing; a "Jackass" mentality inspired by the TV show of the same name.
I can for no reason justify or quantify what these firefighters are partaking in. In the age where viral video rules, and everyone wants to be a star, I can only think their irresponsible actions are for pure shock value.
This following video features firefighters training in a car-related rescue operation. I would assume the day started out in learning how to take the glass of a car, and ended up with this:
So we start out using a combination of window punch and actual punch:
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April 21, 2009
Helmet Camera Mayday in Sacramento
I recently posted a close call video from a 2008 Sacramento Fire were a Captain was injured during operations. The video was taken with a helmet camera and was recently released on the web. The video has been by far the most popular video to date with the most discussion ever. I strongly recommend checking it out, and participating in the discussion. The captain himself is responding to questions. The video is so popular I had to buy more bandwidth to support all the new visitors.
VIDEO
Here is the news story related to fire.
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March 30, 2009
March 27, 2009
March 13, 2009
Injuries on the Job
Are we surprised we are getting injured? We are training to get injured.
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February 27, 2009
Apartment Fire Rescue Video
I found this video recently on youtube. It caught my eye immediately when I saw the woman at the window sill. If you stick with the video you see civilian attempts at rescue, FD rescues, and at one point it appears a police officer is on the ladder truck.
Does anyone know the history of this fire?
www.bestfirefightervideo.com
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February 15, 2009
February 05, 2009
January 23, 2009
Truck Operations Close Call
Truck Operations Close Call
www.firefighterspot.com
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January 14, 2009
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