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In Conjunction with the IAFF And IAFC this media has since been posted about the cpat https://youtu.be/Hc-bRFDWPVg

http://www.statter911.com/2016/01/22/firefighter-shot-killed-on-medical-call-in-arkansas/

Fireground Images is owned and operated By a Bridgeport Firefighter who is well know for his Photography on all of the National Publications often having stories in several differant Magazines the same Month... he's one of the First in the area to operate a Drone and Normally in a Sanctioned manner... below his Latest Local footage.. https://youtu.be/COc-nDrkvYE

63 story luxury hotel. "Address Hotel" is near The Downtown Mall area "It was not immediately clear what caused the fire, which covered at least 20 stories of the building near the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper, AP reports. Burning debris rained down from the building as firetrucks raced to the scene. No injuries have yet been reported." FOXNEWS Live Has/had Chris Brown Of Special Hazards Providence RI discussing things ... https://www.rt.com/news/327592-dubai...-fire-address/

seems they use styrofoam with stucco for the exterior, after all Its the freaking desert and any sort of Insulation has to "help" that being said .......... Here We go, Someone happily went looking and This article covers The next couple questions somewhat .... http://www.thenational.ae/business/property/most-dubai-towers-built-before-2012-have-non-fire-rated-exterior-panels

A group of Latino firefighters say their impending promotion to the rank of lieutenant — and the $18,000 pay hike that comes with it — is bittersweet because it was expedited based on their race........ http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150522/downtown/latino-firefighters-say-they-got-bullied-into-taking-race-based-promotions

A retired Rescue 1 Member and Author- historian performed a Kayak rescue In Greenport, of 2 16 year old cousins... Winds & currents alone made for a dangerous situation... could have had a worse Result for sure ... http://suffolktimes.timesreview.com/...-island-sound/

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You know your gonna get em busted on this one for shure http://www.wbrz.com/news/city-hall-elevator-fails-traps-officer-inside

I've mentioned before The Village I came up in strattled a river and was actually 1/2 in town A and 1/2 in town B the fire district collected taxes in Both/seperate based on which town you actually live, The district also paid Trash and Street lights and blah blah..... One company was on one side the other on the other side and both the 1st side street from the Bridge which is still raised hourly and screws up Traffic generally for 49 and 1/2 minutes ... toss in a Box and forget it.....lol back in the 70's we had Many commercial Fires even multiple fires in resterants & bars etc (many OLD buildings, many types of Problems) back in 1960 one of the "earlier" post modern Jobs was a 1920's theature on the river/bridge with extension across Main St to a store block and Across Holmes st east of that ,.. The M/A call went out and about 16 or 18 other companies in Both towns and being The New Years week it wa Cold so The Stewart of Both resident companies were sent back to they're respective firehouses (each within a Block of the fire) to get some soup and coffee type things going... Frank was heavy set so maybe thats why he was good in the kitchen? I dunno he walks around the corner and here's a Mutual Aid engine just pulling up IFO the station fella jumps off runs around back and frank says hey ohh .. what the hell are youse doing? and the officer says Taking That Hydrant.... and frank says like hell you are walks over to it picks it up and walked inside with it with a company of guys standing there flabbergasted... many years later we still had the hydrant but someone mounted it to a dolly to make it more convienant to move around ...when training... lol

Three firefighters were held hostage by an armed man inside the La Mott Fire Company in Cheltenham Township. (located about 10 Miles North of City Center Philly.... http://www.firehouse.com/news/12060050/firefighters-held-hostage-at-la-mott-fire-company-in-cheltenham and from >>> http://inagist.com/all/582932066200866816/ "The Associated Press @AP UPDATE: Ex-firefighter arrested after holding 4 others hostage at Philadelphia-area fire company:apne.ws/1G3MhiC" 3 minutes ago Ex-firefighter arrested after holding 4 others hostage ELKINS PARK, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a former volunteer firefighter held four firefighters hostage at a Philadelphia-area firehouse before surrendering to police. No injuries were reported. SWAT team members converged on the LaMott Fire Company in Cheltenham Township, about 10 miles north of downtown Philadelphia, after the situation was reported at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday. Cheltenham Township Police Chief John Norris said the man, who was about 30 years old, was a former firefighter who had been in a dispute with the company and had been terminated Monday. Norris said the man fired one shot into a wall before police were notified and also made verbal threats. Guess Thats one way to handle a dispute...Just Not the Smartest way.....

Happenced across this warm fuzzy story on line of a OC Fire fighter Paramedic Chris Trokey who played a role a couple years ago In the rescue of Pediatrician Michael Shannon who was trapped in his Burning SUV... The Doctor spent 40 plus days In Hospital, recovering, and recently the two met again at a st Baldricks' Fund Raiser, It was Then The Firefighter Medic learned The Doctor had In fact saved The Fire fighter-Medic's Life as a Premie some 30 plus years prior.... http://distractify.com/mark-pygas/doctor-saved-by-baby/

I worked 21 years and 8 months, of which 20 were in a 2 engine house (which had a truck until 1995) and I worked all 3 companies and was actually Assigned to all three.. The station was built in 1982 single story sprawling 3 bays.. From My Bunk in the dorm to My Riding position was corner to corner across the building...over the years, I saw the neighborhood change a lot and just about every Business and residence on the Main road and 5 side streets That all converged there... I'd been to Most and Most had Significant Structural Fires... In the dorm, I latched onto one of the 2 bunks below the windows that could be opened ( 2 x 12 by 12 inches) because a) funk fresh air and c) the seasonal Changes when you LOOSE AC OR heat for 3-8 weeks.... I Always cracked the window an inch... in 2005, we Had a neighbor one the side street who's ride to work at 4:45 Kindly announced Themselves with a couple horn beeps... and seemed like you were just dozing off again when that happened,... One Particular Night, we'd made about 8 to 10 runs by about 0315 and I was pretty groggy when The horn Beeped ... I sorta Layed there in a daze... and Once the (Very long Beep) quieted, I began to hear something quite differant and began In my head, wonder Why The Rookie was "eating Popcorn" at like 4 am IN the Dorm...... ( I said I was groggy ) after a few seconds My Melon became aware of the stupidity of Everything, that I had just though and having actually Digested it all Became suddenly Alert and Awake, Popped out of the bunk Looking Out seeing The Rear porches and "C" exposure was a 2 1/2 Occupied Frame The Fire building was a 3 story (Old 6 family) taxpayer Private social club on 1 and 4 occupied apartments above... the rear porches and stairways were well involved, Looking Back into the bunkroom I simple said, lets go fellas, ( no Yelling or screaming) The Bunkroom was ORANGE (haha) walked down the Officers Hall and Banged on Both doors, being on the 1st due engine This close can be messy Thankfully we'd Had plenty of experiances... ( Imagine 2 double engines and a tiller 2 doors left of the firehouse.. Our Plug was outside the Officers Hallway door, SO, The LT. grabbed his portable and while walking across the front yard Called It in while 3 of us Rode the engine the 20 feet hooked up and blitzed the exposure, with a deck gun and the officer and 4th guy stretched a 2 1/2 between the buildings Once the blitz was finished we searched the exposure while the other two guys from The Other engine did a primary in the firebuilding we were there a good 6 or 8 minutes it seemed waiting for the rest of the assignment (2 more engines 2 trucks and the rescue) .... and Boss... It became Known as "The Popcorn" because in the telling, I was wondering Why the Kid was eating crunching on Popcorn (crackling ?!) which One would expect any fire fighter with a few fires under his belt would recognize that crackling = Not good.... and How I was the First one to become alert enough to see the flames dancing on the wall of the Dorm...lol Below is A photo looking out the Dorm WIndow the following Night showing a little of the Damage and Exposure

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Ft Lauderdale dude Impales himself onna fence outside the PD...

given The vast discussion of Last weeks; condos in edgewater of Lightweight Construction a buddy of mine who's living in southern Pa. had this Post arrive from an Incident in Bryans Road Maryland which is a bedroom community along the Potomic River..... (The 1st Photo shows extensive Basement Damage to a residential fire In which the "Engineered strandboard I beams" burned 87% away and are sagging in the photo,) "This is a photo from the basement of the House Fire today. Notice the burnt out I-beams. These are the engineered beams that are common in construction over the last few years. The floor in the living area above had sagged about a foot and was on the verge of collapse when noticed by interior Officers and crews. Fortunately no one was injured and the area was cordoned off. Just another reminder of what can and will kill us. Thanks to Mark Kaufmann for sharing the photo." below (2nd Picture) shows The general configuration of these OSB I beams in another larger structure, Obviously These are being supported By 2x 6 headers and studs for a larger structure...obviously larger then a single fam dwelling

Back when I was in High School and Just out I volunteered in a district with 2 companies one on either side of a river seperated by a single Draw Bridge, "they" had an AIrhorn that count out the Gamewell box number, My Station was a mile away and Had Gong... 2 distinct things about 3 am was it was pretty quiet excepting i-95 which is 2 1/2 miles North, Amtrack New Haven line without the commuters... I lived 4 blocks south of the station often I could actually hear the Gong ring before the Whistle arrived (3/4 of a mile as the crow flys) I was Not a legacy, but My 1st car was a Past chief's Car (noo lights and sirens crap) it was a 1969 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S Fastback and it had a 383 cu under the hood 4bbl carbs and slapstick Automatic Some Nights With the wind just "right" you couldnt hear the Airhorn, or bells, some nights Even the dispatch of the tones On lowband were Poor.. at best In those Pre 9-1-1- days The police answered a seperate 5 digit Number for each district they would tone and announce it and we were on our own..... ( we re toned and the 1st Non Driver got stuck on the radio for any fires..) (this is why I got qualified to drive YOUNG..lol) some of guys would KNOW it was me when They heard The 4 barrel Kick IN.... I think of how many times You get to the station Knowing 4 or 5 guys Live between 6 and 12 houses away and Your 1st your 35 houses away...lol anyway You open the door walk in and your Finger begins shaking >> was I dreaming the whole thing? what if I was (haha) but what it your reciever is the only one that picked up the orginal Tones... (this actually happened often) soon as you pop the tone 12 guys all come in the door and You get stuck? (NOT!!)) eventually our 9-1-1- center was moved away from That PD and To the one on the other side which was 40 times better... since Those days 40 years ago, I learned a couple things I dispatched for 5 years and was a career Firefighter Chauffer and company officer and very often found the fortitude that got be beyond "freezing" up back in those early years to cruising the mean streets at 3 am.... One Late evening I was dispatched to the Interstate a flatbed Tractor trailer had Jacknifed across 3 lanes and dumped its full load of Treated backer board which is similar to homasote (compressed material) but with ALmost like a creosote looking Material, These were Plywood size 4x8' sheets (I'd seen it single sized and much thinner anyway), this area was elevated 50' and as Luck would have it we had a STATE Project with loaders Parked Under the site with a fenced off area that They actually could dump the stuff Over into the "yard" below... the 1st car in line was someone's college sophmore heading Back to Boston after Thanksgiving, She realized she was blessed for being alive!! but now getting into being stuck for 3 hours with 2000 sets of headlights behind her, I'd checked with her On arrival, and she REALLY hadda go BAD!! ... I suggested I would do What I could IF She wanted and Promised the utmost disgression.... I had My 2 firefighters grab a couple of these 4x8 sheets of fiberboard and made a suitable enclosed space, with a sand bucket that we carried for Multiple puropses from ice build up around the pump to Traction to an oil or gas spill to..... a lifesaver... both Firefighters Honestly were LIKE dude are you serious? and I explained Imagine Your Girlfriend or sister in the same situation, and act accordingly.... needless to say They did and all worked out fine Ultimately ... Of course when we got Back and they went to bed the guy who complained had his locker Plastered In Porta john Phone book adverts and all sorts of "related" material (tastefully of course) a couple weeks went by and he got me posted something on My locker about thinking outside the box or something... I never even asked.,..

http://www.statter911.com/2015/03/09/a-puppets-anti-semitic-remark-talks-a-firefighter-right-out-of-his-job/ A puppet’s “anti-Semitic” remark talks a firefighter right out of his job This may be the strangest case of early onset SMACSS (Social Media Assisted Career Suicide Syndrome) I’ve seen. Early onset, because it involves a recruit with the Rochester (NY) Fire Department who has been fired before his career has really started. He was let go for a YouTube video. While videos are a common cause of SMACSS. this one is different because it involves a puppet that made the offending remark labeled as anti-Semitic. WHAM-TV: James Johnson, Democrat & Chronicle: A recruit firefighter with the Rochester Fire Department has been fired over a YouTube video. The Rochester Fire Department said the recruit made anti-semitic remarks on the video. The department was made aware of the video Sunday night. Statement from Rochester Fire Department: Rochester Fire Department lieutenant Willie Jackson said during an unrelated press conference Monday morning that someone called Sunday night to point out the video’s existence and that the source of the remarks were being investigated. “I’m a little disturbed by it, I teach diversity in the department,’’ Jackson said. “The fact that someone would post it disturbs me more.’’ The Rochester Fire Department has terminated a Recruit Fire Fighter for failing to satisfactorily complete his probationary training term. The recruit recently participated in an online video containing insensitive remarks. The Rochester Fire Department is a well-respected, professional and inclusive organization. Recruit Fire Fighters are trained to be professional at all times and to respect the diversity of their fellow Fire Fighters and all of the residents they are sworn to protect and serve. “The actions of the recruit in question did not rise to the high standards set by the Rochester Fire Department, which prompted his termination under the terms of his probationary employment,” said James Smith, City of Rochester Director of Communications. Since this matter is of a personnel nature, no further comment statement will be issued.

Hmm Interesting that YOUR fine with these as LONG as they are Sprinklered, specially since the Edgewater fire seems that Maintenance seems to have been Thawing a pipe ...to begin with.. spinkler Pipe or Not.. Either way They were useless in this case no? lol I am not here To argue , I am retired so Its No a big deal To me ...But a brother Posted The Photo below along with the Name of the Company ("Wolf Systems, UK") who began the Interior Strandboard Stairwells and is now Looking to do These Super/Ultra Lightweight Trusses....... "FETC Services on Facebook suggests Taking a Look at these ultra lights Euro approved Check out these new ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT ENGINEERED beams. Coming soon to a floor, a ceiling, or roof rafter near you!! I think we all understand that lightweightconstruction burns faster and lightweight structures fall down quicker... less mass simply jeopardizes firefighter safety under fire! So keep your eyes open for new construction in your area and monitor what contractors are using! These are from Wolf Systems, UK . You also find pictures of the lightweight stairs, that we previously posted on their website. FETC Services." company website https://www.wolfsystem.co.uk/products/easi-joist.aspx

Firehouse.comBattalion Chief Christopher Martin said it "almost looked like a fire storm" when Bridgeport firefighters arrived. Four buildings were damaged, leaving 40 homeless: http://firehouse.com/11860507 Fireground Images is Bridgeport Firefighter K.Muratori who Has had 4 or 5 Front pages On fire engineering , others on Fire rescue etc etc ... check out his Published work www.firegroundimages.com http://youtu.be/dPAxN2kskJA 2 minutes of Professional Video By Newschannel 12 Vacume News VID #3 https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10204612445485947 VID #4 https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152770211239702&fref=nf (if it doesnt work Go Join Channel 12 ) 1301hrs Update Units on scene of spreading through the two story house.at 350 Hanover Street in Bridgeport’s West Side. Heavy smoke and flames are shooting through the air. and is Visable Just North of Interstate 95 exit 26 Wordin Avenue Several 2 1/2 and 3 story wood Frames OMD' s Located at 356, 358 and 360 Hanover Street. between Wordon & Norman Street In Bridgeport Today, The Field is the Former PT Barnum's Circus ground and the Brick building Is former Quarters Of Engine 3 built basicly By/For Barnum and his Circus (1883) & Ladder 1 (1890) until they moved To the current house 4 Blocks North These Houses were actually built and owned by Circus Employees until They moved Winter Quarters to Florida in the Late 1930's - 40's http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2015/02/27/fire-rages-in-bridgeports-west-side/#30908101=0

Police released dashcam video of a gas explosion that leveled an Ocean County, New Jersey, home, injured 15 people, and shook homes in every direction Tuesday morning, including one of a young mother. http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/breaking/Stafford-Township-House-Explosion-293849541.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_PHBrand Seven gas workers were injured in the explosion, said NJ Natural Gas Spokesperson Mike Kinney. One suffered extremely critical injuries and required CPR at the scene. That man and another gas worker were medivaced to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center's Trauma Unit, said Kinney. They are both in critical condition. and 6 Firefighters suffered injuries ............ http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/breaking/Stafford-Township-House-Explosion-293849541.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_PHBrand

http://www.enginehousetraining.com/podcast-002-a-story-of-survival-with-kansas-city-fire-captain-charley-cashen/ Searching for a victim in the Basement Captain Charley Cashen has quite a story of his own survival in the podcast

CSX train derails causing Huge fire and destruction hazmat incident and mass evacuations Media suggests 5 " of snow might have caused derailment...

Yesterday 02-15 -2015- By noon-ish, FDNY had responded to 11 all hands fires. Add 2 more around 1315ish and Per NYCFIREWIRE, as of 1500, 15 All Hands, 3 2nd alarms. just saying and I admit I am from Elsewhere... I am not really trying to start anything, I am just trying to figure out what your trying to say , Engine 82's Big year was nearly 9,000 over the course of Many years an Average of 6,000 is pretty realistic