Crane Collapses Again in Manhattan
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A 200-foot crane collapsed on the Upper East Side of Manhattan Friday morning. The New York Fire Department says it has pulled a number of people out of the wreckage.
It happened just after 8:00 a.m. on 91st Street and First Avenue.
Two construction workers have lost their lives in this [...]
130 Years Ago Today: The Origins of the Fire Pole
April 21, 1878: Firefighter George Reid, of Engine Company 21 in Chicago, is busy unloading hay for the horses that pull their fire engines. As the story goes, he was on the third floor when an alarm rang, and rather than dashing down the flights of stairs, he took the easiest way: down a binding [...]
Fire at London Cancer Hospital
Patients were being evacuated from the Royal Marsden Hospital today after a blaze broke out on the top floor of the building, London Fire Brigade said.
Eight fire engines and 40 firefighters are battling the blaze on the Fulham Road, central London.
The emergency services were called to the hospital at 1.20pm.
All patients and staff at the [...]
Safety System Saves Brooklyn Firefighter
The fire on Willoughby Ave., Brooklyn. Image courtesy of the Daily News.
Nearly three years after two New York City firefighters jumped from a burning building and plunged to their deaths, a 24-year FDNY veteran yesterday became the first to use a widely hailed safety device to escape from a Brooklyn house fire that almost engulfed [...]
2007 Firefighter Exam Results Promising
Results of the 2007 Firefighter exam show more minorities and women passing the test than ever before. The city expects this will mean an unprecedented increase in the hiring of minority and female firefighters in 2008. The Fire Department has been actively recruiting a more diverse group of applicants.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Fire Commissioner [...]
Fire Breaks out at White House Compound
Thick black smoke billowed from a fire Wednesday in Vice President Dick Cheney’s suite of offices in the historic Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House.
Cheney’s office was damaged by smoke and water from fire hoses, White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said. The vice president was not in the building at the time; [...]
6928 Ruskin Lane, Upper Darby, PA
Dispatched for a dwelling fire, advising of numerous calls. Squirt-36 arrived reporting heavy fire blowing out the 2nd floor front of a 2 story multiple occupancy residence. Crews from Squirt-36 lead off with an 1″ 3/4 which was followed up with a 2nd line. Ladder-26 took to the roof for ventilation. Photos courtesy of Brian [...]
Leary Foundation Supports Firehouse Rebuilding
By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press
Irma Simmons is carried by New Orleans Fire and Rescue officer Thor Barr after being rescued in a New Orleans Police Department boat in the 7th Ward of the city back when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. Photo from the Chicago Tribune.
It’s one of the best gifts Tim McConnell can imagine [...]
As winter approaches, prepare for seasonal fires
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Jeff Cooper from Salina Journal took this photograph of the Salina strip mall fire that caused $1M in damage
Winter hasn’t officially started but local fire departments are already responding to what they refer to as seasonal fires. Once the temperature starts to drop, people are inside more and using sources of heat [...]
Malibu Fire Mostly Under Control
After being overwhelmed a month ago, state officials positioned hundreds of firefighters, trucks and planes at strategic staging areas in a bigger-than-usual mobilization that probably saved homes and lives when a wildfire broke out in Malibu over Thanksgiving weekend.
Fifty-three homes were lost, but officials said it could have been worse if not for the preparations [...]
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