Part 2 of a series of in-depth reports on fireground tactics.
Report
00:04 - April 27, 2008: Montgomery County fireboard (”county”) dispatches Station 53, Lower Providence Fire Department, to 6007 Shady Wood Circle for a house struck by lightning.
- Neighbors call fire emerging from rear of the house and smoke inside.
- Police report heavy smoke.
- Engine 53 [...]

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Eric Goodman is a photographer for the Metro-Dade firefighters (IAFF Local 1403) in the Miami-Dade area, Florida. Firefighter-EMT had the exclusive opportunity to ask him a few questions:
Could you describe your background a bit?
I am the photographer for Metro-Dade Firefighters, IAFF Local 1403, a title I’ve held since March 2003. I am not a [...]

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Nearly everywhere in the world, from Sydney to São Paulo, from Canberra to Callao, fire engines are red. If you have a child, you would say “Look! A big red fire truck!”, pointing to one as it races by, sirens and horns blaring. But what if your local fire engine were blue? Or orange? Firefighter-EMT.com [...]

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Image credit: Anthony Behar/Getty Images
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 [...]

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