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Dearborn firefighters almost fall through roof

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:12:52 +0000

While trying to ventilate the roof of Fordson Cleaners, Dearborn Fire Department’s three firefighters were almost caught in a dangerous situation as the roof began to collapse underneath them. Fortunately there were no reported injuries, according to WXYZ, whose chopper captured all the action.

Amazing helmet-cam view of an interior attack

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 05:32:04 +0000

SmokeEatingTrucky posted a fantastic helmet-camera video of an interior attack on a two-storey structure fire. Check out the action below.

Dramatic highway extrication saves 3

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:13:13 +0000

In a dramatic rescue operation on stretch of Highway 101 near Buellton, California, a mother and her two daughters were successfully extricated from their BMW when it was struck from behind by a truck and ended up dangling high over Nojoqui Creek on Highway 101. A team of Navy Seabees happened to be passing by the scene, and the fire crew used a Seabees heavy forklift to stabilize the dangling car. The driver of the truck did not survive.

Photos from AP, Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara News

Raw Video: Helicopter lowers firefighters to stranded cruise ship

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:47:18 +0000

A small group of firefighters was lowered into the vessel by helicopter before the search was suspended on January 18.

A spectacular 100-firetruck parade for Kyle

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:44:36 +0000

Eleven year old Kyle McGetrick, from Barnegat, NJ is losing his long battle with cancer. As a saddened community learned of this, the local fire department surprised Kyle and his family by driving 100 fire trucks past his house on the evening of December 21, complete with sirens, flashing lights and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus. In this beach town, Barnegat, Kyle’s dad, Gene, has also served as a firefighter. What started as an email that went out which expected to bring about 20 firetrucks became a spectacular convoy.

Top fire and EMS photos of 2011

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:20:44 +0000

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head January 8 when an assailant opened fire outside a grocery store during a meeting with constituents, killing six people and wounding 13 others. In the above still captured from TV, she is wheeled to awaiting ambulances.

Digging out survivors: Rescue workers sift through the debris of a collapsed building in Christchurch on February 23, 2011

A Japanese rescue worker walks through a destroyed residential area of tsunami-hit Otsuchi March 14, 2011. In the town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefecture, 12,000 out of a population of 15,000 have disappeared following Friday’s massive earthquake and tsunami. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

A wooden owl stands guard next to firefighter Craig Howard as he yells to arriving reinforcements at a home near Possum Kingdom threatened by the raging Texas wildfires on April 19. More than 1,500 local, state, and national firefighters are in Texas trying to control the blaze, which has so far burned an area almost as big as Rhode Island. National Geographic.

May - A firefighter conducts search-and-rescue operations in a neighborhood severely damaged by a tornado Sunday evening in Joplin, Mo. Charlie Riedel, AP

A firefighter walks through heavy smoke near the Los Alamos fire, June 29, 2011. AP/Jae C. Hong

Injured people are treated by medics at the scene of an explosion near the government buildings in Norway’s capital Oslo, July 22. Holm Morten/AFP/Getty Images

Firefighters and riot police survey the area as fire rages through a building in Tottenham, north London, Aug. 7, 2011. (PA / Lewis Whyld)

Rescue workers carry Azra Karaduman, a two-week-old baby girl, from a collapsed building in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, on October 25, 2011. The baby was rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building on Tuesday, 46 hours after an earthquake struck southeast Turkey, a Reuters Television journalist said. Her mother, Semiha, who was also rescued, had been clasping her daughter to her chest. Reuters/Stringer

Spc. Andrew Walsh, a 323rd Engineer Detachment firefighter, adjusts an Afghan Kandahar Air Wing firefighter’s mask prior to conducting a live-burn training exercise at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, March 28, 2011.

Merry Christmas and stay safe

admin — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:38:22 +0000

Photo by micu_paramedic. Selected with permission from the Firefighter-EMT.com photo contributor group.

As the holiday and the end of the year draws close, we at Firefighter-EMT.com want to thank you for your continued readership and want to wish you all a safe, warm Christmas and New Years with family and friends, wherever in the world you may be. Stay tuned for exciting updates in news content and contributions in the new year ahead.

Contra Costa Fire rescue caught on helmet cam

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:31:40 +0000

On October 13, 2011, Contra Costa Firefighters rescued two women from a burning building. The raw footage was captured by the firefighters helmet cam.

Good Samaritans rescue motorcyclist pinned underneath a car

admin — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:19:53 +0000

Filed under the category of “something good to hear about today”, bystanders stopped to help police lift a burning car that hit and dragged a motorcyclist in Logan, Utah. The cyclist was rescued by a group who picked up the car and pulled the man out from under the wreckage. The man apparently suffered broken bones, cuts and burns, but was being treated and expected to survive.

9/11 Responders on 60 minutes

admin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:50:29 +0000

Ground Zero responders relive their haunting experiences on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks for a “60 Minutes” segment about their road to recovery and the doctor who is preserving their oral histories. via CBS.