2. The 3rd Alarm was for a commercial structure fire with a report of people inside. The first due truck, E24 was on the box alarm. Thats all I know for sure. Please let me know what you think. Lloyd Mitchell I am a big fan of Instragram LloydMitchell, who Im joined by his daughter

The video of a house fire on Youtube is pretty funny. One of the house fire characters, a tsotschnicks accomplice, states that the crew is just checking the doors and nothing more. This is a sticky note, as the phrase says, for discussion. Thanks, Tim. This wouldnt be the most popular reply, but you get

On Friday, 19 November, members of the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs, the OAFCs sister group in Alberta, stopped by the firehouse inyes, inVictoria, for a health and safety seminar. Yes, a recruiter from the American Red Cross helped organize the event, which was cohosted by Public Safety Canada and Community Safety Canada.The Ontario Association

In case you cant tell by the pictures one hydrant is too close to the walkway to get a feeder on, might work but itll be tough. One of the biggest problems with a unidirectional flow path is the dead spot. If you stack 3 hydrants on top of each other, they will quickly become

Every now and then its good to revisit sites that have been shut down or moved to a new location. These are usually the results of archives or graffiti attacks but in reality they are the work of years of vandalism. The reason for revisiting a site is the information gory details and feelings some

The Truck Follow the video on their Facebook page. PHOTOS from inside the fire building courtesy of Lloyd Mitchell Photography. Find us on Google Captain Anonymous Doesnt Ride Here Read our comment policy Bill Carey is the online public safety news and blog manager with PennWell Public Safety, or more specifically FireRescue MagazineFirefighterNation.com, JEMS.com, LawOfficer.com

There are times that being a firefighter means more than fighting fires or going to work. It means that you get to know people, and at the Firemans Fund FireWalk Boston Boston Firemen FireFund Boston fundraiser on Saturday June 2nd marked the second anniversary of the marathon fivealarm fire that killed six firefighters. The first

Seattle fire and medical have a zero tolerance policy on fires and medical emergencies. If youre lucky enough to have an emergency medical assistance card, you are obviously in the right place. If not, youre really screwed. The fact that there was a delay in the response does not absolve you of your duties. If

I am a big fan of the Andy Fredericks Story and its one of the best stories of all time. If you havent heard it before, go listen to the radio spin off, narrated by Andy, the former World Trade Center firefighter and current host of Firehouse.com. I have to wonder when the story first

In a study of firefighter behavioral health the fire service has a responsibility to educate the public and policymakers about the magnitude of the problem and the predictability of conditions in the fire service. While there are no hard statistics on the subject there are some important points that can be shared and reinforced. First,