Close Calls

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Close Calls is an area where we can share the things that went wrong and how we learned by them. Things to share that someone else will not do the same mistake twice.
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  • VERTICAL VENTILATION...

    This just happen, a friend of mine come in and said his son's house was on fire...I decided at the last minute to go by and offer his family any assistance to get them by and low and behold right before my eyes, and now this wasent my department...There was Five (5) firefighters on top of this…

    By CHIEF NORMAN

    Jun 5, 2009

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  • Investigation went wrong!!

    I am a FireFighter and also work as a vol fire investigator for our county.In june we were out in the middle of the night on a inv. The house was a total loss partial colapse it was deemed by a senior member to be unsafe to enter. One of the experinced investigators was standing on a 4X6 concrete…

    By Brett Smith

    Jul 11, 2009

    3

  • Engine/Pumper Drive Group

    ENGINE/ PUMPER DRIVER group. I hope everyone will join it, even if you do not drive or operate one, thanks!!!

    By Travis Bowers

    Aug 9, 2009

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  • Firefighters Down

    On Sept. 17 2008, my paid department ( E-90) along with two volly houses (20 & 60) were called for a house fire, 90 was the first engine to arrive with a crew of four, (along with a chase car with two guys) the crew chief gave report of a two story split foyer with light smoke showing from the…

    By Smith

    Nov 6, 2008

    0

  • MVA went teribly wrong

    i was at an mva in handcock,ma 7/31/08 when i got up there there was bystanders just standing around and picking at everthing and they wouldn't let us firefighters and emts get to the scene. on the outher hand the state police wernt doing what they were asked to do, they jelled at me and one of my…

    By michael paul

    Aug 3, 2008

    2

  • Eletrical line's and power

    While working a garage fire we had a power line in a conduit pipe going from the house to the garage, we pulled all the fuses to the house and left only one that would leave a light on in the house, so with this i confirmed with the chief about the power being off, and was told all the fuses had…

    By Todd

    Dec 31, 2007

    5

  • Diesel fuel and training fires

    To all you newbies out there, be careful in training fires. Don't stand by your department officers if you think they are doing something stupid just because you don't want to get yelled at. In my first training fire, after being in the fire department for just about a year, i was with 2…

    By Chris Anderson

    Jan 18, 2008

    2

  • The collapse zone

    It doesn't go away. If anything it gets much worse as the call progresses. I was working a two story residential job that IC had pulled everyone out to go defensive. The upper floor was just about gone and the truck was flowing big water. I was the officer on a 2 1/2 exposure line. SOP's tell us…

    By Marc Allen

    Nov 18, 2007

    1

  • What steps do you take to AVOID a close call?

    I'm talking at MVA's. Where the majority of close calls, or near misses, occur.I know what we're doing to take preventative steps, just curious where we are with the rest of y'all.Reflective vests for all, lotsa cones, big pink sign, parking to block, multiple blocking apparatus.What do you do?

    By Rusty R.

    Oct 8, 2007

    5

  • Popping in the Attic

    This happened about 2 months ago.We responded to a possible fire in an attic. The dispatcher informed us that the resident reported a popping noise coming from the attic and she thought it was a fire. We arrived at the address to find a long drive that lead to 3 different residents. Me and the…

    By Mark Trotter

    Oct 23, 2007

    1