October 2010 Blog Posts (62)

Fully Involved? 2 drills to practice the age-old fireground size-up question, “What do I have?”

Fully Involved?

2 drills to practice the age-old fireground size-up question, “What do I have?”

By Homer Robertson



The other morning while I was getting ready to go to work, the news caught my attention, as it always does when there’s a report about a fire. The young reporter told of a fatal overnight house fire, saying… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on October 1, 2010 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

Boston’s Trumbull Street Fire: 46 Years Later

5 firefighters were killed & 12 were injured when part of a vacant factory collapsed



On Oct. 1, 1964, an abandoned four-story factory caught fire in the South End of Boston. The building collapsed, resulting in the death of five Boston Fire Department firefighters: Lt. John J. McCorkle (Engine 24), Lt. John J. Geswell (Ladder 26), Firefighter Robert J. Clougherty (Engine 3), Firefighter Francis L. Murphy (Engine 24) and Firefighter James B.… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on October 1, 2010 at 4:30am — No Comments

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