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Minneapolis Ladder Slide

2010-02-19T19:52:18.251Z

KARE, www.firefighterspot.com Minneapolis Firefighter Ladder Slide Close Call Window Bailout. Posted February 18, 2010.

NJ Ladder Bail, Close Call

2010-02-17T14:17:13.900Z

Randolph NJ - Firefighter Allen Bell from Dover Fire Dept. in New Jersey captured this CLOSE CALL video of a firefighter who had to bail out of a 2nd floor window while conducting a search for a missing resident. As conditions worsened, the firefighter made it to a 2nd floor window and called out for a ladder. This put firefighter Bells RIT team into action by grabbing the nearest extension ladder to assist the firefighter. This video shows the firefighter falling from the window to the ground and other firefighters carrying him to the front of the house. This video should be used as a training tool. There are several training classes and videos offered that show proper technique in "ladder bail outs". You and your dept. should learn these techniques so this does not happen to you. His injuries were minor, but he could have suffered worse injuries.

Lonaconing (MD) House Fire

2010-01-29T11:29:04.890Z

On 1/6/2010, the 22 house was dispatched on multiple calls. The 1st call of the day was dispatched House Fire on West Railroad St in Lonaconing, MD. The 2nd call (Featured) was a Working Building Fire at 10 Gilmore St in Keyser, WV. Engine Tanker 22 was dispatched on the working fire assignment. Engine Tanker 22 responded with 6 and Lt 22 Pattison. Units arrived on the scene and began an exterior attack on the fire in the B/C Corner. Engine Tanker 22's crew arrived and began setting up for the RIT Assignment. The crew threw ground ladders to the building and made a 360 of of the building. The crew remained RIT throughout the fire however they assisted with some overhaul later during the incident. Crews remained on the scene for approximately 4 hours. Units on the scene from Keyser (33), McCoole (23), New Creek (38), Fountain (39), Potomac (22), Tri-Towns (24), Bowling Green (8) and Keyser EMS (57).

Whitehall (PA) Townhome Fire

2010-01-19T12:31:38.036Z

At 0843 Lehigh County Radio dispatcher M. Nester tones out Whitehall's Fullerton and West Catasauqua stations for a reported structure fire at 1275 Basswood Lane in the southwest section of the township. Police arrive and report a working fire and request fire units to "expedite." Chief 35 (R. Benner) arrives and transmits a "working fire." He has a three-story Middle-of-Row (MOR) with a fire in the garage on the 1st level. Chief 35 special-calls Squirt 3.

Engine 1 arrives and stretches in handline in the front door to the interior garage door and attacks a small fire in the garage. Quick work makes for a Quick knockdown. Crews saw open a doorway in the garage door and vent. A second crew stretches a dry handline to the second floor to check for extension. Fire was out and under control within minutes.

Engines 1,2,12, squirt 3, Ladder 6 and rescue 8 work the scene. Deputy Schafer and Deputy Shambo also assist Chief Benner.

January 16, 2010

Charlotte (NC) Apartment Fire

2009-12-23T20:28:18.468Z

Charlotte Fire Dept. Twenty-three firefighters from Charlotte Fire Dept including nearby stations 12 and 16 responded Tuesday afternoon December 22nd to a passerby's 911 report of an apartment fire at the Yorktown Apartments, 5620 Flagstaff Drive, near the intersection of Tyvola Road. An electrical problem in one apartment was the apparent cause of the fire, which caused $20,000 in damages. No injuries were reported in the incident, but two families were displaced from their homes. They are being assisted by the American Red Cross and the apartment complex property management company which is relocating them to vacant apartments. Brisley added that the residents of the apartment where the fire started, two adults and two children, were away from home at the time of the fire. They returned to find that firefighters were able to salvage the majority of the Christmas presents under the family's tree