Download or read book Volunteer Fire Fighter Dies After Inhaling Super heated Gases at a Residential Structure Fire New York written by Timothy R. Merinar and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 19, 2015, a 19-year-old male volunteer fire fighter (lieutenant in rank) with Department 41 died after inhaling super-heated gases in the basement at a residential structure fire. Department 19 was dispatched for a chimney fire in a residential structure at 1859 hours. Per predefined mutual aid agreements, Department 41 was dispatched for FAST (fire fighter assistance and search team) operations. The Department 41 Rescue Truck 4120, with the second assistant chief, the lieutenant, and an exterior fire fighter on-board, arrived first on-scene at 1910 hours. The Department 41 second assistant chief radioed Dispatch and reported a working fire. The Department 19 chief arrived next, followed by Engine 1910, with a lieutenant and one fire fighter onboard. The Department 19 chief assumed incident command and requested a second alarm. The Department 19 lieutenant pulled a preconnected 13⁄4-inch hoseline to the front door. The Department 41 second assistant chief and lieutenant grabbed two self-contained breathing apparatus from Engine 1910 and joined the Department 19 lieutenant on the hoseline. They donned their facepieces on the front porch, went on air, and proceeded inside and found fire burning up the walls behind a wood stove located near the center of the Side C wall. After knocking down the fire and pulling ceilings, the hoseline crew went outside. The Department 19 lieutenant reported to the incident commander while the Department 41 second assistant chief and lieutenant went to size up the basement. They found a basement door near the A-D corner and entered the basement about 10--15 feet. They found fire burning in the basement at the C-D corner and returned outside to get a hoseline. Soon after re-entering the basement with a charged hoseline, the Department 41 second assistant chief realized his lieutenant was missing and stepped outside to ask if anyone had seen the lieutenant. He reported the lieutenant as missing to a nearby chief. The FAST was activated and rescuers reentered the basement. The lieutenant was found on his knees, facing Side C near an open door leading to a utility room containing active fire. The lieutenant indicated he needed assistance. As the lieutenant was dragged outside, he became unresponsive. He received medical assistance and was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Download or read book Managing Risk in the Volunteer Fire Service written by Joe Nedder and published by Fire Engineering Books. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk management is one of the most important but frequently ignored fireground management skills. The volunteer fire service is particularly vulnerable because of a lack of understanding and training in a risk management system, why we need it, how it works, and how to use it. What are some risk reduction strategies? How do you identify risks and dangers and how they affect firefighters? How do you control those risks and limit danger to firefighters? How often have firefighters taken unnecessary risks? Firefighting is a dangerous job, but risks need to be measured against the capabilities of the responding firefighters. Do their capabilities match the immediate needs of the size-up? What about your personal capabilities? Are you truly prepared? "Joe Nedder knows risk, safety, and firefighting and brings clarity to often diametrically opposing objectives. Joe writes with clarity and insight gained from real-world experience and skin in the game. Managing Risk in the Volunteer Fire Department is a must-read for every firefighter, career or volunteer!" —Chief Bobby Halton, editorial director, Clarion Fire Rescue Group, and educational director, FDIC International "Everything you want to know about managing risk in your volunteer department is here in this new book by Joe Nedder, who dedicated his fire service career to providing better training for volunteer fire departments. He understands the specialized needs of departments big and small and tailors his teaching to encompass departments across North America." —Diane Rothschild, executive editor, Fire Engineering, and conference director, FDIC International
Download or read book Strong of Heart written by Thomas Von Essen and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Site May 30, 2002 "How will we ever get through this?" is the question I asked on the night of September 11. "How?" Maybe the answer is here, all around me. Not just in the cleanup, not just in the purpose demonstrated by all who came and labored in these months. The answer is in the enduring spirits of all assembled here. That, for me, is the miracle in all of this: having looked horror in the face, we bear the pain without losing heart. -- Thomas Von Essen
Download or read book The Battle for Breezy Point written by Sebastian Danese and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy struck Breezy Point, home to many New York City first responders. Firefighters from the Roxbury, Rockaway Point, and Point Breeze Volunteer Fire Departments remained on duty throughout the storm, ready to assist our neighbors. That night, our quiet, oceanfront community was ravaged by the hurricane's winds and waves, leaving 202 homes destroyed and 2,219 severely damaged. Another 126 homes were then devoured by one of the largest residential fires in New York City history. In the weeks following, our actions became international news and an inspiration for a massive recovery effort. Despite freezing temperatures and primitive conditions, volunteers from across the globe fought to save and rebuild our battered community. During this time, we witnessed incredible acts of bravery, sacrifice and selflessness by the volunteers and residents who struggled to carry on. This is our story.
Download or read book The Life and Times of a New York City Firefighter Fire Investigator written by Frederick Mercilliott and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The day-to-day activities of a New York City firefighter and, later, fire investigator as he deals with fires, fire-related deaths and criminals.
Download or read book Fire written by Ernie DiMaria and published by . This book was released on 1995-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Notes from the Fireground written by Thomas Dunne and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a 33-year career with the New York City Fire Department, Tom Dunne fought hundreds of fires, survived near death incidents, crawled down burning hallways, met unforgettable characters, and witnessed the 9/11 terrorist attack. From working in glittering mid-Manhattan high-rises to squalid ghetto tenements, he saw how people in crisis lived and survived and how the firefighters who served them worked and bonded. Exploring both the positive and controversial aspects of being a firefighter, this no-holds barred memoir provides an honest account of an unusual occupation that outsiders seldom get to see.
Download or read book Strong of Heart written by Thomas Von Essen and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Last Man Down written by Richard Picciotto and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-05-06 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first responder’s harrowing account of 9/11—the inspirational true story of an American hero who gave nearly everything for others during one of New York City’s darkest hours. On September 11, 2001, FDNY Battalion Chief Richard “Pitch” Picciotto answered the call heard around the world. In minutes, he was at Ground Zero of the worst terrorist attack on American soil, as the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center began to burn—and then to buckle. A veteran of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, Picciotto was eerily familiar with the inside of the North Tower. And it was there that he concentrated his rescue efforts. It was in its smoky stairwells where he heard and felt the South Tower collapse. He made the call for firemen and rescue workers to evacuate, while he stayed behind with a skeleton team of men to help evacuate a group of disabled and infirm civilians. And it was in the rubble of the North Tower where Picciotto found himself buried—for more than four hours after the building’s collapse.
Download or read book Air Management for the Fire Service written by Mike Gagliano and published by Fire Engineering Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The expert instructors at the Seattle Fire Department offer a comprehensive explanation of how to develop and implement an effective air management program for departments of any size. This handbook includes examples from international departments, the newest technology breakthroughs, and more.
Download or read book The Equitable Building Fire New York of January 9th 1912 written by British Fire Prevention Committee and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Last Alarm written by Micheal L. Boucher and published by M.T. Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attempts to record not only the names, but the stories (and wherever available, pictures) behind each line of duty death in the fire departments of New York City, including the FDNY, the Brooklyn Fire Department and the many volunteer fire companies that have served the five boroughs up to 1946. Entries for fallen firefighters begin 1799, with more complete coverage starting 1865 when official records on fatalities became formalized. Summaries of multiple-casualty incidents and other statistics are also included.
Download or read book Hiroshima written by John Hersey and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hiroshima is the story of six people—a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a young surgeon, and a German Catholic priest—who lived through the greatest single manmade disaster in history. In vivid and indelible prose, Pulitzer Prize–winner John Hersey traces the stories of these half-dozen individuals from 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, when Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city, through the hours and days that followed. Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told, and his account of what he discovered is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.
Download or read book Report from Ground Zero written by Dennis Smith and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-02-25 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tragic events of September 11, 2001, forever altered the American landscape, both figuratively and literally. Immediately after the jets struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center, Dennis Smith, a former firefighter, reported to Manhattan’s Ladder Co. 16 to volunteer in the rescue efforts. In the weeks that followed, Smith was present on the front lines, attending to the wounded, sifting through the wreckage, and mourning with New York’s devastated fire and police departments. This is Smith’s vivid account of the rescue efforts by the fire and police departments and emergency medical teams as they rushed to face a disaster that would claim thousands of lives. Smith takes readers inside the minds and lives of the rescuers at Ground Zero as he shares stories about these heroic individuals and the effect their loss had on their families and their companies. “It is,” says Smith, “the real and living history of the worst day in America since Pearl Harbor.” Written with drama and urgency, Report from Ground Zero honors the men and women who—in America’s darkest hours—redefined our understanding of courage.
Download or read book 3D Fire Fighting written by Paul Grimwood and published by Fire Protection Publication. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proposes changes in the way firefighters gain entry, advance hose-lines and approach compartment (room and space) fires within the confinement of a burning building. Discusses issues such as tactical venting of structures and alternative means of alleviating worsening conditions. Encourages a risk-based approach to interior size-up where the concept of personal risk versus gain must be seriously considered. Cf. P. 47.
Download or read book Last Alarm written by Thomas A. Woodley and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2022-12-08 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Last Alarm: The Charleston 9 is the heart-wrenching story of how nine brave firefighters died battling the 2007 Sofa Super Store fire in Charleston, South Carolina. Life-endangering conditions combined together to create a ‘perfect firestorm’ ---a fuel-ladened furniture store that was a time bomb and death trap, and a fire department at the time that was understaffed, ill-equipped, and far below national fire service standards. The author, Thomas A. Woodley, a labor litigation lawyer who represented many firefighters and emergency medical workers for over forty years, provides a factbased account of the multiple alarm response to the biggest structure fire in Charleston in 150 years. Thorough investigations and well documented reports issued by federal agencies and a review team of outside experts, plus firefighter interviews and media articles, enabled the author to accumulate a wealth of material to shed insights on one of the deadliest fires in recent memory.
Download or read book Report on Fire January 10th 1908 in Parker Building S E Cor 19th Street and 14th Avenue New York City written by New York Board of Fire Underwriters and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
