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Published Wednesday March 22 2017 7:16 pm.
Electricity Transformer Brings Danger Close to Playground; Gas Utility Not Protected Observations of the Olive-Mary Stitt School playground and the school’s east entrance reveal several health, safety and security issues that could bring harm to children and staff, and expose District 25 to serious liability. Design, safety and protection aspects of electric and gas utilities […]
Posted in Fire Prevention, Fire Video, Healthy & Fit
Published Friday June 13 2014 7:16 am.
VIDEO: New York State police investigator rescues an unresponsive man after his car crashed into a gas pump, which caused an explosion. Senior Investigator John Vescio, of Troop NYC, was fueling his unmarked squad car on the southbound side of the Hutchinson River Parkway Mobil station shortly after 11:00 a.m. Tuesday when he heard a […]
Posted in Fire Video
Published Sunday June 08 2014 10:13 am.
Surveillance video from Saratoga Springs, New York showing a lightning strike on June 3, 2014. Video shows the incredible power and danger of lightning — not only from electrocution and thermal burns, but from falling heavy objects. NWS Caribou (Maine) reminds people why you don’t want to be standing under a tree! “When thunder roars, […]
Posted in Fire Video
Published Wednesday May 21 2014 2:30 pm.
School bus on fire rolls toward fire engine on I-94 (Video by Scott Linne). Some report say the burning school bus on I-94 rolled into a fire engine, but quick action by the engineer/driver avoided catastrophe. The driver of the fire engine put the fire truck in reverse and was able to avoid collision by […]
Posted in Fire Video
Published Thursday February 14 2013 7:01 am.
The Arlington Heights Fire Department is providing CPR instruction on Tuesday, April 16, from 7 – 10 p.m. at the Arlington Heights Fire Department Administration Headquarters/ Fire Station #2, 1150 N. Arlington Heights Road. Class will be held in the Training Room, located on the second floor. The cost is $40 per person, and includes […]
Posted in Fire Video, Fire/Rescue/EMS Notebook
Published Wednesday February 13 2013 5:27 pm.
Preview: NBC Chicago reporter Stefan Holt reports with new video from the 5-11 alarm warehouse fire at Ashland Avenue and 38th Street tonight on the 10:00 news and tomorrow morning. Stefan Holt recently geared up with Chicago firefighters and will be reporting tonight on the 5-11 alarm warehouse fire at Ashland Avenue and 38th Street […]
Posted in Fire Video
Published Tuesday February 12 2013 8:59 am.
A firefighting video posted from St-Michel generated much criticism for lack of safety during firefighting operations at an apartment fire in January 2013. Montreal firefighters were working on a 3-alarm fire at the corner of 15th Ave and Crémazie E in St-Michel on Wednesday morning, January 23, 2013. Air temperature outside was a cold -25°C […]
Posted in Fire Video
Published Friday February 01 2013 8:23 am.
A truck laden with fireworks exploded on an elevated highway in central China, killing eight people and injuring 13. The force of the blast sent several vehicles plummeting off the road, destroying an 80-meter section of the highway. A fireworks explosion occurred during heavy fog on the Yihang bridge near the city of Sanmenxia in […]
Posted in Fire Video
Published Thursday January 31 2013 7:12 pm.
An explosion at the main headquarters of Mexico’s state-owned oil company in the capital Thursday heavily damaged three floors of the building, sending hundreds into the streets and a large plume of smoke over the skyline. An explosion at Pemex main headquarters — Mexico’s state-owned oil company in the Mexico City killed 14 people and […]
Posted in Fire Video, Rescue Video
Published Sunday January 27 2013 2:58 pm.
A fire in a garment factory has killed seven female workers and injured another five in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday. The blaze comes just months after more than 100 died in another factory fire. Fire last November … Lack of fire exits cause major death toll after fire Saturday evening, November 24, 2012. […]
Posted in FD Notebook, Fire Video
Published Saturday January 26 2013 12:01 pm.
VIDEO: Chicago 5-11 Alarm at 3757 South Ashland with Radio Traffic. Chicago firefighters responded Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at about 9:00 p.m. to a warehouse fire after a special operations chief “5-1-5” discovered smoke and fire in a warehouse at Ashland Avenue between 37th Street and 38th Street. The fire was quickly spreading as the […]
Posted in Fire Video, FIREBLOG C
Published Sunday January 20 2013 9:34 pm.
Whiting firefighters responded to an extra alarm fire in downtown Whiting, Indiana and fought a fully-involved apartment fire while temperatures were well below freezing. VIDEO: Fully-involved apartment fire and firefighting operations while the air temperature was about 23°F with a 14°F wind chill. Dozens of residents were displaced after a fire spread through a multi-residence […]
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