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Thirty Year Remembrance: Buffalo Box 191 North Division & Grosvenor Streets, December 27, 1983
December 27, 2013 | Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, explosion, Fatalities, firefighting, firefighting-operations, first-due, gas leak, in-the-line-of-duty, LODD, major-incidents, mass-casualty-incident | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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    Thirty Year Remembrance: Buffalo (NY) Box 191 North Division & Grosvenor Street, December 27, 1983 As Buffalo (NY) firefighters arrived at the scene of a reported propane leak in a three-story radiator warehouse (Type III Ordinary and Type IV Heavy Timber construction), a massive explosion occurred, killing five firefighters instantly and injuring nine […]

FDNY: The 23 Street Collapse October 17,1966 Box 55 598
October 17, 2013 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, construction, FDNY, fire behavior, fire suppression, firefighting-operations, floors, in-the-line-of-duty, LODD, ordinary, Remembrance, Renovations | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Accessed from FDNY – Remembering the “23rd Street Fire” October 17, 1966, Facebook Page On October 17th, 1966, Manhattan Dispatch recorded an alarm from a resident at 7 East 22nd Street for smoke on the 4th floor of a brownstone. Box 0598 was transmitted at 2136 hours. Engine 14, 3 & 16, Ladders 3 & […]

A View from the Street; Remembrance and Paying Respect
September 2, 2013 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, compentencies, construction, fire behavior, Fire Service Tradition, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, first-due, floors, in-the-line-of-duty, LODD, major-incidents, Mayday, Naum | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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A View from the Street; Remembrance and Paying Respect A brief trip on Friday took me to the City of Buffalo, New York. Following business, I made my way to 1815 Genesee Street. As the morning sun began to burn off the light layer of fog, I came upon my destination which at first glance […]

Operational Safety on Fire Escapes
August 9, 2013 | "firefighter safety", building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, failures, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, in-the-line-of-duty, LODD, NIOSH, operations | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Fire escapes can be readily found on numerous buildings of heritage and legacy construction, are you aware of some safety considerations?

The Supreme Sacrifice: August 2, 1978 FDNY
August 2, 2013 | Brooklyn, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, FDNY, firefighting-operations, History Repeating Event, LODD, Remembrance, Truss, Uncategorized | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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The FDNY members killed in the Waldbaums fire included:     Lt. James E. Cutillo, Battalion 33 Firefighter Charles S. Bouton, Ladder Company 156 Firefighter Harold F. Hastings, Battalion 42 Firefighter James P. McManus, Ladder Company 153 Firefighter William O’ Connor, Ladder Company 156 Firefighter George S. Rice, Ladder Company 153  

Fire in Syracuse: Four Firefighters LODD: The 701 University Avenue Fire April 9, 1978
April 9, 2013 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, construction, fire behavior, fire suppression, firefighting, firefighting-operations, honor, in-the-line-of-duty, LODD, major-incidents, NFPA, operations, Remembrance, Reports, Sprinklers, Uncategorized | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Remembering the 701 University Ave Fire: 1978 in Syracuse, New York

Colerain and Eleven Minutes to Mayday: Lessons from 2008 Resonate Today
April 4, 2013 | "firefighter safety", assemblies, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, Combat Fire Engagement, construction, Deployment, fire behavior, fire suppression, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting, firefighting-operations, first-due, floors, in-the-line-of-duty, LODD, major-incidents, Mayday, NIOSH, RIT, Safety, size-up, strategies, structure fires | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Eleven Minutes to Mayday: Lessons from 2008 Resonate Today

Cugees Restaurant Roof Collapse-1981 LAFD
March 31, 2013 | Arson, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, construction, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting, firefighting-operations, in-the-line-of-duty, line-of-duty, LODD, major-incidents, Mayday, roof | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Recalling the Cugees Fire and Collapse of 1981

Mayday and Rapid Intervention Realities: The Phoenix Perspective
March 14, 2013 | "firefighter safety", "Situational Awareness" assessment, Building Construction for the Fire Srvice, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Deployment, fire behavior, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, LODD, RIT, Uncategorized | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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On March 14, 2001 the Phoenix (AZ) Fire Department lost firefighter Brett Tarver at the Southwest Supermarket fire. Remembering Brett Tarver and the Lessons Learned In that event, it was 5:00 in the afternoon, the grocery store was full of people and fire was extending through the building. Phoenix E14 was assigned to the interior […]

2004 PA Church Fire and Collapse: Situational Awareness and Collapse Zone Management
March 13, 2013 | "Situational Awareness" assessment, building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, construction, firefighter, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, in-the-line-of-duty, LODD, mass-casualty-incident, NIOSH | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Victim #1 was acting as the Incident Safety Officer and Victim #2 was performing overhaul, when the bell tower collapsed on them and numerous other fire fighters.

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