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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 […]

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 […]

FDNY: The 1978 Waldbaum Fire and Collapse-Remembrance 35 Years
August 2, 2013 | "firefighter safety", Brooklyn, building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, construction, failures, FDNY, firefighting-operations, fires, History Repeating Event, major-incidents, Naum, Truss | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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The Thirty-five year anniversary of the FDNY Waldbaum’s Fire and Collapse: Do you know the lessons learned?

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

Remembering the Strand Theater Fire of 1941
March 11, 2013 | "Situational Awareness" assessment, building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, construction, failures, Fatalities, Fire Service Tradition, firefighting-operations, in-the-line-of-duty, LODD, major-incidents | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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The Strand Theater Fire turned from a routine fire into one of the worst tragedies in Brockton and Massachusetts history,

Remembrance: Worcester Cold Storage Tragedy
December 3, 2012 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, command-leadership, decision-making, fire behavior, firefighting-operations, fortitude, honor, in-the-line-of-duty, line-of-duty, LODD, major-incidents | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Worcester Cold Storage Tragedy On December 3, 1999, a five-alarm fire at the Worcester Cold Storage & Warehouse Co. building claimed the lives of six brave firefighters who responded to the call. These six heros, The Worcester 6, sacrificed their lives to try and rescue two individuals who were believed to be trapped inside the […]

Memorial Dedicated to Six Boston FF Killed In 1942 East Boston Luongo Fire
November 15, 2012 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, Fire Service Tradition, firefighting-operations, honor, in-the-line-of-duty, line-of-duty, LODD, major-incidents, tradition | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Memorial dedicated in East Boston (MA) honoring Six Boston firefighters who made the supreme sacrifice while battling a fire in 1942.

The 1942 Luongo’s Restaurant Fire and Collapse in East Boston; Six Boston Firefighter Line of Duty Deaths
November 14, 2012 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, failures, Fatalities, Fire Service Tradition, fire-rescue-topics, firefighter, firefighting-operations, honor, in-the-line-of-duty, LODD, major-incidents | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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A multiple alarm fire and collapse 70 years ago resulting in six Boston Firefighter LODDs, was overshadowed by the Coconut Grove Fire which occurred 13 days later. Here’ the story and legacy.

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