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Residential Structure Flashover and FF LODD- NIOSH Report
October 3, 2010 | "Situational Awareness" assessment, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Combat Fire Engagement, Company, explosion, fire behavior, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, LODD, Mayday, NIOSH, rescues, residential, risk-based assessment, strategies, structure fires, Trapped | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Victim was found wrapped in the 2 ½ inch hoseline that had ruptured.

FDNY Deutsche Bank Building LODD Fire Report issued by NIOSH
August 13, 2010 | "firefighter safety", building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, construction, Deconstruction, dynamics, Fatalities, FDNY, fire behavior, fire suppression, firefighting-operations, hazards, hazmat, high-rise, Highrise, LODD, Mayday, NIOSH, risk-based assessment, RIT, size-up, standpipe, Trapped, Uncategorized | Christopher Naum | 1 Comment
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The NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program has released the investigation report of the line of duty deaths of two career FDNY  firefighters during a 2007 seven-alarm high-rise fire in the former Deutsche Bank building undergoing deconstruction and asbestos abatement. On August 18, 2007,  two FDNY firefighters; Fr. Joseph Graffagnino and Fr. Robert Beddia both assigned […]

Operational Safety at Basement Fires: Close Call
July 28, 2010 | "Situational Awareness" assessment, building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, close-call, Combat Fire Engagement, construction, Engineered Structural Systems, failures, fire suppression, firefighting-operations, first-due, floors, Mayday, Naum, NFPA, NIOSH, occupancies, pre-planning, risk-based assessment, size-up, strategies, Systems and Assemblies, training-development, Trapped, Truss, UL, Uncategorized | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Basement fires in both residential and commercial occupancies are one of the most challenging tactical operations that present numerous risk factors that required the highest degree of situational awareness, training skill sets and continuous incident monitoring and assessment to gauge building structural integrity, fire behavior and crew integrity and performance.  An explosion rocked a Fairdale, […]

No More History Repeating Events-Remembrance
July 2, 2010 | "firefighter safety", "Situational Awareness" assessment, building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, command-leadership, compentencies, construction, decision-making, failures, Fatalities, fire behavior, firefighting-operations, History Repeating Event, honor, in-the-line-of-duty, line-of-duty, LODD, major-incidents, mass-casualty-incident, NFPA, NIOSH, Remembrance, special-operations, structure fires, Trapped, Truss | Christopher Naum | No Comments

As we approach the July 4th holiday period, two significant LODD incidents previously occurred during this time frame that hold a number of lessons learned related to command management, operations, building construction principles and building performance, fire behavior and the ever present dangers of the job. Take the opportunity to learn more about these events, […]

Remembering Brackenridge 1991 Floor Collapse and LODD
December 21, 2009 | "firefighter safety", "pre-fire planning", "Situational Awareness" assessment, building construction, buildings, Collapse, command, command-leadership, fire behavior, fire suppression, firefighting-operations, History Repeating Event, line-of-duty, LODD, major-incidents, occupancies, Remembrance, Reports, risk-based assessment, tactics, Trapped, volunteer | Christopher Naum | 1 Comment
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Remembering Brackenridge, Pennsylvania December 20, 1991: Four Firefighters Killed, Trapped by Floor Collapse Four volunteer firefighters died when they were trapped by a partial floor collapse during a structure fire in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania, on the morning of December 20, 1991. All four were members of a mutual aid truck company that had responded to the […]

Remembering the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse Fire 12.03.99
December 1, 2009 | "pre-fire planning", "Situational Awareness" assessment, building construction, Collapse, command presence, command-leadership, construction, courage, decision-making, fire behavior, Fire Flow, fire suppression, firefighting-operations, fires, fortitude, History Repeating Event, in-the-line-of-duty, leadership, LODD, Mayday, Remembrance, Trapped, Uncategorized, vacant | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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    December 3, 2009 marks the 10th anniversary of the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire that resulted in the line of duty death of six courages brother firefighters. The Worcester Six; Firefighter Paul Brotherton Rescue 1 Firefighter Jeremiah Lucey Rescue 1 Lieutenant Thomas Spencer Ladder 2 Firefighter Timothy Jackson Ladder 2 Firefighter James Lyons […]