I don’t post just photos very often but these are some of the more incredible pictures that I have seen in a while. All the photos were taken by Tom Carmody. These are Pawtucket firefighters shortly after venting the roof and returning to the ladder, this happened on their way back. All the firefighters ended [...]
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Pawtucket RI Firefighters
01/06/2012Close One On The Roof
06/12/2011Here is an interesting video that shows about as close of call as you can get. I just saw this over at http://www.workingthejob.blogspot.com/ . If you have not seen his blog yet check it out, it is a good one. The comments that workingthejob.com made pretty much cover my thoughts on this video, I am not going to repeat them [...]
Great Fire Conditions Video
02/10/2011This is a video I stumbled across on another great website the other day. Credit goes to www.fireservicewarrior.com for this post and find on the video. I thought it was definitely worthwhile to repost and see what everyone’s take is on it. This fire is in Fairfax County Virginia. Three firefighters were hurt in this fire and [...]
PPV and Rapidly Changing Conditions
05/13/2010We have all seen multiple videos out there of PPV mixed in with some other factors causing some very dangerous conditions. We understand that some departments heavily use PPV, some do not use it at all, and many others will use it with certain conditions. We are not here to take on this never ending [...]
Thoughts on a Balloon Frame
12/08/2009Our next IRONSandLADDERS author is a Lt. on a truck company in downtown. He has served our city for 28 years and set a great example of being a tradesman to all. Here is some of his thoughts relating to the following video and other thinking points that arise with balloon frame fires. Note on the Video: when [...]
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