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In June of 2016 a Honolulu HI firefighter was killed during routine Surf Water Rescue training while using a Water Rescue Craft (RWC) (Jet ski), this tragic incident has many lessons that could apply to any technical or water rescue training evolutions and shares activities we found similar to other on water LODDs.

Please join Denys and me as we review this NIOSH NFFFP report.

In May 2023, Irma SC Fire district responded to an automatic aid request to the Columbia-Richland Fire Dept, for an apartment building fire. At a complex that had suffered several destructive fires in prior years. During the confused firefight, part of the building collapsed resulting in several entrapments, one resulting in the death of firefighter James Muller. Please Join Denys and I to near more about this LODD.

Episode #98, (no you are not losing your mind, the recording order got mixed up, so 98 is before 97) apologies. This episode from May 2013 where a Dallas TX firefighter is killed and others injured when a chief ordered a late repeated search of the first floor apartments after a fourth alarm and while seven aerial master streams were flowing water, resulting in building collapse. Lots of unanswered questions about this tragic incident. Please join Dennis and I to learn more.

In April of 2016, a young Pineville NC firefighter died during a firefight in a local golf store at a local mall that caught fire from a suspected lighting strike. This is another "it could happen anywhere" incident. Beware of residential tactics in Commercial occupancies! Numerous lessons identified in this typical suburban fire call. Please join us to learn more.

On a windy spring day in late April of 2022, an FDNY firefighter was killed due to a rapid fire progression event on the second floor of the adjoining structure/exposure. We review the FDNY report. This incident has many similarities with several other residential LODD incidents we have covered before; episodes #45 Berwick ME, #71 Evanston WY, and #92 Winnipeg MB. Please join, Denys, Doug and I to listen and learn more. Warning, this is a long episode, pace yourself.

In March of 2008 Los Angeles city firefighters were called to a utility manhole explosion, then several more, a few minutes later a nearby structure fire was called in. While forcing entry to investigate to smoke on the structure, one firefighter was killed and another injured. Please join us to learn more about this incident.

Warning, Long episode! In March of 2008, Salisbury NC firefighters responded to an early morning fire in the office basement in a local Millwork plant, where wooden cabinetry products were manufactured. Over an hour into the incident, tragedy struck, a rapid fire event occurred and two firefighters were killed and several other injured. Please join us to learn more about this incident from the NIOSH report F2008-07

In February of 2007, on Super Bowl Sunday, Winnipeg firefighters responded to a report of fire in a residential garage. a few minutes after arrival five firefighters were caught in rapid fire extension event, killing two firefighters and injuring several others. One of the surviving Firefighters, Captain Lionel Crowther joins us to tell the story. Its not over the day after. Please listen and learn firsthand about this incident.

Late on a February evening, the Los Angeles City Fire Department was called to a newly built mansion home in the Hollywood Hills. Fire crews found a fire on an exterior wall of the building that stubbornly extended up the wall and into the roof. About thirty minutes later, an interior collapse occurred and resulted in the death of a firefighter. Please listen to learn more about this common type of hazards to fire crews.

On a cold January 1961 morning, Chicago Firefighters battled a deep seated fire in a commercial mill/warehouse that went to five alarms, while another five alarm fire was occurring on the North side. Tragically 9 firefighters died when some walls collapsed. at the Hubbard Street fire. Step back to the 1960's with us in the significant incident.