The Emergency Traffic gang gathers on the Tailboard, to chat about Master Stream nozzles, combination vs, smooth bore.

In January of 2009, a Boston Fire Lieutenant was killed and three Firefighters were injured when the aerial truck they were riding in lost control down a hill and crashed into a building. Learn more about this incident in this episode.

While training on a newly acquired aerial platform in 2009, two Firefighters fell from the basket to their deaths after the aerial got snagged on a parapet wall.

Grab a cuppa and gather on the tailboard with us, as the gang discusses a recent Firehouse article, that reviews a recent large study, on the colour of Fire Apparatus and which colour has less accidents.

This episode examines the 2010 LODD of two Chicago firefighters and injures 19 others when a bowstring truss roof collapses at a vacant building fire.

On a cold December night in 1991 four volunteer firefighters died at a fire in a furniture refinishing factory when the floor collapsed under them. Join us to learn more about this incident from the lead investigator.

The whole Emergency Traffic gang have a passionate discussion about the recent Operations Memos issued by the Baltimore City Fire Department after another LODD in a row house fire in October.

Very early on the morning of November 29, 1988 two (2) Kansas City Engines responded to a vehicle fire at a roadway construction site, 30 minutes later all six (6) firefighters on those engines would be dead. Please listen and learn more about this pivotal incident in the history of the North American Fire Service.

Please Join Doug and I as we discuss the tragic death of a firefighter in Texas when an Engine was stuck and burned over in a wildland fire

In November of 2022, three firefighters were killed when the ARFF truck they were riding in was struck by a jet airliner during takeoff. Join us to learn more.