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“Expect Fire” Contra Costa CountyTwo Rescues from Reported ‘Odor...
Crew from Station 6 rescue two from house fire. FirefighterNation.com ran the news story on Friday of the rescue of two women from a home in Concord, California… California Firefighters Rescue Women...
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“Expect Fire” Palm Beach County0400 hrs. Wires Down Call Becomes Working...
Palm Beach County crew of three adapts quickly and rescues family of four. At nearly 4:00 a.m. a Palm Beach County engine company responded to a reported wires down, blown transformer alarm. Arriving...
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“Expect Fire”Salisbury, Md. Crew Catches Job On Way To Quarters
On their way back from one call they notice smoke in the area. Salisbury firefighters were returning from a call when they noticed smoke in the downtown area. Looking further they found a working fire...
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Expect Fire: Buffalo Rubbish Grows Fast,Lloyd Mitchell on the Scene
Two warehouses off on Leslie Street Lloyd takes in a two-alarm fire in Buffalo over the Labor Day holiday. First-arriving Engine 31 reported what then looked like a rubbish fire in the rear. According...
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“Expect Fire” KentlandSmoke Showing at the AFA
There’s a different smell coming from Eight O’Clock Coffee On any given Sunday, the complacent firefighter might expect the automatic fire alarm at a local commercial occupancy and warehouse to be an...
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Expect Fire:Video of Los Angeles Grass Fire
It's just a grass fire Los Angeles firefighters faced a working fire in a Echo Park commercial building on 9 October. Five firefighters suffered minor injuries during the blaze. A reported ceiling...
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The Basis Behind “Expect Fire”
It is imperative that you bring your mind to the fight. For those that follow this blog and Backstep Firefighter, you are aware of our catch phrase. “Expect Fire”. This phrase, inspired by the words of...
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Expect Fire:Sunday in Prince George’s County
Busy morning highlights need to be mentally prepared Dave LeBlanc’s latest article focuses on some of the important basics needed to be known in understanding our “Expect Fire” ideology. Rather than...
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Why We Search:Rescue at Colorado Springs Church Fire
You expect every church to be occupied at 0400, don’t you? Firefighters in Colorado Springs responded to a fire in a yet to be opened church early Saturday morning. After 4:00 a.m. firefighters were...
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Expect Fire: DenverSmoke Investigation Ends with Rescue
Smoke in the area… Denver firefighters were dispatched at almost 0200 hours for a call of smoke in the area of Downing Street and Speer Boulevard (chimney fire, right? maybe a furnace). While driving...
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Expect Fire: Philadelphia
AFA becomes smoke showing Philly Fire News reports that one engine and one ladder were dispatched to the 1300 block of Harrison Street for an automatic alarm. Upon arrival the box alarm was struck for...
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Expect Fire:Burbank Four-Alarm Dumpster
‘Relax, it’s just a dumpster.’ Video below is of what eventually becomes a four-alarm fire in Burbank, California. According to the Los Angeles Daily News, the fire was reported at 1017 hours on 27...
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Cambridge, MD Working:Four-Alarm Thrift Store Fire
Four-alarm fire downtown brings in neighboring counties Video and photos below are from Wayne Barrall at HitThePlug.com of a four-alarm fire in Cambridge on 24 June. Multiple alarms were struck for...
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Expect Fire: BostonAlarm Activation Becomes Smoke Showing
Sunday morning job on East Newton Street Fire alarm activation for 45 East Newton Street resulted with a report of fire showing on arrival from the sixth floor. An overheated fan came in contact with...
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Expect Fire: Shenandoah, PA Helmet Cam AND Training with YouTube
Fire behind the front door in the 200 block of West Poplar Street Below is helmet camera footage of the Shenandoah Fire Department at a house fire on 17 January 2014 from the site FIREandFILM.com....
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Expect Fire: Camden, DelawareSchool AFA Becomes “Can Job”
Alarm bells sounding at a closed school is probably a malfunction, right? Since we started the phrase “Expect Fire” we have always kept an eye for news and videos of those seemingly trash calls that...
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Holding 1&1:Getting The Jump
How you prepare reflects how you will perform Those of you who have a passion for the job (career or volunteer) and have been around awhile might know of a little thing called “the jump”. The jump is...
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Expect Fire: Buffalo Smoke Investigation PLUS FirefighterNation and Fire...
Video from Lloyd Mitchell of Military Road roof work “Buffalo Firefighters responded to one of two structure fires last night. The first job engine 19 went to investigate smoke in the area of 43...
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Expect Fire: Lynn, MA Group Home AFA Becomes Two-Alarm Fire
How many times have you run bells at such a residence in your first-due area? Firefighters in Lynn, Massachusetts responded to an automatic alarm at 99 North Common Street (built in the 1880’s) on 29...
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Your Eyes Are Useless When the Mind is Blind, Part I
New post, and series, from Captain Dave LeBlanc Recently I had the opportunity to re-read “On Combat†by Lieutenant Colonel David Grossman. While this book is geared toward the sheepdogs of...
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