Friday, September 05, 2008
The National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System is a voluntary, confidential, non-punitive and secure reporting system with the goal of improving fire fighter safety. By collecting and analyzing information on near-miss events, improvements can be made in...
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Wind Shifts During A Grass Fire Refill, Crews Scramble
During a grass fire one of the grass trucks needed to refill with water. It met up with the tanker in an unburned area adjacent to th... March 10, 2008 | Topix - FireFighter Near-Miss |
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Firefighter Receive Burns To Hands
Several members received severe burn injuries to their hands during firefighting operations. Some members reported removing their glo... March 7, 2008 | Topix - FireFighter Near-Miss |
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Two Brush Trucks Collide During Wildland Fire
On a windy afternoon department A was called to assist department B on a large wild fire. The fire in its southeastward movement was... March 4, 2008 | Topix - FireFighter Near-Miss |
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Ventilation Of 8th Floor Windows Nearly Strike Crews Outside
The department was operating at a fire in a residential high rise, with fire on the 8th floor. The response assignment includes a min... December 8, 2007 | Topix - FireFighter Near-Miss |
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Ground Power Box Ignites Grass
A full structure response responded to a reported shed fire- 3 engine company's, 1 ladder company, 1 battalion chief, and 1 medic uni... December 8, 2007 | Topix - FireFighter Near-Miss |
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Aerial Recieves Damage From Electical Arc
Our department received a box for smoke in a commercial building and dispatched 1 ladder, 2 engines and 1 rescue. Upon arrival, comma... December 5, 2007 | Topix - FireFighter Near-Miss |
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Crew Surprised During Illegal Burn Investigation
On December 2, 2007 my company was dispatched on an attended burn check, called in by a concerned neighbor. We arrived in the area an... December 2, 2007 | Topix - FireFighter Near-Miss |
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Firefighter Burned When He Falls Down Basement Stairs
Arrived on scene with heavy fire showing from the basement. I was the officer in charge of the first arriving engine with a crew of 4... December 2, 2007 | Topix - FireFighter Near-Miss |
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Firefighter Sustains Injury After Structural Collapse
My crew was first due to a 2 alarm structure fire with an arson fire in a vacant structure that spread to two exposures (one on each... August 29, 2007 | Topix - FireFighter Near-Miss |
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Firefighters Retreat Just Before Smoke Explosion
We were dispatched to a reported structure fire. The report from dispatch stated the fire had started on the exterior of the structur... August 28, 2007 | Topix - FireFighter Near-Miss |
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