A video tribute to the 343 Fire Department of New York (FDNY) firefighters who were killed during the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center. Photos courtesy FDNY.
#WTC
#NeverForget
#NeverForget
It is with great sadness that the Fire Engineering/FDIC International and Clarion Events family announces the unexpected passing of Chief (Ret.) Bobby Halton, Editor in Chief of Fire Engineering and
@FDICevent
Educational Director.
Lieutenant Dillon Rinaldo, who was injured in the fire that killed
#Baltimore
City Firefighter Rodney Pitts III, has also passed away. Our thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones and the department.
#LODD
The
@GarySiniseFound
launched the Emergency COVID-19 Combat Service as a gateway for providing grants to first responders in need of
#PPE
when answering
#coronavirus
service calls.
#COVID
ー19
Although the widespread public support for firefighters has waned in the decades after the 9/11 attacks, our members keep showing up and doing good...and will continue to do so, writes
@smokedaddy5
The
#firefighter
who died in yesterday's fire in Baltimore has been identified as Firefighter Rodney Pitts. Our thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones and the department.
#LODD
Congrats to
@LtRayMack
on his retirement from
#FDNY
and all his contributions to the fire service, including helping
#firefighters
around the nation understand a culture of extinguishment.
“This is the greatest fraternity in the world.”
Some 40
#firefighters
and fire officers gathered in a Dumont (NJ) back yard to celebrate the 88th birthday of retired
#FDNY
Deputy Chief Vincent Dunn. Photos by Ron Jeffers.
"My takeaway is to keep our focus on why we exist. Realize we are public servants, not publicly entitled. " Interview with
#FDIC2019
keynoter Aaron Fields
@FDIC
On December 3, 1999, six Worcester (MA) firefighters were killed in a fire at the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse building. In this archival interview, John Sullivan, former deputy chief of the Worcester (MA) Fire Department, talks about the event.
If this really is the best job in the world, why do we still have some who treat it so poorly, seem to hate doing it, and get enjoyment out of making those who love the job miserable? More from
@chieflasky
Do you remember when your employer used to let you leave work to run calls?
@JohnDeere
is turning back that clock and making it easier for volunteer
#firefighters
who do live where they work to punch out long enough to turn out for a 911 call. Via
@NVFC
“We’re talking about two lives lost, which we express our sympathies for,” Charlotte Fire Chief Reginald Johnson said. “We could have also had three to four firefighters who perished in there, if not more than that.”
As we honor and remember those who lost their lives today 21 years ago, our thoughts are with the families and friends remembering their loved ones. We will never forget.
#NeverForget
“The fire service must normalize the need for sleep in the same way it has normalized the use of self-contained breathing apparatus.”
@dma1096
on
#sleep
and
#firefighter
#cancer
As lithium-ion batteries become more prevalent in every aspect of society, it is critical that responders understand the hazards and the unique considerations when responding to a call involving a lithium-ion battery. More from
@NVFC
"We train for this and with hard work and great leadership, we were ready for this and we were able to succeed."
#FDNY
#rescue
in
#Brooklyn
, via
@FDNY
22 years have passed, and the FDNY has reached a horrible milestone: We’ve matched the same number of members lost on 9-11 to WTC related diseases, 343.
See more commentary from Mike Ciampo and
@paulcombsart
at Fire Engineering:
Shhh...the entire archive of FE, going back to 1877, will soon be available online for subscribers. Here's the first page of the first issue of what was then called the National Fireman's Journal:
#TBT
#ThrowbackThursday
A rescuer swam more than half a mile to assist a family of four after two kayaks capsized in San Francisco Bay, California firefighters reported.
@SFFDPIO
One
#firefighter
was killed and three others injured while operating at a house fire in South Memphis, according to reports. Our thoughts and prayers are with the loved ones of the fallen and injured and with the
#Memphis
(TN) Fire Department.
#LODD
"I guess I’m doing all right, for my age.”
Vincent Dransfield, 110, remains on the roster of Singac Volunteer Fire Co. No. 3 in Little Falls,
#NJ
, where signed up more than eight decades ago and once served as fire chief.
"Some people today consider it a job, not a calling and a duty. We are losing our heart and soul by making the fire service just a job." Tom Brennan Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
@NYfiretraining
on
#firefighting
and
#FDIC2020
@FDIC
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering a reward for information about a man they called a “person of interest” in an investigation into the
#fire
that killed three Baltimore firefighters and injured a fourth.
Firefighters rescued a desperate woman hanging from a window fifteen stories above the street as dozens of people were trapped inside a Manhattan high-rise as a fire tore through one of the upper floors, the FDNY said.
It was one of the deadliest
#wildland
fires ever in the U.S., killing 19 members of an elite central Arizona firefighting crew in 2013 after flames trapped them in a brush-choked canyon.
#GraniteMountainHotshots
Firefighters should consider that many of the colorless gases present during overhaul would require Level A protection if they were instead leaking from a cylinder at a chemical facility.
#hazmat