Essex Junction, VT House Fire and Rescue Video Review
First-arriving crew stretches lines and rescues an occupant On 12 April, 2015, members of the Essex Junction Fire Department, along with police officers, responded to a reported residential...
View ArticleFire Photographer Trevor James, with Lloyd Mitchell
“I work like a street photographer,” Fire Photographer Trevor James has been a lifelong fire buff. He grew up in Somerset, Massachusetts and his father and grandfather used to take him to the huge...
View ArticleWhy We Search: Squatters Still Here
The latest on people turning up in vacant structure fires Fall fades towards winter and as it does the homeless typically turn toward vacant or abandoned structures for shelter from the coming...
View ArticleBoston Ladders, “Choreographed Ballet”
A recent fire and FDIC previews Boston firefighters recently ran a multiple-alarm fire that captured the attention of a bystander who took to Twitter to share how impressed he was with the...
View ArticleWhy We Search: Inside Vegas Squatter Complex
Squatters taking over apartment complex An abandoned apartment building in Las Vegas was the site of two fires in 24 hours. Even though the structure was boarded up, squatters were still able...
View ArticleVideos: Brooklyn Box 0660
Fire in two floors and in-between two buildings Videos and audio below are from Box 0660 for 274 Skillman Street in Brooklyn on 21 December 2015. Engine Company 235 transmitted the 10-75. Battalion...
View ArticleWhy We Search: Dead in OKC and the Bronx
Fatalities in structures known for having squatters Recent fires continue to highlight the constant struggle fire departments, neighbors and elected leaders have with abandoned buildings. As the...
View ArticleOf Course from the Yard…
…where else would you start? Riverside California firefighters responded to a structure fire on 3 February in the 9300 block of Sunridge Drive. The first-arriving engine company faced a...
View ArticleExpect Fire: San Francisco One and One
A little more than a small outside fire (San Francisco Firefighters Local 798, Twitter @SFFFLocal798) Tuesday’s five-alarm fire in San Francisco was impressive at first reporting and more so...
View ArticleWhy We Search: San Antonio Bar Rescues
Two saved in abandoned bar fire (KENS 5, YouTube) SAN ANTONIO (Houston Chronicle) – San Antonio firefighters pulled two people from a burning building on the North Side Tuesday morning. The...
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