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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...

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Fire 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...

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Why 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...

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Boston 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...

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Why 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...

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Videos: 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...

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Why 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...

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Of 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...

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Expect 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...

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Why 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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