Emergency Traffic

Please Join, Dirk, Doug and I on the tailboard where we chat about a recent FireRescue1 article on Firefighting motorcycles and other current subjects.

In June of 2003 Two Memphis TN firefighters died when they were trapped in a Family Dollar store on fire and the roof collapsed.

In June of 2017 a firefighter fell to his death while carrying tools up an aerial ladder in LA.

This early morning fire in a vacant commercial property, with evidence of squatters, resulted in two Maydays and the LODD of one firefighter trapped on the second floor.

Please join Denys, Doug and I on the tailboard, as we chat about Church and large building fires.

In episode #49 we review the EPA/OHS and My Firefighter Nation reports on this Haz Mat incident that killed four firefighters during size up, and resulted in a complex state of Emergency for the area, that lasted for several days and the participation of dozens of local, state and federal agencies and Industrial Mutual Aid partners.

This episode about the LODD and injuries that occurred in Houston TX in April of 2004.

Tailboard talk about a wide variety of subjects.

In this episode we explore the LODD of a South Dakota firefighter during a rural residential house fire after the successful rescue of a victim. This is a typical anywhere in North America rural call.

On March 17, firefighters from North Perth responded to a smoke and possible fire at a local commercial occupancy undergoing roof repairs, while open for business. During investigation of smoke in the store, and potential fire in the below roof space, the roof collapsed, trapping two firefighters.

In March of 2019 two firefighters entered a 21/2 story walkup multi-family dwelling for search and rescue of a trapped occupant. They encountered rapid fire progression and the Captain was killed and the Firefighter was injured. please listen to learn more about this event.

Please Join a few of us on the tailboard as we discuss some current events like the recent high rise cladding fire in Spain, the triple FDNY roof rope rescues and more.

In this rather unique incident a firefighter is killed from a collapsing cell phone/radio tower, subsequent to a earlier collapse, where maintenance workers were injured. Join us for a discussion about this tragic event and learn from it.

In this landmark event the largest High Rise Fire in North American History at the time. Three firefighters died and 8 others were rescued. This event resulted in 12 alarms and eventually, it burned up to the 30th floor where sprinklers controlled it and stopped progression, so firefighter could extinguish it. Multiple system failures created obstacles for suppression, including delayed alarm, imp...

The Emergency Traffic gang gathers on the Tailboard, to chat about Master Stream nozzles, combination vs, smooth bore.

In January of 2009, a Boston Fire Lieutenant was killed and three Firefighters were injured when the aerial truck they were riding in lost control down a hill and crashed into a building. Learn more about this incident in this episode.

While training on a newly acquired aerial platform in 2009, two Firefighters fell from the basket to their deaths after the aerial got snagged on a parapet wall.

Grab a cuppa and gather on the tailboard with us, as the gang discusses a recent Firehouse article, that reviews a recent large study, on the colour of Fire Apparatus and which colour has less accidents.

This episode examines the 2010 LODD of two Chicago firefighters and injures 19 others when a bowstring truss roof collapses at a vacant building fire.

On a cold December night in 1991 four volunteer firefighters died at a fire in a furniture refinishing factory when the floor collapsed under them. Join us to learn more about this incident from the lead investigator.

The whole Emergency Traffic gang have a passionate discussion about the recent Operations Memos issued by the Baltimore City Fire Department after another LODD in a row house fire in October.

Very early on the morning of November 29, 1988 two (2) Kansas City Engines responded to a vehicle fire at a roadway construction site, 30 minutes later all six (6) firefighters on those engines would be dead. Please listen and learn more about this pivotal incident in the history of the North American Fire Service.

Please Join Doug and I as we discuss the tragic death of a firefighter in Texas when an Engine was stuck and burned over in a wildland fire

In November of 2022, three firefighters were killed when the ARFF truck they were riding in was struck by a jet airliner during takeoff. Join us to learn more.

In 2005 a fire instructor died while working at a state fire college, during a week of live fire training for instructors.