* The Rambling Chief, who writes primarily about wildland firefighting, has a report on a FF candidate who suffered a cardiac arrest while partaking in the Work Capacity Test, a physical testing required of all WFF’s each year. RC has included the full report written by a National Park Service bureaucrat who officially classifies the event as a “Non-Serious Accident.” No kidding. Read it HERE.
* STATter911 has several good stories today, so it’s best to just start at the top of the PAGE HERE and scroll down. You will see the story of a large apt. fire in Calgary that could have been much smaller using the current fire codes, a detailed report and videos on a D. C. F. D. incident two years ago that forced 4 FF’s to bail out of a burning rowhouse, and a fresh video from FirefighterNation of a roof collapse recorded from the inside of the building.
* Command Safety has an excellent review and explanation of the recently-issued report on last year’s gas explosion in a Prince George’s County, Maryland, shopping center. You might recall the incident that happened while firefighters were working a fire at the time. It’s worth your time to read Chris’ posting on the REPORT HERE.
* It doesn’t have anything to do with fire/rescue, but it’s fun to watch anyway. Captain Mike at Firefighter Blog has a video of the military plane that is planned to replace the aging Harrier “Jump Jet” fleet. Take a LOOK.
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