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Jan. 22--SAN BERNARDINO -- Virtually every city firefighter rushed to a four-alarm apartment blaze Thursday that was quickly carried through the attic by strong winds, causing $750,000 in damage.

A resident in the Dorjils Estates called 9-1-1 about 5:15 p.m. to report seeing flames coming from the roof. When firefighters arrived at the West Bradley Court town homes, they saw how rapidly the fire was spreading and sent up an alarm.

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Robert Dube

Robert Dube
Apparatus Positioning
Of all the things officers make decisions about, positioning can make or break the scene. It is the one thing that is nearly impossible to fix if done wrong to start with.

Tom Carmody

Tom Carmody
Apparatus Photography
If you have spent any amount of time in a firehouse, you probably, at one time or another, have had someone come in and ask you to pull the companies out so they can take a picture of them.
 

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 00:20

The Apparatus Architects look at a number of topics this month and their guest, a Los Angeles Fire Department Captain, talks about the LAFD's operations and apparatus assignments.

Friday, January 22, 2010 - 14:13

Apparatus Architects Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur report from the Fire Department Safety Officers Association (FDSOA) Apparatus Symposium. They look at several of the topics, based on this year's theme of "Getting back to basics - safely."

 

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Upcoming TrainingLive Webcasts

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Jeffrey Pindelski

Monday, August 31, 2009 - 03:00

Rapid intervention and firefighter survival skills are often considered advanced, but do you have a firm grasp on the basic skills of firefighter removal? This webcast, based on case studies and proven statistics, will enable you to learn essential rapid intervention rope rescue concepts that can also be applied to basic, everyday fireground survival.

 

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