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Air and Sea Rescue Team
Chicago Fire Department’s Air and Sea Rescue Team. […]
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Extinguishing a Boat Fire Without a Hose Line on Lake Lyndon, New Zealand
Filmed at Lake Lyndon in New Zealand. Published December 27, 2012. An improvised fireboat is used to extinguish a fully-involved boat fire. Don’t know what might have been salvaged, but the technique is extraordinary. Hopefully […]
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“Gas Tanks” Possibly Acetylene Bottles or Oxy-Acetlyene Cylinders Explode After Truck Crash
Multiple cylinders believed to be welding tanks explode. Several people captured video of a truck crash in Russia, where the truck and cargo immediately caught fire, causing multiple flammable tanks/bottles to ignite and explode. Several […]
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Chicago Fire Department Radio Communications for the McCormick Place Fire
The FULL (AUDIO ONLY) VERSION of the Great McCormick Place 5-11 Alarm Fire w/ Specials, located at 2300 South Lake Shore Drive, on January 16, 1967, on one of Chicago’s coldest nights. Smoke was reported […]
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CBS: Is Los Angeles Prepared for the Next Big Earthquake
As the 20th anniversary of the devastating Northridge earthquake nears, Ben Tracy takes a look at California’s earthquake preparedness. Government seismologist and Los Angeles Earthquake Advisor Lucy Jones explains that no point in the Los […]
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CBS VIDEO: Conflicting San Francisco Fire Personnel Statements About Fire Ops When Asiana Crash Victim Ye Meng Yuan Was Accidentally Run Over
CBS News broadcast video received of the crash scene showing firefighting operations of the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 that crashed on July 6, 2013. Video from a camera mounted on a San Francisco firefighter’s helmet […]
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Citizen Rescue: CNN Stage Manager Rescues Apartment Residents from Growing Roof Fire
CNN Stage Manager Bruce Dunkins rescues people from fire in Brooklyn. Citizen Rescue from November 2013 … Bruce Dunkin disregarded his own safety and ran into a building to get people out. Dunkin described people […]
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VIDEO/TRANSCRIPT: Last Radio Transmission of Granite Mountain Hotshots Crew
FOX 10 News | myfoxphoenix.com The Granite Mountain Hotshots first realized they were in trouble, and they tried to get aircraft to move in and drop water or retardant near them to save their lives. […]
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EMERGENCY! “Station 51” Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 127 and Surrounding Neighborhood
Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 127 the NBC television show Emergency! Station 51. County of Los Angeles Fire Department Battalion 7 (Cities of Gardena, Compton, and Carson) FIRE STATION #127 2049 E 223RD ST […]
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Jessica McClure Rescue in Midland, Texas on October 16, 1987
Ted Koppel, ABC News, covers the final 12 minutes of the live coverage in Midland Texas showing the rescue of Jessica McClure. Rescue to the surface is at about 10:02 elapsed time. Between October 14 […]