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Lessons from the Fireground: FDNY – The Bronx
August 27, 2020 | Bronx, building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, BUILDINGSONFIRE, buildingsonfire.com, Collapse, FDNY, firefighting-operations, floors, in-the-line-of-duty, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, LODD, Occupancy Risk, Reports and Case Studies | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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  Lessons from the Fireground: FDNY Lt. Howard Carpluk, Jr.,  and FF Michael C. Reilly August 27.2006 Box 33- 2797  1575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, New York On August 27, 2006, FDNY Lieutenant Howard Carpluk, Jr., and FF Michael C. Reilly died in the line-of-duty after the floor they were operating on during fire suppression operations […]

Lessons from the Fireground: Buffalo- Box 191 North Division and Grosvenor 1983-2018 35th Anniversary
December 27, 2018 | Collapse, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, line-of-duty, Reports and Case Studies, Uncategorized | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Lessons from the Fireground; December 27,1983 Buffalo, New York Five Firefighter Line-of-Duty Deaths 1983-2018 35th Anniversary  Lessons from the Fireground: North Division Fire 12.27.1983 Buildingsonfire’s Taking it to the Streets podcast on FireEngineering.com; download last year’s (2017) archived broadcast of the December 27, 1983 North Division Street Fire & Explosion occurring in Buffalo, NY that resulted […]

The Waldbaum Fire and Collapse: FDNY 1978-2019 Honor, Remembrance, Learning’s 41st Anniversary
August 2, 2018 | "firefighter safety", Brooklyn, Building Anatomy, building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, BUILDINGSONFIRE, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, construction, failures, FDNY, fire behavior, firefighting-operations, History Repeating Event, honor, in-the-line-of-duty, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, line-of-duty, LODD, major-incidents, Naum, Others, Predictability of Performance, Readings and Learnings, Remembrance, Reports and Case Studies, roof, tactics, timber, Truss, Uncategorized | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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The Waldbaum’s Supermarket Fire and Collapse: FDNY 1978-2019 41st Anniversary Honor, Remembrance, Learning’s The Waldbaum Super market fire, Brooklyn, New York occurred on August 2, 1978. Six firefighters died in the line of duty when the roof of a burning Brooklyn supermarket collapsed, plunging 12 firefighters into the flames. The fire began in a hallway […]

Lessons from the Fireground; FDNY Wooster Street Fire and Collapse 1958-2018
February 14, 2018 | building construction, BUILDINGSONFIRE, Christopher Naum, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, Reports and Case Studies, Uncategorized | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Lessons from the Fireground-1958-2018 Wooster Street Fire & Collapse Box 55-334 FDNY   137 -139 Wooster Street in Lower Manhattan (New York City) was a six story 80 x 100 loft building constructed of heavy timber construction and masonry brick perimeter walls. This was a common building size and type in this area of the […]

“You do what God has called you to do. You get on that rig, you go out and do the job”
September 11, 2017 | 911, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, courage, FDNY, Fire Service Tradition, firefighting-operations, leadership, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, line-of-duty, LODD, major-incidents, WTC | Christopher Naum | No Comments

Reflections of 9|11: You do what God has called you to do. You get on that rig, you go out and do the job. No matter how big the call, no matter how small, you have no idea of what God is calling you to do, but God needs you. He needs me. He needs all of us. God needs us to keep supporting each other, to be kind to each other, to love each otherÂ…

Lessons from the Fireground: The 701 University Avenue Fire – Four Firefighters LODD 1978
April 9, 2017 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, BUILDINGSONFIRE, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, construction, fire behavior, fire suppression, firefighting, firefighting-operations, honor, in-the-line-of-duty, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, LODD, major-incidents, NFPA, Occupancy Risk, operations, Remembrance, Reports, Reports and Case Studies, Sprinklers, Uncategorized | Christopher Naum | No Comments

Remembering the 701 University Ave Fire: 1978 in Syracuse, New York

The Strand Theater Fire 1941, 13 Firefighter LODD- 76th Anniversary Remembrance
March 9, 2017 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, buildings, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, construction, fire suppression, firefighting-operations, in-the-line-of-duty, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, LODD, major-incidents, Reports and Case Studies | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Lessons from the Fireground: The Strand Theater Fire Brockton (MA) 1941; 13 Firefighter LODD 1941-2017 The 76th Anniversary and Remembrance of the Strand Theater Strand Theatre Background The Strand Theater was first erected in 1915 on the site of a previous theatre which was destroyed by fire on April 7, 1915. The Strand Theatre opened […]

Lessons from the Fireground-Buffalo, New York Genesee Street Fire
August 24, 2016 | building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, BUILDINGSONFIRE, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, commander, construction, firefighting-operations, floors, in-the-line-of-duty, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, LODD, Mayday, NIOSH, Occupancy Risk, Predictability of Performance, Reports and Case Studies, risk-based assessment, size-up | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Lessons from the Fireground: Buffalo (NY) Fire Department On August 24, 2009, 45-year-old Lieutenant Charles “Chip” McCarthy and 34-year-old Firefighter Jonathan S. Croom died in an early morning fire after a partial first floor collapse at a mixed occupancy commercial/residential structure.   Basement fires in both residential and commercial occupancies are one of the most […]

Operational Safety on Fire Escapes
August 9, 2016 | "firefighter safety", Building Anatomy, building construction, Building Construction for the Fire Service, BUILDINGSONFIRE, buildingsonfire.com, Christopher Naum, Collapse, failures, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, in-the-line-of-duty, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, line-of-duty, LODD, NIOSH, operations | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Fire escapes can be readily found on numerous buildings of heritage and legacy construction, are you aware of some safety considerations?

Lessons from the Fireground- Third Avenue Collapse FDNY 1956-2016
April 4, 2016 | Bronx, Building Anatomy, BUILDINGSONFIRE, Christopher Naum, Collapse, construction, firefighting-operations, LESSONS FROM THE FIREGROUND, line-of-duty, LODD, Reports and Case Studies | Christopher Naum | No Comments
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Lessons from the Fireground- Third Avenue Collapse FDNY 1956 4065 Third Avenue Bronx (NY) April 4, 1956 FDNY- Box 4-4- 2904 Bronx (NY) Box 2904 was struck at 20:40 hours on April 4, 1956 for a reported fire in the basement that had communicated vertically into the first floor and had spread into the wall […]

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