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The Chicago Fire Department (CFD) provides firefighting services along with emergency medical response services, hazardous materials mitigation services, and technical rescue response services in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, under the jurisdiction of the mayor of Chicago.
(Attack line) A use classification of a fire fighting hose connected to output of a pump or other pressure source (e.g., gravity). Fire hose used to apply water or other fire fighting agent directly to a fire or burning substance. Typically of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (64 mm) diameter or less in the United States. Historically 1.5 inch hose was the ...
In all, 146 garment workers were killed in that fire. During the Hotel Polen fire in Amsterdam on May 9, 1977, firefighters could not successfully deploy a life net in a narrow, congested alley. When a life net was deployed in a more open area, some hotel guests threw their luggage into the net, and were then injured when they jumped.
Chicago Police Chief of Patrol Jon Hein said in a press conference the shooting happened just before 1:20 p.m. in an administrative office on a loading dock on the north side of Navy Pier.
Most fire apparatus use retroreflective markings to increase their visibility in poor light; red and white or red and yellow chevrons on the rear are almost universal, and while most choose a more modest and arguably stylish option in simply making existing stripe patters reflective, some, particularly European fire services and especially ...
Now fires are attacked in their development phase because firefighters arrive sooner at the site of a fire and because of changes in building construction. The increasing use of thermal insulation confines the heat, and modern materials, especially polymers, produce much more heat than do traditional materials like wood, plaster, stone, and bricks.
Firefighters were responding to a call when someone took the Jaws of Life from their equipment, officials said. Oakland firefighters use Jaws of Life during call, put the tool down — and it's stolen
One employee at the facility was treated for smoke inhalation, while 15 to 30 employees were evacuated. [5] Brian Howard, [6] an employee of Harris Corporation, [7] was charged in the incident. [8] He made a guilty plea in federal court in May 2015, and in September of that year received a prison term of 12 1/2 years. [9]