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Cellar nozzle. The Bresnan nozzle is a distributing type nozzle that is inserted through an opening in the floor and into the space below, typically a basement or cellar. The nozzle directs a broken stream horizontally, either extinguishing or controlling the fire enough to allow a direct attack to be safely made.
Battalion Chief John J. Bresnan (left) answering a call in 1887. While leading men into a building fire in 1894, Bresnan became trapped and suffocated when a roof collapsed. It was stated: “no braver, abler or more conscientious man than John J. Bresnan ever drew a paycheck in the service of the City of New York.” [24]
While battling the fierce LA fires, a firefighter was captured on video, balancing the weight of a firehose in one hand while extending the other to a frightened dog named Max. With the canine’s ...
The firefighters and paramedics assist two boys stuck on top of a gas tank, several girls injured in a rough lacrosse game, and a fire at Olive View Hospital set by an arsonist that trapped four people results in Chet being injured and taken to the hospital; there he is roomed with Roy, whose tonsils had, much to his consternation, grown back ...
"The Bronx is Burning" (episode of Man Alive, TV 1972, BBC) Brotherhood: Life in the FDNY (2005) Burn (2012) Burned: The Science of Arson (TV: 20/20 episode May 7, 2010) [7] Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (A.K.A. A Thousand Heroes, TV 1992) Detroit on Fire: A Documentary (Constance York 2011) Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 ...
The Firefighter Combat Challenge is the only federally funded, university-based occupational health physiological research study that has become an internationally touring and televised sports event. It's a demanding 5-event physical challenge that firefighters throughout the world participate in and try to complete with the fastest time.
The first series (1988) consisted of five episodes while the second series (1989) and the third series (1990) consisted of eight episodes. These series episodes were mostly filmed at Dockhead fire station in Bermondsey in London, and used actual firefighters working shifts as extras for the programme. A studio near the station was used for ...
The original series consisted of 32 ten-minute episodes and a 20-minute Christmas special. [1] The narration and all the character voices were done by John Alderton.. Fireman Sam is the main character and interacts with both colleagues at the fire station and fellow villagers.