A small sawdust explosion during fire operations at a High School wood-working shop. Suspended particles like sawdust, grain dust…have an increased surface to mass ratio and they can ignite with rapid energy release. Credit: garden_state_size_up
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Shortly after midnight on February 27, 1975, the FDNY was called to the New York Telephone Building in Manhattan after a company employee noticed smoke on the first floor. 50 years later, this fire is still remembered for its toxic impact on FDNY members and the neighborhood.
“This was the beginning of one of the most difficult fires that has ever confronted the New York City Fire Department. Before this fire would be declared under control, more than 16 hours later, over 700 firefighters from 72 units would operate at this blaze,” then Deputy Chiefs Roger Rodriguez and Elmer Chapman in a 1975 article about the operation. “The suppression of this fire was made very difficult by the heavy toxic smoke which reduced vision to inches and dictated the use of masks even for street operations. Another factor was the maze-like floor layouts and the ability of the frames to contain the beat during the fire, and after the fire was extinguished. Stripped of their insulation, the banks of wire glowed and radiated heat like a giant toaster – a toaster with an area of close to 30,000 square feet on each floor.”
More than 235 members were injured. Years later, many members developed long term health effects and cancer from the fire and exposure to the toxins it produced.
Fire in a vacant home under construction yesterday night in #Mississauga on Pear Tree Road. Heavy smoke on arrival and upgraded to a 2nd alarm. @MississaugaFES@IAFF1212
MAYDAY called, @BramptonFireES Firefighter uninjured after falling into a hopper from a conveyor belt inside a GFL Waste Station in #Brampton. RIT deployed and the firefighter was rescued using a ladder into the hopper. @BPFFA1068
BFES working at a second alarm fire in the Main St and Williams Parkway area, fire under control with units being released. Now is a great time to remove any snow around the fire hydrants on your lawn @BPFFA1068 @ChiefRuller ^mdc
1) Retired Phoenix Fire Department Deputy Chief Chris Stewart describing what happened to FF Bret Tarver (R.I.P.) at the Southwest Supermarket LODD fire when he became hypoxic then disoriented.
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WATCH: Witness video shows aftermath of serious plane crash in Toronto.
The Delta Airlines CRJ-900 departed from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport.
Toronto Pearson is aware of an incident upon landing involving a Delta Airlines plane arriving from Minneapolis. Emergency teams are responding. All passengers and crew are accounted for.
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POSSIBLE EBOLA EXPOSURE IN HARLEM FROM A MAN THAT JUST RETURNED FROM AFRICA. HAZMAT TO MEET EMS AT BELLEVUE
Multiple people including @TorontoPolice officers taken to hospital after an e-bike fire in a TCHC apartment at 275 Bleeker St. One person pulled from the unit VSA. Multiple residents rescued via aerial ladders from balconies. Call upgraded to a 3rd alarm. @Toronto_Fire#toronto