“The value of Fire Department Training lives or dies on the backs of the Officers facilitating it.” – Bob Muszynski
LODD:
- Arkansas firefighter killed in apparatus crash – 2016
- Wildland fire fighter dies from hyperthermia and exertional heatstroke while conducting mop-up operations – Texas 2011
- Volunteer fire fighter dies in apparatus crash – Ohio 2008
- Fire apparatus operator suffers sudden cardiac death after responding to twelve calls – Georgia 2005
- Fire fighters dies while hospitalized after Pit Bull Terrier attack – District of Columbia 1999
Major Incidents:
- In 1988, during a severe thunderstorm, a department store in Brownsville, TX collapsed killing 14 and injuring 32
- In 1984, a microburst from a thunderstorm capsized a sternwheeler on the Tennessee River near Huntsville, AL killing 11
- In 1975, an arson fire at the Pomona Hotel in Portland, OR kills 12 and injures 26.
Training:
History:
The Fire Brief 