The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do. – Kobe Bryant LODD’s: F2013-04 Feb 15, 2013 Two career lieutenants killed and two career fire fighters injured following a flashover at an assembly hall fire – Texas. F2005-10 Feb 15, 2005 Lieutenant […]

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results. – Willie Nelson LODD’s: Lots of lessons in today’s NIOSH report. Honor these these two fallen firefighters by reviewing the report with your crews. I bet you have at least one building like this in your run area! F2000-13 Feb 14, 2000 […]

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. – Mahatma Gandhi LODD’s: A wide variety of LODD Reports today. Be careful and keep your head on a swivel! F2012-06 Feb 13, 2012 Volunteer fire fighter dies after falling from tailboard of tanker truck – West Virginia. F2005-07 […]

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. – Marilyn vos Savant LODD’s: F2010-06 Feb 12, 2010 Volunteer fire police captain dies after being struck by a motor vehicle at a controlled roadway – Pennsylvania. F2003-21 Feb 12, 2003 Fire fighter recruit suffers sudden cardiac death during physical ability training […]

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. – John Quincy Adams LODD’s: F2002-07 Feb 11, 2002 One career fire fighter dies and another is injured after partial structural collapse – Texas. F2000-17 Feb 11, 2000 A volunteer fire fighter/driver was killed and another volunteer fire fighter was injured […]

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society. – Theodore Roosevelt LODD’s: F2014-06 Feb 10, 2014 Career fire fighter struck and killed while working a crash scene on ice covered interstate overpass – Texas. F2010-07 Feb 10, 2010 Volunteer fire chief dies after being crushed between […]

Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. – Gilda Radner LODD’s: F2007-09 Feb 09, 2007 Career probationary fire fighter dies while participating in a live-fire training evolution at an acquired structure – Maryland.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. – George Bernard Shaw LODD’s: No LODD’s reported by NIOSH today but FireFighterCloseCalls.com has several on the History Page. Included on the page is a report about the Millard Hotel fire in Omaha, NE in 1933. This fire claimed the […]

Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound. – Ford Frick LODD’s: F2017-12 Feb 07, 2017 Fire fighter suffers cardiac arrest while driving home from fire station after responding to motor vehicle accident – Illinois. F2003-11 Feb 07, 2001 Fire fighter collapses and dies at the scene of residential fire – Florida.

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. – Bill Gates LODD’s: F2005-24 Feb 06, 2005 Fire fighter dies after responding to a call – New York. F2000-14 Feb 06, 2000 Fire fighter dies at a single-family dwelling fire – Iowa.