“No man has ever listened himself out of a job.” – Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States LODD’s: Battalion chief suffers a heart attack and eventually dies while participating in a fitness program – California. – 1997 Two fire fighters injured when an automated external defibrillator battery exploded or ruptured during testing – […]
In baseball and in business, there are three types of people. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those wonder what happened. ~ Tommy Lasorda (Baseball) LODD’s: Captain suffers fatal heart attack during fire control training – North Carolina. – 2013
The key is not the will to win. Everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important. ~ Bobby Knight (Basketball) Historically a bad day for LODD’s. Keep each other safe! Fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death during rural water supply training – Illinois. – 2008 Volunteer fire fighter drowns […]
Today, you have 100% of your life left. ~ Tom Landry (Football) LODD’s: Two fire fighters die and two fire fighters are injured at multi-occupancy fire with structural collapse – Missouri. 2015 Eight-alarm fire in a 27-story high-rise apartment building for the elderly nearly claims the life of one fire fighter – Missouri. – 1998
Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown. ~ Ross Perot (Business Magnate) LODD’s: Fire fighter dies as a result of a cardiac arrest at the scene of a […]
The most important thing in coaching is communication. It’s not what you say as much as what they absorb. ~ Red Auerbach (Basketball) LODD’s: Career fire fighter dies in residential row house structure fire – Maryland. – 2006
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. ~ Arthur Ashe (Tennis) LODD’s: Fire fighter dies after collapse at apartment building fire – Kentucky. – 2002
Today is the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire. Check out FireFighterCloseCalls.com for more information about the fire and other LODD’s. LODD’s: A FDNY firefighter was killed when fire broke through the ceiling and engulfed the apartment he was searching – 1995
You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get. ~ Michael Phelps (Swimming) LODD’s: Career fire fighter dies from an out-of-air emergency in an apartment building fire – Connecticut. – 2014 Fire fighter dies after performing ventilation at a fire in a two-story dwelling – Pennsylvania. – 2003
No matter how good you get, you can always get better. That’s the exciting part. ~ Tiger Woods (Golf) LODD’s: No NIOSH reports to share today but check out FirefighterCloseCalls.com for some LODD’s in history. A fire captain was killed by a falling chimney in Lynchburg, VA – 1926
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