Emergency Traffic

In August 2011 Dallas TX firefighters responded to a fire in a local apartment building. During the firefight, working to extinguish fire extension into the large attic, a ventilation crew firefighter fell through the...

On July 28, 2011 Asheville, NC fire department was called for a fire at a 6 story local medical practice building, this building had been the subject of dozens of false alarms in the previous 30days..During the...

In July of 2023 two Newark NJ firefighters died during a protracted firefight on a Ship in the port of Newark. This fire was in a complex unfamiliar environment for the un prepared shore based firefighters, which...

Wow, episode 100 of the Emergency Traffic Podcast! Thank you everyone for listening to us review and discuss these Line Of Duty Deaths to honour the dead by learning from these tragedies'. The Chernobyl Firefighters, as...

In June of 2016 a Honolulu HI firefighter was killed during routine Surf Water Rescue training while using a Water Rescue Craft (RWC) (Jet ski), this tragic incident has many lessons that could apply to any technical or...

In May 2023, Irma SC Fire district responded to an automatic aid request to the Columbia-Richland Fire Dept, for an apartment building fire. At a complex that had suffered several destructive fires in prior years...

Episode #98, (no you are not losing your mind, the recording order got mixed up, so 98 is before 97) apologies. This episode from May 2013 where a Dallas TX firefighter is killed and others injured when a chief ordered...

In April of 2016, a young Pineville NC firefighter died during a firefight in a local golf store at a local mall that caught fire from a suspected lighting strike. This is another "it could happen anywhere" incident...

On a windy spring day in late April of 2022, an FDNY firefighter was killed due to a rapid fire progression event on the second floor of the adjoining structure/exposure. We review the FDNY report. This incident has...

In March of 2008 Los Angeles city firefighters were called to a utility manhole explosion, then several more, a few minutes later a nearby structure fire was called in. While forcing entry to investigate to smoke on the...

Warning, Long episode! In March of 2008, Salisbury NC firefighters responded to an early morning fire in the office basement in a local Millwork plant, where wooden cabinetry products were manufactured. Over an hour...

In February of 2007, on Super Bowl Sunday, Winnipeg firefighters responded to a report of fire in a residential garage. a few minutes after arrival five firefighters were caught in rapid fire extension event, killing...

Late on a February evening, the Los Angeles City Fire Department was called to a newly built mansion home in the Hollywood Hills. Fire crews found a fire on an exterior wall of the building that stubbornly extended up...

On a cold January 1961 morning, Chicago Firefighters battled a deep seated fire in a commercial mill/warehouse that went to five alarms, while another five alarm fire was occurring on the North side. Tragically 9...

On January 6, 2025, a Honolulu firefighter died in the first few minutes of a firefight in an very old, converted multifamily home during a search above the fire, before hose lines had controlled the fire on the first...