From North Braddock News
Firefighters operating at a house fire were injured over the weekend. The firefighters, two from North Braddock and one from Braddock, were hurt when the kitchen floor collapsed and fell into the basement.
The firefighters were transported, treated and released.
Searching or operating on the floor above a basement has claimed lives over the past 100 years. The dangers faced by firefighters is the weakening of structural members supporting the floor above. Firefighters performing a search or working to achieve a knock down may be operating on borrowed time.
The National Fire Fighter Near Miss Reporting System has discussed basement fires. One such report can be read here.
This still seems to be a high learning curve for this type of incident. Isn’t it time that all fire fighter should know about this type of incident?
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