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Top Ten Best/Funniest Firefighter Dance Videos

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You might remember me posting a video of Firefighters dancing to Poker Face by Lady GaGa back in August of 2009. The video was removed from Youtube, but then I found it again and added it back to the page. I have now taken the time to pick out some of the best firefighter dance videos.

Fire Daily posted one of the videos here (360 Burn Size-up of the Fire Web 3/2/2010) as I had hit on it a while back here.

The Top Ten Best and Funniest Firefighter Dance Videos…Enjoy!

10. Firefighter Dance
Description: the video starts out sllow but please watch all of it and rate and comments are welcome. i do not own any of the audio used and simply mixed together a few songs that sounded good with a few dj tools and myself and another fellow firefighter danced to it while another firefighter recorded it

9. Just Dance Lady GaGa Bunker Gear Dance
Description: With only 5 min of planning….Take 1…Action

8. Firefighters Got Rhythm
Description: Helping out the community

7. Firefighter Dance Video
Description: Some helicopter crewmembers take some time to develop some dance skills

6. Jake the dancing Fire Fighter
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5. Newport Firefighters Doing Solja Boy
Description: four firefighters do soulja boy in front of their truck

4. The Firefighter Dance
Description: TRAINING BURN (since some thing he is neglecting his dutys)…Unprompted response after a firefighter sees the camera on him after fighting fire while training. But remember, after the work is done – nothing wrong with having a little fun. Be safe out there!

3. Fireman Pole Dance
Description: Fireman pole dancing on the fireman’s pole used to slide down to the fire engines from the upstairs floors. (with some unforseen consequences…)

2. Dancing Firefighter
Description: rookie firefighter paid to dance and man can he dance

1. Fire Fighters in Poker Face Music Video
Description: none

Posted by firecritic on March 8, 2010 • Filed under: Blogfest, Eyes on the Blog World, News, Top Ten Lists, Videos • Tagged: , , , , ,

Seattle Structural Collapse Rescue Training

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Enjoy this video from Seattle. Hat tip to Jaime Gummer for sending it in!

SFD Structural Collapse Rescue Training from christopher boffoli on Vimeo.

Posted by firecritic on March 5, 2010 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , ,

Classic Firehouse Prank…I know from first hand experience

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Flashback about 16 years ago. I was a junior in high school and had just been voted in as a member of the Midlothian Volunteer Fire Department in Chesterfield County, VA. I would become a junior firefighter and realize my ambition of becoming a career firefighter (that is another story coming soon).

The evening I was voted in was also the beginning of a couple other guys time at the VFD. Needless to say, we were stoked and had no clue of what the heck we were getting ourselves involved in.

That night we were to become one of the guys….and they other guys had an idea of how to break us in something proper. There we were hanging out between the vollie engine and paid engine. We were given an example of how we were to place the funnel in our pants and guide a quarter down our forehead into the funnel. The three of us did it at the same time. An example of the prank is below. Although, our guys went one step forward and drew around the quarter with a pencil leaving lead remnant on the edge of the quarter which made nice lines down our forehead and off our noses.

If you want to see more pranks…check them out here. Enjoy the video below. Hat tip to Dave Statter for sending me the vid!

Posted by firecritic on March 1, 2010 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , ,

Watch Ray McCormack’s FDIC Speech From Last Year

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Hey all,

I will be writing more about this in the near future…but take this for what it is worth.

I have pulled the embedded videos of the FDIC speech. I do not have the videos, nor did I upload them. I merely linked to them where they were located.

I have done this out of respect for those involved.

This was not an easy decision, but I feel as though it was the right one.

I felt at the time that people should see the video. I still feel that way, but I do not know everything involved with the speech and the issues surrounding it.

Again….out of respect.

Posted by firecritic on February 16, 2010 • Filed under: Firefighter Safety & Health, News, Safety, Videos • Tagged: , ,

Fire destroys Lancaster Township home

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Firefighters battle flames, snow, and bitter temperatures. View article here.

Cold temperatures and a thick blanket of snow dogged firefighters early Sunday as they battled a house blaze in Lancaster Township.

“It definitely made things tough for us,” Lancaster Township Fire Department Chief Ron Comfort Jr. said.

Firefighters were dispatched to 1725 Southport Drive at 1:19 a.m. after several people in the neighborhood called 911 to report the house was ablaze.

Posted by firecritic on February 9, 2010 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , ,

Public Service Announcment…Don’t Set Yourself on Fire

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I admit it, I am a junkie when it comes to stupid humans. I love sites like Break.com, NothingToxic.com, and EvilChili.com. These sites offer the best in stupid humans along with other viral video. One thing that really amazes me is watching people (most often young kids) lighting themselves on fire.

I don’t remember specifically being told by my parents, the nuns who taught me, or anyone else not to light myself on fire. I think it was just inferred by my common sensibility and realization that I am not immune to combustion.

Either way, some kids think that they are fireproof. I assure you that they are not. Burns are not fun, burns will change the way you look, and burns which are bad enough can indeed kill you.

That being said, some kids still believe that they can run around on fire and nothing bad will come of it.

Please, whatever you do…DO NOT SET YOURSELF ON FIRE.

Of course I have video evidence. Check out this idiot below. What the F was he thinking.

Posted by firecritic on January 24, 2010 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: ,

Like a Well Oiled Machine!

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I just watched this video below on Firefighter Spot (video is embedded from Firevideo.net). The video really caught my eye because the firefighters were operating so well. I just couldn’t get over how the firefighters seemed to go to work on their various tasks at a steady and efficient pace. No one was running, yelling, freaking out, or even yard breathing. Hoselines were being pulled, guys were masking up, ladders were being thrown, and the job was getting done. Almost like it was choreographed.

The fire has been dubbed a close call because of the smoke explosion which occurs at 1:40. Even with all that, the crews don’t freak out and it is obvious everyone is ok.

That being said, I feel the need to point out one issue I saw. The roof vent firefighter hits the ladder at about 3:05. He fails to sound the roof although he does start his saw before getting on the roof. Taking a pike pole or axe to sound the roof would have been ideal. If the saw stalled, he could have resorted to using the axe. Around 3:55 we lose all sight of the firefighter who is working alone on the roof (by my standpoint). I believe he went to the rear of the roof where a ladder had been thrown earlier in the fire. Either way, if I was the Incident Commander I might have had to move around a little bit to keep track of him. Ideally, he would have had a partner up there with him and he would have been on air prior to getting on the roof in those conditions. After all, if I fall through the roof I would want to be on air already.

Great job Guys


Find more videos like this on firevideo.net

Posted by firecritic on January 22, 2010 • Filed under: Firefighting Operations, News, Videos • Tagged: ,

Ambulance Wreck in Turkey

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fcems09_300x250This video is wild. You have gotta watch this. I do not know how old this video is, but it just showed up on Liveleak. From the information, there were no fatalities.

Once you view the video please take a minute to vote for the Fire/EMS Blog of the Year (click for link)

From Liveleak:

A security camera captured the moment an ambulance crashed in the southern Turkish province of Hatay. Four people in the ambulance were injured. Check Out The Guy Thrown Out Of The Roof…Sheesh! .

A recent down pour,which left the road quite slippy,was said to have contributed to the accident

Posted by firecritic on January 5, 2010 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged:

Raising Ladders Video

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Alex Capece of Raising Ladders has been blogging since becoming a firefighter/paramedic for DCFD (Sept. 2008). He flaunts his ability behind a camera every chance he gets. His story is actually quite interesting as well.

His photography isn’t the only great part of his blog though. He writes with passion and he does it very well.

He has now added a new notch in the blogging bedpost….video. He recently uploaded a video to the Nikon Festival “A Day Through Your Lens” competition. The video is awesome! Alex works at Engine 26 and captures some great video including some helmet camera footage!

I am not exactly sure how the contest works, but it appears to me that his video has been chosen as one of the top 50 contenders. Now I believe it is up to the judges.

Oh yeah…and I am one who always tries to give credit where it is due so I must admit that Captain Wines of the Engine 9 Blog gave me the heads up on this one!

Posted by firecritic on December 23, 2009 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , , ,

Chronicles of EMS Trailer

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CoEMS-logo1-small23Setla Films has uploaded the trailer for Chronicles of EMS. The trailer is but a taste of the larger pilot to come in the future. I must say that a trailer like this should have sponsors knocking down the door to get involved.

The filming of “The Project” and the subsequent creation of “Chronicles of EMS” seemed to be a snowball effect which really took on a life of its own. The whirlwind of social media that surrounded the buildup of “The Project” was a marketing wet dream! What a dream to have all of that free publicity, some great industry social media geniuses involved, and more and more people getting on board every minute.

What I really don’t understand is why companies which spend tens of thousands of dollars (probably a lot more) in advertising on industry websites and mags couldn’t come up with a marketing strategy to advertise on Chronicles of EMS. That is just amazing. That being said, they did have some great sponsors most notably Zoll.

I guess it just goes to show that many industry leaders still haven’t wrapped their heads around the capabilities of social media.

If you don’t know…now you know

Posted by firecritic on December 17, 2009 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , , , ,

Major Fire…Major Fire

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Check out this video of a fully involved house on arrival in Chicago.

Yeah….I am one of those guys who still can’t get over the use of 3/4 boots, but it works for them so be it. I am also not a fan of long coats for dexterity reasons.

Posted by firecritic on December 17, 2009 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , ,

Time To Call in the Big Guns

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Check out this house fire in Norway?  The fire is blowing out many windows as the video begins playing. Then pay attention to :14 seconds in at the possible smoke explosion in the rear of the structure.

The firefighters are certainly up against it in this fire, but they were able to get the last word. At one point you can see firefighters exiting the structure at the same time exterior crews are flowing water outside.

They call in the big gun around the 1:34 mark and put the fire out with a foam truck. Apparently one person died in the fire.

Does anyone know where this fire was exactly?

Posted by firecritic on December 11, 2009 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , , ,

John Jordan, head of a team of Americans helping Sarajevo’s firemen

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This is an older video. I don’t have the exact date. I must warn any younger viewers that parts of the video are graphic. The video tells of a pretty neat story of a Bristol Firefighter, John Jordan, who helped out the Sarajevo Firefighters. The video also shows what they were up against. Just watch the video!!!

The video states:

(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Bristol, Rhode Island, volunteer firefighter John Jordan, who has made trips to Bosnia to help the firefighters there, profiled; scenes shown from wartorn Sarajevo. [JORDAN - talks about fighting fires in Sarajevo while the snipers shoot.] Jordan shown delivering a shipment of firefighting equipment to Sarajevo. Jordan’s background reviewed; photos shown. [JORDAN - talks about the community nature of firefighting and helping to equip the men in Sarajevo.]


Posted by firecritic on December 5, 2009 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , ,

Venting the Roof – Video

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Here is something you rarely see in my department. Venting the roof on a single family dwelling. It isn’t that we don’t want to do it and it isn’t that we don’t know how to do it. It is more of a culture of firefighting that hasn’t included venting roofs on SFD’s. Manpower certainly has something to do with it…but I think the culture is more so the culprit.

This isn’t a bad thing. If you look around my town you will not see any plumes of smoke from fires still burning because we didn’t vent the roof. Actually, we are a very aggressive fire department and have managed to get by w/o venting roofs all the time. That being said, as most of you all know who are on departments who do vent roofs on sfd’s, it certainly has its benefits and its place in firefighting!!!

One thing that my department would have done that wasn’t done from what we can see in this video is setting ground ladders. My dept. would have thrown at least 2 ground ladders: one to the roof and one to a second floor window.

Did you notice anything you might have done differently? Maybe something your department doesn’t do that you wish they did.

Posted by firecritic on December 3, 2009 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , , ,

House Fire in Fort Lauderdale

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Here is some pretty decent footage from a bystander at a fire in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on the 22nd. Apparently in Fort Lauderdale the Cops take the front of the structure. Notice where the PD stops and parks.

You have to watch the video for the very awkward and short communication between the camera operator and a woman who

At 6:00 : “That’s crazy…Is that fabulous? No that is not fabulous.”

Posted by firecritic on November 30, 2009 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , ,

Gaithersburg Firefighter Injured – House Fire on Video

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Montgomery County, MD Firefighters battled a fire on Chelsey Knoll Terrace. The fire was caught on video although the injury was not.

The youtube video states:

A firefighter from the Gaithersburg -Washington Grove V.F.D. received first & second degree burns to his face and both hands — while fighting this 2-Alarm house fire on Chesley Knoll Terrace about 3:15 AM. The firefighter was transported to a local burn center for treatment.

NBC Washington:

Another report states: A firefighter was sent to a local burn center Saturday after suffering first and second degree burns on his hand, forehead and knee from a massive fire in Gaithersburg. Read more

Posted by firecritic on November 28, 2009 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , , , ,

Kuwait Firefighers Tackle Vehicle Fires

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Here is a little inside view of what it might be like to be a firefighter in Kuwait. The first half of the video is mostly a multi-vehicle fire including a bus. The rest is a slideshow which paints a decent picture of what it might be like a day in their shoes. The second video actually has some helmet camera footage…Enjoy

Here is a link to what I believe is their FD website…offered in English. If anyone has anything to chime in just let me know. I would love to hear from a Kuwait Firefighter!!!

Posted by firecritic on November 28, 2009 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , ,

House Explosion in Bushnell, Illinois

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The video embed code is disabled. That is usually enough for me to keep going and forget all about it. I have always wondered who posts a video to youtube but doesn’t want anyone to see it? However, this video is pretty decent footage prior to FD arrival. The explosion leveled the house. The house is located in Bushnell, Illinois.

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The video states:

The home at 519 Washington St. was leveled by a gas explosion around 2:30 p.m. The blast was heard little over seven miles away and also caught one other house on fire, leaving a large crater in the roof. It was not known if those occupants were home when the fire started.

No injuries were reported, but an ambulance was called for a firefighter reportedly having chest pains.

The occupant of the house Bradl Thompson, was outside with his dogs at the time. His wife was believed to be at work at the time.

Houses on the gas line and sewer system were also evacuated as well as those at least one block away on either side according to Bushnell Police Chief Merv Hilliard. At about 6:30 p.m. police said residents were being allowed back into their homes.

Firefighters from Macomb, Emmet-Chalmers, Good Hope and Adair fire departments were called in to help the Bushnell-Prairie City Fire Department battle the two fires.Fire Department

Click here for the video

Posted by firecritic on November 28, 2009 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Thanksgiving Day Fire Videos

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Here are some videos of fires which occurred on Thanksgiving Day 2009. I will probably add more videos throughout the day Friday as they are uploaded to youtube. Feel free to submit a link  or send in your photos/info.

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Part 1 of 2 – This fire was apparently recorded by the owners/occupants of the house. According to the data on youtube, the fire started shortly after they parked a classic corvette after taking it for a spin.

Part 2 of 2

Santa Maria, California

Fire in Santa Barbara County, California on Thanksgiving day.The Santa Maria Fire Department responded to this fire in Tanglewood on Teakwood drive. More on the fire here.

Sandwich, Massachusetts

House Explosion in Sandwich, Massachusetts. FireGeezer has the spectacular photo from the explosion here.

SANDWICH Joseph Kuzava was seriously injured when the home he rents at 8 Chaucer Street apparently exploded early this morning. A water heater was installed at the home yesterday, according to family members, and Kuzava complained about a smell of gas following the installation.

Kuzava suffered second-degree burns to his upper torso and was flown by medical helicopter to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, his sister Cathy Kuzava said this morning. He was put on a respirator because of the heavy medication doctors administered but he is expected to survive, she said.

Terre Haute, Indiana

House fire in Terra Haute, Indiana…with rekindle OOPS!

London

Peckham fire in London. FireGeezer has more on it.

Another Peckham fire video

North Reading

Here is a link for a cabin fire in North Reading (PA?). The lack of hydrants added to the difficulty in putting out the fire. They disabled the embed code.

Fairfield, Connecticut

Chemical fire at Southport warehouse

Narola, Azamgad district, UP

If you can understand it or know more info on it let me know!!

Nova Scotia

Last but not least…a fire at Hooters in Dartmouth Nova Scotia

Posted by firecritic on November 27, 2009 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Video – Family Dollar Fire in Rochester NY

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This video is shot by Guy Zampatori and begins a little earlier than some of the other video I have seen on the fire.

FireGeezer did a write up on this fire here. Bill has been following the stories of dollar stores burning for several months now.  STATter 911 also did a story on the fire here. Statter goes into depth on the fire which has arson written all over it.

Posted by firecritic on November 27, 2009 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , , ,

Video – Pier Fire in Atlantic City

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In no way does this look like a fun fire at all. The amount of thick black smoke is not amusing at all. Here are two videos, I will check back later for more because they are just being uploaded to youtube now.

The story is here:

ATLANTIC CITY – November 21, 2009 (WPVI) — Atlantic City fire crews battled a multi-alarm fire on the Atlantic City pier Saturday evening.

“All of a sudden it just erupted, it just exploded, we got all of our stuff down,” arcade operator Chris Ornduff said.

“In one minute, first you saw smoke and then one minute later flames were shooting 30 feet in the air,” arcade manager Chris Burke said. Read the entire story

Bonus Video

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

Bonus video from after the fire

Posted by firecritic on November 24, 2009 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , , ,

Midland Park, NJ 3rd Alarm Church Fire

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7 alarm fire in Midland Park. Ok, not exactly. The first fire was 4 alarms, the second fire at the same location later in the evening was 3 alarms. 7 alarms in total, just not at the same time.

MIDLAND PARK, New Jersey (WABC) — A fire at a church and school in New Jersey has been deemed suspicious.

The fire, which started late Monday night, re-ignited Tuesday morning at the Good Shephard Episcopal Church on Godwin Avenue in Midland Park.

Firefighters from several communities responded.

The fire raged from the roof for a second time after the flames reignited. The fire prompted a quick response from the members of the volunteer fire department, many of whom had been at the scene earlier battling a four-alarm blaze. Read the entire story here

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Posted by firecritic on November 24, 2009 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , , ,

Here’s One For the Ladies

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Its ok…The Fire Critic is secure in his masculinity and can handle posting male firefighters with washboard abs on the blog!

Check out this video on the making of a firefighter calendar.

However, not to be outdone I did find a “making of” for the Fire Girls calendar. BE WARNED, this might or might not be Safe For Work. Just to error on the side of caution you might just stick to the dudes above.

Ok, lets get back on track with the 2010 Toronto Firefighter Calendar below:

Posted by firecritic on November 24, 2009 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , , ,

Plenty of Roof Work for Everyone

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Check out this 3rd alarm fire in Allentown, PA. The fire shows that there is plenty of roof work for everyone before they had to back off to an adjacent roof and move to a defensive attack. It is hard to tell what is going on inside or on the ground because the video doesn’t show it. However, by all accounts these guys should be content with the work of the day. After all, there was plenty of it!

Posted by firecritic on November 24, 2009 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , , ,

Fire Fight the Smears

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The Boston Local has been fighting the smears for a while now. They have created a website (FireFightTheSmears.com) recently to provide more information to the public. The site is very informative and its sole purpose is to fight false information and allegations from their Mayor.

This is my take on the site…I think that the Boston Local has created a great product. The product being the web site, and the most beneficial part of it being the “Who We Are” section. Sure, the “Fact Vs. Fiction” part is great but the “Who We Are” section really makes the site unique.

Why you might ask? Because it provides a face for the public to view.

Lets be honest, all the public cares about is that we answer THEIR call for help. They don’t care if we answer Ms. Parker’s 911 call down the street. They don’t care about who we are, what we do, or who we go home to in the morning.

“Who We Are” could change all of that.

Back in the day, firefighters were pictured in the paper all of the time with news of what we were doing. We were special to the public and the newspaper knew it. Now the paper loves to print when we screw up. If they won’t do it for us then we must do it ourselves. Put our firefighter, our pictures, our stories, our plights on the computer of our citizens. Use twitter, facebook, youtube, flickr, and wordpress just like Boston’s Local has!

The Boston Local is on to something….I promise you that! What I recommend is your Local/Department/Crew doing the same thing. Oh, and one other thing…there should be a backlog of every Boston Firefighter waiting for their mug and info to show up on FireFightTheSmears.com!!!!

Great job guys!

Posted by firecritic on November 18, 2009 • Filed under: News, Videos • Tagged: , ,