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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Near Miss in Cluttered House
Near Miss 4/2010 Report Number: 10-0000726 Report Date: 04/26/2010 Event Description We were responding to a mutual aid fire with a neighboring volunteer department. Our first two engines were the first on scene. Upon arrival we found a fully involved … Continue reading
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New Castle basement hoarding challenges firefighters
New Castle basement hoarding challenges firefighters | Local News - WTAE Home. Nobody was hurt, but firefighters had a big challenge on their hands early Monday morning in New Castle. They broke a basement window to get inside a house … Continue reading
Hoarder Fire Chronicles
From a Northeastern Fire Department: It occurred on a warm summer night last year. Tones dropped to respond to a mutual aid town for a ‘special assignment’. The town we were responding town is generally an affluent community with above … Continue reading
Hoarder Fires:Collapse Risks
Good morning from the chamber of hoarders. When we last were inside the chamber we discussed the choice to crawl over the piles of belongings that you can encounter while inside a hoarded home. This is a complex issue with … Continue reading
2 Elderly Men Killed In SF House Fire
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Two elderly men died in a fire early Friday morning that started in a bedroom of a home in San Francisco’s Excelsior District that was apparently filled with a large amount of debris, fire … Continue reading
Next time in a Hoarder House….
Check out this video from a clean out company as they clean out a house that had Hoarding conditions. Next time you respond to a medical or non-fire related call just think of what is beneath all of those belongings? … Continue reading
Hoarding Fires: Knock it over?
Hoarding Fire? To knock over or to crawl over is a question that keeps coming up in my research into fighting fires in Hoarder Homes. Over the past year hoarding conditions has had everyone’s attention due to a very successful … Continue reading