Raw Video Hoarding Apt. Fire Maryland
Great footage from Statter911.com of a three alarm fire in PG county Maryland that was complicated by Hoarding Conditions. This is a great reminder that Heavy Content conditions can be found in any occupancy. It is common to find these conditions in multi-family dwellings. The case study from 200 Wellesly Ave in Toronto is a…
Heavy Content: Not limited to Residential Homes
News from WKTLA.com Eight firefighters were injured while battling a blaze at a Venice storage facility, which took over 14 hours to knockdown, fire department officials said Sunday. Over 200 firefighters had worked to extinguish a fire at the Extra Space Storage facility located in the 600 block of Venice Boulevard (map), which broke out…
Hoarding Fire New Jersey
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 05:39PM DUNELLEN, N.J (WABC) - A firefighter was injured in a two-alarm fire Tuesday at a condo complex in Dunellen, New Jersey. The blaze began at about 11 a.m. on Pulaski Street near the intersection of South Avenue. One firefigher suffered smoke inhalation and was taken away by ambulance. He is…
Hoarding discovery on Medical Response
Chamber of Hoarders In the above news video the exposure dangers to all first responder agencies is highlighted. During the clip you will notice fire, police, and EMS agencies all responded to this call for service. The news explains the initial call for service as being a respiratory distress call that evolved into a…
Dolton Illinois Hoarder Fire Video
7-16-14@ 2:40am Dolton,Illinois Still & Box House Fire 14641 Lincoln Avenue Good morning from the ChamberofHoarders.com, We would like to thank you for visiting our new, redesigned, site. Look for new content added weekly! Today’s video comes from Dolton Illinois. This video is a great example of the challenges faced by first arriving…
Firefighter Shocked in Hoarder Fire
By Molly Born / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Firefighters crawled over piles of books, newspapers and other items Tuesday morning while trying to put out heavy flames in a vacant house in Homestead. Allegheny County assessment records show the house belonged to Margaret Mary Vojtko, the former Duquesne University adjunct professor of French whose death in September…
Hoarder Fire in Endicott NY
Endicott, NY (WBNG Binghamton) Several fire departments responded to a second alarm house fire Tuesday morning. The call came around 8:40 a.m. of reports of a house fire at 113 Roosevelt Ave. Read more Here
Podcast about Hoarder Fires
Guest Podcast Recorded with the folks from Firefighter Toolbox. Listen in as David J Soler interviews Ryan Pennington on tips for fighting Hoarder Fires: Show Notes: Hoarding has been becoming a growing concern in our communities. How does this affect us firefighters? What does it matter? Well, on this episode, I talk with Ryan Pennington,…
The hidden problem of hoarding
This article originally appeared in the January 2014 edition of Fire Magazine. To subscribe to the magazine visit http://www.pavpub.com/p-262-fire-magazine.aspx. The hidden problem of hoarding US Correspondent Catherine Levin reports on the growing problem of hoarding fires and what is being done to tackle the issue on both sides of the pond: There is a small park…