Houston Firefighters

[ONW]

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Massive-Fire-Burns-Houston-Hotel-209690031.html

At least five firefighters taken to the hospital already.

As a former firefighter my heart goes out to you and your families.

 

[tsywake]

Unconfirmed reports of 1 LODD. According to the video, crews were performing CPR on at least one firefighter.

 

[tsywake]

4 confirmed fatalities and 5 injured. Ugh, its been a rough few weeks for TX and OK.

 

[DeaconCav06]

24 year old female probationary officer was killed. That whole story is incredibly sad.

 

[ONW]

24 year old female probationary officer was killed. That whole story is incredibly sad.

And no doubt can be attributed to the "truss-like" construction of the roof and lack of firebreaks in the common attic space.

 

[tsywake]

Texas has lost 18 firefighters already this year, more than the last five years combined.

To put that into perspective, only 83 firefighters died nationally in 2012.

 

[TexasDeac10]

24 year old female probationary officer was killed. That whole story is incredibly sad.

Damn. She was 1 month out of the academy.

 

[DeaconCav06]

Damn. She was 1 month out of the academy.

While all of these deaths are tragic, I just imagine a family that was worried about their daughter working in such a dangerous field and her reassuring them.

 

[ONW]

Texas has lost 18 firefighters already this year, more than the last five years combined.

To put that into perspective, only 83 firefighters died nationally in 2012.

That is unacceptable. How many in structural collapses in commercial properties if you have that information?

 

[DeaconCav06]

I believe three separate incidents. The fertilizer plant, this, and an apartment fire.

 

[ONW]

Those were always the scariest to me. Thanks.

 

[tsywake]

That is unacceptable. How many in structural collapses in commercial properties if you have that information?

I couldn't find a breakdown of commercial vs residential structure fire fatalities, but nearly 20% of the 2012 deaths were structure fire related. Here's what I was able to find: http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefight...tDataReport?idrYearStart=2012&idrYearEnd=2012

 

[19deac92]

Terrible! May the Lord wrap his loving arms around the grieving families of these brave and selfless public servants.

tsy/ONW: I have a question to ask of you as former/current firefighters.

Can you help me with ideas for things that private citizens like myself can do to show firefighters how much they are appreciated? In years past, we have made cookies and brought them to the local fire station just to say thanks. What are some other tokens of appreciation that can be done that won't run afoul of any regulations or rules?

 

[ONW]

I couldn't find a breakdown of commercial vs residential structure fire fatalities, but nearly 20% of the 2012 deaths were structure fire related. Here's what I was able to find: http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefight...tDataReport?idrYearStart=2012&idrYearEnd=2012

Thanks man. And 92, steaks lots of steaks, they'll take it from there, and you may get to tell them thanks during the dinner time cookout that results.

 

[tsywake]

Apologies for the quality of the sound, the recording in Reliant Stadium wasn't the best. They really do things right in Texas, although its a shame that they've gotten so good at performing the ceremony.