Another day of Honey-Do checklist getting crossed off I get a tweet from the “ Average Jake ‏@AverageJakeFF  Now that I'm aware of it they keep popping up in rapid numbers #hoarding #fire #ems #dangerous  @Jumpseatviews .  I immediately take to the texting airways to inquire about his experience.  He explains that it was a common occurrence with ho
By: Kay Long ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Nine dogs lost their lives in a house fire early Sunday morning at 5998 12th Street North. St. Petersburg Fire Lieutenant Joel Granata says the owner of the home was out and came home to find her home in flames. Granata says there were ten dogs inside the house, and only one made it out of the one story masonry h
Hoarding conditions found at house fire
This is a great video of a "Classic" hoarder condtions.  Pay close attention to the overhaul phase of the firefight.  Overhauling a Hoarder home is labor intensive and will tax your crews to their limits!!!
  dated: Monday, 02 Jul 2012, 4:42 PM EDT Published : Monday, 02 Jul 2012, 4:42 PM EDT Gilma Avalos DAVIE, Fla. (WTVJ) - A deadly fire erupted in a home in Davie, Florida Saturday morning killing an elderly woman that officials believe may have been a hoarder. The Davie Police Department said firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze but
http://www.wbay.com By Jennifer Wilson Manitowoc - An explosion and fire destroyed a mobile home in Manitowoc late Thursday night. At about 10 p.m., crews responded to Lakeland Manor Mobile Home Park on Waldo Boulevard for the report of an explosion in the rear of the home. Authorities say the owner of the mobile home was able to get out safely. No
The hot new sydrome these days is hoarding -- people can't get enough reality TV shows about poor idiots who can't throw anything away, even if those people watching have to shove aside three boxes of 11-year-old Fuddrucker's receipts just to see the screen. But things have gotten real, hoarding-wise, in the Houston burbs. There was the fire at 34t
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 attached garage. The first engine company captain made the decision to knock down the fire with a
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 on North Crawford Avenue. Once they did that, they found a basement that was filled with items from the floor to t
From a Northeastern Fire Department: [caption id="attachment_45" align="alignright" width="300"] Hoarder Fire 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 average household income. Initial commun
Good morning from the chamber of hoarders. [caption id="attachment_40" align="alignright" width="300"] Hoarder fire. Picture Courtesy of sdfirephotos.com 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 multiple variabl
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 officials and neighbors said.   The fire was reported at 3:34 a.m. at the two-story home at 171 Vi
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?  Notice the dust masks too.....   thanks for the stop inside the chamber of hoarders.......
Hoarding Fire? [caption id="attachment_27" align="alignright" width="300"] sdfirephotos.com 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 television show bringing new questions around.
[caption id="attachment_15" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo Courtesy of sdfirephotos.com Good afternoon from the chamber of hoarders.  The weather is turning nice and it’s time for the winter slumps to end.  It’s time to get out into your area to see if anything has changed, such as a hidden hoarder that has now been revealed. A “hidden hoard
This is a great example of a fire in a single family home with #Hoarding condtions.  This story is from Cinnicntati new station WKRC.  Here is a link to their story.
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