BLEVE in Tacoma; President makes promise in Emmitsburg; Post rides with Engine 11; Autopsy hazmat; Inside job
BLEVE from 3 angles
Click here to see three different views of Saturday’s BLEVE in Tacoma, WA. With a little practice I was able to run all three and get the timing down so you can see the various angles simultaneously (too much time on my hands).
The photo of the aftermatch if from thenewstribune.com. Click here for more pictures.
More details about the fire, explosions and injuries can be found here and here.
Below, I have compiled some BLEVE history from YouTube.
YouTube has an excerpt from a TLC documentary on explosions that looks a bit at BLEVEs.
From Taiwan, a tanker loaded with styrene.
A BLEVE done as part of testing in Berlin in 1999.
Above is the aftermath of a fire the same firm had in 2002.
Words that many of the families of fallen firefighters wanted to hear. It is particularly so for Athena Schwantes, seen in the pictures, who was denied benefits by the Department of Justice after her firefighter husband, Russell, died of heart attack on the job in Atlanta. More on the President’s remarks and coverage of the 26th annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service from Susan Nicol Kyle at Firehouse.com.
Read a transcipt of what the President said in Emmitsburg, here.
In the picture below, with DC Fire & EMS Chief Dennis Rubin, are Holly and Morgan Schwantes. The two girls led everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
George W. Bush is the only U.S. President who has visited the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial in its entire 26-year history. This is President Bush’s second appearance at the Memorial Service. This time he stayed the entire service and greeted each family as their loved one’s name was called.
Post rides with DC’s Engine 11 looking at EMS in the Nation’s Capital
Columnist claims they are in denial in Boston
Unusual hazmat
Fire administrator has them fuming
In Michigan City, IN, the first due engine doesn’t just take up position on side A, it is in quadrants A, B, C and D.
