Providence RI 3rd Alarm w/Mayday 4 buildings 1/6/18

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**3RD ALARM**
106 Bowdoin St.
2 triple deckers heavily involved on arrival
Heavy fire throughout
Fire into exposure - four 3-story wdfrm structures.
Multiple hand lines
Ladder pipes in operation.
Reported Mayday


http://wpri.com/2018/01/06/four-homes-damaged-several-injuries-reported-in-providence-fire/

http://turnto10.com/news/local/several-several-injured-in-multi-building-fire-in-providence-saturday-morning







http://providencefirefighters.org/
 
Brother who had Mayday after collapse was member of PVD's busy heavy rescue company -  Special Hazards 1.  Member received burns to leg. 
 
mack said:
Brother who had Mayday after collapse was member of PVD's busy heavy rescue company -  Special Hazards 1.  Member received burns to leg.
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Prayers for recovery of brother re-admited to hospital.
 
mack said:
mack said:
Brother who had Mayday after collapse was member of PVD's busy heavy rescue company -  Special Hazards 1.  Member received burns to leg.
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Prayers for recovery of brother re-admited to hospital.
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Let me just add, that a few guys from this site know this firefighter. I think he has about 27 years on the job, 21 which was assigned to Providence Special Hazards 1, the Heavy Rescue Co of that city, similar to NYCs rescues.

He loves the job and from what I understand he was trapped during a collapse, which also destroyed his radio. I believe it was another firefighter who transmitted the mayday to get him help.

Despite wearing the fire dept issued heavy bunker gear, he received a serious burn to one of his legs while he was pinned under that burning debris.
 
Photo shows site members left to right CFDMarshall, nfd2004 and mack with the Providence R1 firefighter who was injured in this fire.

 
fdce54 said:
Photo shows site members CFDMarshall, nfd2004 and mack with the Providence R1 firefighter who was injured in this fire.
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The injured firefighter, Dan R., is on the right. He took a few of us around the city last spring.

At that time, despite working roughly 70-80 hours a week of all the Providence firefighters due to a severe manpower shortage of roughly 25 % plus, Dan made time to show us around the city even though he had worked the night before and was required to work that night and the next day.

There are NO Guarantees with the firefighters job no matter where it is. And despite all the experience, the latest bunker gear, radio equipment, etc., firefighters are required to go into burning buildings to save lives. That's what Dan and many of the other firefighters were doing. It was reported that people were still trapped in that building. As firefighters, that means its time to switch into high gear. 

As some of the links to articles above point out, one civilian perished in this fire. The cause is believed to be electricity. Looking at some of those photos in the links, we can understand why. 

"fdce54" was also with us that day but took this picture.
 
nfd2004 said:
fdce54 said:
Photo shows site members CFDMarshall, nfd2004 and mack with the Providence R1 firefighter who was injured in this fire.
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The injured firefighter, Dan R., is on the right. He took a few of us around the city last spring.

At that time, despite working roughly 70-80 hours a week of all the Providence firefighters due to a severe manpower shortage of roughly 25 % plus, Dan made time to show us around the city even though he had worked the night before and was required to work that night and the next day.

There are NO Guarantees with the firefighters job no matter where it is. And despite all the experience, the latest bunker gear, radio equipment, etc., firefighters are required to go into burning buildings to save lives. That's what Dan and many of the other firefighters were doing. It was reported that people were still trapped in that building. As firefighters, that means its time to switch into high gear. 

As some of the links to articles above point out, one civilian perished in this fire. The cause is believed to be electricity. Looking at some of those photos in the links, we can understand why. 

"fdce54" was also with us that day but took this picture.
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Continued best wishes for our friend - brother Dan Rinaldi, as he continues to recover.

    http://wpri.com/2018/01/08/body-pulled-from-burned-down-olneyville-home/


One of Dan's recipe's:

    http://ediblenetwork.com/rhody/files/pages/articles/fall08/homeOnTheRange.pdf
 
One of Dan's recipe's:

    http://ediblenetwork.com/rhody/files/pages/articles/fall08/homeOnTheRange.pdf
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Note - Here's a little story that I wanted to pass on related to the above link.

Dan was once featured on the NBC Today Show among some of the Best Firehouse cooks in the country. In a nationally broadcast cooking contest, Dan took the SECOND Place winner award.

SECOND Place all because of that department they refer to as the FDNY. I think it was one of the guys from a Harlem Company if I remember correctly. So Dan had to go all the way back to Providence, RI with that Second Place Trophy. Giving up First Place to those FDNY guys.

But he beat out all eight of the other ten guys from some of the busiest and best depts in the country.
 
http://www.rescuingprovidence.com/2018/01/14/dan-rinaldi/



 
fdce54 said:
Photo shows the Providence R1 firefighter who was injured in this fire on the right.
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Firefighters recall being trapped during Bowdoin St fire. The injured firefighter will begin skin graphs surgery on 2/1.

Story from Channel 12 News, WPRI in Providence.

http://wpri.com/2018/01/31/firefighters-recall-being-trapped-during-bowdoin-street-fire/



 
Providence, R.I Firefighter Dan R tells his story of being pinned and trapped at this 3rd alarm fire in Providence. This week, Dan is scheduled to receive a skin graph at a local R.I. Hospital for a serious burn he received on his leg, despite wearing his fire department bunker gear. He also had begun physical therapy and will continue with that after his surgery.

This type of incident can happen to any firefighter and he would like to share this with the members on this site.

I've known Dan for about 8-10 years. He is a firefighter who really enjoys doing the job, like so many others here.

The entire audio interview last about 50 minutes. Dan begins his story at around the 3:30 minute mark.

http://firefightertrainingpodcast.com/2018/02/
 
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