Sacramento (CA) Fire Department Releases After-Action Video on Firefighter Near-Miss Incident

This video explores the events of January 12, 2015 when two Sacramento (CA) firefighters were sent through the floor of house into the fire they were fighting. They fell into the basement, trapped.

“The SOGs that we have, the operating procedures and guidelines that we have in the Sacramento Fire Department were not built from theory, ” said Deputy Chief of Operations Lloyd Ogan. “The guidelines that we have today were built with blood, sweat, and tears.”

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Two Workers Killed, Another Injured in Explosion at Atlanta Delta Air Lines Facility

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport.