WEAR ALL YOUR GEAR' NO EXPOSED SKIN' NO EXCUSES' Date of Alarm: 4192007 Hazelton, PA' Firefighter Es

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WEAR ALL YOUR GEAR.NO EXPOSED SKIN.NO
EXCUSES.Date of Alarm 4-19-2007Hazelton, PA.
Firefighter Escapes Flashover during search for
victims

• two children killed
• Original Power Point slides by Dennis Kroh,
  photos by Tim Mumie and program shared by and
  posted on

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The following information has been providedto
FireFighterCloseCalls.com by FF Joel
MumieHazelton, PA. Ladder 1FF Mumie was caught
in the flashover while searching for the trapped
victims.
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FROM FF JOEL MUMIE The fire was a 1/2 block
from my house. I went out my front door and heard
terrible screamingI knew we had a bad one. I
drove down the block and radioed county fire
dispatch of a working fire with entrapment, fire
showing side "D" geared up and awaited for E-2 to
arrive. when it did I grabbed the 16ft roof
ladder threw it to side "A" and found a mother in
the window, grabbed her and pulled her out and
she said her kids were in their room and begged
me to get them. As my partner moved her down the
side of the roof to a safe area, and I entered
the room, I searched in about 5-6 feet, found the
crib but no child, attempted to continue
searching when in seconds the conditions became
unbearable. I made my way back to the window and
as I exited, the 2nd floor flashed. I thought for
sure I was burned but lucked out, I had all my
PPE in place, it did it's job and I am still here
to talk about it. I can't stress enough the
importance of wearing ALL of your gear with NO
EXPOSED SKIN and wearing it properly. Please use
this for training and stress the importance to
other members of you departments or future fire
students. Sad to say that we could not reach the
2 boys in time, but I was able to get the mother
out who is 6 months pregnant with another child
and is expected to make it.
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entering to search for the children after
removing the mother
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2nd floor as it flashed and if you look close
under the window venting fire on the left you can
see the outline of FF Mumie as he exited
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His PPE(Personal Protective Equipment)
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Additional Incident Information

• It has been reported that the fire started with
  an unattended pot of oil on the stove.
• There was 1 working smoke detector.
• Bunker Gear was Morning Pride Mfg.
• SCBA was Scott 4.5 AP 50
• Helmet was a Cairns Leather.

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Learn more about FLASHOVER

• It is the most dangerous time of a fire!! When
  the room bursts into flame, flashover has
  occurred. The scientific definition of flashover
  states it is caused by the radiation feedback of
  heat. Heat from the growing fire is absorbed into
  the upper walls and contents of the room, heating
  up the combustible gases and furnishings to their
  auto-ignition temperature. This build up of heat
  in the room triggers flashover. Flashover signals
  several major changes in a fire and is the end of
  an effective search and rescue in a room It
  means the death of any person trapped in the
  burning room - either civilians or firefighters.
  It signals the end of using or considering a
  portable extinguisher to extinguish the fire an
  attack hose-line is required after flashover
  occurs. It signals the end of the growth stage
  and that the fire is in the second stage of
  combustion - the fully developed stage. Finally,
  flashover signals the change from a contents to a
  structure fire. This is the beginning of the
  collapse danger.
• For more information on FLASHOVER, go to
• www.VincentDunn.com
• www.FireTactics.com/FLASHOVER.htm

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A Special Thank You to Firefighter Mumie and all
the FFs involved at this fire from
FireFighterCloseCalls.com for sharing his story
and pictures so we can reinforce the importance
of PPE.WEAR ALLYOUR PPENO EXCUSES!entire
story will be featured in an upcoming issue of
Firehouse Magazine, Close Calls column.