33 East Street (1995ish) A Male on the second floor (on Oxygen) smoking caused this fire.
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Around 1pm, March 25, 2010 firefighters were called to this Pine St. apartment complex for a fire. Upon arrival, heavy smoke was showing and an occupant was hanging out the window on the 3rd floor. Heavy fire was on the 1st floor rapidly extending to the upper floors. Firefighters made the rescue and attempted an aggressive interior attack but the fire was way ahead of them. Firefighters eventually had to be pulled out and fight the blaze from the exterior. It took almost 2 hours to bring this 3 alarm fire under control. Pictures of the rescue at www.milfordfirephotos.com Full video in Volume 25 at http
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The Massachusetts Department of Correction Physical Abilities Test (PAT). Correction Officers and Correctional Program Officers are responsible for the supervision and management of adult inmates. Management of these inmates can involve highly physically demanding tasks such as: physical restraint, self defense during an assault, breakup of fights and riots, and extrication of incapacitated inmates in emergency situations. Physical demands at this level are classified as Extra Heavy Physical Demand Labor under the Dictionary of Occupational Titles published by the US Department of Labor. Due to the life safety issues involved in performing the essential functions of these job catgories, all new applicants must demonstrate sufficient endurance, strength, flexibility, and cardiovascular fitness to safely meet the physical demands of the essential functions of the job. The Physical Abilites Test is designed to simulate actual emergency situations that occur on the job. Items 1 through 8 of the test are performed in an obstacle course format, progressing through the sequence of test items in a continuous manner. Heart rate is monitored throughout the obstacle course portion, with maximum cardiovascular tolerance defined by the Maximal Training Heart Rate (MTHR) of 90% utilizing the Karvonen formula1. 90+% is commonly recognized as above the Anaerobic Threshold, the point at which the body has insufficient oxygen and can no longer effectively remove lactic acid from the …

Massachusetts Firefighter Physical Ability Test (PAT) Video
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This is a video of a house fire that I took on my street about 3AM 10/15/09. No one was injured but the house was a total loss. This is in real time and as you can see it doesn’t take long for the flames to completely engulf the two upper floors. This fire happened in Norwood, MA.

(Sept. 29)CNN — From baby deliveries to unexpected deaths, Mike Bowes, a 911 dispatcher from
Quincy, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, has handled a wide range of emergency calls. But Monday night, the 44-year-old received an unexpected call from his neighbor. His own house was on fire. Out of 90,000 people who reside in Quincy, Mike Bowes’ was the home in flames, and he had answered the emergency call.