Category: Fire Hazards

Hoarder Fires: Dealing with the Occupant’s

Interaction with the people who collect, accumulate, and acquire this massive amounts of belongings can place the first responder in a different type of danger…

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Family: Hoarding Led to Deadly Poisoning

The victim’s brother tells FOX 17 that piles of belongings and junk were strewn around the home.  The contents may have blocked a carbon monoxide detector as well as vents which prevented any air to circulate…  

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Chamber of Hoarders

A site dedicated to educating firefighters about hoarded homes!

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MN man’s hoarding contributed to death in house fire

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Firefighters face difficulties battling flames at hoarder’s Beltzhoover house

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AZ Firefighters train for hoarded homes (video)

Hoarding house fire hazard Tempe firefighters demonstrate the fire dangers and challenges to rescue people living in such conditions  

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The time my life changed because of hoarding

In the beginning of the year 2011, my life was turned upside down because of hoarding. I moved in with my grandparents age two. I was too young to know it but I had just moved into the world of hoarding.It was a new house at the time I moved. As years went by the …

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Have advice for firefighters addressing COH?

What advice do you have for these firefighters making presentations to children, on how to address the topic with their hoarding parent(s)? Fire Prevention Month: Stop Hoarding Mom and Dad? If you post your comments below, COH Inc. will forward all to Firehouse.com. Thank you for your input.

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Crews: Debris fell out of house like jackpot from slot machine

Allentown, PA: Chief: Hoarder’s ‘stuff’ hampers efforts to fight 2-alarm fire

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Toronto landlords call for guidance on hoarder tenants

Move comes in wake of Wellesley Street apartment fire

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Hoarding on the rise in Arizona

=TEMPE, Ariz. — A house fire in March turned more dangerous than it should have been because the homeowners were hoarders. The contents inside the home ignited an explosion that injured two firefighters. Hoarding is becoming more and more of a problem in Arizona. Last summer, the Arizona Hoarding Task Force was formed to handle …

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SF Chronicle: “There has to be a better way to get someone evaluated.”

-“To our surprise,” Dressel said, “APS informed us that since Myrna could answer a few questions and she had her own financial ability to pay for assistance, they were not able to force Myrna into any type of assisted care.” Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/06/BACA1JCH2T.DTL#ixzz1LfNGq9iG

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Fire official says ‘hoarding conditions’ caused…

Trapped Man Rescued from Burning House in Novato Fire official says ‘hoarding conditions’ caused older man to get pinned on his back deck as he tried to douse flames. By Brent Ainsworth | Email the author | 2:41pm A man needed to be rescued Wednesday afternoon when a fire burned an exterior deck of his …

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Children hurt in basement fire

By ROB LAMBERTI, Toronto Sun April 5, 2011 1:42pm Hoarding may have been a factor in a blaze that sent two young children to hospital Tuesday morning. Read the full story

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