Philadelphia Fire Department

We want to let them know that we're there for them every step of their challenge, and they're letting us know that they're with us as well.

This year marked the Philadelphia Fire Department's first time taking part, joining state police and other departments from Bucks and Montgomery counties.

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walks you into this big old building down by the Delaware River, and it's filled with enormous machinery.

It was an old Philadelphia Fire Department pumping station.

It was built to draw water directly from the river, take huge amounts of water, and then send it out to the whole city to keep the water pressure up.

So there's enormous industrial infrastructure there.

We're here at 18th and Race.

Uh, they have two huge, uh, they have two ladder trucks here from Philadelphia Fire Department, and they're both hoisting up here the American flag.

And there are also officers on horses here.

There will be, again, some sort of procession that will take place, uh, at some point within the next, uh, uh, half hour or so leading up to the, uh, remarks that will be made or remembrance for the officer, and then the funeral, which is supposed to take place around noontime.

When fire crews arrived on location, they had fire showing from the third-floor front, made an aggressive interior attack, was able to knock down the fire, which allowed two occupants to escape.

Deputy Commissioner with the Philadelphia Fire Department Joshua McGurk says the third occupant was unable to get out and was pronounced dead.

A firefighter suffered injuries but is in stable condition.

Nafeez lives nearby and woke up to loud bangs outside of his window.

A man who lives on this block and asked only to be identified as Pete shared this doorbell camera video with Action News.

By the time the Philadelphia Fire Department arrived, a 24 year old woman and her five year old son had escaped with the help of their neighbors.

They jumped out the window and these two guys caught them.

But a 22 year old woman and her three year old daughter were still upstairs.

There's nothing broken.

She's bleeding." The operator then connected Sam to someone within the Philadelphia Fire Department who was sharing info with the paramedics who were on the way.

Sam gave them a long explanation about what happened over the last hour, including details about how he had gone to the gym.

But the dispatcher was asking questions about Ellen's health, like, was she breathing? And Sam couldn't see her chest moving.

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Well, this week is Fire Prevention Week and the Philadelphia Fire Department is helping students learn how to practice fire safety.

Officials were at the John Hartram School in North Philadelphia this morning to share important lessons with little kiddos.

They held a fire drill then discussed safety habits and this year there is a focus on how to safely use lithium ion batteries.