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March 13, 2011

Orange County ambulance overturns, 4 hurt – California

ORANGE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) — An Orange County EMS ambulance crashed and flipped over Saturday, injuring three emergency medical technicians, and a patient who was being transported. It happened just before noon when the driver of the ambulance lost control on N.C. 86, about half a mile north of New Hope Church Road. According to...
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LEAD BY EXAMPLE RIGHT?

Thanks to Dave Statter (www.Statter911.com) for finding this video.  Obviously the Chief on the 2nd floor isn’t leading by example – since he has NO SCBA on his back!  Not to mention a lack of them throughout other ops on the fireground.
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STORZ FITTING COMES LOOSE CAUSING CLOSE CALL

We were called out for a tanker shuttle during a structure fire on 3-11-11. On our first trip back to the fill site a engine that was in place connected to the tanker using storz fittings. When the line was charged the hose was twisted and spun the storz fitting off thankfully it did not...
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New Details From Virginia “DUI” Fire Truck Ride: Cop & Fire Commissioner Amongst Those on The Ride

A 19-year-old woman, a police officer and a fire official were among the passengers on a pumper truck taken for an unauthorized drunken joyride in Loudoun County last weekend, News4 has learned. Authorities say all of those who were on the truck were off-duty volunteer firefighters in Loudoun County and all have resigned their positions...
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New Details From Virginia "DUI" Fire Truck Ride: Cop & Fire Commissioner Amongst Those on The Ride

A 19-year-old woman, a police officer and a fire official were among the passengers on a pumper truck taken for an unauthorized drunken joyride in Loudoun County last weekend, News4 has learned. Authorities say all of those who were on the truck were off-duty volunteer firefighters in Loudoun County and all have resigned their positions...
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