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October 29, 2012

NH FF FLOWN OUT AFTER INJURY AT VACANT HOUSE FIRE

Officials reported a fire early Sunday morning, which destroyed an unoccupied home on Pine Street and injured a firefighter. The Wolfeboro firefighter was transported to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center by DHART helicopter. Sunday morning, at approximately 2:07 a.m., officials including Wolfeboro Fire-Rescue and the police department responded to a single-alarm fire at 46 Pine Street. The...
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JR FF PUT SOMEPLACE HE SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN – WITHOUT PPE AND SCBA AS WELL

We are a small combination dept outside a major city. Leadership is lacking, and a general malaise is the prevalent attitude of the depart. Recently we were dispatched to a CO alarm. in truck conversation was the “This is the typical BS Run” We marked on scene and dismounted the truck, took out the 4...
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FF INJURED DURING PUMP TEST

Pump Testing. We were preforming our first pump test of the day. We had three separate sections of 2 1/2″ hose each 100′ in length attached to ground monitor with a monitoring device for gallons per minute. We just finished our first capacity test at 1250 gallons per minute. The firefighter working with me knew...
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DRIVE SHAFT BLEVES AT FIRE – CLOSE CALL

During a fire at a Hoarder type fire, a Drive shaft from a vehicle Bleved.the drive shaft was thrown approximately 75′-100′ feet it is unknown of the exact location due to the circumstances the vehicle was on a hillside above the roadway and the debris was piled approximately 8′ high. The drive shaft landed on...
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