Quick Note: There are several fundraiser’s to support Asbury Park, NJ Acting Captain Jason Fazio. He has been slowly improving from burns and fractures when he was forced to jump out that fire on 1-10.11.
One event is a FIREGROUND OPERATIONS TRAINING DAY: http://www.asburyparkfirefighters.net
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Hey,
While not a Firefighter LODD, a Kentucky Veteran Firefighter who was working on the highway as a part of a clean up crew was struck and killed yesterday. Volunteer Firefighter (and former Chief) Danny Allen was hit and killed Tuesday morning on a northern Kentucky interstate and his last act was reportedly trying to save a co-worker. This is yet another example of the danger of operating on the highways for fire, police or any related services worker.
Allen was a Fairdale and Nichols Firefighter, and formerly the Edgewood Fire Chief.
Investigators say Allen was working on a standard environmental cleanup for a Shelbyville company along I-71 in Gallatin County when a box truck crossed into the work area and hit the former chief. Allen died and two other people were injured. One of the injured men told Allen’s family that the former fire chief tried to push him out of the way. As always, our sincere condolences.
For More Details On Operating on the Roadways, Go To: www.ResponderSafety.com
IN 1997: 9 CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN A FIRE APPARATUS ACCIDENT
The Latvian Supreme Court has ruled that the National Fire and Rescue Service must pay compensation to Andris Zass over the 1997 "Talsi Tragedy". In the summer of 1997, nine children were killed when a fire truck basket broke during a summer demonstration. There were 22 people, mostly children, in the basket at the time. The maximum capacity for the basket was just four adults.
The Riga Regional Court has received several lawsuits worth several million altogether. The court has already ruled on several of theses lawsuits, ordering compensation of hundreds of thousands.
"COMMAND TO THE SNOWBLOWER DIVISION, ATTACK THE FIRE FROM SIDE A"
If you haven’t seen this video, check it out. Just one more tool in the arsenal. There are some great quotes in this interview as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFKRq3e90XI
FLORIDA PARAMEDIC NOT SHOT BY BAD GUY, SHOT HIMSELF
We reported this shooting to you a few weeks ago, now it turns out, the medic made it up and shot himself.
The Escambia County Paramedic did it while at work last month was arrested yesterday and released on bond. Brandon Richie, 28, is charged with making a false report, a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail. He is free on $1,000 bond.
The charge stems from when Richie reported that a man wearing a lime-green jacket emblazoned with NASCAR-type patches shot him Jan. 28.
Richie admitted to investigators Wednesday that his wound was accidentally self-inflicted and that he made up the story about being shot. He told deputies he was retrieving an item from a bag inside an ambulance when someone tapped him on the back and then shot him as he turned around. When Richie talked with investigators Wednesday, he initially reconfirmed that someone shot him, but after investigators confronted Richie with evidence and information gathered during the investigation, he changed his story.
More details HERE: http://www.northescambia.com/?p=44245
Take Care-BE CAREFUL.
BillyG
The Secret List 2-11-11 / 0832 Hours
