(The Secret List is NOT a secret?! Hmmm: http://tinyurl.com/3h6dquw
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Hey,
At 0425 hours this morning, the Atlanta (GA) Fire Rescue Department responded to Honeysuckle Lane on a multi-family dwelling fire with reported entrapment. The first arriving companies reported a working structure fire on a two story wood frame apartment on a basement with heavy smoke and fire visible on two floors and the attic with no entrapment. Arriving companies made an interior fire attack and search of the structure. While working from a ground ladder, a Firefighter fell approximately 25 feet. Sgt. Jordan Jenks is in Grady ICU in serious condition with broken ribs, vertebra and a laceration to the liver. We will provide updates on our homepage as he improves.
APPARATUS CRASH-NC FIREFIGHTERS INJURED
Two people were injured when a car crashed into the side of a fire apparatus as it was turning off of a Gaston County, North Carolina highway. Crowder’s Mountain Fire & Rescue Engine 55 was returning to quarters from a fire call when the crash happened on this morning. The rig was attempting to turn around 1140 hours when a vehicle crashed into their side. The driver of the civilian vehicle was driving about 45 miles per hour when the crash happened. 2 of the 3 Firefighters were transported to Gaston Memorial Hospital with injuries, the driver of the vehicle was not injured. Engine 55 sustained an estimated $150,000 worth of damages; the vehicle sustained an estimated $10,000 in damages.
UPDATE-HELMET CLOSE CALL/CONCERN:
NOTE-the following message from an issue of The Secret List last week had the wrong e-mail contact information. The correct e-mail is below regarding these helmet concerns.
During fire training earlier this year, a fire department is reporting problems with several Bullard UST helmets – immediately following live fire evolutions. Of their 36 brand new helmets that were issued on 2/14/11, 10 had been in live fire training just after the issuance, and of those 10, 3 have failed the exact same way. The FFs came out of the burn and attempted to remove their helmets and the inner shell remained on the FF’s head but outer shell came off – and completely separated from the inner shell. It appears that the adhesive securing the velcro to the shells failed. FF1’s helmet failure occurred after the 1st burn of the day and FF2’s failure occurred later in the day. FF1 had a black helmet manufactured on 1/12/11. An officer with a red helmet manufactured on a different day with him in the burn box and it did not fail. FF2’s failure was also with a black helmet manufactured on 1/12/11. Their previous failures were also black helmets, Bullard has been contacted by the FD.
The above FD’s Health and Safety Officer is asking for information from any other FD’s that have experienced similar problems. If your FD has experienced a similar problem, please contact them at:
The Secret List is NOT A Secret?!
The "Fire Critic" did a cool piece on the history of The Secret List ad FireFighterCloseCalls, that we sure appreciate.
HERE it is: http://tinyurl.com/3h6dquw
Take Care-BE CAREFUL.
BillyG
The Secret List 11-4-11 / 1642 Hours
