On Saturday 10/23/2004 when our ladder truck was backing into the station, a member stood behind the truck to act as a spotter. A 4 x 4 wood block was being used as a wheel chock. When the ladder truck backed up against the wheel chock it shot backwards catching the member in the shin....Read More
The following video is a SEAT BELT commercial provided courtesy of RADM Richard E. Brooks, Commander, Naval Safety Center. Windows Media Player version 9 is required to view these videos. If you do not have this software, you can click here to download it.Right-click on a link below and select “Save Target As” to download...Read More
”…….We Marked RESPONDING….and next thing I knew I was laying in the street with severe back pain…….” AND THE RESULTS WERE: “…..If everything goes well, I should be back to work after 12 weeks in a turtle shell brace and 8 weeks of physical therapy…..” On 08/16/04, at approximately 1750 hours, E-321 was alerted for...Read More
From the Denver Post Van De Weghe was in fair condition Tuesday. 11-24-04Jefferson County – A Colorado State Patrol trooper was seriously injured Tuesday when a car smashed into the back of his patrol car as he was parked beside Interstate 70 west of Denver. Trooper Patrick Van De Weghe, 44, was pinned inside the...Read More
Several years ago, myself and a Captain responded to a car fire on the interstate. At the time, our usual response was a brush pumper, with a tanker only on request for more water. A city police officer just happened to respond as well. Because of the wind direction we positioned our truck in front...Read More
Wreck Nov. 5 Injured 2 Teenage Girls 12-13-04-OLATHE, Kan. — Johnson County District Attorney Paul Morrison charged two Grandview, Mo., police officers Monday with reckless driving. The charges against Officers Douglass Blodgett and Brian Blessing stem from a high-speed police pursuit and crash Nov. 5 (pictured, left) that injured two teenage girls. Morrison told KMBC’s...Read More
