Honolulu fire fighters close call with a communication room explosion On August 12, 2009, at 2217 hours, Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) units responded to an “odor of gas” in downtown Honolulu. Fire officials on scene contacted the local gas company requesting their assistance in … [Read more...]

Last night the fire department was dispatched for an anhydrous leak. The leak from the best of my knowledge was from a hose between the farmers tractor and the applicator tank. First arriving units with the COMMANDING OFFICER decided to drive thought the plume of anhydrous … [Read more...]

Responded to a multiple vehicle crash as a Paramedic for a Private Ambulance Service. Upon arrival the Engine crew was actively do vehicle extrication using their combi tool. Only one Engine was dispatched and no additional resources were requested. My partner went to the car … [Read more...]

FD Dispatched to a possible electrocution, two subjects, unconscious, in the basement, and Children calling it in. Upon Chief 372 arrival he met the children in the front yard who said their dad was in the basement and mom went down to help and she started shaking and went down. … [Read more...]

12/19/06 - I was the officer of the first ambulance on the scene and the first one in the building in the Orland Park hazmat incident that you have already written about. I've been reading your letters for a couple of years now and I never thought that a simple asthma EMS call … [Read more...]

Our engine company, with four, was dispatched to a gas leak, inside a residential structure. On arrival, the Captain was informed by the homeowner, of a gas leak in the kitchen, with the meter being in the basement. As I came off the engine, I heard the homeowner say, down the … [Read more...]