I am a member of the Lindenhurst, NY Fire Dept.On May 8, 2004 I was doing a work detail with the department at our picnic grounds. I started working at 9:30AM and at about 10:30AM I started to havr pains in my chest, which I thought I pulled a muscle in my chest. I told my son … [Read more...]

At the request of a medic crew an MSP Helicopter was dispatched to transport a stroke victim. Upon landing, the fire department crew observed that part of the tail fin assembly was missing. the helo crew had no indication anything was wrong with the aircraft until notified. Who … [Read more...]

March 2007- Recently one of our fire explorers came to me with questions regarding the SCBA that we use at our department. As we stood in our SCBA maintenance room I was explaining the different components of our system and how they worked. One of my pet peeves with SCBA bottles … [Read more...]

While performing overhaul following a residential house structure fire in a neighboring fire district, I was working from an 10ft folding attic ladder. I fell approximately 8ft when the truss the ladder was being supported by failed. This particular structure was two story, and … [Read more...]

On a incredibly windy night during a storm a few months back. Me and my leiutenant were dispatched to a downed power line in a trailer park community. When we arrived we found a tree that had fallen onto a trailer and crushed it. As we were assessing the scene to assure no … [Read more...]

On Saturdays and Sundays my department has rookie drills for our probationary firefighters. On this particular Saturday it was our companys turn to host the drill. We met everyone at the drill site and started the evolutions. Today was my turn to cook for the station so while the … [Read more...]

While testing an auxillary fire hydrant system, we pumped a FDC type connection that fed another hydrant at the top of the hill. After the operations, it was obvious that there was no provision to drain the water from the system. An employee of the Water Department (Non-Fire … [Read more...]

While testing an auxillary fire hydrant system, we pumped a FDC type connection that fed another hydrant at the top of the hill. After the operations, it was obvious that there was no provision to drain the water from the system. An employee of the Water Department (Non-Fire … [Read more...]

Dispatched for a code 3 possible inside gas leak in a single family home. Investigation found an odor emanating from the battery for a back-up sump pump system located in the basement and no natural gas leak was detected. The battery, Die Hard (Marine Deep Cycle / RV), was warm … [Read more...]

Rented a home in NH, over the Christmas Holidays....did not know the previous renters had left an upstair vent to the fireplace open. We had a pot belly stove that we rebuilt from scratch, and loaded up for Christmas. Never knowing the walls were filling up with smoke. We felt … [Read more...]