Former Fire Chief collapsed at scene of car fire just outside of Hancock MD.FF Ernie Truax collapsed of an apparent heart attack, however was revived my fellow members of the Hancock Fire dept, as well as FF/Medic Stephen Barnhart of Hancock Rescue who responded to assist the … [Read more...]

Just want to share an incident with you that we had on November 6, 2007 at Home Depot in Keene. Please share with your troops and anyone else you wish. The Keene Fire Department was dispatched to the Home Depot for a reported compactor fire, possibly inside the building. On … [Read more...]

On Saturday, October 20, 2007 following a night of high winds and heavy rains. We were dispatched to a small brush fire on the side of the road. The calling parties were attempting to put the fire out with buckets of water. Engine 5 arrived on the scene and the Lt. of Slot 3 took … [Read more...]

My son, Keith Spain, 33,is a part-time fire fighter at the Madison Township Fire Department in Richland County, Ohio. On or about September 7th past, he climbed to the tip of an aerial ladder up some 60 feet to practise using the vertical control lever for the ladder pipe that … [Read more...]

Today our crew discovered that the overhead door track mounted over our EMS/brush squad was pulling out of the ceiling and near to failure. Apparently when it was installed, someone did not use long enough lag bolts, or missed the beams, who knows? The main point is that the … [Read more...]

Engine 165 was operating at a motor vehicle accident with no injuries. An approaching thunderstorm gave cause for concern, and as it began to rain, the members of E165 agreed that it would be smart to get inside the apparatus and wait for the storm to pass. About one minute after … [Read more...]