One of our rookies was issued USAR gear pants and he wore it for a couple of months. He even wore it in a small fire. We have a heavy rescue station that was issued USAR gear from a grant and SOMEHOW two sets of the gear were put into the spare gear locker and issued to the kid … [Read more...]

Our dept. recently purchased some new square d work lights. We have been having problems with one of the lights blowing the bulbs. we assumed that it was a problem with the bulbs getting wet and blowing. A couple of weeks ago one of our firefighters was shocked by this light. The … [Read more...]

Early this morning we responded to wires down at an intersection which had car vs. light pole about two hours earlier. The police department was getting nowhere with the electric company so they called us. We arrived and noticed the wire across the roadway but kept our distance. … [Read more...]

Early this morning we responded to wires down at an intersection which had car vs. light pole about two hours earlier. The police department was getting nowhere with the electric company so they called us. We arrived and noticed the wire across the roadway but kept our distance. … [Read more...]

We responded to a service call(pump out)did not wear bunker gear, wore personal clothing and boots as we performed pump out and shut off freezing water pipes, helping out the owners of the residence. We cleared the scene and returned to quarters to put equipment back in service, … [Read more...]

While removing storm debris from the roadway a firefighter was injured when trying to remove the chainsaw that had become wedged in the tree. They were using a backhoe to apply pressure to the tree when it split striking the firefighter in the lower leg. The firefighter is still … [Read more...]