KNOTTS ISLAND – On Wednesday August 10, the fire department was dispatched to a report of power lines torn by a truck or trailer, and that they were laying on the vehicle. The first-due units discovered that a mobile home had caught a cable television fiber line. The line had torn through the roof area...Read More
We were dispatched to a report of wires arching beside the local used goods store. The Thrift Store is a steel bow trussed one-story masonry constructed building, with a heavy fire load, of clothing and other household materials. Upon arrival the Chief gave a size up of wires down on the ground and arcing, on...Read More
On May 8, 2004 my fire department was doing its yearly yard cleanup. I was raking leaves thinking I pulled a muscle in my chest. I had my the 9 year old son with me, the pains got worse and I traveled home with my son in the car. I reached home and told my...Read More
I was at the Fire Station preparing for the big thunderstorms coming through. Shortly after the storm started the phones start ringing for lightning strikes and alarms going off, trees down, etc. All at once of course. I was standing out in the truck bays when the first in house tone sounded for a call....Read More
While working on his third working fire in a 14 hr. period, a Lieutenant on our department walked around the back of a fully involved structure and stepped on live "downed" power lines. It had been announced by the I/C over the radio that there were power lines down at the rear of the structure....Read More
my right foot fell beneath the pumper….. I was in the Fire Department for about 1 year and was 18 years old, my company responded to a district call for a dumpster fire. The dumpster was found to be directly adjacent to a taxpayer building so we tried to react quickly when pulling up at the scene. I...Read More
