STOCKTON, Calif. -- A training exercise nearly turned deadly for two Stockton firefighters.The firefighters were training at the University of The Pacific pool trying to qualify for the Stockton Dive and Rescue Team when they nearly drowned. Officials said the two firefighters … [Read more...]
ACCIDENT VICTIM FIRES HANDGUN…..
two firefighters entered the car to begin treatment when they heard a bang....at first they thought an airbag device might have gone off... (02-02-04) Las Vegas firefighters had a close encounter late Tuesday afternoon, after an accident victim they were treating in a single car … [Read more...]
TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED!
"... The patient reached up under the pillow of his bed with his left hand and pulled out a long barreled .38 revolver..."It was a typical medical assist call with the local EMS unit. The patient was a man in his late sixties suffering from diabetes and was a kidney dialysis … [Read more...]
WHEN FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED, THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO AN EMS SITUATION!
Landlord-tenant dispute turns ugly - Man, 67, is in critical condition - Landlord's wife also stabbed It began as a dispute between a landlord and tenant, turned into a house fire, and by the time it was over two people were in hospital with stab wounds. Toronto police say they … [Read more...]
EMLENTON FIREFIGHTERS RESCUED FROM FLOODED CREEK
THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS HAD BEEN SENT TO NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY FOR WATER RESCUES WHEN THEIR BOAT FLIPPED. ...It's amazing when things go wrong, your training kicks in." By MICHAEL MOLITORIS About two hours after Emlenton firefighters were dispatched to northern Butler County … [Read more...]
EMS RUN… GOES FROM CARBON MONOXIDE EMERGENCY TO FIREFIGHTER INJURED
The call started out as an emergency medical call. A male subject was non-responsive at the bottom of a flight of stairs in a basement. The man had been working on cutting out a set of concrete stairs. He had been using a concrete cutting chain saw and the carbon momoxide had … [Read more...]
THEY WERE DISPATCHED TO AN "UNKNOWN MEDICAL AND…
"... she reached out and pulled out a pistol..."As most of our responses now are EMS related, I thought I would share an experience with you that confronted my 3 man engine company when we were dispatched to an "unknown medical". It truly reinforced the fact that there is no such … [Read more...]
FIRE CHIEF CLEARED OVER DEATH
The head of Greater Manchester Fire Service has been cleared of neglect after the death of a firefighter who tried to save a drowning teenager.Paul Metcalf, 40, drowned in September 1999 as he tried to rescue 15-year-old Reyaz Ali from a small lake in Holcombe Brook, Bury.His … [Read more...]
'FAILURES' CAUSED FIREMAN'S DEATH
A firefighter drowned while trying to rescue a teenage boy from a lake because of "a catalogue of failures" by his brigade, a court has heard. 10-11-04-Sub-Officer Paul Metcalf died as he tried to save student Reyaz Ali from the lake in Holcombe Brook in Bury, Greater Manchester, … [Read more...]
WIRES? YES-TREAT THEM AS IF THEY ARE ALWAYS HOT… UNTIL THE POWER COMPANY SAYS THEY ARE NOT!
We were dispatched mutual aid to an MVA with entrapment. It was in early morning hours. Weather conditions played a factor, it was foggy and damp. On arrival we found a cargo van up against an utility pole. The pole was broken and was laying across the top of the van. The driver … [Read more...]