MAINE FIRE CHIEF DIES IN THE LINE OF DUTY RETURNING
FROM A RUN
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We regret to advise you that Chief George S Davis, 62,
has died in the Line of Duty. Chief Davis, Hollis Fire Department, Hollis Maine
died at approximately 0100 on Saturday June 23, 2012 of an apparent heart
attack. Chief Davis was found outside of his home by family members shortly
after returning from a fire call. Appointed Fire Chief on April 1, 2005 for the
Town of Hollis, Chief Davis had been a firefighter since his days in high
school as a Junior Firefighter and previously served 20+ with the Goodwins
Mills Fire Department, Deputy Chief from August of 1998 until June of 2004.
Visitation,3 to 8 p.m. (Fire and Rescue personal are
encouraged to visit from 6 to 7:30 p.m.) Tuesday June 26, 2012 at the
Conroy-Tully Crawford South Portland Chapel, 1024 Broadway, South Portland. A
10 a.m. Wednesday. Mass of Christian Burial, Holy Cross Church, corner of
Broadway and Cottage Roads, South Portland. RIP.
GEORGIA FIREFIGHTER KILLED TRYING TO STOP A ROBBERY
A search continues for a suspect after a 21-year-old
firefighter dies trying to stop an early-morning armed robbery. The
assistant fire chief of the Isle of Hope Fire Dept. said Wesley Franklin died
from a gunshot wound he received while disrupting an attempted robbery outside
a local pub. A couple patrons at the bar came walking outside on a smoke
break and they were approached by a black male with a gun who demanded money,
when they hesitated, he fired a shot ….then another patron of the bar,
FF Franklin came out and said something to the man …and a shot rang out
and he was was shot in the chest. Franklin was taken to Memorial
University Medical Center, but he died while in surgery.
Hours later outside of the Isle of Hope firehouse, which is
a mile from where a fatal shooting happened, a flag waves at half staff for a
fallen brother.
“Wesley and Bo were coming out the door and they
witnessed two people being mugged the next thing they knew, Wesley was shot and
everything rolled down hill from there,” said Jason
Thompson. “He was young 21 years old. He had an aspiring career. He
has been with the fire service since he was 14 years old. He has been with Isle
of Hope since 2011.” RIP.
The suspect is still at large.
MORE BAD NEWS FROM GEORGIA:
FIREHOUSE COLLAPSES AS APPARATUS TURNS OUT
Firefighters on their way to a call just before 1000
this morning had to stop when part of the fire station collapsed on the
fire apparatus. Augusta Fire Chief Chris James said it appeared some part of
the engine at Station 9 hit the center column between the garage doors, causing
much of the front of the building to collapse. Although the collapse stopped
the rig, James said it did not affect the response to the fire call. Another
engine company turned out and responded immediately.
VIDEO HERE: http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-06-25/fire-station-collapses-firetruck?v=1340662092
RIP FDNY CHIEF DISPATCHER, FIRE CHIEF & FIRE
PHOTOGRAPHER HARRY DOYLE
If you ever listened to FDNY “Brooklyn” in the
70’s and 80’s, you heard some amazing dispatchers. They invented multi-tasking.
One of those was Harry Doyle, an old friend of ours and TSL member who very
sadly passed away this morning. Harry was a member of the
Malverne VFD in Nassau County and an ex-chief of the Broad
Channel FD in NYC/Queens. Harry was also a photographer with 1st
Responder Newspaper, LI Fire News, WNYF and many others for years. Harry was
originally with the New York Fire Patrol, then an FDNY fire alarm dispatcher
and a supervising fire alarm dispatcher. He was then promoted to the position
of Chief Dispatcher in charge of Manhattan communications. In addition, he was
a dispatcher for the Long Beach FD and currently for the Syosset FD
in Nassau County. Harry was also a freelance photographer and a member of
the International Fire Photographers Association, the National Press
Photographers Association and the Boston Sparks Association. But probably and
most obvious thing about Harry is that he LOVED being a firefighter-LOVED
it. Harry never met a stranger and you knew it because after 5 minutes he
was bust’n your chops-in a good way-that always made people
smile-because Harry always made sure that everyone was having fun.
RIP Harry Doyle.
Here is a video, “Brothers In Battle”- done
by the Late FDNY B/C Brian Hickey, killed on 9/11–also a former Long
Island Volunteer FF…you’ve probably seen the video done by him and his
Brother Ray in 1992, but may not have known that it was Harry Doyle’s voice on
the radio around a minute into the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIH7bGHQe90
MORE BAD NEWS FROM DETROIT
Following a night (Sunday night) with over a dozen working
fires, and right now, several more working fires at this time, the DFD is
looking at layoffs-about 160 FIREFIGHTER LAYOFFS. While they
are hardly the only career Firefighters in the USA going thru that, they may
very well be the most affected-unless a SAFER Grant comes thru. HERE is
more:
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120625/METRO01/206250395/
FOLLOW the fire activity this evening in
Detroit, and other areas on our home page (scrolling working incidents) from
AlertPage.
Take Car-BE CAREFUL,
BillyG
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