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...]
SHELTER DEPLOYMENT INCIDENT – NUTTALL FIRE
FROM: National Wildfire Coordinating GroupREPLY TO: [email protected]: 07/06/2004SUBJECT: Nuttall Fire Deployment - Coronado NF, ArizonaBelow is a fact sheet that describes the circumstances surrounding the shelter deployment on the Nuttall Fire, Coronado National Forest (R3), … [Read more...]
15-YEAR-OLD LOUISIANA VOLUNTEER RIDING WITH FIREFIGHTER KILLED IN ACCIDENT
ASSOCIATED PRESSJune 21, 2004Duson, La. (AP) -- A Lafayette television station is reporting that a 15-year-old volunteer firefighter died while responding to a call when the vehicle he was in slammed into another vehicle. KLFY says the unidentified teenager died yesterday … [Read more...]
EXTRICATION? WEAR YOUR GEAR!!!!!
During a training class several weeks ago, my shift had the opportunity to cut up a small car. We used a combination tool with a truck-mounted hydraulic pump unit and hose reel, and located our pressure manifold near the vehicle. We began by removing the roof, cutting the A, B … [Read more...]
FIRE TRUCK BLOWS TIRE; FIREFIGHTER, FAMILY HURT
Courier & Press Western KentuckyAugust 17, 2004 ANTON, Ky. - An Anton Volunteer Fire Department member and his family were injured when a fire department tanker truck they were driving overturned. Anton Fire Chief Robert Newman said the wreck occurred about 5:45 p.m. Sunday on … [Read more...]
10 FIREFIGHTERS HAVE CLOSE CALL ON SHIP
By Sallie James, Staff WriterApril 26, 2004, 5:46 AM EDTThe "mayday" call came in about 7 p.m. Sunday from a frantic firefighting crew trapped deep inside a burning ship. Ten firefighters working furiously to aim water on the flaming engine room of the 157-foot Newfoundland … [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...]