Firefighters lives are at risk during every emergency response. A study of fire apparatus traffic collisions was performed for the Freightliner Corporation by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute in 1998. The study looked at fire apparatus collision … [Read more...]
THE COLLAPSE ZONE IS NOT ONLY FOR BUILDINGS!
My engine company was called out to extinguish a tree fire in the middle of the night. Upon our arrival we indeed found a large oak tree involved in fire from bottom to top. As we stretched our trash line to extinguish the fire i stood about 15 ft. From the 50 ft tall tree and … [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...]
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...]