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AUGUSTA FIRE-RESCUE

Augusta Fire Lieutenant/Paramedic Jason Mills and Firefighter/Paramedic Jason McKinnonwork to free a trapped occupant at the scene of a serious car crash on Interstate-95 near milemarker 112. Firefighters used the "Jaws of Life" to extricate the occupant and transport themto Maine General Medical Center in Augusta. There were four people in the car, two were trans-ported for non-life threatening injuries. The car collided with a plow truck. The cause is underinvestigation. Interstate-95 was shut down for 45 minutes while crews managed the scene.

Serious crash on Interstate 95

TOWN OF YARMOUTH FIRE RESCUE

Multiple calls during snow storm

Firefighters have responded to several calls on January 30thduring a recent storm. This car crash occurred on East ElmStreet and was the result of slippery roads. Engine 81, Am-bulance 85, and Chief 801 responded to this incident. Engine81 cleared this location after 30 minutes and responded toGranite Street for a carbon monoxide alarm sounding. As of2:00 p.m., crews responded on five calls.

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length and is an award winning filmabout Detroit, Michigan, what itonce was, a bustling city of facto-ries, industrial and commercial oc-cupancies and attractive homes witha population of nearly two million towhat it is now...anything but!

The once beautiful city is nowinfested with run down vacantbuildings of all types, vacant lotswhere homes once stood andboarded up homes next to them.

The major focus is on the firedepartment and how difficult it hasbeen to keep up with the continuousproduction line of fires in this de-caying city.

It is unusual to get a legitimatefire as the vast majority are arson. Itmay surprise some, but the firefight-ers still perform in a valiant and re-lentless fashion in spite of theworkload.

To many it is still home and theyreminisce about what it once wasand long to see it rejuvenated again!

The film follows two firefight-ers in particular, one is about to re-tire after 30 plus years. He is a pumpoperator and lives on a street, whereat least eight buildings are burnedout or vacant.

The other is a firefighter whoput 12 years on the job and wascaught on a collapse of a brick wall

at a multiple alarm fire. His injuriesresulted in his being paralyzed fromthe waist down and his road to re-covery is part of the movie.

Then, there is a captain, whogets promoted to battalion chief andhe explains the differences in his du-ties. For the rest of the fire depart-ment, money is not there and as aresult, salaries are not being raised,apparatus and equipment are notbeing fixed or replaced and build-ings are not being kept in shape.

After all of this, you may wantto ask yourself what the leaders haveto say. Well, we do eventually hearfrom a newly appointed fire com-missioner, who has relocated fromLos Angeles, California.

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Another is trying to run an ap-paratus under a low underpass andtearing off the roof! This type ofcarelessness pushes the departmentinto more of a deficit.

Another head scratcher is theissue of a new mini pumper that hasa pump and water tank, but is onlybeing used as a manpower transportbecause I understand there was adispute between the fire departmentand the manufacturer over the certi-fication of the pump, so an orderwas given that it not be used. Thatvery order may have cost a youngchild her life as you will see.

I could go on and on about thismovie, but it is something you haveto see for yourself.

The story of the blight of thiscity is told in a very candid way. Itends with the last shift of the retireeand his final response in service toDetroit!

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In memory of those who gave all1st Responder Newspaper honors and remembers

emergency responders lost in the line of duty

South Carolina: John Burns, 50 Rank: Lieutenant Incident Date: December 3, 2014 Death Date: December 3, 2014Fire Department: Myrtle Beach Fire Department Initial Summary: Lieutenant Burns was discovered byother firefighters unresponsive in his bed at the fire stationearly in the morning where he was pronounced deceasedfrom a nature and cause of fatal injury still to be determined.In addition to other duties, Lieutenant Burns had respondedto one or more emergency alarms earlier during his shift.

Pennsylvania: Joyce Craig-Lewis, 36 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: December 9, 2014 Death Date: December 9, 2014Fire Department: Philadelphia Fire Department Initial Summary: At approximately 0249hrs, FirefighterCraig-Lewis was one of several firefighters that were first torespond to a residential fire in the West Oak Lane section ofPhiladelphia. Upon arrival at 0253hrs, the firefighters ad-vanced a hose into the basement of the house to fight thefire. As reinforcement arrived, a change in tactics was or-dered and the first group of firefighters started to withdrawfrom the basement. During this time, Firefighter Craig-Lewis became trapped. She was rescued by fellow firefight-ers and, with no vital signs, was transported to AlbertEinstein Medical Center where she was pronounced dead atapproximately 0400hrs. Investigation into the incident andcause of death continues. Firefighter Craig-Lewis isPhiladelphia's first female firefighter to die while on duty.

Tennessee: Gus Losleben, 69 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: December 9, 2014 Death Date: December 9, 2014Fire Department: Hardin County Fire Department Initial Summary: Firefighter Losleben died from injuriesreceived when the fire department tanker he was operating in

response to a working structure fire collided head-on with aloaded logging truck. The driver of the logging truck wasalso killed in the accident, the cause which remains under in-vestigation by authorities.

North Carolina: Ricky Wooten Doub, 61 Rank: Fire chief Incident Date: December 16, 2014 Death Date: December 16, 2014Fire Department: Forbush Volunteer Fire Department Initial Summary: Fire Chief Doub responded to an EMSand a fire call during the day on December 16 and was laterfound deceased at home by his wife around 1700hrs thatevening. A nature and cause of fatal injury for Chief Doub isstill to be determined.

New York: Joseph “Junior” Sanford Jr., 43 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: December 19, 2014 Death Date: December 23, 2014Fire Department: Inwood Fire Department Initial Summary: Firefighter Sanford succumbed to injuriessustained several days after being rescued from the basementof a burning residence in Woodmere, New York, revived byfellow responders and transported to the hospital. Sanford, aformer assistant fire chief with the Inwood Fire Department,was reported to have been one of the first firefighters on thescene when he became separated from others and fellthrough the first floor of the home into the basement. Inves-tigation into the fatal fire incident continues by authorities.

New Jersey: James Woods, 44 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: December 25, 2014 Death Date: December 26, 2014Fire Department: Jersey City Fire Department Initial Summary: Firefighter Woods passed away from anature and cause of fatal injury still to be determined within24 hours of responding to an emergency response call.

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Interstate 295 crash with injuries

Falmouth and Yarmouth units responded to I-295 South-bound in the area of milemarker 11.5 for the crash with in-juries. Units arrived on scene and transported the driver of apickup truck to the hospital with minor injuries. Units oper-ated for one and a half hours while Stewarts Wrecker re-moved the truck. Maine State Police are investigating.

AUGUSTA FIRE-RESCUE

A two alarm Fire on January 30th at 2968 North Belfast Ave completely destroyed a mobilehome. A family of three people lost everything. The family was not home at the time of thefire and there were no injuries. Route 3 was closed for several hours as fire trucks andequipment worked to contain the blaze. There are no hydrants in the area, so water tanktrucks from Vassalboro and Chelsea Fire Departments were sent to the scene. The RedCross has been called in to assist the family with temporary housing and essential items.The Fire Marshal is investigating the cause. Thanks to all of the fire departments that pro-vided help at the scene or city coverage.

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These days I am seeing moreand more gyms in the fire stations Ivisit.

It’s no secret that physical fit-ness plays an important role in thefire service.

Yes, I have touched on this sub-ject numerous times in the past, butI feel it’s a message worth repeat-ing.

Physical fitness is an essentialfirefighting tool. As such, just likethe apparatus and other firefightingtools in the firehouse, gym equip-ment requires proper training/in-struction to use it both safely andeffectively.

As we are all aware, trainingsessions (and drills) take place inthe firehouse all the time.

Subsequently, it makes perfectsense to treat physical fitness train-ing like any other training. Trainyour Brain –Train your Body.

Knowledge is a powerful thing,and training your body to put thatacademic training into action canbe just as powerful and thereforevital.

Make the most of the gym…“Train yourbrain–train your body”

FIREFIGHTERFITNESS

So, thankfully more and moremembers of the fire service are get-ting into the gym. But is everyonecomfortable with what to do oncethey get in there?

Once you outfit the gym, beginby seeing that all participants receivemedical clearance from a licensedphysician. Next have a fitness pro-fessional provide your members/per-sonnel with the information and“hands on” training they need tomake the most of your physical fit-ness equipment.

It is recommended that the fit-ness professional assess the currentfitness level of each member. Thiscan be done by obtaining a medicalhistory and by administering a seriesof simple tests to evaluate suchthings as weight, body fat percent-age, strength, flexibility and cardio-vascular endurance etc.

The information obtained in theassessment can then be used by thefitness professional to design and ad-minister an individualized (written)exercise plan. It not only providesvalid information to design an ap-

propriate program, it also serves asbaseline data with which to measurechange (progress) by comparing theresults to those of future assess-ments. This simplifies program mod-ification.

If you choose to forgo the muchrecommended program design, at thevery least all members should attendan orientation and be ‘qualified’ oneach piece of equipment in the gym.

Such information includes, but isnot limited to, how to adjust the ma-chine to accommodate the size of theexerciser, how to adjust the intensitylevel of the machine, and of courseproper technique for using the ma-chine.

From a liability standpoint, thisalso serves to insure that the users areaware of the manufacturer’s safetyrecommendations.

In addition to fitness assessment,personalized program design and ori-entation, there are a number of waysto give your physical fitness programsome valuable support.

Here are some suggestions as tohow to take your physical fitness

program to the next level.Newsletter - Add a fitness sec-

tion to your newsletter. If you don’talready have a newsletter, put to-gether some fitness facts and distrib-ute it monthly.

Website - Devote a section onyour website to fitness. If possiblemake it interactive so that personnelhave a place to go and exchange in-formation.

Meetings, Classes and Drills -Occasionally, why not begin sched-uled meetings with a group warm-upand stretch or at the very least a shortpresentation on physical fitness andits importance in the fire service? Itcan be as simple as providing a sin-gle fact/statistic or tip. You alreadyhave a group assembled; make it anopportunity to get information out ora message across.

Bulletin Board – Post fitnesstips, exercise suggestions or interest-ing statistics to keep fitness in theforefront of the minds of your mem-bers/personnel. You can usehumor/cartoons or go the more seri-ous route with firefighter death and

injury reports.Workshops – Schedule a work-

shop provided by a fitness profes-sional where members can gainFitness and Wellness knowledge aswell as practical experience.

Weekly Group Workouts –Schedule weekly workouts – even ifit is just an outdoor walk with orwithout gear.

Nutritional Counseling – Propernutrition is a key component to anyffitness/wellness program. Schedulea session with a registered dieticianto provide important usable informa-tion to help your members/personnelunderstand and adopt good dietaryhabits.

Smoking Cessation – Quittingsmoking is one of the single mostimportant steps an individual cantake to avoid premature death due tocardiovascular disease. Since heartattacks are the leading cause of pre-mature death in the fire service, whynot offer a smoking cessation pro-gram?

”Train Your Brain – Train YourBody” – Stay Safe!

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While clearing and gettingready for a shift change around7:00 a.m., calls came in for abuilding fire at 685 Wood Ave.

Police arrived on scenequickly and had heavy fire show-ing from the roof area of a threestory wood frame multi unithouse.

Police made sure occupantswere out of the building the bestthey could due to conditions.

First due companies made anaggressive interior attack and triedto search the building and werequickly pushed back due to ofconditions.

The fire quickly went to athird alarm with mutual aid to thescene and station coverage.

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into operation to extinguish thisstubborn fire that ran across theattic space.

The fire was knocked downafter a couple hours. Crews wentin to open up and check for spotfires. While making entry into athird floor apartment, firefightersfrom Woonsocket rescued a fam-ily pet.

The fire is under investigationby local and state fire marshals.No injuries were reported.

- DAVID CINQMARS

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Is everyone getting the message?

I have been writing this columnon firefighter safety for quite a fewyears now and when I peruse the in-ternet, fire journals, newspaper, andview local and national news I amoverwhelmed with what occurs inthe field relative to firefighter safety.

Regularly, I read of apparatus in-volved in accidents while respond-ing to emergencies and apparatusrollover accidents where only the ap-paratus is involved, and half the fire-fighters involved in these incidentsare not wearing seat belts; thereby,compounding their chance for injuryor death.

Last year, 2014, there were 87line of duty deaths and half of thesereported deaths are still caused bystress and heart attacks, the leadingkiller of firefighters annually.

I wonder if the heart attack rateamongst fire service personnel isgreater than for the civilian popula-tion, for sure the stresses are greater.

Over the past ten years, fire-fighter deaths have ranged some-where between 85 and 105, one yearup, the next down.

Maybe we have hit a stone wall,gone as far as we can go in reducingfirefighter deaths, or is there stillplenty we can do in the area of fire-fighter safety?

Is it possible that there are stillplenty of firefighters and officers outthere who are not getting the mes-sage?

Maybe not everyone is seriouslylistening, or at least putting into prac-tice the information on firefightersafety that is disbursed on a regularbasis from fire service organizations.

There are many firefighters, whodiligently take the time to think be-fore acting, to plan for the worse casescenario, and who do their best tostay out of harms way while per-forming their duties as aggressivefirefighters.

Safety begins with proper atti-tude and requires strong individualdiscipline and accountability forones personal safety.

So then, who is this column di-rected at?

It is directed at those of you whopractice firefighter safety techniquesand participate and comply withyour department’s policies, SOP’s,and training programs.

Hopefully, this column acts as aconstant reminder and refresher, andmore importantly, a means of en-couragement.

It is also directed at those whoapparently are not getting the Fire-fighter Safety message, or those whoare not interested in what they seeand hear, and lastly those who feelnothing will happen to them and justdisregard the message, and in doingso, their own personal safety.

Maybe they view safety in a dif-ferent light as safety can be more ofa subjective topic than a clear cut ob-jective topic to them.

It is time for all safety consciousfirefighters to do more to encourageyour fellow firefighters who may be

a little lax in following safety rec-ommendations, department policyand training procedures relative tocreating and maintaining a safeworking environment.

The unsafe actions, or inactions,of one member can have an influ-ence on other members and the over-all operations of the department,career or volunteer.

If it is only the non-safety con-scious firefighter who is injured, theshort or long term loss of said indi-vidual has an effect on other mem-bers as they will have to pick up theextra work load.

In doing so, you increase therisks and dangers you are exposed towhile in the performance of your du-ties.

When a fellow firefighter drivesin an unsafe manner, does somethingfoolish, takes an unneeded risk, orperforms and unsafe act speak up.

Let that firefighter know you arenot happy with his/her unsafe anddangerous act and if they don’t beginto correct them you will refuse towork with him/her.

If that doesn’t bring about an im-provement in their attitude, go toyour company officer and reporttheir actions.

I know, you will feel like your“ratting out” your friend and no onetakes pleasure in wearing that label.

Remember the drinking adver-tisement slogan that goes, “Friendsdon’t let friends drink and drive!”

If you look at it from that per-spective it doesn’t look so bad any-more, does it?

Seems maybe we need a similarslogan in the fire service, “Friendsstop friends from performing unsafeacts!”

Or maybe Friends stop friendsfrom acting careless, stupid, danger-ous, or whatever modifier that fits thestatement!

You can probably come up withsomething better.

Whatever you choose and it mo-tivates the firefighter safety con-scious members within yourdepartment to encourage the not sofirefighter safety conscious mem-bers, it is a positive action.

Chief Henry Campbell

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Firefighters respond to structure fireBerkshire, VT. On February

8, 2015 at approximately 6:55a.m., the Berkshire Fire Depart-ment responded to a structure fireon King Road inBerkshire.

Mutual aid wascalled in from Rich-ford and EnosburgFire Departments.Enosburg Fire De-partment was can-celled enroute.

The approxi-mately 20x30 footbuilding was fully involved. Thefire also melted the siding on anearby house.

There were no reported in-juries, but the building was a totalloss.

A nearby house and trailerwere saved by firefighters.

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House fire brings out firefighters fromVermont, New York, and Quebec

On February 9, 2015 at approx-imately 4:55 p.m., Isle Lamotte andAlburg Fire Departments re-sponded to Main Street in Isle Lam-otte for a house fire.

Mutual aid was provided fromNorth Hero, South Hero, GrandIsle, and Swanton Fire Departmentsin Vermont; Rouses Point, Cham-plain, and Mooers from New York;and fire departments from Quebecresponded to the call.

A tanker task force was called

in some departments covered sta-tions.

Heavy fire and smoke wasshowing when firefighters arrivedand an interior attack was madeknocking down the fire quickly.Overhauling began soon thereafter.

Firefighters made an excellentsave. According to a female, who

lived there, she arrived home withher young son and found smokeand heavy fire in a shed, which wasattached to the house.

The fire did get into an upstairsbedroom she said.

The cause of the fire is underinvestigation and there were no re-ported injuries.

Alburg Rescue stood-by at thescene.

- GREG RAMSDELL


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GREG RAMSDELL

Pickup truck versus house

Highgate, VT. On February 6, 2015 at approximately 2:15 p.m.,the Highgate Fire Department, Missisquoi Valley Rescue(MVR), and the Vermont State Police (VSP) responded to Route78 in Highgate Center for a pickup truck versus a house. Thetruck was travelling eastbound on Route 78, lost control tryingto avoid an accident, and hit a house. There were two peoplein the truck and the passenger was transported to the hospi-tal by MVR with an ankle injury. It was an abandoned housethat the truck hit. The accident is under investigation.

GREG RAMSDELL

Firefighters respondto pickup truck fire

Swanton, VT. On February 5, 2015 at approximately 9:15 p.m.,the Swanton Fire Department, Swanton Police Departmentand Alburg Fire Department with a tanker responded to Route78 in West Swanton at the boat access for a fully involvedpickup truck fire. The pickup truck was a total loss and therewere no reported injuries. The cause of the fire may havebeen electrical in nature.

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SOUTH BURLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT

On February 2, 2015, the South Burlington Fire Department responded to a non-injury tractortrailer with non-hazardous cargo on Interstate 89 northbound, north of Exit 13. The recoverycompany was unable to upright the tractor trailer due to the weather. SBFD maintained a pres-ence for several hours under very frosty conditions. SBFD returned to the scene of the accidentthe next day to assist the recovery company.

Overturned tractor trailer accident


GREG RAMSDELL

Firefighters battle five alarmcommerical structure fire

Swanton, VT. At approximately1:10 a.m. on January 27th, a Swan-ton police officer responded to aburglar alarm at TDI Repair andTowing on Babbie Boulevard inSwanton.

Upon arrival, he noticed flamescoming from a window. SwantonFire Department was summoned tothe scene, where they found flamesand heavy smoke.

Mutual aid was called in from

Highgate, Alburg, St. Albans Townand Phillipsburg QC Fire Depart-ments. Missisquoi Valley Rescue(MVR) stood by.

Flames extended from the officearea to the back of the steel buildingand into the roof. Firefighters had todeal with winds and 5 degree tem-

peratures, leaving windchill temper-atures below 0.

TDI lost at least two towing ve-hicles and other equipment in thefire. The building was a total loss.

There were no reported injuries.Firefighters were on the scene forseveral hours. The cause of the fireis under investigation by VermontState Police fire investigators.

- GREG RAMSDELL


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Highgate, Vt. On January 28, 2015 at approximately 10:40 a.m., the Highgate Fire Department re-sponded to a fully involved house fire on Machia Road in East Highgate. Mutual aid was calledin from Swanton, Franklin, Sheldon, Enosburg, and St. Albans Town Fire Departments in Ver-mont and Phillipsburg, QC. The home was fully involved and firefighters battled the blaze inten degree tempatures with windchill at negative two. Missisquoi Valley Rescue (MVR) stood-by at the scene. Firefighters responded quickly and made an aggressive attack on the fire. Therewere no injuries and the fire is under investigation. Firefighters were on the scene for severalhours. The American Red Cross was also called in.

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BURLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT

Vacant Burlington churchravaged by blaze

On January 15, 2015, the Burlington Fire Department re-sponded for a reported church fire in the Old North End ofthe city. Upon arrival, Engine Co. 2 encountered heavy fireconditions and began an aggressive attack. DC Robertsquickly struck a third alarm, bringing all five engine compa-nies, Tower Ladder 1, Rescue 1 and 2, and all off duty mem-bers to the scene. Station coverage was provided by SouthBurlington Fire Department, Winooski Fire Department, andMalletts Bay Fire Department.

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EDWARD PRESCOTT

Norwalk battles I-95 car fireOn January 15, 2015, the Norwalk Fire Department respondedto a car fire on I-95 at 3 p.m. The car, a 2005 Ford Crown Vic-toria, was fully involved in fire, as firefighters arrived onscene. The lone driver of the Darien Taxi said that he pickedthe car up after repairs were made and was heading toDarien, when he noticed flames near his feet. He was able topull over to the shoulder, a half mile prior to Exit 13 south-bound and safely exit the car. Traffic on Interstate 95 was re-duced to two lanes for 25 minutes, until the car was towedfrom the scene. Fire Inspector Luca Feola is investigating thecause of the fire.

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In the morning hours of February 11th, the Waterbury Police and Fire Departments respondedto the Baldwin Street Bridge in the area of East Main Street for multiple pedestrians struck bya vehicle. On arrival, officers reported two people hit by an SUV and the victims were thrownover a wall on the side of the road with serious injuries. A third victim refused medical treatment.Campion Ambulance sent three units to the scene and transported the injured pedestrians toSt Mary’s Hospital near the scene. Emergency crews arrived on scene quickly due to the policeheadquarters and Engine Co 2 fire house nearby. The forensics technicianss responded to thescene and the accident is under investigation.

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Chief Bill Halstead celebrates 50 years withthe Sandy Hook Vol. Fire & Rescue Co.

After a recent business meet-ing of the Sandy Hook Vol. Fire &Rescue Company, the memberstook time to say thank you toChief Bill Halstead for serving thecompany for 50 years.

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Chief Halstead continues toeducate himself on the latest train-ing to keep his members informedand sharp in their skills.

Thank you for your past andcontinued service with the SandyHook Vol. Fire & Rescue Co.!

- KARIN HALSTEAD


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responded to a two car accidentwith a rollover outside fire head-quarters at 121 Connecticut AvenueFriday evening, December 6th, justbefore midnight.

An SUV and compact car hithead on causing the SUV to end upon it’s roof. The severe impactknocked the left front wheel andstrut assembly off the SUV.

The female driver of SUV wasassisted out of her car by firefight-ers. The driver of the compact carfled the scene as firefighters ar-rived.

A description of the fleeingdriver was relayed to police, whosearched the area south of the fire-house. The driver of the SUV wastransported to Norwalk Hospitalwith non life threatening injuries.

Connecticut Avenue remainedclosed for about an hour as policeinvestigated the cause of the acci-dent.

- EDWARD PRESCOTT


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Working smoke alarm helpshomeowner escape blaze

Just after 7 a.m. as shift changehad started, Salem Fire alarm re-ceived a single 911 phone callfrom the homeowner reporting hishouse was on fire on January 21st.

Fire companies under the com-mand of Captain Best responded.First on scene C-5 reported a sin-gle family ranch with heavy firethroughout the entire home and re-quested a working fire.

Companies had to deal with

severe cold weather, making thefire ground very icy. Engine 1pulled a two and a half inch line toattempt to knock down the heavyfire while a supply line was beingset up.

The homeowner was trans-ported from the scene with severe

burns and was flown to a Bostonarea hospital.

The fire was brought undercontrol at 7:50 a.m. with crewsstaying on scene several hours.

Mutual aid was from Derry,Windham, Pelham, and Methuen

The cause of the fire wasfound to be an improperly installedwood stove.

- ROBERT SPRAGUE


Assessing the snow loadWith another foot of snow

forecasted over the President’sDay weekend, the Derry Fire De-partment urged their residents toassess the snow load on theirroofs.

Flat or low slope roofs aremost at risk.

Most roofs are not designed tohold much more than 12 inches ofheavy wet snow. Many roofs inour area have two to three feetcurrently.

The safest way to remove thesnow is from the ground with asnow rake, if possible.

If residents chose to goup onthe roof, Derry urged them to doso safely, as we have responded toseveral emergency calls from citi-

zens with serious injuries afterfalling off relatively low roofs.

Also they urged residents tocheck the vents for furnaces,water heaters, and other appli-ance.

It is not uncommen whenclearing snow off your roof to ac-cidently bury your vents, andsome vents may already be ob-structed from our recent snowfall.

Obstructed vents can fill ahome with carbon monoxide.

- DERRY FIRE DEPARTMENT

DFD firefighters clearing the roof at the Central Station.

DERRY FIRE DEPARTMENT

Apartment building fire,Derry, New Hampshire

At 11:02 p.m. on January 7,Derry Engines 1, 2, 3, Truck 4,Medic 1, and Car 1 were dis-patched to 4 Union Street forsmoke in the building. Crewsfound moderate smoke in the sec-ond floor apartment and discov-ered a fire in the attic.

4 Union Street is a 3,765square foot, balloon frame, two-story, multi-family home built in1897. There were three apart-ments, of which, two were occu-pied. The occupants of the secondfloor smelled smoke and observedsmoke above the kitchen cabinets,called 911, and evacuated thebuilding.

Occupants of both apartmentsdid not have any cars and werepoorly dressed, some with noshoes, and with multiple pets. Alloccupants and pets were moved toDerry Medic 1 for shelter from thesevere cold of -5°F.

Crews found smoke condi-tions throughout the building andwere able to quickly extinguishthe attic fire by pulling down theceiling in the second floor apart-ment.

There was one slip and fall in-jury to a civilian. This person wastreated and transported by DerryMedic 1 with minor injuries.

There was also one minor fire-fighter injury from a fall and hewas treated on scene and returnedto duty.

Windham Medic was calledmutual aid to the scene and pro-vided standby EMS and shelteredthe occupants.

Also during this call, DerryFire Alarm dispatched two othermedical emergencies that werehandled by mutual aid enginecompanies and ambulances.

The ground floor apartmentwas able to be reoccupied. Powerwas shut off to the second floorapartment and it is unsafe to reoc-cupy.

Four adults, two children, andseveral pets lived in this apart-ment. They are being assisted bythe American Red Cross and fam-ily members.

Everyone is reminded of theimportance to not overload elec-trical circuits and extension cords.With this cold weather it is oftentempting to run multiple electricspace heaters or other appliancesoff of a single extension cord.This can overload the extensioncord, the electrical circuit and leadto a fire.

Mutual aid to the scene wasprovided by the Windham FireDepartment while station cover-age was provided by London-derry, Hampstead and Salem FireDepartment. Londonderry FireMedic also provided mutual aid toDerry.

Derry Fire Prevention is in-vestigating the fire. The fire isnon-suspicious and the exactcause and origin will be madepublic once the investigation iscomplete.

Smoke and water damage waslimited to the kitchen and bath-room of the second floor apart-ment, there was fire damage to theattic above the kitchen.

Damage to the building isestimated at $15,000.

- JACK WEBB




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ANTIQUE APPARATUS

“Toy for a boy,” 1960 Maxim 75ft ladder truck. This vehicle was purchased new by the Franklin, NHFire Department in 1960 and remained in their service to around 1996-7, when it went to a privateparty. I bought it a few years ago, and while everything works, the ladder would need to be recerti-fied for it to be put back in service. So it is a “Parade Truck” and is also used when I need to repairsome of my tower mounted ham radio antennas. Yes, under Vermont law, the Chief could comman-deer it it for a fire, but I suspect he’d probably not do this! So for now it’s in private hands as the soleapparatus of the Cabot Plains Fire Department.

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Derry attains certificationDerry, NH. The Derry NH Fire

Department is pleased to announcethe Bureau of Communications,Fire Alarm, and Information Tech-nology has attained the Associa-tion of Public SafetyCommunications Officials(APCO) Project-33 Certification,and was awarded P-33 Certifica-tion on January 28, 2015.

The Derry Fire Department,Communications Center is the firstpublic safety dispatch center inNew England to attain P-33 Certi-fication.

The APCO Project-33 Pro-gram Certification is a formalmechanism used to ensure theDerry Fire Department DispatcherTraining Program meets, or ex-ceeds the APCO American Na-tional Standard (ANS) ofminimum initial training, and con-tinuing education standards.

Initial and continuing trainingfor Public Safety Dispatchers isimportant as they provide essentialservices the public and First Re-sponders in an expanding and rap-idly changing environment.

Obtaining APCO P-33 Certifi-

cation was a 14 month process,and similar to accreditation re-quired reviewing, editing, andadding to an already existing train-ing program.

The Derry Fire DepartmentCommunications Center has al-ways prided itself on the deliveryof excellent service levels to thecitizens of Derry, and the First Re-sponders they serve.

The APCO P-33 Certificationreaffirms the Derry Fire Depart-ments commitment to the commu-nity, the citizens, and the alliedagencies they serve.

“The APCO Agency TrainingProgram Certification plays a vitalrole in keeping agencies up-to-date with their procedures andtraining programs. Derry Fire De-partment has shown dedication totheir community and those theyserve by becoming P-33 certified,”said APCO President John Wright.

- DERRY FIRE DEPARTMENT


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How do we save our own… thoughts for the fire service In October every year down in

Emmitsburg, MD at the NationalFire Academy, we gather to payhonor and tribute to those who havepaid the ultimate sacrifice and died inthe line of duty.

This year, 107new names wereadded to the wall. Ofthat number.. 98 fire-fighters answeredtheir final call during2013 and the nine ad-ditional names arethose from yearsprior.

A candlelight vigil was held andmemorial service where thousands offirefighters and their families fromacross the United States converge onthe NFA which is the home of theFallen Firefighters Memorial. Thenational tribute is sponsored by theNational Fallen Firefighters Founda-tion (NFFF) on the grounds of theNational Emergency Training Centerand the U.S. Fire Administration.

So how do we prevent Line ofDuty Deaths in the Fire Service…The United States Congress createdthe NFFF to lead a nationwide effortto remember America's fallen fire-fighters. Since 1992, the non-profitfoundation has developed and ex-panded programs to honor fallen fireheroes and assist their families andcoworkers.

The NFFF also works closelywith the fire service and life safety

organizations to help prevent and re-duce line-ofduty deaths and in-juries.

In September, I was honored tobe selected as a representative fromNew Jersey along with BattalionChief Greg Collier from the Mt. Lau-rel Fire Department. Both Greg and Iattended the 2014 Advocate Summitin Scottsdale, Arizona. This Summitwas held in conjunction with the FireDepartment Safety Officers Associ-ation (FDSOA) Conference.

As an Advocate, it is our job tospread the word on Firefighter Safetyusing the 16 Life Safety Initiativesthat are the main point of theCourage to Be Safe that EveryoneGoes Home program. In addition tothe CTBSEGH program, there areseveral others that focus on the im-portance of firefighter safety that arealso available through the NFFF.

Fire Service professionals repre-senting their agencies from all overthe United States had one commongoal over those few days in Arizona.How do we limit and preventLODDs and what else can we do fornot only our brother and sister fire-fighters, but also their families.

There were several intensive in-formative sessions that included rec-ognizing stress and an introductionof the NFFF’s Stress First Aid pro-gram. Additionally, there was a seg-ment on the importance of havinghome fire sprinkler initiative includ-ing the production of an informative

video with the assistance of theScottsdale Fire Department.

The important question is how asan organization can we continue topromote the efforts of the NFFF inthe coming years ahead. This is notsomething that can be answered in afew days.. It is an ever changingprocess and that describes the wholefire service.

We are ever changing.. Unfortu-nately there are those that do not likeor accept change. One of the jobs ofan Advocate is to promote change.Change comes from within, havingto believe the need for change beforetrying to sell it to someone else. Formost of us as Everyone Goes Home®Advocates there was a somethingthat may have happened to us or amember in our department. It couldhave been as simple as an on the jobinjury or a training accident. Maybea LODD within the department or aNear Miss that was too close tohome.

The NFFF offers several newprograms that are available at nocharge to assist departments focus onmaking that change, many of theseare available online at www.fire-herolearningnetwork.com and areself-paced training.

I can tell you that my mind wasracing on all the things that I cando… take better care of my health,stay current with my annual medicalevaluations, stay as healthy as I canand most of all take time to enjoy

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If you do not want to do it foryourself, do it for your family and thefamilies of those that your life affectsevery day. Whether you are a father,son, brother, coach or just a fireman...You have an effect on a lot of people.They care about you.

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Gerald Barrett Jr is a Past Chiefwith the Ocean Gate Fire Departmentand currently a technician with theBerkeley Emergency ResponseTeam, he is a NJDFS Level #2 In-structor with over 24 years of experi-ence and holds several additionalcertifications. He is an active mem-ber with the NFFF acting as a StateAdvocate. In addition to his duties inthe Fire and Emergency ServicesField, Gerald is the Manager of Air &Gas Technologies, Inc. a companythat has been supporting the Fire,Law Enforcement, Military and EMSindustries since 1995. Please visitthem at www.airgastech.com orwww.divatormask.com

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MVA with entrapment in UnityUnity, NH. – At 8:44 p.m. on

January 6th, Unity Fire Departmentwas dispatched to a reported motorvehicle accident rollover with en-trapment on 2nd N.H. Turnpike onthe County Farm Hill.

The temperature at the time ofthe call was around five degrees,and there was a fresh coating ofsnow on the roads.

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- ROBERT NOLL


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Working fire,Kingston

Kingston, MA. Firefighters responded to a residence for a re-port of a chimney ffire. The first arriving engine found heavysmoke from the chimney and fire that had extended from thechimney to the side of the house. A working fire was calledand the fire was extinguished. Firefighters had to expose partof the wall to check for extension and extinguish the fire.

JOHN SJOSTEDT

Compactor fire in Duxbury

Duxbury, MA. Firefighters responded to the Duxbury TransferStation for a report of a fire in a trash compactor. First arriv-ing units found heavy fire in a compactor. The door to thecompactor was closed until a water supply could be secured.Firefighters attacked the fire and knocked it down. The causeof the fire is unknown.

NICK DADALT

Motor vehicle crash with entrapmentSturbridge, MA. On Sunday,

January 18, 2015, Sturbridge Firepersonnel found a severely dam-aged car resting in some trees offInterstate 84 following a crash. Atapproximately 3:00 a.m., the Mas-sachusetts State Police requestedassistance from the SturbridgeFire and Police Departments to re-spond to a reported single-vehiclecrash into the woods on the East-bound side in the vicinity of Exit2.

Units were confronted with aprecariously positioned vehicle

and two injured vehicle occupantsand quickly called for further as-sistance. Sturbridge Fire’s heavy-rescue stabilized the vehicle sothat a trapped passenger could besafely removed with the jaws.

EMS transported the driver,who was able to free herself. Anengine secured the highway as alanding zone for the UMass-Memorial LifeFlight helicopter to

transport the trapped passenger. Within about 30 minutes, the

passenger was freed and stabilizedby Sturbridge Fire EMS person-nel, and released to the LifeFlightCritical Care team. The accidentremains under the investigation bythe Massachusetts State PoliceCollision Analysis and Recon-struction Section. The driver andpassenger were transported toUMass-Memorial Medical Centerwith serious injuries.

- NICK DADALT


The family business

Emergency services, especiallyfirefighting is a family business. Weare a Brotherhood, which is used forboth sexes.

Throughout history, the sonwould follow in the father's footstepsand work alongside the father. Justlook around you. How many fathersand sons are on departments to-gether? I know that in some townsyou may have an entire company thatis made up of fathers, sons, unclesand cousins. When I joined, my fa-ther was my lieutenant and we havethree father and son teams just on ourone fire company, and the sons allgrew up together. The times that I re-member the best were going intoburning buildings with my dad as mypartner.

When I was was serving with mydad, out of respect I would call themen mister and their last name. I wastold by one of them, "if I was goodenough to change your diapers, youcall me uncle or you're not comingout of the next fire alive." No this wasnot a threat by affection of how closewe become with one another andhow we become so involved with ourfamilies and those in our department.I cannot believe it, when I am up atthe academy and I see a family nameon someone's turn out coat and Iknow the father or grandfather, that I

served with. Wow kids really grow upfast.

By having a family on the de-partment, either a family by blood ora family by smoke, we learned somany lessons. We learned how tocare for each other and protect oneanother. If someone has a challengein a fire, we risk more to save abrother. We learned how to take careof anyone, who wears a maltesecross. We know to take care of thewidows and orphans. We are there forour fellow man in their time of need.We start scholarships to help familiesof departed brothers.

I needed to go to a conferenceand I checked with a brother from an-other department. A brother from an-other state said that he would be gladto put me up for two nights. This wasarranged through a mutual friend,who knew I wore a maltese cross andhelped me.

So many times you may see peo-ple walk passed someone who is hurtand injured, but we are the first peo-ple to offer help, no matter who theperson is. I remember the story ofhow the Good Samaritan Law started,on the basis of the Samaritan helpingsomeone who he did not know, butthe group was his enemy.

The old question comes around"Am I to be my brother's keeper?"Well, you are. Look at the businessyou are in.

A very good friend was a carpen-ter, and learned from his father. It is

so amazing how this man loved peo-ple. He made sure that the widowsand orphans were taken care of. Hehelped people, who were infirmedand disabled. He and I got so closethat his dad considers me to be one ofhis kids. I learned from them whattruly taking care of people is allabout. They even tought me aboutsearch and rescue. Unfortunately, theson died at an early age, before heturned 35.

What a place like the fire depart-ment! Think about the phone com-mercial, that shows how the worldwould run if it were run by firefight-ers. Just think how the world wouldbe if we kept up the attitude of ourbrothers before us and truly take careof people.

I heard a deputy xhief from amajor department, who was con-cerned about the people who servedunder him. He was so concernedabout his people that he made surethat they were out of undo harm, evenbefore the union called to inquire.

Yes, we are our brothers keeperand we are to serve our neighbor. Justremember, who is our neighbor? Ifwe follow our property to the centerof the Earth, where all the propertywould meet, if it was not magma, allthe property would connect. Youwould see that every man is ourneighbor.

Stay safe my Brother, or Sisterand I will see you when we come to-gether again.

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Vehicle into thewater in Plymouth

Plymouth, MA. A Plymouth police officer detailed to trafficcontrol in the area of Long Beach in Plymouth during a bliz-zard heard shouts for help and responded to the area of thebeach entrance. On arrival, the officer found two subjects inthe Eel River, who were watching the waves when a wavecame over the sea wall and washed the vehicle into the river.The vehicle was flipped over into the river. The two occupantsself-extricated from the vehicle and were assisted to safety bythe police officer. The Plymouth Fire Department respondedand transported both subjects by ground to BI Plymouth.

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"The comedians were very funny,and very professional," wrote MarkBruhmuller, Fire Chief of theChurchtown Fire Company of NewYork. “Joey Novick did an excellentjob. Everybody loves to laugh, andit's a great deal of fun."

ComedyWorks produces morethan 300 shows a year, almost 150 ofthose for emergency service organi-zations. The money these shows can

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beck, who coordinates the shows forthe 65-member volunteer department."A friend of mine who had used Joeytold me, 'This guy books really goodacts.' So, we did the first show, every-thing was great, and we've been doingshows with Joey ever since."

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MA. Around 9:15 a.m. on the morn-ing of January 21st, the BrocktonFire Department struck their Box-1235 for a reported building fire at84 Fuller Street, on the corner ofWest Park Street.

Car 56 signed off with a fire onthe top floor of a three story woodframed occupied residentialdwelling. It appeared that the firewas in a living room on floor three.A working fire was requested. Pri-mary and secondary searches werenegative, and all occupants were re-ported to be safely removed from the

building.Crews stretched several lines to

the third floor to knock down theheavy fire conditions.

Ladder 2's crew had the bucketstretched to the roof, and firefightersopened up. It appears the fire hadburned through portions of the roof.The fire appeared to be contained tothe third floor.

Crews opened up extensively onfloor three to make sure all of the fire

was knocked down. Wisps of firecould be seen peeking around win-dow sills before they were torn apartby crews, and doused with water.

AMR CA/4 responded to thescene as the fire stand by ambulance.National Grid and Columbia Gaswere called to the scene. The Amer-ican Red Cross responded for sev-eral occupants of the building.

Firefighters could be seenspreading sand at the scene due tothe freezing conditions on the fireground. No injuries were reported.

- PAT TRAVERS

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Accident in WestonWeston, MA. On January 17, 2015, a four car accident at theintersection of River Street and South Avenue (Route 30)caused heavy damage to one vehicle. Weston and WaylandFire Departments transported four individuals to NewtonWellesley Hospital with minor injuries.

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Brockton Firefighter Carol Dawkins of Engine 5 takes a break following a working fire on January21st, 2015.



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Whitman, Plymouth County,MA. Around 12:30 p.m. on the af-ternoon of January 21, 2015, theWhitman and East BridgewaterFire Departments were alerted toa possible fire on the MBTA com-muter rail tracks near the FranklinStreet crossing at the town line.East Bridgewater Engine 3 alongwith Whitman Engine 2 and Car 3responded.

Companies arrived to find asmoldering fire at a junction onthe train tracks. The fire likelystarted at a heater box that is usedto keep the tracks free of ice andsnow. The fire was smolderingand involved a railroad tie.

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Soon after the fire depart-ments arrival, representativesfrom the MBTA were on scene torectify the situation. Companieswere cleared within 20 minutes ofbeing on-scene.

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Smoke can be seen from the tracks after a commuter rail train passes the area.


Two police officers rescue victimOn February 7th at approxi-

mately 10:00 a.m., Fitchburg Firereceived a call for a reported build-ing fire with a person trapped at 78Holman Street.

Engines 6, 1, Tower Ladder 3and Rescue 3 were dispatchedunder the direction of ActingDeputy Chief Brian Murchie (C-100). Two Fitchburg police officersand were told an occupant was stillin the house.

Heavy smoke was showingfrom the one and a half story wood-frame. Fitchburg Police OfficersTodd Deacon and Mike Sevignywere able to pull the victim from afirst floor window as Fitchburg FireCompanies were arriving. C-100reported heavy smoke showing, andrequested three ALS units to thescene.

The victim was an elderly male,

who suffered third degree burns tohis head and hands. Both police of-ficers suffered smoke inhalation.

Engine 6 stretched a line to thefirst floor, while Engine 1 laid asupply line. Tower Ladder 3 usedground ladders to access and ventthe roof. C-100 requested an extraengine to the fire, along with aLeominster engine for RIT. Due tothe age and construction of thehouse, the fire had traveled to thesecond floor and attic.

Companies backed out andswitched to a defensive mode toknock down the heavy fire. Oncethe heavy fire was knocked down,crews re-entered the interior withmultiple handlines to overhaul and

chase hot spots. The house was built in 1738,

and was classified as an antique. Itwas reported to be one of the oldesthouses in the city. The civilian wastransported to UMASS UniversityCampus in Worcester, MA in criti-cal condition. The two police offi-cers were transported to LeominsterHospital for smoke inhalation.

The civilian victim was able toescape with his wife when the firestarted, but re-entered the house tosearch for their missing dog. Thedog was later located in the house,deceased.

Mutual aid companies fromLeominster, Lunenburg, and West-minster covered the city while com-panies operated at the secondalarm.

- TIMOTHY SHEA

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Plymouth, MA. Firefighters responded to Carver Road at Ply-mouth Street for a reported MVA involving a school bus. Firstarriving units found a fully occupied school bus that collidedwith a vehicle. School officials responded to the scene to as-sist with contacting parents. Multiple students complained ofminor injuries. An MCI was declared, bringing in multiple am-bulances. 15 students were transported to BI Deaconess Ply-mouth, and South Shore Hospital with minor injuries.


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Assistant Chief Neil McPhersonwas on scene within one minutewith Chief of Department Tim Mor-rissey soon following.

First arriving Engine 4 arrivedwithin three minutes and had twohand lines in operation quickly. En-gine 3 supported E-4 with additionalwater.

All this happened while it wassnowing a good inch an hour with astrong winds out of the east. Crewswere on-scene for approximately an

hour and half while the plow was re-moved from the remaining truckand a heavy-duty wrecker couldcome out and tow it back to thehighway garage.

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The cause is believed to be me-chanical and is not suspicious.

- TIMOTHY MORRISSEY

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Chimney fire in Kingston

Kingston, MA. Firefighters responded to a reported chimneyfire. On arrival, firefighters found thick black smoke comingfrom the chimney of a residence. The ladder was extended tothe roof and the chimney was checked. Fire was found in thechimney and chains were dropped down the chimney toclear the fire. Firefighters extinguished the fire without ex-tension into the structure.

NATE ARNOLD

Holyoke strikes third alarm for warehouse fireA Holyoke police officer out

on patrol was one of the first peo-ple to call in what would become athree alarm fire when he discov-ered heavy black smoke oozingout of the large warehouse build-ing at the corner of Winter andCanal Streets shortly after 10:00a.m. on Sunday February 1, 2015.

As fire companies from theHolyoke Fire Department werestill enroute, the tell-tale columnof black smoke could be seen fromover a mile away.

Upon arrival, companies werepresented with a single storymetal/prefabricated constructionwarehouse complex that stretchedalmost an entire city block inlength with heavy black smokeshowing from doors and windows

on all sides of the building. As first alarm assignment

companies made entry to thebuilding, zero visibility conditionsprevented them from immediatelylocating the seat of the fire.

While companies were search-ing for the seat of the fire and withheavy smoke still pushing fromthe building, the second and thirdalarms were struck bringing mu-tual aid from the Chicopee, West-over Air Reserve Base and SouthHadley Fire Departments as wellas all remaining Holyoke compa-nies to the scene.

With three alarms worth of

manpower and equipment onscene, jakes were able to make thepush deep inside the building tolocate the seat of the fire, whichturned out to be a large tractortrailer, which was parked insidethe building.

With the bulk of the fireknocked down, third and secondalarm companies began to pack upand return to service just shy of anhour after the first 911 calls re-porting the fire.

While investigators believethe tractor trailer was the point oforigin, the reason as to why thetruck caught fire remains under in-vestigation.

- NATE ARNOLD


Black smoke continues to push from an A side overhead door as Holyoke Truck 1 sets up andChicopee Ladder 5 arrives on scene.

Rollover accident in Whitman sends one to hospitalWhitman, Plymouth County,

MA. Around 12:15 p.m. on the af-ternoon of Wednesday, January14, 2015, the Whitman Fire De-partment responded to the area of1000 Auburn Street (Route-14),near Carousel Family Fun Centerfor a reported motor vehicle acci-dent.

Ambulance 248, Engine 2,Rescue 1, and Car 3 responded.

Additional manpower wasavailable to respond due to multi-ple calls, which had cleared justprior to the crash.

Companies arrived to find asingle vehicle accident, with a carinto the woods and on it’s roof.

Lieutenant Robert Hover re-ported that there was one persontrapped in the vehicle.

Box-55 was struck, bringing

in off duty personnel to the sta-tion.

Chief Timothy Grenno re-sponded in Car 1. Engine 1 re-sponded to the scene formanpower with off duty person-nel.

A chainsaw was utilized tohelp clear a path for the first re-sponders to extricate the victimfrom the upside down vehicle.

The victim was able to be ex-tricated without the use of thejaws of life.

Once extricated, several fire-fighters assisted the victim, whowas on a long board, to thestretcher and into the awaiting

Ambulance 248.The victim was transported to

the South Shore Hospital with anadditional paramedic on-board.

Whitman Police and the Ply-mouth County Sheriffs Depart-ment BCI Unit is investigating thecause of the single car motor vehi-cle accident, which occurred on astraightaway section of Route-14.

Witnesses state that the vehi-cle simply lost control, and droveoff the road, striking a tree andutility pole before flipping over onto its roof.

National Grid responded to thescene to check the utility pole.

Engine 2 and Car 3 stood byon-scene until the vehicle wasrighted and removed.

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Back to back fires tax understaffed SpringfieldTwo separate working struc-

ture fires spread the resources ofthis understaffed Western Massa-chusetts city's fire departmentdangerously thin on the cold andblustery night of January 16, 2015.necessitating a call for mutual aidto two neighboring cities.

At 8:02 p.m. the first 911 callscame in reporting a structure firein the Indian Orchard section ofthe city located on the Eastern endof the City of Springfield.

Companies arrived on scene at1355 Worcester St. to find an oc-cupied two and a half story woodframe dwelling with smoke show-ing from the second floor. Stretch-ing several hand lines to thesecond floor and attic, companiesmade relatively fast work of thisfire, but were still on scene forover two hours.

20 minutes into the fire fighton Worcester Street, with half ofthe department's compliment ofcompanies there, a second struc-ture fire was reported by multiple911 callers on Worthington Streetjust outside of the Metro-centersection of the city on the Westernend of town.

Engine and Ladder 1, return-ing from other calls, arrived tofind a three story wood framedwelling at 547 WorthingtonStreet with smoke showing fromthe second floor.

Companies went to workthere, stretching hand lines to thesecond and third floors. While thisfire was a near textbook room-

and-contents fire fight in the sec-ond floor bedroom with the thirdfloor receiving mostly smokedamage, a full working fire as-signment, nearly all of the remain-ing companies in the city were onscene for the better part of an hourand a half.

At the height of this fire, com-mand advised dispatch to requestan engine an ladder company fromthe City of Chicopee Fire Depart-ment along with an engine com-pany from the City of WestSpringfield Fire Department aswell.

Damage to both structures wasseveral thousand dollars each andthe cause of both fires remainsunder investigation.

- nate arnoLd

the scene from the second fire on worthington St. as companies overhaul the structure.

NATE ARNOLD

NATE ARNOLD


Attic fire damages homein Chicopee

A fire that gained a foot hold inthe attic crawl space of a singlestory wood frame ranch-styledwelling damaged this single fam-ily home shortly before 7:30 p.m.one week before Christmas.

Chicopee 358 (fire dispatch)received a telephone alarm fromthe police department reportingthat the home at 40 Warwick Roadoff of Memorial Drive was on fireon Tuesday night, December 16.

While en route to the scene,Engine Co. 8 reported that they hadsmoke in the air heading into thescene and once on scene, reporteda working fire in an occupied sin-gle story wood frame dwellingwith heavy smoke showing fromthe Alpha side of the dwelling.

While companies were able toknock down the main body of fire

on the first floor of the home inshort order, the fire had gained afoot hold in the attic crawl spaceand was running horizontally fromside Bravo to Delta.

First alarm assignment compa-nies spent the next hour and a halfworking to get the fire in the atticknocked down, necessitating a callfor mutual aid station coverage tothe City of Springfield Fire De-partment, who sent a ladder com-pany to cover Chicopeeheadquarters.

The cause of the fire remainsunder investigation by the CFD.

- nate arnoLd


Heads UpScene size-up and scene safety is

a basic in emergency response.Crowd control and a patient’s “legit-imate expectation of privacy” maynot be our main purview, howeverwe do, when possible, attempt toshelter patients from prying eyes andzealous reporters. Normally a quickglance around the perimeter isenough to ensure us that onlookersare kept at a decent distance.

With advances in technologynowadays we also need to look UP.Drones are no longer simple spymovie props, they have become a re-ality. Hobbyists fly drones as com-monly as remote control modelairplanes.

Drones have become a hot com-modity in the privately owned-toycategory. Sometimes these civilianowned drones are equipped withcameras or video recorders and cu-riosity seekers hover their aircraftover accident scenes just to get an in-side and otherwise forbidden peekand maybe even sell a few picturesto the local media.

There is a First Amendmentright to take photographs of eventsthat occur in the public view, but is ascene that has been cordoned offfrom (street-level) onlookers consid-ered in the public view from above?

More than privacy is at risk.Some amateur drone-pilots havebeen known to get just that little bittoo close and endanger the crew, pa-tient and by-standers. Inexperiencedpilots’ drones can get entangled intrees, power lines or crash while fly-ing too low.

Drones have also been known tointerfere with landing zones and cansometimes impede the arrival of amuch needed medical transport.More and more privately owned

drones are being seen at various in-cidents.

Civilian flown drones have beenspotted at fire scenes, motor vehiclecrashes, and other outside events andwhile many operators have compliedwith requests to leave the scene, it’sbeen hard to enforce.

The buzzing surveillance fromabove can be disconcerting to anemergency crew intent on its taskand can heighten the anxiety of an al-ready upset patient.

Not all fly-overs are unautho-rized. The New York City Police andFire Departments currently use heli-copters to survey incident sites andenable a better logistical command.

Aerial observation provides awealth of information to key deci-sion makers at a cost of millions oftaxpayer dollars. Drones and un-manned aircraft (UAS) which areequipped with cameras and othersurveillance tools is an idea that po-lice, fire, emergency managementand other agencies around the nationare working towards.

Not only will the use of dronesand UAS be a fraction of the overallcost, they would help ensure thatscenes are safe, determine of the sizeor extent of an incident, and help per-form search and rescue and other op-erations.

The Federal Aviation Agency(FAA) has regulations in place re-garding where and how any com-mercial or civilian aircraft, includingdrones, remote control planes, andother UAS are used.

There are restricted zonesaround airports, height regulations,particularly in urban areas, and re-quired registration with local FAAoffices before any flight can takeplace.

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Truck into tree in Harwich

Harwich, MA. A Harwich town truck carrying sand smashedinto a tree on Monday, January 26th around 2 p.m. The acci-dent happened at 419 Queen Anne Road near Route 124. Thedriver of the truck was transported to Cape Cod Hospital bythe Harwich Fire and Rescue with non-life threatening injuries.

K. LEGER

Young women forced to flee blaze in Fall RiverFall River, MA. Shortly before

3:00 p.m. on January 29th, Fire-fighters were dispatched to 114 PlainSt. for a report of heavy smoke in thearea. While still enroute, DistrictChief James Mellen reported smokeshowing on approach. On arrival,D.C. Mellen reported a working fire.

Apparatus placement was ham-pered by two feet of snow piled upon both sides of the street.

Engine 9 backed themselves atthe hydrant as well as beginning fireattack. Firefighters found heavy firein an attached enclosed patio. They

also found a young female, who hadescaped the flames and smoke bycrawling to a window and jumpingout into a three foot snow drift.

The young women was the onlyone inside the home at the time ofthe fire was suffering from smokeinhalation. She was transported byFall River Fire EMS. A fire captainwas injured when he fell down aflight of stairs.

Firefighters made an aggressiveinterior attack and knocked downthe main body of fire in about 15minutes an overhauled the buildingin just under an hour.

Fire damage was confined to thepatio and some areas of the firstfloor. The remainder of the two anda half story home sustained heavysmoke damage.

Fire investigators believe the firestarted from an electrical malfunc-tion.

- KENNETH LEGER


Smoke and steam pour from the first floor


Whitman firefighters conductice rescue training

Whitman, Plymouth County,MA. On the morning of Wednes-day, January 21, 2015 around 10:30a.m., the Whitman Fire Departmentresponded to a training scenario fora reported person through the ice atHobart's Pond off of Essex Street.Rescue-1, Ambulance-247 and Car-3 responded.

Crews donned survival suitsand inflated the RDU inflatableboat off of Rescue-1. Safety ropelines were tied to the two firefight-ers and the boat. The crew madetheir way onto the ice, and thenwere retrieved.

This was the third of fourgroup's from Whitman Fire to re-view and simulate an ice water res-cue this year.

All groups will be goingthrough the evolution, at an un-known time during their shift, andwill be conducted by Lieutenant AlCunningham, the Fire Training Of-ficer.

- PAT TRAVERS


Firefighters make their way back off the ice.


Whitman, Plymouth County, MA. At around 3:30 p.m. on afternoon of Thursday, January 29,2015, an elderly driver apparently mistook her gas pedal for the brake pedal and drove com-pletely up a snow bank approximately five feet high in the parking lot of the Whitman Post Of-fice on South Avenue. The uninjured woman called a tow truck to assist her with getting herDodge Charger off the large snow mound that was created following the blizzard referred to asJuno. No other vehicles were involved and no injuries were reported.

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Hinsdale Fire respondedwith 12 members, Rescue 4,H-5 (ambulance) and Com-mand 1 pulling the depart-ment’s all terrain vehicle.Incident commander, ChiefLarry Turner, sent an EMT,and two firefighters undercommand of 2nd Asst. ChiefDoug Olds with the Argo tonavigate the rough serviceroad with some basic splintingand stabilizing equipment.

At one point it was neces-sary to use the front end winchto traverse a stream with ex-tremely steep banks and theround trip took almost anhour, but the 25 year old pa-tient’s ankle injury was suc-cessfully immobilized beforetransferring him to BerkshireMedical Center.

The second incident oc-curred on January 23, 2015 at6:48 p.m., when Dalton Dis-patch toned out for a structurefire at 27 Cove Lane on theshore line of Ashmere Lake.Engines 2, 3, Rescue 4, Tanker7, the ambulance and Rehab 6and Rehab 9 responded underthe direction of Chief LarryTurner.

On arrival Car 1 found aheavily involved one story 30’x 30’ summer home cabin. Car1 immediately requested mu-tual aid sending an enginefrom Dalton to the scene alongwith tankers from Peru, Mid-dlefield and Becket. Becketalso positioned an engine inthe Hinsdale fire station forcoverage.

The house which was builtonly about 15 feet from aneighboring home had beenvacant for 20 years, but theelectricity remained activated.Vinyl siding on that one expo-sure and its electric meterwere damaged by the extremeheat. The cause of the fire re-mains undetermined and isunder investigation, but wasnot considered to be suspi-cious.

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Lt. Dan Brown, next doorneighbor, was first on thescene and worked with thehomeowner to empty the stoveof any remaining burning ma-terials. Firefighters emptied a20 lb. fire extinguisher intothe pipe from the basement,where the stove was located.Meanwhile, other membersladdered the roof and removedthe cap to examine the re-maining length of pipe. Theentire length of wall aroundthe pipe and the roof area werechecked for heat sources witha thermal imager with a nega-tive result. Units returned toservice at 10:01 pm.

During this period of sixdays, there were also twomotor vehicle accidents withinjuries and three ambulancecalls, one of which involvedan overdose. All incidentswere complicated by ex-tremely cold weather and sig-nificant snow.

The Rehab 6 and Rehab 9referred to in this article arevehicles constructed and/or re-furbished by Chief LarryTurner and a talented crew ofHFD members, who assistedin the projects. Rehab 6 is alight and air supply truck thatcarries a 12 cylinder 6,000 psicascade system as well as fa-cilities for refreshments, acanopy, misting fans, ice, 10air packs, 20 spare 4,500 psibottles, 13K generator andequipment to monitor fire-fighter BP and wellness. ThisMack vehicle started out as aUSPS box truck and was liter-ally rebuilt from the frame up.

Rehab 9 is a 2004 Interna-tional school bus purchased bythe Hinsdale Firemen’s Assoc.from a local bus company for$800. The interior was dis-mantled and interior lightingupgraded. Seats were re-arranged along the walls toallow seating for 20 firefight-ers. A full interior heating sys-tem, an 8K generator and atoilet were added as was acounter and cabinets to pre-pare hot /cold drinks and storesnacks.

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1996 Seagrave 100 foot Rear Mount Fire Apparatus.

Sale is subject to a mandatory referendum. Accepting sealed

bids until 4:00 p.m. on October 20, 2014. The minimum

accepted bid for the vehicle is Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars

($85,000.00). For more specific information, contact the

District Secretary, Joyce L. Nolan at (516) 481-8411

between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Monday through Friday ONLY.

1995 Ford E350-Horton Ambulance37000 miles, 7.3 turbo diesel

Automatic Transmission, Power Steering, Power Brakes, Power Windows, Power Locks,

Rear view camera, Air conditioning, front and rearReady for immediate use.

Ready for immediate sale, Asking $11,000.00Call Vincent Sorrentino, District Mechanic

516-931-3546, extension 211

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