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Ocala, FL - Ocala Fire Rescue was called to the scene of an apartment complex fire at 11:02 a.m. on February 24, 2013. Smoke could ini-tially be seen from several miles and on arrival firefighters observed flames coming through the roof of a two story wood structure.

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Fire damages home in Cherokee CountyCherokee County, GA. Chero-

kee County Fire and EmergencyServices and Woodstock Fire De-partment responded to a structureon the morning of March 14th,shortly before 10:30 a.m., at 108Eubanks Road.

Cherokee County 911 receiveda call from a neighbor, who statedthat there was lots of white smokecoming from the two story resi-dence. A second caller also stated

that there was smoke coming fromthe roof.

The first engine could also seeflames showing. Cherokee Countyfirefighter, Eric Robidou, statedthat flames were coming from theback corner of the structure. Healso said that there was lots of fire,

smoke and water damage insidethe home.

The residents of the homewere not home at the time of thefire.

No injuries were reported andboth lanes of Eubanks Court wereblocked until the operation wascompleted. The cause of the fire iscurrently under investigation.

- TIM CAVENDER

Heavy smoke was coming from the residence when firefighters arrived on scene.

TIM CAVENDER SUV hits bridge, driverkilled

Cherokee County, GA. Chero-kee County Fire and EmergencyServices responded to a single ve-hicle accident on Sunday after-noon, March 10th, just shortlybefore 1 p.m., on the northboundlane of Interstate 575 at the bridgeat Lower Bethany Road.

Emergency service personnelarrived on the scene minutes laterto find a gold Ford Explorer hadleft the roadway and struck abridge pillar.

A life flight helicopter was puton standby, but was later canceled.

The driver of the vehicle, a 28year old male, was pronounceddead at the scene of the accident.

One lane of Interstate 575northbound was blocked until theclean up was complete.

The cause of the accident isbeing investigated by the GeorgiaState Patrol.

- TIM CAVENDER

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Multiple fires in Barrow CountyOn February 20th at 3:25 a.m.,

Barrow County Emergency Serv-ices received a 911 call reporting afire at 1093 Dee Kennedy Road.

“Upon arrival of firefighters,we found the home to be heavilyinvolved with fire through theroof,” commented Battalion ChiefRob Nowakowski. “We had to fightthe fire from the outside due to theamount of fire.”

Firefighting efforts were ham-pered by the collapse of the roofand floor into the basement of thehome, which resulted in extensivedamage. Six adults were displacedas a result. The American RedCross responded to assist theadults. The cause is under investi-gation.

On February 21st at 10:59, afire at Westside Middle School wasreported. Students had reported toa teacher that smoke was showingin the gymnasium. The teacher in-vestigated and found smoke in thebathroom with fire showing in abathroom stall. The teacher thenpulled the fire alarm to evacuate theschool.

“Upon arrival we found smokeshowing in the gym,” commentedBattalion Chief Mike Stoops.“Upon further investigation, the firewas found to be in the bathroomand controlled by the sprinkler sys-tem.” Firefighters were able to ex-

tinguish the fire quickly.Smoke and fire damage was

contained to the gymnasium, whichwas not attached to the school, al-lowing the students to return totheir classes shortly after firefight-ers extinguished the fire. “Thecause of this fire was determined tobe an intentional human act,” com-mented Chief Fire InvestigatorBlair Darst. “The toilet paper andholder were set on fire which ex-tended up the wall of the stall caus-ing the sprinkler to activate.”Suspects have been identified inthis incident, which is being inves-tigated.

At 3:10 p.m. on February 21st,a person was hit by a train in thearea of Atlanta Highway NW andHill Shop Rd. One person wasflown by a helicopter to an Atlantahospital.

At 11:07 p.m., a possible vehi-cle explosion was reported with ex-tension into the home at a ThomasDrive residence. Firefighters founda van fully involved in fire. Crewsextinguished the fire quickly withno extension. The cause of the fireis under investigation.

- SCOTT DAKIN

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Cherokee County, GA - Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services responded to a singlevehicle accident just shortly before 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 3rd, on Highway 372, near FlatBottom Trail, in Ball Ground. The accident involved a Honda automobile that apparently left thehighway, became airborne and landed on its top. When the call came into 911, the caller indi-cated that there was possible entrapment. However, the 18 year old female driver was able tocrawl out of the vehicle. The driver was shaken, but did not appear to have any serious injuries.She was later transported by ambulance to Kennestone Hospital to be evaluated. Both lanes ofHighway 372 were blocked until the clean-up was complete. There were no additional injuriesand the cause of the accident is being investigated by the Georgia State Patrol.

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At Heritage Park on Lake DowRoad in McDonough, HenryCounty Fire Department hostedday two of the National FallenFirefighters Foundation Leader-ship, Accountability, Culture, andKnowledge (L.A.C.K) training.

The class was only four hoursin length, but provided immeasur-able benefits to the men andwomen of the fire service. Over thetwo day period, a total of one hun-dred and three fire service person-nel, from across the state, attendedthe training including fifty-eightHenry County firefighters.

The training examines the rootcauses of Line of Duty Deaths(LODD) and the role of L.A.C.K.as it influences the end result. Un-fortunately, many fire departmentsacross the United States “LACKthe Right Stuff” to prevent theirdepartment from being on the pathto a line of duty death, with Lead-ership, Accountability, Culture,and Knowledge being the elementsthat need to be addressed and man-

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March 2nd, communication offi-cers with Barrow County Emer-gency Services received a 911 callreporting a fire at 112 EtheridgeRoad in Auburn.

“Firefighters found two roomsof a vacant trailer with heavy fireshowing,” commented BattalionChief Mike Stoops.

“We made an aggressive inte-rior attack and were able to quicklybring the fire under control.”

The double wide trailer wasvacant. The fire investigation teamand the Auburn Police Departmentinvestigated this fire and deter-mined it was arson. An Auburn po-

lice officer that was responding tothe area stopped a suspicious sub-ject. This subject led to the identityof several suspects and the even-tual arrest of a person in this case.

“The investigation was han-dled jointly by both departments,”commented Chief InvestigatorBlair Darst. “Auburn Police offi-cers did a great job in identifyingsuspects in this case and making anarrest.”

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With the support of fire and lifesafety organizations, the Foundationhas launched a major initiative to re-duce firefighter deaths. Their goal isto reduce line of duty firefighterdeaths by 25 percent in 5 years.

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Line of duty death reportedfor Georgia

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New York: Owego, Matthew J. Porcari, 34 Rank: Captain Incident Date:01/22/2013 Death Date: 01/22/2013Fire Department: Owego Fire Department Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Edward FranzInitial Summary: The Owego Fire Department Company #3 responded to amutual aid call. While performing interior attack on the structure, Captain Por-cari and another firefighter fell through the floor of the structure. Both fire-fighters were transported to separate facilities. Captain Porcari succumbed tohis injuries shortly after arrival to the hospital. The other firefighter receivedburns and remains in serious condition.

Pennsylvania: Berwick, Michael Martin, 51 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date:11/27/2012 Death Date: 11/27/2012Initial Summary: Firefighter Martin passed away while participating in a firstresponder training program at the Luzerne County Community College PublicSafety Training Institute. Martin, an employee of PPL Susquehanna, was em-ployed at the PPL nuclear power plant in Salem Township and was part of thecompany's on-site fire brigade. During a SCBA portion of the training, Martinrequired medical assistance. The on-site trainer began to administer CPR and acollege official called 911. An ambulance transported Firefighter Martin toGeisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center where he succumbed to his injury.Investigation into the incident continues by the Occupational Safety andHealth Administration.

Texas: Bryan, Gregory Pickard, 54 Rank: Lieutenant Incident Date: Feb 15, 2013 Death Date: Feb 16, 2013Fire Department: Bryan Fire Department Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Randy McGregorInitial Summary: While battling a blaze at a Knights of Columbus Hall, Lieu-tenant Wallace became trapped inside the structure. He notified others on thescene by radio, stating he was low on air. Lieutenant Pickard, accompanied bytwo other firefighters, entered the building to rescue Lieutenant Wallace. Dur-ing the rescue, the roof collapsed. Lieutenant Wallace died at the scene andLieutenant Pickard was rushed to the hospital where he later passed away fromhis injuries. Both firefighters died from burns sustained in the collapse. Thetwo other firefighters involved are in stable but serious condition. The cause ofthe fire is under investigation.

Texas: Bryan, Eric Wallace, 36 Rank: Lieutenant Incident Date: Feb 15, 2013 Death Date: Feb 16, 2013 Fire Department: Bryan Fire Department Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Randy McGregorInitial Summary: While battling a blaze at a Knights of Columbus Hall, Lieu-tenant Wallace became trapped inside the structure. He notified others on thescene by radio, stating he was low on air. Lieutenant Pickard, accompanied bytwo other firefighters, entered the building to rescue Lieutenant Wallace. Dur-ing the rescue, the roof collapsed. Lieutenant Wallace died at the scene andLieutenant Pickard was rushed to the hospital where he later passed away fromhis injuries. Both firefighters died from burns sustained in the collapse. Thetwo other firefighters involved are in stable but serious condition. The cause ofthe fire is under investigation.

Pennsylvania: Summit Hill, Claudia Sokol, 55Rank: Fire Police Officer Incident Date: Feb 21, 2013 Death Date: Feb 22, 2013 Fire Department: Diligence Fire Company No.1 Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Shawn HobenInitial Summary: Fire Police Officer Sokol suffered a medical emergencywhile on traffic control duties at the scene of a motor vehicle accident onThursday and passed away Friday evening, February 22.

Tennessee: Church Hill, David Schnepp, 43 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: Feb 24, 2013 Death Date: Feb 24, 2013 Fire Department: Carter's Valley Fire Departmentt Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Michael YatesInitial Summary: A short time after fighting a brush fire Sunday evening,February 24, Firefighter Schnepp passed away from a cause still to be deter-mined. Incident Location: Pending

Michigan: Mattawan, Nate Fruin, 22 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: Feb 26, 2013 Death Date: Feb 26, 2013Fire Department: Mattawan Fire District Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Terron McLeanInitial Summary: Firefighter Fruin was responding to a structure fire when hefell ill from a cause still to be determined. Shortly after leaving the station,Fruin's partner, who was driving, called to report the medical emergency. Hethen pulled over to the side of the road, and according to reports, Fruin wentinto cardiac arrest. Other responders stopped and rendered aid, but FirefighterFruin succumbed to his injury.

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Forward deployed firefighters from the 165th Airlift Wing,Georgia Air National Guard recently conducted a live firetraining burn at an undisclosed location in the Middle East.Firefighters from the 187th Fighter Wing Alabama Air NationalGuard, 169th Fighter Wing South Carolina Air National Guard,148th Fighter Wing Minnesota Air National Guard and the193rd Special Operations Wing Pennsylvania Air NationalGuard also participated in this day of training. Some of thelesson objectives completed were advancing a charged hoseline in a reduced visibility environment, incident command,safety officer, driver training and pump operator and verticaland hydraulic ventilation. All of this training was conductedwith limited water resources and required the use of multiplewater tender apparatus.

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Riverdale Fire Services leads by example with their daily cardio programGARY MENARD

Riverdale Fire Services launches HEROFor years, fire departments

have focused heavily on teachingfire prevention. We visit schools,we distribute smoke detectors, wetry to educate every citizen wemeet on fire safety. As a result, ourcommunities have benefited by asignificant drop in loss of life andproperty.

But what comprises the over-whelming bulk of today's emer-gency calls? Medical emergencies!Do we lose more lives to fires orillness? We have worked so dili-gently and been so successful withfire prevention, so why aren't weapplying this to the community'smedical needs?

We all know our country facesa severe crisis with rising medicalcosts. Individuals, families, citiesand employers lose money at analarming rate due to poor healthand disability.

Why aren't we focusing at pre-venting these emergencies just asmuch as the fire emergencies?

We determined that the naturalevolution of our department, inorder to best fulfill the needs of our

community, would be to develop aprogram where health and well-ness is taught as aggressively asfire prevention.

To carry out this ambitious un-dertaking, we created the"H.E.R.O." (Health Empower-ment, Resolve and Ownership)program.

The goal of this initiative is toempower the citizens to take con-trol of their own health and well-ness through better nutrition,increased physical activity and bet-ter health education.

Although this project is still inthe infancy stage, we're alreadyplanning small health fairs atapartment complexes and shop-ping centers where we can take vi-tals and hand out information onproper exercise, nutrition and howto better manage existing illnessessuch as diabetes.

In addition to the fire preven-tion taught at local schools, we

will be incorporating exercise andnutrition awareness to start chil-dren off with good health habitsthat they can take home and sharewith their families.

In addition to our traditionaleducational methods, we are alsoincorporating the social medias.We recently launched a Facebookpage to motivate and inspire aswell as educate, and soon we willbe adding a You Tube page wherecitizens can workout with our firepersonnel.

The nature of emergencies hasshifted over the last several years,and we must change with it to con-tinue to be a vital, integral part ofour community.

We have embraced the changeand look forward to seeing the re-sults once our program's compo-nents are fully implemented.

The H.E.R.O. program is ourpledge to be there to empower ourcitizens to live healthier, happier,richer lives.

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FCTRT completes more wilderness trainingFrom Moscow to Piperton,

members of the Fayette CountyTechnical Rescue Team havebeen training very heavily inwilderness search and rescue forthe past couple of months.

In addition, six new membershave successfully passed theirSARTech certification from theNational Association of Searchand Rescue. Therefore, nearlyevery one of the team’s opera-tions members are now certifiedin wilderness search and rescuethrough NASAR, which is thepremiere training agency forwilderness search and rescue.

NASAR, a Virginia basednon-profit corporation wasfounded in 1972, with a focus oneducation in search management,the theory of search, search plan-ning, and the management ofsearch incidents.

The company has gone on toexpand its area of focus to includethe promotion of the National In-cident Management System andto provide training programs tocertify search and rescue person-nel in a number of field relatedareas, such as: search methods,operational concepts, tracking,and search scene management.

According to its missionstatement, “the National Associa-tion for Search and Rescue is anot-for-profit membership associ-ation dedicated to advancing pro-fessional, literary, and scientificknowledge in fields related tosearch and rescue. NASAR is

FCTRT members demonstrating their “field craft” skills in the wildernessKEVIN SNIDER

comprised of thousands of paidand non-paid professionals inter-ested in all aspects of search andrescue - the humanitarian cause ofsaving lives - throughout theUnited States and around theworld.”

“One of the disciplines of re-sponse of our team is obviouslySearch and Rescue.” said theTeam’s Training officer, CaptainChristopher Bauer.

“Our training modules forsearch and rescue cover both wild-land and urban environments, butdue to the geographic terrain ofsouthern Fayette County, we aretraining very heavily in wildlandS&R to be able to respond in thevery terrain challenging areasaround the Wolf River.

“On top of our internal trainingand operational readiness exer-cises, we are having some of ournewer field personnel obtain theirSARTech series certifications.

“We have committed to usingNASAR’s standards as our basisfor certification and operationalpolicy to achieve the best possibleresult.”

The Fayette County TechnicalRescue Team is a private, non-profit and sanctioned rescue squadcomprised of volunteers from var-ious emergency response agenciesand the private sector that is solelyfunded through sponsors, dona-

tions, and private grants. The team does not accept or

receive any federal, state, county,or municipal government fundingso that there is no cost for the allvolunteer team. The FCTRT is anActive Unit Member of the Ten-nessee Association of RescueSquads and has formed allianceswith the Rossville Fire Depart-ment, Search Dogs South and theKelsey Canine Medical Center andholds active team membershipswith the National Association forSearch and Rescue (NASAR), theInternational Association for DiveRescue Specialists (IADRS), theInternational Rescue and Emer-gency Care Association (IRECA),the National Association of Volun-teer Search and Rescue Teams(NAVSAR) and the Mid-SouthVoluntary Organizations Active inDisasters (Mid-South VOAD).

The team is fully insured;available to respond in most ofTennessee, Mississippi andArkansas; and provides special-ized emergency response to firedepartments, police departments,and agencies requesting additionalassistance or personnel withoutcharge.

If you are interested in joining,assisting, donating, or just lookingfor more information about theTeam - please visit their website atwww.technicalrescueteam.com,visit them on Facebook, or callthem anytime at (901) 496-6800.

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Storm preparations for your firehouseMost people heeded the evacu-

ation warnings that were given, butas usual there were those who re-mained behind thinking they couldride it out and be safe. They werewrong andplaced emer-gency re-s p o n d e r s ’lives in jeop-ardy in orderto rescuethem.

T h epager has justopened andb r o a d c a s t sthe followingmessage, “The Weather Bureau hasissued a tornado and severe thun-derstorm warning for the area be-tween the hours of p.m. and 9 p.m.There is a potential for heavy rains,nickel sized hail and winds in ex-cess of 60 miles per hour with thepotential for flooding in low lyingareas. Should a storm hit in yourarea, you should immediately re-port to your fire station.” Will thedamage from the storm be minorand last an hour or less? Or willthere be major damage to yourcommunity requiring emergencyduty lasting a day or possibly ex-tending into weeks.

As you respond to your fire sta-tion in compliance with the stormmessage, you should feel secure inknowing your family is prepared,but how about your fire station. Isit prepared to handle an extendedoperation? If not, it should be. Doesthe fire station have the capabilityto house (sleep) the number ofmembers who have reported forduty? When any extended emer-gency requires you to go on longterm (more than a day or two)emergency response and standby, itwill require the feeding and hous-ing of the firefighters and EMS per-sonnel responding to the numerousand varied calls.

Living and working out of thefire station for prolonged periods oftime requires preparation and if youaren’t or haven’t prepared, youshould. Any of the aforementionedstorm scenarios can be encounteredby most communities at any time,then add the potential terroristthreats, hazmat or WMD’s and thepotential for flu and related medicalepidemics, the realization of havingyour fire station prepared for ex-tended operations is important.

Having a standby source ofelectricity with a sufficient fuelsupply to provide electric power tothe fire station is very importantshould power fail. Portable radiosand pagers will require charging;along with maintaining basic com-munication links within the fire sta-tion and dispatch. It is alsoimportant to note where you canobtain additional fuel for thestandby generator system if needed,gasoline, diesel or propane.

A full service kitchen with anadequate supply of food, coffee,drinks, water and needed staplesalong with disposable paper prod-ucts and utensils is required. Thequantity in supply will be depend-ent upon the number of firefighters

you foresee having on hand in anemergency for a minimum of threeto five days, or possibly longer.Your best food supply would be thecommercial sized (large) cans ofprepared foods and with a backupelectric supply, you can also safelystore frozen foods.

Most of these commercial mealtype items can be purchased fromthe local supermarket or big boxdiscount supply houses beforehandand will only require heating priorto serving when needed, even if nofirehouse chef is available. Addi-tional food supplies may be ob-tained initially at localsupermarkets and merchants, but ifit is an extended operation withpower outages, their food stock willdeplete rapidly and restocking maytake days or longer. During an ex-tended period of emergency opera-tions, you may be very limited as towhat you will be able to obtain lo-cally during the emergency. Havingsome basic provisions on hand andreplacing them annually is the wayto go. You can use last year’s foodstock products for an after meetingor drill meal, donate them to a localfood pantry or whatever innovativeway you choose while you replen-ish it with a fresh supply.

Rest for the weary firefightersis another priority. Does your firestation have sleeping accommoda-tions and how many can it accom-modate? If you don’t have sleepingaccommodations or need a largerarea, can you establish them by set-ting up a specific area or room thatcan be used solely for the purposeof firefighters catching some “shuteye.” You may have to split a largemeeting room by installing mov-able room dividers and separatingthe room during an emergency.

Once you have a designatedsleep area, you will need cots, blan-kets and pillows to provide the ba-sics for a good sleep. Individualmembers should bring a personalgrooming kit and a sleeping bag ifthey have one. Individual sleepingbags can be used with the cots andeliminate the need for blankets andsheets. In extended operations restis important as the novelty, adrena-line rush, and excitement willquickly wear off, and a place to restwill become a must. Throughoutperiods of high activity it would bewise to assign four to six firefight-ers per apparatus and to have thoseremaining firefighters/EMT’s bedesignated the off duty (rest) group.After a certain period of time, fourto eight hours, the groups can ex-change allowing for all personnel tohave a rest period. It is importantthat everyone get their proper restand an officer should be responsi-ble for seeing that all firefighterscomply with their assigned rest pe-riod. Lack of rest often leads to un-safe acts, which in turn leads toinjuries. Don’t forget personal hy-giene and shower facilities willmake the stay more livable andhealthy for all!

Being prepared for long termemergency operations is takingproper proactive action and willhelp keep all safe while providingservice to your community.

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Several injured during apartment fire in Daytona BeachDaytona Beach, FL. Daytona

Beach Fire Department respondedto the 400 block of North HalifaxAve. just after 5:30 a.m. on Febru-ary 5, 2013 for a commercial struc-ture fire.

Fire crews could see heavysmoke from an upstairs apartmentunit. As firefighters were makingentry to the apartment, the occupantattempted to block access by stand-ing in the doorway of the unit.

Daytona Beach Police Depart-ment, who was assisting with evac-uation of the complex, had torestrain the resident in order for firecrews to attack the fire.

Firefighters treated several po-lice officers on scene for smoke in-halation due to the restraining ofthe resident.

The resident of the unit wastreated for smoke inhalation as wellas a burn to his leg and taken to

Halifax Health Medical Center forfurther evaluation.

Firefighters eventually madeentry to the room of origin andwere able to confine the fire to thatlocation.

During the investigation intothe cause of the fire, firefightersfound evidence of the resident pos-sibly falling asleep while smokingin the bed.

No other injuries were reportedon the scene and the fire causedabout $5,000.00 in damages.

All evacuated residents wereallowed to return back to theirapartments after firefighters clearedthe building of smoke.

- LARRY STONEYLARRY STONEY

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Palm Beach County Fire Rescuechanges command for the thirdtime since inception

Thursday, February 28, 2013began as any other within PalmBeach County Fire Rescue exceptthe anticipation of a change incommand slated for the afternoon.

For 30 years, Palm BeachCounty Fire Rescue has been onthe leading edge of providingemergency services to the citizensof this 1822 square mile area witha population of an estimated864,528.

Since 1984, when eight firedistricts consolidated to form thedepartment it was under the com-mand of Herman Brice, who ledthe department until 2009 when hehung up his helmet of 55 years.

Steven Jerauld was selected asthe second fire chief of PalmBeach County Fire Rescue follow-ing Chief Brice. Chief Jerauld wasable to provide three years of ded-icated service as chief, ending onFebruary 28, 2013 and completing35 years of service with PBCFR.

Jeff Collins was then selectedas the third fire chief for this or-ganization. Chief Collins hasserved 17 years with Palm BeachCounty Fire Rescue and held theposition of deputy chief in the bu-

reau of safety services/fire mar-shal before being selected for thefire chief position.

Chief Collins was presentedwith a formal change of commandceremony on Thursday, February28, 2013.

The change of command cere-mony commenced for the secondtime in the department’s history.

Palm Beach County Fire Res-cue personnel and other local dig-nitaries were in attendance to meetand congratulate Chief Collins onhis achievement.

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At one point during firefight-ing efforts, a vehicle fuel tankbegan leaking gasoline which ig-nited.

Firefighters did an excellentjob containing the fire to thegarage area and preventing thespread of fire into the estimated6000 square foot home.

Crews on this incident in-cluded E54, E53, P57, E52, E42,E55, R54, R55, R451, R53, R411,DC5, CP5, DC4, BC5, CP4, IV4,TRAIN6, AT18 and PI1.

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Boca Raton, FL. On Wednes-day, February 20, 2013 at 4:30p.m., units were called to the17000 block of Brookwood Drivein suburban Boca Raton.

Initial 911 calls stated thatthere was a fire inside a three cargarage at the location. Respond-ing crews stated that they couldsee heavy flames and smokeshowing from the front of a twostory residence when they turnedonto the street.

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Truck 102 ad-vised they had a carversus pickup withthe truck on it's sideand multiple victimson the ground. They reported a fe-male pinned in the other car and thedriver of the pickup had beenejected.

Battalion 100 requested a heli-copter. Lee Control advised they hadwould dispatch Aeromed with a tenminute ETA. Engine 104 set up alanding zone just west of the crashsite while truck 102's crew madequick work of the extrication.

A total of three trauma alertswere transported by LAFD Rescue101, 102 and Aeromed 5.

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LAFD Engine 104 was first due at a well involved dwelling fire at 3213 15th St SW at 1555 hourson March 5th. Nearly the entire interior of the structure was involved in fire when crews arrivedon scene. Companies made an aggressive interior attack, but were pulled out by when condi-tions began to deteriorate. It appeared a section of the roof was about to collapse. After a shortexterior attack and some additional ventilation, companies returned to interior attack mode andhad the bulk of the fire knocked down in about 20 minutes.

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Lehigh Acres was dispatched at 1:50 a.m. on March 8th tothe area of State Road 82 and Homestead Road for a vehiclecrash with entrapment and ejection. Upon arrival, Engine 105advised Lee Control they had a two car wreck with one vic-tim pinned and one ejected. Battalion 100 requested a heli-copter and Lee Control advised they would have Aeromedon the way. The driver of the silver Mustang was in traumaticarrest and taken to Lehigh Regional Medical Center, wherehe died from his injuries. The driver of the red sedan wastrauma alerted and taken to Lee Memorial Trauma Centeraboard Aeromed.

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At 10:23 a.m. on Saturday, February 23; Palm Beach CountyFire Rescue units responded to reports of a residential struc-ture fire on Springdale Road. The first arriving engine com-pany stated they had flames coming from the garage of thesingle family home. Fire crews made an aggressive fire attackand located the source of the fire as a clothes dryer in thegarage. Crews removed the dryer and were able to containthe fire to the single garage. One challenge the first arrivingengine company faced was driving their apparatus down avery narrow road to the residence. The cause of the fire isunder investigation

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SPAAMFAA Convention 2013 heldin Jacksonville

The Florida Antique BucketBrigade recently sponsored thewinter meeting of SPAAMFAA.They exceeded their expectationsand never expected to have over300 registered guests/vendors/ap-paratus owners.

Those 300 plus guests repre-sented about 40 different chaptersof SPAAMFAA from 33 states,Canada and the UK and had onemember travel from Alaska.

We had seven hand drawn ap-paratus on display and 28 motor-ized apparatus. Tom and JulieHooker drove their 1965 Seagravedown from North Carolina andPete Menedis brought his 1870’sKlotz and Chromer estate pumperdown in his pickup from Pennsyl-vania. They both won longest dis-

tance travelled. We had rigs fromTennessee, Georgia, Maryland,Virginia as well as many of ourlocal members and other antiqueapparatus owners from Florida.We also had many of the modernunits from the JacksonvilleFire/Rescue department includingtheir new mass casuality bus.Other displays included theFlorida Forestry Service; Jack-sonville Sheriff’s office; theFlorida State Fire Marshal’s officeand two of the pink breast cancerawareness rigs from Florida. Ourpresident, Ron Czaplicki set up his1900 Deming hand pumper for a

demonstration operated by theJFRD explorers.

The displays had a good mixof equipment on the grounds in-cluding a 1914 AmericanLaFrance; 1934 Ahrens Fox VL;1925 Reo Speedwagon;(all ownedby FABB members); a very beau-tiful 1938 Seagrave 66E7, ex-Bal-timore, MD that has beenconverted to a unit to carry funeralcaskets; a 1978 powder blue ALFPioneer pumper formerly from up-state PA. We also had a couple ofchief’s vehicles: a 1967 ChevyImpala, ex-New Jersey unit ownedby Ron Petrillo; a 1925 FordModel T Chiefs car owned by BillKillen.

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Firefighters Tyler MacDonald, Corry Hill and Adam Baggettwere promoted to 3rd Class Firefighter at a recent ceremonyheld during the monthly fire commission meeting. The cere-mony included a badge pinning by their relative and theswearing in to their new position. After completing bothFlorida Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician certifi-cations, each firefighter joined the Reserve Firefighter Pro-gram. All three were hired July 30, 2012 and subsequentlypromoted to 3rd Class as a result of the completing a sixmonth probation period and the successful completion of nu-merous written and practical examinations.

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Congratulations to Firefighters Emil Baltic, Nick Boice andJohn Smeltz for placing first, second and third, respectively,in the regional 2013 Skills USA firefighting competition heldat Pinellas Technical Education Center (PTEC) on February 7,2013. The Skills USA Firefighting Competition evaluates theability to perform firefighting skills such as donning bunkergear, tying knots, hoisting tools and completing the Candi-date Physical Ability Test (CPAT). These three candidatesworked very hard to perfect these skills prior to the competi-tion. Emil, Nick and John will represent Region 4 (Hernando,Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas Counties) at the Skills USAstate competition held April 28th–May 1st in Pensacola, FL.The winners of the state competition will move on to the na-tional competition being held in Kansas City.

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During lunchtime on Friday, March 8, 2013; units from both Palm Beach County Fire Rescue andWest Palm Beach Fire Rescue were called to a residential structure fire on the 1600 block of NCongress Ave. Callers reported they could see smoke and flames from the back of a house atthe location. First arriving crews reported a single story home with heavy smoke and flamesfrom the back. Crews made an aggressive attack and the fire was quickly under control. Onechallenge that the firefighters encountered was they found a beehive in the back of the homewhen they began firefighting efforts. No firefighters were stung. The home was an unoccupiedstructure and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

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North Naples Engine 44, Rescue 45 and Tower Ladder 44 re-sponded to a report of an unknown type fire. Upon arrival,units found a commercial dumpster on fire under a treeroughly ten feet next to a structure. Engine 44 got a quickknock down with no extension

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Engine 419 firefighters from the Cantonment Station of Es-cambia County Fire Rescue were able to quickly extinguish avehicle fire February 20th that was threatening a nearbyhome. Firefighters arrived on scene to find a fully involvedvehicle fire surrounded by piles of clothing. The owners wereattempting to extinguish the fire with a garden hose as En-gine 419 pulled up. Acting Lt. Bill Halfacre and FirefighterCharles Bailey quickly extinguished the fire.

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On February 7, 2013, the City of Coral Gables promoted fourof its finest to new fire officer positions. In attendance at theceremony were the Coral Gables Mayor Jim Cason, CoralGables Fire Chief Walt Reed and his staff, Chief of PoliceScott Massington, and family members of the honorees. TheCoral Gables Fire Department would like to congratulate Fire-fighter Jason Barger promoted to fire lieutenant, FirefighterJose Pereda appointed to staff lieutenant, Lieutenant JesusAcevedo appointed to captain in the professional standardsdivision and Captain Dean James who was appointed to divi-sion chief of operations.

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At 1:30 p.m. on February 11, 2013, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Battalion 3 units were calledto a report of a brush fire on 7th Ave North in Lake Worth behind an industrial complex and nextto a mobile home park. Crews found a two acre brush fire and quickly brought it under control,preventing any danger of exposure to the mobile homes. Access to the site was challengingand crews fought the fire from several different points to quickly extinguish it.

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The 83 fa-talities werespread across34 states. Penn-sylvania andNorth Carolina experienced thehighest number of fatalities withnine firefighter deaths each. NewYork had six firefighter deaths, in-cluding the most recent tragic

shooting deaths of two firefightersin Webster. California and Texas,each with five firefighter deaths,were the only other states with fiveor more firefighter fatalities in2012.

Heart attacks or stroke were re-sponsible for the deaths of 41 fire-fighters (49%) in 2012. This singleyear total is a near average propor-tion of firefighter deaths from heartattack or stroke over recent years.

This nature of fatal injury hasremained relatively constant, whileothers, on average, have been re-duced during the past decade.

Eleven on-duty firefighters died

in association with wildland fires,the same as 2011 and 2010.

The single cause of injury see-ing more than a four-fold increasein firefighter deaths during 2012was vehicle collisions (includingaircraft), with 18 deaths.

These 2012 firefighter fatalitystatistics are provisional and willlikely change somewhat as theUSFA contacts state fire marshals toverify the names of firefighters re-ported to have died on duty during2012.

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Two dead in overnight fireCity of Punta Gorda Fire De-

partment units were dispatched to310 Sorrento Dr at 11:19 a.m. fora possible structure fire on March7th.

The caller wasthe occupant'sdaughter, who hadcome to the housefor a welfare checkand found evidenceof a fire. First-arriv-ing units reportednothing visible andno indicators fromthe street. A closerinvestigation showed darkenedwindows.

Entry was forced and re-vealed heavy fire damage to theliving room with smoke markingalmost to the floor in the otherrooms.

The residents, an elderly hus-band and wife, were found de-ceased in the master bedroom.Both had been able to get out ofbed, but succumbed almost im-mediately. The fire self-extin-guished with no outside evidence.

Neighbors reported theyheard and smelled nothing. Agentleman walked his dog pastthe structure earlier and notednothing amiss. The residence hadno operational smoke detectors.

The cause is under investiga-tion by the state fire marshal.PGFD Engine 3, Engine 12 andBC1 responded.

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Two alarm fire with roof collapseOn Monday, February 25,

2013, crews from Palm BeachCounty Fire Rescue responded toreports of a residential structurefire on the 19300 block of WatersReach Trail in Western BocaRaton.

Units respond-ing to the fire statedthey could see avisible column ofsmoke from the en-trance to the devel-opment.

The first arriv-ing engine com-pany reportedflames visible fromtwo roofs. Fire-fighters started an aggressive in-terior attack on the fire, but wereforced to pull back at one pointwhen flames moved above theirposition. Shortly thereafter, therewas a roof collapse caused by thefire.

There was one resident homeat the time of this fire, but theywere able to safely get out with-out any injury. This fire causeddamage to four of the six town-homes in the complex.

The cause of the fire is underinvestigation.

Units on this fire includedE53, R53, E55, E54, R55, BC5,DC5, R57, P57, CP5, R500, DC4,CP4, E58, BC4, CAT2, BC1,OPS2, LA341, IV2, PI1, IV5,R400, E42, E52, R27, E45 andIV4.

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Plantation firefighter honored for heroismPlantation, FL. With his wife at

his side, Plantation Fire CaptainRandall (Randy) Pettitt stood beforethe Plantation City Council meetingon February 13th to receive the de-partment's Meritorious ServiceAward.

On the evening of October 30th,2012, while on his way to dinnerwith his wife Jill, Captain Pettittwitnessed a car go into the lake atPeters and Pine Island Road, inPlantation.

Captain Pettitt immediatelypulled off the road and contactedPlantation's dispatch center via the

radio. Not knowing the condition of

the vehicle or what injuries thedriver might have sustained andfearing she might further injure her-self, Pettitt made the decision toenter the water and safely removeher to the bank.

A Plantation rescue arrivedshortly thereafter and the womanwas transported to Westside Re-gional Medical Center, where she

recovered.For his quick actions, while

placing his own safety in jeopardy,Captain Pettitt was awarded thePlantation Fire Department's Meri-torious Service Award.

During the ceremony, Lifesav-ing Awards were also issued to therescue crew of Lt. Eric Moshe, para-medic Peter Simone and EMT JohnZeilinga. A Civilian Citation wasawarded to Dr. Gerald Lavandoskyfor assisting with the resuscitationof a child in an office parking lot.

- JOEL GORDON

PAULA THOMPSON

Seminole County, FL - On February 22nd, Seminole County Fire Department responded to a res-idential structure fire located in the 1800 block of Shadyhill Terrace in the Winter Park area ofunincorporated Seminole County. Upon arrival, smoke and flames were visible and one occu-pant evacuated the home with the assistance of a neighbor. An additional neighbor was treatedand released on scene, suffering injuries as a result of the smoke. Firefighters from SeminoleCounty, City of Casselberry and the City of Winter Park aggressively fought and extinguishedthe fire. The American Red Cross is assisting the homeowners and the State Fire Marshal’sOffice is investigating.

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On January 3, 2013, three of St. Pete’s finest stood tall infront of the many co-workers, family and friends who gath-ered to witness their promotion and badge pinning cere-mony. Steven Knight, a 16 year veteran, was promoted toassistant chief in charge of EMS. Robert Basset, a 23 yearveteran, was promoted to assistant chief in charge of oper-ations; and Michael Domante, a 23 year veteran, was pro-moted to fire marshal. Knight is a third generation firefighterand Bassett is a second generation firefighter. Fire ChiefJames D. Large conducted the pinning ceremony.

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The City of Delray Beach Fire-Rescue Department held a promotional ceremony for four staffmembers on Wednesday, February 20th. The city is proud to announce the following promo-tions: Captain Dan Waldrep was promoted from Firefighter/Paramedic to Training Captain. Cap-tain Andrew Close was promoted from Driver/Engineer to Fire Safety Inspector. Driver EngineerBrian Fiorey was promoted from Firefighter/Paramedic. Driver Engineer Kenny Hansley waspromoted from Firefighter/Paramedic. The City of Delray Beach congratulates each of thesenewly promoted staff members and appreciates all of their efforts.

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Ocala, FL Ocala Fire Rescue was called to the scene of an apartment complex fire at 11:02 a.m.on February 24th. Smoke could initially be seen from several miles distant and on arrival fire-fighters observed flames coming through the roof of a two story wood structure. The occupiedbuilding contained 16 apartments and firefighters were quickly able to search the building toensure everyone had safely evacuated. “Fire and smoke damage was contained to just four ofthose apartments, and firefighters remained on scene for more than five hours” stated Battal-ion Chief Wally Brinkman. Twenty eight firefighters responded to the scene, and there were noinjuries to the tenants. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Ocala firefighters extinguish blaze in apartment complex

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Around 3:30 a.m., North Naples R45, SQ45, BC40, E42 andTL44 responded to a report of a fire in the garage. Upon ar-rival, units had flames showing from the eaves near the frontdoor and heavy smoke pushing throughout the structure fromthe eaves. Crews were notified that the family pets were stillinside, a quick search found two of the three dogs. The thirdwas found after the fire was extinguished. R45 crews con-tained the fire inside the garage with no extension into thehouse, even though the fire got into in the attic.

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Palm Beach County holds Fire Fest in JupiterJupiter, FL. On February 10,

2013, Palm Beach County FireRescue held it's first ever Fire Festin the City of Jupiter Florida.

There were many static dis-plays presented by all of the differ-ent public service entities in thecounty.

Represented were Palm BeachCounty Fire Rescue, Palm BeachCounty Sheriff's Office, Florida Di-vision of Forestry, Florida Fish andWildlife Commission, Palm BeachCounty Emergency Management,several vendors and the PalmBeach County Health Care Dis-trict's Aero-Medical Helicopter theTrauma Hawk.

Also, there were demonstra-tions of a cardiac arrest scenario,extrication, hazardous materialsequipment, a live burn demonstrat-ing a non-sprinklered room and aroom with a sprinkler system in it,and an appearance of thePBCHCD's Trauma Hawk whichwas a hit with all. E

veryone in attendance had agreat time and walked away with awealth of knowledge.

- STEPHEN SABO

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Palm Beach County Health Care District's Trauma Hawk coming in for a landing at the Fest

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Like so many other Ameri-cans, Stephanie Fowle watched ontelevision in disbelief and horror,as Hurricane Katrina rippedthrough New Orleans in 2005.

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Chief Jerauld, Chief Brice and Chief Collins at the change of command ceremonyfor Palm Beach County Fire Rescue

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Fire Chief Ed Curran with newly promoted Lt. Juan Velez from the City of LauderhillFire Rescue.

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Firefighter Nick Boice competed in the regional 2013 Skills USA firefighting compe-tition held at Pinellas Technical Education Center (PTEC) on February 7th, 2013.

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A district chief with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue at a brush fire on February 11,2013 that threatened a mobile home park.

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Responding By Lt.Michael Morse

Available from: Ama-zon.com and some local bookstores

Price $22.46 This is a soft cover book

measuring six inches by nineinches and has 362 pages. Ithas 26 chapters and an epi-logue.

The epilogue starts onpage 277 and goes to the endof the book. The epilogue isfilled with memorable inci-dents that are individually de-scribed short titles.

The author is a lieutenantin one of Providence, RhodeIsland’s six fire departmentrescue units. These rescueunits are what many fire de-partments’s would call ambu-lances and they are staffedwith two firefighter/EMT’s,who possess an upgraded clas-sification that permits them todo certain advanced life sup-port.

The author wrote, “Rescu-ing Providence”, which I re-viewed in 2008 in this column.Back then, Providence hadfive rescue units.

The book is an interestingone to read, especially if onehas thoughts of wanting towork on an ambulance or evento become a firefighter, sincemost fire departments I wouldsay do medical calls today. Heworks a lot of overtime, someof which takes him to otherstations.

Each chapter is anotherjourney into the quest to helpothers stemming from the bet-

ter neighborhoods to thebowels of the city and attimes to public areas such asmalls and city streets, whichhave their share of traffic ac-cidents. Many patients arerepeat customers if you knowwhat I mean!

Home life is touchedupon as he communicates

with his wife and writesbriefly about his two daugh-ters. He thinks of them attimes when he handles patientsaround their ages.

Most of the incidents aremedical in nature, but there areothers involving fires andother fire department opera-tions.

He writes about being anengineer (pump operator),who drives an engine so thereis some coverage of his earlieryears at the Providence FireDepartment.

You can empathize withthe calls as he is an excellentwrite and an honest one aswell! Be human, he is fallibleand admits to making mistakesat times, not that we are talk-ing about incompetence result-ing in loss of life, but in theway of tactics.

Of course, firehouse life istouched upon as the rescuesshare quarters with an engineand sometimes in addition atruck company.

The horseplay and humoralways bring back fond mem-ories of my career!

The book is printed withspacing in between lines thatmake reading it a breeze. Fewof the chapters revert back toearlier so you can skip aroundif you want. I am told that thefirst book has sold well and Ibelieve you will be equallypleased with the journeythrough “Responding.”

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