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FDNY - Quick Thinking Saves Obese Man In Queens Fire

Wednesday, 30 July 2008

July 27, 2008

FDNY firefighter saves obese man with Quick Thinking with WEBBING

NY1 News VIDEO + Story - A quick-thinking firefighter helped rescue an obese man from a fire in Queens earlier this week.

Firefighters responded to the call Sunday night on 97th Street in Rego Park. The first three on the scene say they realized a chain was on one of the apartment doors, meaning that someone was likely trapped.

The firefighters then broke into the smoked-out apartment without a hose and found a 400-plus pound man lying in the hallway...READ COMPLETE and video regarding the webbing.

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3rd Alarm Austin Fire in Barton Creek - RAW VIDEO

Tuesday, 29 July 2008

Raw Video:

3rd Alarm Fire Rips Through South Austin Apartment Complex

AUSTIN, TEXAS (KXAN) -- A massive fire at an apartment complex in South Austin leaves nearly 40 people homeless. The fire came after another blaze that destroyed part of the Hunter's Chase Apartment buildings in North Austin on Friday night.

The blaze in South Austin broke out Sunday afternoon at The Retreat at Barton Creek Apartments, in the 3800 block of South Lamar.

Firefighters said this is a lesson in just how quickly fire can spread in these hot windy conditions.

There are two dozen apartments with damage, and fire investigators said all the destruction was caused by a careless smoker on a balcony...READ MORE

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Aggresive Vallejo Fire Starts in Garage - VIDEO

Tuesday, 29 July 2008

Times Herald Online - A fire that broke out in the garage of a north Vallejo house Wednesday night left the home uninhabitable due to smoke damage, fire officials said.

About 20 firefighters from Vallejo and American Canyon attacked the blaze on the 400 block of Whitney Avenue, getting it under control in about 15 minutes, Vallejo fire Capt. Gordon Moncibais said...READ MORE

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Mystic Conn House Burns - Neighbors Not Surpised

Tuesday, 29 July 2008

THE DAY: Fire Destorys Mystic House That was A focus of A Long-Running Controversy

Mystic - Few neighbors were surprised that a fire destroyed Gretchen Chipperini's Library Street house Friday morning.

No injuries were reported, though one firefighter was treated at the scene for heat exhaustion.

The house at 23 Library St. was unoccupied and unkempt and had been undergoing renovations on and off for more than a dozen years...READ MORE

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Firefighter In Fatal Crash While Responding To a Fatal

Tuesday, 29 July 2008

July 29, 2008

Courier Press -

A Manitou volunteer firefighter on his way to a fatal accident on Rose Creek Road in Hopkins County Saturday, lost control of the fire truck, hitting another vehicle head-on and killing the driver.

Kentucky State Police said this accident occurred around 11:15 a.m. when volunteer firefighter Jarod Turner, 22, Madisonville, was operating a 1981 Chevrolet fire truck, southbound on Kentucky 630 -- heading toward a fatal accident, which had occurred just minutes before.

For unknown reasons, the fire truck -- which had its emergency lights activated -- traveled off the road. When it reentered the road, Turner lost control of it, authorities said. The fire truck crossed into the northbound lane of Kentucky 630 and hit head-on a vehicle driven by Michelle Cline, 27, Madisonville...READ MORE

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Maplewood firefighter Ryan Hummert - "NEVER ALONE"

Tuesday, 29 July 2008

This great article was sent in on Firefighter Ryan Hummert. Please take the time to read about a fellow brother who was gunned down in Missouri while operating at a fire.

St Louis Post -

'He was never alone'

By Christine Byers

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

07/27/2008

From the moment Maplewood firefighter Ryan Hummert died, firefighters were there.

At first, it was his Maplewood crew, who, along with 22-year-old Hummert, had thought they were responding Monday to a routine car fire. Instead, they found themselves in the middle of a gunman's killing field.

Before it was over, two police officers were shot, Hummert was killed and several other bullets barely missed their intended targets.

Minutes that seemed like hours passed until police could safely remove Hummert's body. Then firefighters were there to carry him to an ambulance...READ COMPLETE

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Accident Kills Pulaski Tri-County Fire Chief

Sunday, 27 July 2008

July 27, 2008

Greenbaypressgazette.com is reporting a Pulaski Tri-County Fire Chief Frank Wichlacz was killed in a random accident. An out of control pickup truck crashed and crushed Chief Wichlacz between a garage door and a water tanker.

A member of the department was moving a privately owned GMC pickup that was blocking a bay door where one of the department’s tankers needed to be parked. The firefighter backed the pickup toward the fire station, moving the vehicle one bay door to the east.

“The vehicle accelerated out of control as the fireman was moving it, striking the bay door,” Pulaski Police Chief Randal Dunford said. “Wichlacz just happened to be walking between the bay door and a parked tanker inside the fire station.”...READ MORE

FDNY - Firefighter Drowns Trying to Save Son

Sunday, 27 July 2008

July 27, 2008

The wake for FDNY Ladder 111 Brooklyn Firefighter Martin Simmons is today in Smithtown, NY. Simmons died diving into Lake Tahoe to try to save his 10 year old son. It is reported his "son who had developed a cramp and struggled to stay afloat. The child was pulled to safety, but Simmons drowned". Simmons was a well respected 17 year veteran in the FDNY, a husband, and a father of three sons.

Video Coverage:

Firefighter Mourned in Brooklyn - CLICK HERE

Long Island Wake For Drowned Firefighter - CLICK HERE