Quick Takes
Fireground audio from deadly DC fire: The audio above is from Saturday’s two-alarm fire that killed an 85-year-old woman and her 59-year-old daughter in their home in the 1600 block of W Street in Southeast, Washington. You will hear as firefighter’s discover both victims. Read more about the fire.
Captain Thomas Araguz remembered: Click here for details on yesterday’s funeral from Wharton, Texas. Capt. Araguz was killed in a July 3 fire at an egg farm. Here’s our earlier coverage of the fire.
Still two firefighters hospitalized after Sacramento explosion: Sacramento Firefighter Scott McKinney was released from a burn center yesterday almost a week after the house explosion that injured McKinney and three other firefighters. Two firefighters are still being treated. Click here to watch Firefighter McKinney’s release from the hospital and read the latest.
Video all weekend long on STATter911.com: It started with a house fire in Westover, West Virginia and spread from there. Since Friday we posted video from a dozen recent fires. The most spectacular was the fire that ran the roof of a building in Manhattan. Then we added many more fire videos from around the country (and even a foreign land) here, here and here.
Must see pictures of Massachusetts water rescue: Thanks to Jimmy Daly for alerting us to a series of pictures by Mark Garfinkle of off-duty Somerville Firefighter Michael Marino rescuing a woman caught in a flash flood on Saturday. Here are the photos.
French firefighter dies: Firegeezer has the story of a firefighter being killed by CO while operating a fire department pump in a flooded basement. Two other firefighters were overcome but survived.
More on unlicensed Haverhill, Massachusetts firefighter who was in jail for four months: The investigation into Kevin Thompson has uncovered a 2005 crash where the police department failed to check if Thompson had a valid driver’s permit. Thompson suddenly retired from the department when it was determined he spent four months in jail without the knowledge of top fire officials. It was also determined Thompson hadn’t had a license since for almost 20-years. Here’s the update.
Mutual aid expected to pick up slack because of layoffs in Lawrence, Massachusetts: Neighboring chiefs talk about the cutting of 23 firefighters. Read the story.
Auditor says 42-hour week not enough for firefighters: In an effort to cut overtime spending, an auditor in Camden, New Jersey believes firefighters should go back to a 56-hour work week. That and other changes impacting compensation for firefighters are part of the report. Click here.
I doubt that’s what the arsonist used to light this one: Some light moments from April, 1995 during a fire in a vacant Shreveport, Louisiana house when a firefighter thinks he discovered a gallon container of gasoline. Click here for the video.
Fire at Six Flags White Water: This is the mechanical room burning yesterday for the wave pool at the Cobb County, Georgia amusement park. Click here for still pictures as the fire advanced through the structure. Watch and read more here.
