Patrol Says Trucker Not At Fault in Ohio Ambo Wreck; Edmonton Chief Wants Code Changes; Laurel 3rd Alarm; Kentland Lt. Back; Stupid Reporter Questions
Click on above picture for more Edmonton Journal photos from Saturday’s fire.
Edmonton chief says vinyl siding was a factor in the amount of damage.
Ohio State Highway Patrol Pictures.
3 EMTs, 2 civilians dead after Ohio crash.
UPDATE: The Beacon Journal of Akron reports the Ohio State Patrol says the ambulance driver “slowed down but failed to cautiously enter a rural intersection”. More here. Also, an updated article from the Toledo Blade is here.
Video now available, along with updated stories from Paulding County, Ohio. Three members of the Antwerp EMS Squad and two civilians were killed when the ambulance they were in was hit broadside by a tractor-trailer Friday evening. At the time of the crash, the civilians were being transported to the hospital from a previous accident. News reports say their relatives were following the ambulance to the hospital and witnessed the crash. The wife of the only EMS worker to survive the crash was among those killed:
WISE-TV WANE-TV Fort Wayne Journal Gazette EMSresponder.com Toledo Blade
Capt. Matt C. Burton and Engineer Scott P. Desmond in photos from the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
Two California firefighters die trying to rescue couple from burning home.
Details on the first line-of-duty deaths for the Contra Costa Fire Protection District are in The Mercury News of San Jose and there is video from KTVU-TV. Jay Lowry at firefighterhourly.com has more. Firegeezer.com has other links.
FF/P Mary Beth Rollins in a Howard County Fire & Rescue Department picture.
Firefighter/Paramedic from Howard County dies after fall.
FF/P Mary Beth Rollins was off-duty when she fell 65 feet from the roof of a Baltimore museum. Details on the unusual circumstances surrounding her death, along with funeral arrangements can be found here.
Kentland VFD confirms Nick Martin is back.
Four days after we first reported the news, Kentland’s website has pictures and a story that acknowledges Lt. Nick Martin’s return. Seventeen months ago, Lt. Martin got the boot because of a shoving and yelling incident caught on video. A judge ruled Martin didn’t get due process. While that due process is underway, Nick Martin is allowed to run calls.
Philadelphia Mayor to the rescue, sort of.
Mayor John Street and 2 bodyguards spotted the smoke as they walked to City Hall. They help a victim and a cat is rescued.
The Trinidad Fire Department profiled.
No surprise here. Engine 10, D.C. Fire & EMS, is featured on firehouse.com after topping Firehouse Magazine’s run survey for about the 80th year in a row. Paul Peluso has the pictures and the story.
Maybe they should just open their own TV station on channel 501.
While some have questioned whether I know anything at all about firefighting, I hope they will at least acknowledge I have some expertise about television. With that in mind, I urge anyone in fire and EMS interested in doing videos for their department to check out the latest offering from Manassas VFD. The camera work
on Mike Lesnick’s “Old Town Style” is top notch. Some great angles as the fire trucks roll down the road. Very dramatic.
Firegeezer takes a swipe at reporters and Statter fails to respond.
What can I say? When he’s right, he’s right. See for yourself.
New pictures on VAFireNews.com
Rhett Fleitz has added pictures of the fire a few days ago that destroyed the Wendy’s on South Van Dorn Street in Alexandria.
Coming up on STATter 911.
Following an interesting email that came in after a recent Baltimore fire, we will look at the topic of automatic mutual aid.
14,803 Bowie Road in Laurel, MD at 2:00 this morning. More pictures and details from Chief Al Schwartz on Beltsville VFD website.
