Quick takes
Story of the day (above): A number of STATter911.com readers sent this one to us. Make sure you watch it. After more than 40-years a retired Boston firefighter finally meets the little girl he saved from a burning apartment. Click here to read more about William Carroll and Evangeline Harper. And for a similar reunion that came without the delay, scroll down to the triplets update from Bethesda, MD.
49 people killed as plane crashes around the corner from firehouse: The Clarence Center VFC in Erie County, NY outside of Buffalo was almost too close to last night’s deadly crash of a Continental Express commuter plane. We have early video, pictures, maps and news links. Click here.
Assistant chief involved in Maryland car wreck now put on administrative leave: Montgomery County Acting Chief Richard Bowers says he has placed Assistant Chief Gregory DeHaven on administrative leave with pay after receiving an outside consultant’s report about DeHaven’s November collision in a fire department vehicle. The fire vehicle crashed into 3 vehicles including a county police SUV stopped on I-270. The officer on the scene initially said he smelled alcohol on DeHaven’s breath. Read more from The Washington Post.
The return of Selby Jacobs: We first heard this yesterday morning but waited for confirmation from Chief Jacobs himself that Prince William County, Virginia’s first fire chief is taking over in Fauquier County on an interim basis. Chief Jacobs retired almost 15-years-ago. Read details.
Triplets and rescuers meet: Yesterday the young triplets saved from a burning home in Bethesda, Maryland in December were reunited with their rescuers. We have video and plenty of information about the fire. Click here.
Two views of the same department: We now have both recent magazine articles written about the EMS side of the DC Fire & EMS Department. The articles paint very different pictures of where the department currently is and where it is going. Our story is here.
Repair bill for DC fire boat: The John H. Glenn Jr. is headed to a shipyard in Baltimore next week for an almost $100,000 repair job. It is needed after a dinner cruise ship punctured the boats hull on January 1. Our update is here.
You need a scorecard to know the players: The Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department and a number of other sources have sent STATter911.com the new organizational chart for the department and yesterday’s memo from Acting Chief Eugene Jones explaining the changes. You will find all of it here.
NIOSH report: Click here for a link to NIOSH’s 107-page report on Charleston’s Sofa Super Store fire that killed 9 firefighters.
