Quick takes
UPDATE – DC sprinkler demo actually shows off PPE after 3 firefighters catch fire: A scary few moments during Wednesday’s sprinkler demonstration at Gallaudet University. The gear of three DC firefighters began burning when a large clump of burning plastic dripped and fell on them. DC Fire & EMS Department now says the sergeant from Engine 6 was burned on the face and hand. He spent the night in the MedStar Burn Unit at the Washington Hospital Center and has been released. Click here to see the video.
NAHB finds fault with Prince George’s County sprinkler study: The National Association of Home Builders responded to STATter911.com yesterday about the new sprinkler study in Prince George’s County. A spokesperson says the study is flawed because there is no smoke alarm data. Since we posted the response from NAHB, the PGFD and Maryland State Fire Marshal.Read more.
Really?: This is a paragraph in a Fire Prevention Week article from Indiana’s News & Tribune. I am assuming the reporter just misunderstood something-
Lt. Andre Heal, of the Charlestown Fire Department, said that until the 1980s when air packs became more available, firefighters could not go inside burning homes.
Police looking into hazing incident in CT: Seven junior and senior members of the Quaker Hill Fire Company have been suspended while police in Waterford check out allegations that someone was tied up during a hazing incident. The fire chief says it was just horsing around. Watch the story. Read the story.
FDNY Commissioner to step down: Seventy-six-year-old Nicholas Scoppetta is leaving the Bloomberg administration at the end of the year. Read more.
Nine-year dispute with city is now over: Not a lot of details yet but the City of Louisville and its firefighters have reached an agreement over a long standing overtime dispute. Read the story.
Punches thrown then church burns: Check out the story from Tennessee where a 70-year-old church is destroyed by fire.
Fire department to charge for some services: In Ypsilanti, Michigan the council has voted to let the fire department start billing insurance companies for some services. Read more.
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House fire in Connecticut: From Waterbury on Wednesday. Click here for a slideshow of the fire.
