Quick takes
6-alarms in York: A WGAL-TV reporter Ed Weinstock’s cell phone picture from the Monday afternoon fire in York, PA, that went through a row of homes. Click here for a series of videos from the scene and more details.
Volunteers call for cut back of four-person staffing: That is one of the proposals the volunteer association has made to cut costs in Montgomery County. Proposals and counter-proposals have been flying back and forth since last week, as the volunteers and Acting Fire Chief Richard Bowers work to sway the County Council on the best way to reduce costs. In the meantime, the career firefighters local has withdrawn from these talks, outraged out the County Council’s refusal to implement ambulance billing.
By the way, this is supposed to be the quiet Maryland county in the Washington suburbs when it comes to volunteer – career relations. Read our coverage and check out the documents.
He’s out, he’s in, he’s out again: Poor Cory Johnston, the second firefigher burned at Friday’s fire in Riverdale Heights, Maryland. He was treated and released on Friday for his burns. Johnston visited FF Blazek, who was out of ICU, on Saturday. While at the Medstar Burn Unit of the Washington Hospital Center, a nurse didn’t like the look of Johnston’s burn. He was held for some antibiotic treatment. Now, here’s the latest from Riverdale VFD’s website on Monday evening:
F/F Johnston was once again released from the Washington Burn Center. They have done some minor “cutting” of dead tissue around the burn and the fear of infection has subsided. He is back at the station with limited mobility of his right arm. He will remain out of service for and extended period of time to enable the healing process to complete properly.
Chopper crash survivor speaks on release from the hospital: The only survivor of the crash of Maryland State Police Trooper 2 spoke to reporters. At the same time statistics are way down on the number of people being transported by Maryland’s medevac system. Read The Washington Post story. Watch the WJZ-TV story. Watch the entire interview with survivor Jordan Wells.
Hydrogen generators on the move: The DC Fire & EMS Department has a bulletin out on vehicles with homemade hydrogen generators. Click here.
Another jurisdiction worries about daytime volutneer responses: Yesterday it was Bath County, Virginia. Today it is Erath, Louisiana. Read more.
Get your video: It is being handled by the Loudoun County Public Library, but you don’t need a library card. Loudoun County Department of Fire, Rescue & Emergency Management now has a way for you to download a copy of the video that accompanies the report on last May’s house fire that forced four firefighter to bail out of the second floor. Click here for details.
