Quick Takes: August 22, 2011.
Pre-arrival video in Springfield, Pennsylvania (Delaware County): A house fire at 145 South Norwinden Drive around 2:30 Friday morning. News reports indicate the fire may have been started by a lightning strike. According to the description with the video. this was dispatched as a report of an odor in the home. Click here to watch an interview with a deputy chief from the Springfield Fire Company.
New details on water problems during Asheville fire that killed Capt. Jeff Bowen: The Asheville Citizen-Times has a lot of new information about the July 28th fire. In addition there is some video I shot Saturday from one of the many events and fundraisers that have been held for Captain Bowen's family. Click here for the latest.
Where the name STATter is actually worth something: Put STATter in the promo code for the Go Forward Training event in St. Charles, Missouri October 21-23 and get 10% off. The downside is you may actually run into me. Check out the hands-on training and classroom sessions for the weekend. I hope to see you there.
More travels with Dave: Like many others I am in Atlanta this week for FRI. Please come see me on Friday at 10:30 for Today's PIO: Building Reputation Equity in the Digital Age. Some other events where you will find me include the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at the Westin Peachtree Plaza on Wednesday at 10:00 AM. Click here to register. I will be hosting a webcast live for NFFF on Fire Hero Radio as the climb begins (click here at 9:45 AM EDT on Wednesday to listen in). Also, the exhibit Better Angels: The Firefighters of 9/11 will be on the convention floor on Friday and Saturday. It is something you will want to see.
On my way to Atlanta I stopped in Roanoke, Virginia, famous as the home of IronFiremen.com. IronFiremen.com editor Capt. Willie Wines documented this historic visit on his blog. Click here. We will have an extremely interesting video posted soon about this very important meeting. You won't want to miss it.
Tanker overturns and injures two firefighters: Glenn Usdin's FireTruckBlog.com with the story from Otto Township, Illinois.
Car fire with explosion: Los Angeles Fire Department on the scene of an auto fire with a bit of a close call.
Selling ladder truck to save firefighter jobs: This is the second story in the last few weeks where we have seen the proposal to sell front line fire equipment to help balance the budget. This time the Taylor, Michigan fire chief is hoping to save some firefighter positions with the cash from the sale. Here's the story.
Video from fatal fire in Vincennes, Indiana: Firefighter pulled a woman and child from the home. The child died. Click here for more.
Eight-year-old makes it 30-feet down a chimney: A strange rescue from West Valley City, Utah on Friday. A boy trying to get into a home where he had played before tried to do it the hard way. Amazingly he was uninjured. He was found when the homeowner heard his cries. Firefighters had to bust through a wall to get him. Click here.
Three alarms in Greece: New York that is. Fireground audio and video from an apartment fire.
You must have your priorities: Firegeezer Bill Schumm with the story on a smoke detector, a fire extinguisher and some pre-fire planning that saved a 1956 Corvette.
Rowdy fire department supporters upsets mayor: The crowd that came to speak out against a Hemet, California plan to outsource the fire department and sanitation department is one reason the mayor says he is going to strictly enforce decorum at future meeting. Click here for details.
Three-alarm building fire in Maywood, Illinois: Larry Shapiro video from an August 10 fire at 326 Randolph Street. See Larry's still pictures here.
