New & old videos; Big house burns in MD; Memorial bike ride goes on despite theft; A picture worth only 1 word – ouch!; Arson at the honky-tonk
(Updated at 12:06 PM)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L8FjV4Gi_k&hl=en]Video of the day: What, and give up show business? The glamour and excitement of firefighting. The thrill of victory. The agony of defeat. Or in this case, the smell of the feet. Look at the runoff. Yes, if you are wondering, it’s a slow day.
Old video of the day
If you are like me and enjoy looking a bit at the past, check this one out from Wheeling, WV. It is film described as being from “The Good Old Days”. It starts with a fire in an American Service Station (remember those) and goes on to a series of dwelling fires and what looks like a training fire. Watch the garage door being opened on the first fire. Click here.
Fire in IN
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Reported to be from Delaware & 20th in Indianapolis on Wednesday night.
Second-alarm in Montgomery County, MD
In pricey Potomac, MD this morning, a fire has taken off the roof of a home that appears to be quite a bit larger than a garden-apartment building. Click here for more details and pictures.
By the way, due to some Blogger technical difficulties, I have been unable to post pictures the last two days. Didn’t want you to think I was lazy.
Some links to some good visuals (since I don’t have any)
Since I can’t currently post images, check these out that our unofficial New England editor Jimmy Daly sent my way.
The first is from Ken LaBelle at NRIFirePhotos.com of a rip-roaring fire on Sunday at Pond and East School Streets in Woonsocket. It went to a third-alarm. Click here.
The second is some fabulous night time photography by Rick Nohl of a house fire last Thursday in Lawrence, MA. Click here.
They may talk funny up there, but they sure know how to use their cameras.
Thieves break into EMS vehicles during memorial ride
We first told you about this story early on Tuesday. The riders with the National EMS Memorial Bicycle Ride are on their way to Roanoke, VA thanks to some help from the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department.
Two of the support vehicles, SUV’s from EMS providers in Virginia and Maine, were broken into while the group stayed overnight in an Annapolis, MD hotel. GPS equipment and cell phones vanished. Windows were smashed.
Regrouping at PGFD’s Station 805 in Capitol Heights, a glass repair crew was summoned and the riders moved on to Capitol Hill.
Don’t try this at home, he’s a professional
I made the prediction not too long ago that there are so many cameras out there we will soon see pictures and video of a rescue from the points-of-view of both the rescuer and the rescuee. Now, please check out FireGeezer’s story with the picture taken by Ryan McGeeney as McGeeney was being treated by EMS.
This is a little different than I predicted because McGenney is a professional photography working a sporting event for a newspaper.
The toughest photographer I ever worked with is a guy name Kline Mengle. Kline once fell out of a moving car (he was sitting in the window) that I was driving and kept the camera rolling all the way down. All you heard on the tape was Kline saying a four letter word, worried that he broke the camera. As for me, I about soiled my pants thinking I killed the station’s best photographer.
I say all of this, because my buddy Kline may be a wimp compared to Ryan McGeeney. As you will see on the Geezer’s site, McGeeney snapped the picture while there was a javelin impaled through his knee.
Just a little off the top, please
This Norfolk Southern bridge in Durham, NC has a history of putting the squeeze on trucks. Apparently there have been 46 wrecks at the bridge since 2000, with 30 of them caused by vehicles that don’t duck.
A few observations after looking at the video. Watch the pedestrian get a little pep in his step on the far sidewalk.
If there are that many crashed because of the height thing, how about putting up some big flash lights and other warnings?
Also, shouldn’t someone in charge do at least a quick structural inspection before letting traffic flow?
More Pillow talk
We told you a few days ago about Greg Pillow who claims he once was a Nashville firefighter. Now the TV station that has been on the Pillow case reports the man has other claims to fame. Click here for the story.
Arson at the roadhouse or Firwood tonight
The Fabulous Firwood Roadhouse isn’t so fabulous at the moment. The Fife, Washington landmark burned on Friday. The ATF says its arson.
The business has been around for 85-year-old hangout was noted for its old time rock and roll, dancing and probably a few other things along the way.
Now for those who have a more refined taste when it comes to music hall fires, click here.
Firefighting in Poland
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Just a recently posted video with no details.
