Quick takes
Picture and video of the day: Looks like an early photo from a fire at the Golden Corral in Great Falls, MT yesterday. There are more pictures on the Montana State University Fire Services Training School website. You will find more than a half-hour of raw video of the fire, here. Details about the blaze can be found here.
Caption writing contest continues: We have a few entries to our first caption writing contest. Looking for descriptions of the efforts of some hard working and very clean firefighters, who win the hearts of bystanders. Click here to enter. Void where prohibited.
FFs grab their own: Story of a firefighter needing help at a Sunday night blaze in an abandoned church in Jackson, MS. Read the details.
Light my fire: All they had to do was interview FireGeezer and his friend FossilMedic if they wanted first hand knowledge of man’s early dealings with fire. Instead, some academic types in Israel went digging. We dug too, delving into the video vault to show how much we have learned in 790,000 years. A hint: not much. Here’s the story.
Creating more convertible box trucks: Yes, my favorite traffic camera has yielded another video. Watch it here.
Where’s the report?: We have been asking in recent weeks where the report is looking at how four DC firefighters were injured at a fire on 4th Street, NE. We asked again yesterday on the anniversary of the blaze. DC Fire & EMS Department spokesman Alan Etter confirms it should be released soon.
So, how do you feel about the lieutenant taking on the fire chief?: My stats show a lot of people viewed our coverage of the Topeka lieutenant calling his boss a liar at a City Council meeting. But few commented on the story. Was Lt. Jim Seichepine right to do it? Was it the appropriate time? Will the mess in Topeka ever calm down?
We have both labor and management out their reading us. I would love to hear your thoughts. Click here and scroll down.
A love fest in MD?: After complaining about roadblock after roadblock from Jack Johnson’s administration (much of it chronicled on STATter 911), Prince George’s County volunteers continue to sing a different tune following their recent meeting with the county executive. Daniel Valentine has the latest from the Gazette.
I’m melting: A little story of fire and ice from Phoenix. Apparently firefighters save the day during a fire in an ice sculpting business. Read the story.
Baltimore County fire: Some video from Michael Schwartzberg at a fire in Randallstown on Tuesday evening. Click here. Two firefighters and a homeowner were hurt. For Michael’s still pictures and details of the fire on Pikeswood Drive, click here.
Our New England bureau chief checking in: A Jimmy Daly photo of a fire early Wednesday in Saugus, MA. Police used a ladder to get an elderly man off the porch roof. Click here for details and click here for some good video.
