Two firefighters have been killed while tackling a fire at a high-rise block of flats in Southampton. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said the fire broke out at the 15-storey Shirley Towers in Church Street shortly after 2000 BST on Tuesday. A further two firefighters suffered minor burns to their hands in the incident and were taken to hospital. Chief fire officer John Bonney said the death of the two firefighters had left “a devastating hole” in the service. I grabbed my daughter and told my friend we have to get out A mother who lives in one of the blocks A spokesman for the fire service said the identities of the killed firefighters would not be released unt…
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LODDD – 2 UK Firefighters Killed
A grass fire that went out of control Monday morning in Finney County resulted in two vehicle crashes involving three vehicles. According to Garden City Fire Chief Allen Shelton, firefighters responded to 17000 Byrd Road at 9:23 a.m. when the grass fire spread quickly due to strong wind conditions. Finney County Undersheriff John Andrews said the sheriff’s office responded to two traffic accidents on Byrd Road Monday morning. At 9:47 a.m., a 1984 fire truck belonging to the Garden City Fire Department driven by Jeremy Moore, 30, was northbound on Byrd Road en route to the grass fire when it crossed a raise in the road. Andrews said the truck may have gone over a bridge across an irrigation ditch. He sai…
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Tanker Involved in Accident Responding to Grass Fire in KS
OHIO FIREFIGHTER DIES IN THE LINE OF DUTY-MEDICAL EMERGENCY The Secret List www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com It is with deep regret that we advise you that on 04/03/2010 former Chief/Active FF Leo Powell, 74, of the Morgan Township (OH-near Lucasville) FD died in the Line of Duty. At approximately 1200 hours on 04/03/2010, FF Leo Powell responded t…
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OH FF LODD, FF Shocked, NAHB, FDIC, Condolences (The Secret List)
It is with deep regret that we advise you that on 04/03/2010 former Chief/Active FF Leo Powell, 74, of the Morgan Township (OH-near Lucasville) FD died in the Line of Duty. At approximately 1200 hours on 04/03/2010, FF Leo Powell responded to a brush fire with the fire department, and he collapsed at approximately 1500 hours from an apparent heart attack and was unable to be revived. As always, our sincere condolences to all affected.
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OHIO FIREFIGHTER DIES IN THE LINE OF DUTY-MEDICAL EMERGENCY
Columbus firefighters soon will get new protection while in the job. It isn’t fire gear; it’s body armor. Monday night, Columbus city council voted to purchase 300 body-armor vests for the city’s firefighters. The vests would cost around $269,000 and would replace all existing body armor currently in use. Fire officials say its recommended that body armor be replaced every five years. Some of the department’s vests are 10 years old. The vests would be kept in firehouses and medic vehicles in case they’re needed. Officials say those vests that are being replaced will be destroyed so they don’t “fall into wrong hands.“
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Ohio Firefighters To Get New Bulletproof Vests
Ryan Cellmer is recovering in the Burn Center at Via Christi Hospital on North St. Francis. His doctors say he’s recovering well, but he almost lost his life fighting an oil tank fire. The fire happened Thursday, April 1 in Rooks county near the town of Codell. Cellmer is a volunteer firefighter in Plainville. He was one of dozens of firefighters from several different towns trying to contain a large oil tank fire. They fought it late into the night. Cellmer says “I heard what sounded like a giant toilet flush, and I knew instantly what it was. It was the tank had let go.” One of the tanks had erupted. But at that point he was ok. He noticed a department pick up was close to the flames so he ju…
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Kansas Firefighter Talks About Surviving Oil Tank Fire
Berne Township firefighter is being treated in the burn unit of a Columbus hospital after he walked into a downed power line Monday. Firefighter Donnie L. Thimmes, of Lancaster, walked into a power line at the scene of a fire about 7:30 p.m. Fire Chief Dave Hammond said the 65-year-old firefighter tripped over a log and became entangled in the power lines. Thimmes is in an induced coma in the Ohio State University Medical Center, Hammond said; however, hospital officials said they have no record of Thimmes at the facility. Thimmes and other firefighters responded to a fire at 4570 Krile Road in Sugar Grove after receiving a call of a fire in the woods behind a residence. A tree had appar…
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Ohio firefighter injured by electric power line
Investigators are surveying the evidence inside a Boulder City mobile home park after a fire truck reportedly drove over a woman there. A Boulder City spokesperson says the Boulder City Fire Dept. truck was responding to a call of a electrical pole on fire near Yucca Street and Nevada Highway around 8pm. The fire had knocked out power in the area. Officials believe the firefighter driving the truck did not see the woman walking because of the dark surroundings. Friends and neighbors of the victim identify her as 77-years-old. An eyewitness says the woman tried to stop the truck but it kept going. “She was waving and yelling, trying to get out of their way. They obviously didn’t see her or hear her. They hi…
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Elderly woman run over by Fire apparatus in Colorado
Cutbacks in the fire department cannot be blamed for the damage done to a multi-family home on Fairmount Avenue that burned Saturday afternoon, Mayor Sue Kay said. “I believe there are so many different reasons why something burns so quickly,” she said Sunday. The house that burned Saturday afternoon is not far from the fire department’s building on Broad Street, which no longer has firefighters assigned to it. Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Davis has his office in that building, and he was there when the fire broke out. Were it still a manned station, firefighters would have had a better chance of preventing the fire from spreading, Davis said. “If I had a trained crew here with me, w…
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Mayor: "Dont blame response time on closed fire station" Deputy chief disagrees
While responding to a collapsed roof with an Aerial Ladder I noticed one of the spring loaded side mount doors failed to latch. As I approached it to secure the latch the door swung open hitting me in the chin/lower lip area. My front incisor was broken in half and I received a 2 cm laceration on my chin that took five stitches to close. LESSONS LEARNED: When approaching side mount doors always keep your hands extended towards the door to stop any impacts if the door unexpectedly opens.
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Compartment Door Strikes Firefighter in Face Causing Injury
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