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Here is another first on scene video with different circumstances

Ok, so the previous post on first arriving video has a full time fire department with probably a large training budget. This is probably the reason I met so many people at the National Fire Academy that were from small volunteer fire departments. They were there like me to learn to do it better.Here is a video of a small Iowa volunteer fire department doing what they can with what they got. I am in no way knocking the small volunteer fire departments, they do what they can, if they can with what they have. The alternative is doing nothing, and the structure burns down. For what they had to work with this was most likely a good outcome here. Fire is a fire that occurred on Sunday August 2, 2009 at Columbus and West Fourth Street in Pella, Iowa.

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There was a lot of feed back on statler911 blog on this video.STATler911.blog

Two LODD in the News

Michigan Lieutenant Killed in Fire Truck Fall

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A Lawrence Township, Mich. lieutenant died July 31 after falling from the back of a fire truck, according to WSBT-TV.

Lt. Harold Curtis, 36, was seriously injured in the incident while working with the safety crew at the Hartford Motor Speedway.

Curtis was transported to Watervliet Community Hospital and then transferred to Borgess, where he was pronounced dead.

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Arizona Fire Captain Dies at Station

Grado GARY GRADO
The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.

A Queen Creek fire captain died in his sleep at a station Saturday.

Capt. Eric Tinkham, 44, was last seen alive Friday night and when his crew members tried to wake him at 7 a.m. he was unresponsive, according to Marnie Schubert, Queen Creek town spokeswoman.

Tinkham was one of the original firefighters hired by the town when the department began operation on Jan. 1, 2008.

RESPONDING FIRE APPARATUS CRASH IN WEST VIRGINIA - SOUTH CAROLINA FIRE APPARATUS ROLLOVER

 

Thursday, July 30, 2009

A fire truck carrying four Clendenin firefighters crashed on its way to a fire in Frame on Thursday night, but none were seriously injured.
Four people were inside the Clendenin Fire Department engine when it rolled over shortly before 2100. The truck was on its way to a fire at an abandoned structure on Big Fork Road in Frame.

The road was apparently weakened by heavy rains...they were actually stopped, and the road gave way...when the water [the truck was carrying] shifted, it sort of carried them over the hill.
All four firefighters were taken to CAMC General Hospital, but none of their injuries appear serious.
Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper said the fire engine was heavily damaged. The county has sent its spare pumper truck to the Clendenin department.
"We're very fortunate, thank God, that none of them were very seriously injured or killed," Carper said. "This could have been a tragedy. It was a bad accident."

SOUTH CAROLINA FIRE APPARATUS ROLLOVER

 

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Blacksburg, South Carolina firefighters responded to one of their own when a piece fire apparatus flipped on a street in Blacksburg. Reportedly the drive lost control and the vehicle rolled over. The driver was injured and transported to the hospital. The South Carolina Highway Patrol will investigate the cause and any citation, if issued, would come from them.Blacksburg is located in Cherokee County. Our best wishes for a speedy recovery to the driver. Thanks to www.SCOnFire.com for the details and pic

NEW Virtual Sprinklered House

VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FIRE SPRINKLERS

The new HFSC Virtual Sprinklered House lets you see the "behind the walls" details of residential fire sprinklers. You'll see how they work, how they are installed and why your community members need them. You can also use the presentation to show local builders how they can build higher value homes while reducing their construction costs through the use of municipal trade-ups.

SEE IT ONLINE

Be the first to see the new HFSC Virtual Sprinklered House and complete the survey by going to
HomeFireSprinkler.org
We offer a variety of free materials online and in hard copy that will help you build better, for less.
We are still completing our new Virtual Sprinklered House and are looking for feedback from members of the Fire Service. 

NEW Virtual Sprinklered House

VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FIRE SPRINKLERS

The new HFSC Virtual Sprinklered House lets you see the "behind the walls" details of residential fire sprinklers. You'll see how they work, how they are installed and why your community members need them. You can also use the presentation to show local builders how they can build higher value homes while reducing their construction costs through the use of municipal trade-ups.

SEE IT ONLINE

Be the first to see the new HFSC Virtual Sprinklered House and complete the survey by going to
HomeFireSprinkler.org
We offer a variety of free materials online and in hard copy that will help you build better, for less.
We are still completing our new Virtual Sprinklered House and are looking for feedback from members of the Fire Service. 

Congress Eliminates CEDAP Funding

The Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program has been completely cut from the FY 2010 House of Representatives and Senate budgets and also from the President's budget request. Since the program's inception in FY 2005, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has award thousands of grants to smaller jurisdictions who are not eligible for funding through the Urban Areas Security Initiative grant program. The program received $8 million in FY 2009, $17.6 million in FY 2008 and $33.7 million in FY2007.

According to FEMA, "CEDAP seeks to enhance regional response capabilities, mutual aid, and interoperable communications by providing technology and equipment, along with the training required to operate that equipment, to law enforcement and emergency responder agencies in smaller jurisdictions and certain metropolitan areas."

In the past, CEDAP grants have been used to purchase communications equipment, chemical detection sensors, thermal imaging tools and personal protective equipment.

The IACP is strongly opposed to eliminating the CEDAP program and will work with Congress and the Administration to fully restore it.

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