Ripon California - Cool-Thinking Trucker Avoids Fire Disaster

Cool-Thinking Trucker Avoids Fire Disaster
RIPON, CALIFORNIA, POLICE CHIEF RICHARD BULL is calling truck driver Randal Taylor, 49, of Salt Lake City, a hero after he cooly mitigated a potential fire disaster early Thursday morning.
Taylor was sleeping in the cab of his rig at the Flying J Truck Plaza when a fire broke out in his trailer. The load he was carrying included 908 pounds of sodium hydroxide and 612 pounds of an industrial-strength bleach, according to Chief Dennis Bitters of the Ripon Fire Department.
Instead of fleeing his truck that was parked with dozens of others in the layover lot, Taylor started driving it away with the intention of steering it to a safer location where the fire wouldn’t endanger the others. Just as he was pulling out of the lot, a Ripon police officer came along and the dash cam in his cruiser caught the activity.
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Tragedy in Lanier County, One killed

LANIER COUNTY, GA (WALB) - Tragedy in Lanier County. Two brothers who served their community as volunteer firefighters were involved in a wreck responding to a call.

One of them was killed. The other seriously injured.
Derrick Edward North died in the crash late Monday afternoon. Chad North was critically injured.
They were in this Stockton Volunteer Fire Department truck driving north on Highway 129. As they went through the intersection of Highway 84, the truck apparently swerved to avoid a car.
Investigators think the water in the tank shifted and caused to truck to roll twice. It came to rest against a utility pole.
We're told the North brothers were well-known and liked in the small community of Stockton.

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NIOSH release new reports

NIOSH has recently released the following Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports:
F2008-20
May 06, 2007
Volunteer fire fighter dies while performing exterior fire suppression at a large machine shed fire – Illinois http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200820.html


F2008-12
Apr 08, 2008
Volunteer deputy fire chief dies when struck by motorized water monitor that "launched" off aerial ladder truck – Pennsylvania http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200812.html


F2002-22 Revision
Sep 26, 2001
Fire fighter suffers fatal heart attack at fire at his residence – Florida http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200222.html

More Eng. Wood Products

Good video on the issue with engineered wood floor joist. They are going to be around FF need to deal with them. They are great if they are protected by wallboard, drywall, home sprinklers etc. Biggest problem I can see is when they are unprotected. They are supposedly working on a fire retardant form of this product. Guess we will have to wait ans see?
The Dangers Of Truss Joists - Pre Engineered Floor Joists - VIDEO


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Tuesday fire from Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Love this raw video, a surround and drown situation. No reason to attempt any heroic actions and no one lost their lives in this one.



This fire is from Tuesday in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is in Franklin Township VFC's area. The fire broke out around 5:00 PM and neighbor Mark Zovak captured the action.
The woman who lives in the home made it out safely with her two grandchildren.
WNEP-TV interviewed the man behind the lens in the video below. You will also likely note that the video above does not include all of the shots captured by Mr. Zovak. At about :53 into WNEP's story one firefighter almost takes a nasty tumble off the porch while wrestling with a hose.

Volunterr FF dies friday battling grass fire

SILVER CITY — A volunteer firefighter died late Friday after battling grass fires in the area, officials confirmed Saturday afternoon. John Adams, 45, of Silver City parked a firetruck along Oklahoma 51 about 10 p.m. and then collapsed. He was pronounced dead at the scene, said Silver City Fire Chief Brutus Beall. "The fire was almost over and he started talking and just collapsed," Beall said. More than 600 acres were burned Friday after an arsonist set fires around the small city eight miles west of Mannford. Fire officials said most of the fires had been contained; however, a few hot spots remained Saturday.

Full story here http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090222_11_A15_SILVER43963&rss_lnk=1

WV LODDs Updated Link

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Firefighter Nation Weekend Update - February 20, 2009 A look at popular news, features, blogs, forums, videos and more on FirefighterNation.com, in partnership with FireRescue Magazine Top News LODD: Two West Virginia Firefighters Killed Battling Structure Fire

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