Big one in Bucks County. Pennsylvania: Three businesses have been destroyed in this fire at an industrial building in Plumstead Township. It started around noon yesterday and went to four-alarms. There are no hydrants in the area. More video from Newsworking.org. Read more about the fire.
Career firefighter’s aren’t worth the money: That’s the view of a citizen who wrote in support of an editorial in a British Columbia newspaper. Read it for yourself.
Read this list of injuries: An update by Tulare County (CA) Chief Steve Sunderland provides details of the injuries to Engineer Pat Hinds and certainly explains why Hinds was downgraded from serious condition to critical. Hinds and Captain Gary Gregory were struck by a vehicle speeding away from a car fire. Hinds has 18 fractures to his rib cage and many other injuries. Here is the latest from an article by David Castellon at Visalia Times-Delta-
“Both legs are broken, and one knee is shattered,” county Fire Chief Steve Sunderland said of Engineer Pat Hinds, who also suffered a broken arm when he was hit by a Ford pickup shortly after midnight Saturday — along with fire Capt. Gary Gregory — while putting out a fire that had been set in a stripped, abandoned car on Virginia Avenue west of Fourth Avenue in Kings County, near the Tulare County line.
The pickup sped away after hitting the men, and authorities are looking for it and the driver.
Volunteers worried about meeting fitness standards: In New Hanover County, North Carolina volunteers are worried about meeting fitness requirements that will come with a consolidation plan. Click here to read and watch the story.
An agreement in Las Vegas: Not sure what the odds were at the nearby casinos that there would be a contract after so much tension in Las Vegas. Firegeezer has the details.
A bridge too far- you will want to see this: This one is certainly an eye opener. From Tulsa, Oklahoma, a driver who just doesn’t take no for an answer. The barricades blocking the bridge over railroad tracks along I-244 meant nothing. But I am sure reality likely set in when the driver found out there was really no bridge there. The road bed had been removed as part of a construction project amd the pickup just was hanging there. Barely. There was a trail of blood showing the driver’s escape. That in itself is amazing. Check out the video.
Lightning strike: Video from a house fire in Greenwood, Indiana. The person taking this video says they saw lightning hit the house. Read more about the fire here. Firefighter Spot found this one.
Also on STATter911 …
- UPDATE: Firefighter shot on Long Island at Bellmore crash scene. Police in Nassau County shoot & kill gunman. – March 2, 2011
- Quick Takes: August 14, 2011. – August 15, 2011
- 2011 is just around the corner. A fire calendar to help fund a burn building. – September 14, 2010
- False alarm diversion for Lyons Rural Fire District in Oregon. Firefighter’s pickup stolen & another ransacked at firehouse while responding to apparent bogus call. – November 17, 2010
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Greenwood, Indiana Attic Fire: It’s wonderful to see how effective proper firefighting procedures are. Firefighters using properly sized, properly supplied handlines attacked a well involved, self vented attic fire from the interior and made short work of it. I look forward to seeing more videos of real firefighters doing the job the right way.
It was nice to see guys open a window instead of smashing it. Great job!
Agree with TF 100% — the part of the fire that might be confusing to some viewers is the virtually simultaneous breakdown of the roof which is often result of the high voltage and current of a lightening strike.Strikes can ignite many areas at once. Some years ago an H-Shaped apartment building in north St. Louis County was struck by lightening that followed the TV distribution cables resulting in 12 identifiable hard ignition points. Due to continued lightening in the area the fire attack was from the top floor by pulling ceilings — no ground or aerial ladders were used.
Excellent Job Greenwood, Indiana.Nice to watch proper technique