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STATter911.com started in May, 2007 and since then we have been bringing you fire & EMS news from the Washington, DC area, around the country and around the world. It is written by a former television and radio reporter who was a firefighter,  EMT, dispatcher and cardiac rescue technician in his youth (a long, long, time ago).

16 Comments

  1. John Astad says

    Good job David on the new site layout!

    on October 18, 2009 @ 6:46 pm.
  2. Scott B. says

    Ever since the new site came on, I can’t read it. When I go to scroll down, it locks up my computer. I have to shut down the computer to get out. I’m on another computer now (at the station) and it is very “quirkey”. It will lock and then unlock and let me scroll down.

    So, I wonder if there is a problem somewhere? I never had a problem w/ the old site.

    on October 30, 2009 @ 9:32 pm.
  3. dave statter says

    Hi Scott,

    This is the first complaint I have received like this. I am on it a couple times a day from three or four different computers and a variety of Internet providers and I haven’t had this problem. Have you tried the other blogs on FireEMSBlogs.com and are you having a similar problem? I will pass it along to the technical types and see what they say.

    Dave

    on October 30, 2009 @ 10:55 pm.
  4. Jim Herr says

    Hi Dave…great site!!! It is great to see other media professionals around the country report on their community heroes. I’m a Multi-Media Journalist at Buffalo’s NBC Affiliate by day and an editor of my own site (www.eriecountyfireblotter.com) by night. If there’s anything I could do for you here in Buffalo…just shout brother!!!

    - Jim Herr

    on November 14, 2009 @ 5:14 pm.
  5. Capt. Kelly says

    I can’t read this site because the dark lettering doesn’t show up against the dark red background.

    on November 22, 2009 @ 5:19 pm.
  6. Fire21 says

    I have the same problem as Capt. Kelly…It’s very hard to read the black type on the red background. Thanks for the site, though, it has excellent info and news.

    on November 23, 2009 @ 11:12 pm.
  7. dave statter says

    Fire 21 & Capt Kelly,

    If you are seeing it with a red background behind the type it isn’t loading properly with your computer browser. Check it on another computer. The blog itself (where the words are) is black and red typface on a white background. There is a red background that, if loading properly, should only be seen on the sides and top.

    I have seen what you are talking about, when the computer is loading slowly the whole bacground may start red and it is unreadable.

    Again check it on another computer and check the settings on your browser. Let me know. Thanks.

    Dave

    on November 24, 2009 @ 7:10 am.
  8. Anonymous says

    Tonight the Manassas City Council directed the City Manager to look into the feasibility of dis-banding the City’s new Fire and Rescue Department and merging all fire and rescue services with Prince William County. This is to be done before the City Council will take any further action on the proposed change to the city ordinance that is currently under debate.

    Don’t miss out on this story Dave!

    on December 14, 2009 @ 7:48 pm.
  9. Henry Gruba says

    Hello Dave. Great site. I visit at least once a day. I was looking for the “Bored Firefighters In The Snow Video” on the web. I use videos like this when I instruct Officer classes. We discuss the stupidty, safety, what to do as an Officer, etc.

    Anyways, I found this video from two years ago. It appears to be similiar to the deleated video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3kiW7YEK9A

    Thought you might like it. Thanks again. Enjoy your snow! Stay safe. Henry

    on December 21, 2009 @ 12:35 pm.
  10. Ed Roche Sr. says

    Why does it stay the same for a week or more at a time

    on December 23, 2009 @ 3:58 pm.
  11. Joe Kalagher says

    Enjoy You website. Check out this fire chief…

    http://www.telegram.com/article/20100121/NEWS/100129921/1116

    on January 21, 2010 @ 9:04 pm.
  12. Ray says

    Dave,

    Re: DeKalb, GA death (1/24). Any chance of getting the tape of the 2nd 911 call(s). I’d like to know what info was transmitted. I’ve read (can’t remember where) that the caller (a neighbor) was told that the FFs were already on scene, and didn’t really arrive for another 15-20 minutes. If so, that would make it a real dispatch issue.

    Thanks.

    on February 12, 2010 @ 9:01 am.
  13. Bill Peters says

    Great coverage of the old Knickerbocker collapse…Further study of the Washington Post archives reveals how 3 C&P telephone operators were later given awards for their initiative in getting help from 1 lone caller; they in effect formed a pre-911 system and got as much help started onsite as possible. One 52 year-old DCFD chief was a hero there and was awarded a retirement for years of injuries that caught up with him. One relative of mine was killed there who was responsible for making D.C. the leader in sales of the new Dodge Brothers car per capita in the U.S. The firms name was Semmes-Kneessi, with one Semmes brother who was there that night and barely escaped. Howard Kneessi, V.P. of the firm was killed. E.B. Semmes and Howard Kneessi each married 1 of 2 sisters; their maiden name was Dodge – no relation to the Dodge Brothers car company which preceded Chrysler ownership.

    on February 15, 2010 @ 9:20 pm.
  14. Bob Bennett says

    Dave, just a quick note about your use of RIT in place of RIC as is described in NIMS and what we teach here at teh National Fire Academy. I realize that there are numerous FD’s that still use the term RIT, but NIMS does not recognize RIT, only RIC and I would hope that you would help try and change teh terminology so maybe at some point long after I retire probably, we will all be on the same page.

    Thanks for all the hard work you do, we all apprecaite it.

    Bob Bennett

    on March 19, 2010 @ 6:00 am.
  15. Nathan Opfer says

    I was wondering if you have any updates bout the fire CAPT. that got handcuffed in California for not moving the fire engine?

    on April 2, 2010 @ 9:47 pm.
  16. Anonymous says

    there is a longer version of the riverdale fire on youtube. it looks like the same film from before but with more stuff

    on August 27, 2010 @ 3:57 pm.

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