Let’s go back 59 years courtesy of the Austin Fire Museum. This film shows the men from old Fire Station 5 in East Austin. Besides giving us a view of station life in 1953, it also shows some of the first African American firefighters hired in Texas (see below). Stay beyond the closing credits of the film because there are a couple of outtakes.
Description of the film:
This film was created by Captain Victor Tiemann of Engine Company 5 at Old Fire Station 5 at 1005 Lydia St. in East Austin. In 1952 the City of Austin hired the first paid African American firefighters in Texas. They were initially stationed at Old Fire Station 5. Captain Tiemann had the crew demonstrate for the camera various activities in the day in the life of an Austin fire company in 1953. At the time of the filming the Austin Fire Department had a two platoon shift schedule and Captain Tiemann was in charge of the A-Shift. The driver was William (Bill) Walsh, and the firefighters of the crew were Willie Ray Davis, Marvin Douglas, and James Ritchardson.
The Austin Fire Department employed three black firefighters, the first blacks to be hired under Civil Service law in the state of Texas. The three were Willie Ray Davis, who retired as a Captain; Nathaniel H. Kindred, who died of a heart attack in 1977 while at a fire scene; and Roy D. Greene, who resigned.
On this page is raw video from four different angles of a multi-alarm fire Wednesday night at a townhouse complex under construction in Santa Clara, California that threatened occupied buildings.
From what I can tell the video above was taken on the A side of the burning buildings by a frightened neighbor before the arrival of firefighters. The second video appears to have been shot shortly after the arrival of the first engine company and shows the exposures on the B side. Video three is later in the operation and shows the view from the D side exposures. The final video is from outside the complex showing the C side and the ladder pipe operations.
Authorities on Thursday continued to investigate a raging five-alarm fire in Santa Clara that destroyed unfinished townhouses as residents chased out by the blaze were gradually allowed to return to their homes.
Randy Titus, a battalion chief for the Santa Clara Fire Department, said the fire destroyed two structures each with four units that were under construction. He estimated the fire caused $2.4 million in damage, not including damage to surrounding townhomes that were occupied.
No one was hurt in the blaze and 50 firefighters who responded were able to keep the flames from reaching nearby homes that were occupied, Chief Bill Kelly said.
But two three-story townhomes that were in the framing stages were a total loss.
“They had 100-foot flames on them,” Kelly said. “So, pretty good fire.”
The fire was first reported at 10:05 p.m. in the 1900 block of Hillebrant Place, Battalion Chief Mason Weirshauser said.
First responders found heavy fire, and firefighters immediately started a defensive operation to prevent the fire from spreading, Weirshauser said.
A total of four alarms arrived on the scene, and a fifth alarm was called to cover the rest of the city. The San Jose and the Santa Clara County fire departments provided mutual aid.
At St. Mary’s Parish in Barnegat, New Jersey, family, friends and strangers said goodbye to 12-year-old Kyle McGetrick who died last week after a seven year battle with leukemia. Firefighters from Ocean County, New Jersey and beyond escorted Kyle’s coffin to the church aboard a pumper from Barnegat Fire Company #1.
Many of the same firefighters and fire trucks gathered in December for an impromptu parade in front of Kyle’s home after word got out the end was likely near for the boy who wanted to be a firefighter like his dad Gene.
After the December parade was reported on FireTruckBlog.com, firefighters from around the world sent hundreds of messages and patches to Kyle. Kyle held on for five more months.
Father Ken Tuzeney of St. Mary’s Church, who performed a traditional Catholic service, said that those who have gathered to see Kyle off today, came together in grief to say “thank you” to Kyle, for the difference he had made in their lives touched by his courage.
“We cannot change the wind, but we can change our sails,” Tuzeney said. “Kyle did.”
Kyle’s sister Mariah, 17, shared funny memories of her brother. She spoke about the candles around the room reminding her of Kyle’s warmth.
“You will always be the man of honor on my wedding day,” she said.
On Friday, a house at 412 East Drive caught fire about 5 p.m. (Oak Ridge Fire Department Chief Darryl) Kerley said the resident tried to put out the fire with a garden hose, which prompted a neighbor to call 911. He said the fire was caused by an electrical problem.
Charleston, South Carolina Mayor Joseph Riley has scheduled a news conference at 5:00 PM to announce his choice to replace Tom Carr as chief of the Charleston Fire Department. News reports have identified Riley’s pick as Karen Brack, Eugene Fire Department (OR) deputy chief of operations.
Nate Jobe of the North Hyde Park/Eden Fire Department on the left and Sydney Mclean-Lipinski on the right. In a press release, Vermont State Police said they did not have a processing photo of Joshua Kapusta.
Vermont State Police arrested three Lamoille County, Vermont volunteer firefighters on unlawful restraint and simple assault charges after what police are calling a “practical joke” that was reported as hazing. The three firefighters charged are in their 20s and are from two different departments. The victim is 16-years-old and, according to police, was able to flee after being lured to the Hyde Park firehouse as part of training.
Vermont State Police says the boy had welts and marks on him but was not hospitalized.
Burlington Free Press:
Detective Sgt. Jake Zorn said the three suspects are accused of shooting the boy with Airsoft guns and attempting to tackle and handcuff him March 23. Airsoft guns are replica firearms that fire plastic pellets or BBs.
The firefighters planned to “restrain the juvenile with handcuffs and ropes, then take the juvenile for a ride in the back of a truck on bumpy roads where they would leave him in a remote part of the Town of Eden,” state police said in a news release.
The chief of the Hyde Park Town Fire Department could not be reached for comment. according to the paper. The North Hyde Park/Eden Fire Department chief says he is not aware of hazing ever occurring at his department.
The Burlington Free Press has an interesting quote from Facebook by a woman who says she knows the three firefighters:
The State Police and even the town select board should do more research before slandering the names of 3 people whom at times, risk their lives for the people of their town when called upon. They ask for no compensation, they do this because they love the job, they love the satisfaction they get from helping people. The select board needs to keep to their business and leave the Fire Department alone. Brotherhood for people who perform jobs such as firefighting is not built by coddling. You have to know that you can trust the people you are running into that burning building with wholeheartedly. I have seen my fair share of fire house pranks, this is tame in comparison.
This is from the afternoon of Sunday, April 29 in the Brooklyn neighborhood known as DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass). Video taken by neighbor Chris Frank. Thanks to Vito Maggiolo for alerting us to the video.
Residents reported that they felt their buildings shake.
Con Ed spokesman Chris Olert denied there was an explosion, however. He said a fire broke out in a piece of reactor equipment in the station, located on 89 John Street.
An FDNY spokesman tells us the fire was brought under control at 6:39 p.m., mostly using foam. A Con Ed spokesman confirms there were no injuries, and no customers were affected with outages as a result of the fire, which broke out around 5:15 p.m. Witnesses reported hearing an explosion, which the spokesman attributed to the sound of oil igniting. The cause remains under investigation.
STATter911.com senior correspondent Sam Statter, earlier this evening, hosted the drawing for the STATter911.com 5th Anniversary Contest. Watch above to find out who won. Each winner receives a 3-day conference pass to Firehouse Expo 2012. I will be in contact with the winners by email.
Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all who entered. Your comments have been very helpful. I appreciate your support (and so does Sam).
It has taken at least five news articles over two weeks but finally someone is providing key information and asking important questions in connection with the comments about firefighters drinking made by a now former councilmember in the Borough of Hillsdale, New Jersey. Late yesterday two articles confirmed what many of us were reading between the lines, but couldn’t say for sure: the Hillsdale VFD has a bar (something the department says is not a secret); there is a policy for the bar’s use; the councilmember had a reason for making his remarks.
If you missed our story yesterday, Councilman Rod Capawana, who was also fire commissioner, resigned after making comments at a meeting last week during a report about the fire department that firefighters had been doing “a lot of training and a lot of drinking”. The leadership of the department and firefighters were outraged over Capawana’s remarks and had taken a no confidence vote against Capawana.
In a NorthJersey.com article by Pascack Valley Community Life’s Kimberly Redmond, we learn just how upset firefighters were. They showed up at Tuesday’s council meeting blasting Capawana. And they let other council members, including two firefighters and a firefighter’s wife, know how displeased they were that no one stood up to defend them. They also thought the report on the department should have included all of the work the firefighters had been doing.
Capawana was not at that meeting, but the same day had sent a letter to Chief Mark Durst explaining his May 1 comment:
He wrote, “While attending Fire Department meetings, I observed the consumption of alcoholic beverages. If an emergency call had come in during any of these times and something unforeseen occur, with alcohol being a factor, the liability to the town as well as any individual who knew drinking takes place at the Fire Department, would be considered gross negligence.”
The councilman wrote that he believes his statement was “honest and direct,” but admitted it was “perhaps insensitive to the feelings of the Fire Department.”
“[The firefighters] missed the point I was trying to make,” Capawana said, adding that there is a bar inside Hillsdale’s firehouse. “I raised the question of whether it is appropriate to drink at training sessions and regular meetings. I questioned that and I questioned the liability Hillsdale would face if firefighters responded to a call at that time.”
Deputy Chief Jason Durie said Wednesday that the fire department “does not allow drinking during training sessions or any public forum meetings.”
“It is used for special events and fundraisers and is kept locked at all times when not in use,” the statement read. “The Hillsdale Volunteer Fire Department remains committed to maintaining a professional working relationship with the mayor and council, including whoever is appointed to the newly vacated fire commissioner’s position.”
I think that it’s good the fire department made its policy clear. But after reading everything, I’m still left with the same thought I had yesterday. Is it really that outrageous the public or politicians are making firefighter booze comments when you have a bar inside the firehouse?
For the second time in less than a month we are telling you about a Florida firefighter who is under investigation for comments made on a personal Facebook page. In both cases the postings have offended members of the community.
The first incident involved Miami-Dade Capt. Brian Beckmann who was rather outspoken and labeled a racist by some for his comments about the Trayvon Martin case in mid-April (click here for initial story). A story on May 1 about a protest against Beckmann says the department is still contemplating whether to take any disciplinary action.
Now comes the story of Hialeah firefighter Eric Johnson who was interviewed by WSVN-TV and declared he is “absolutely not” a racist after some posts on his Facebook page attracted attention. Johnson told the reporter he is married to a Cuban and his best friend is African-American. Johnson is the vice-president of the Hialeah Association of Firefighters.
One of the posts in question is a photo of a man riding a scooter with a goat and the caption: “Only in Hialeah. LOL.” “Wasn’t that hilarious or what?” Johnson said when asked about the photo. “I don’t really necessarily see why people would be offended. It’s a picture. It’s in good humor. You have the option of coming on my page and looking at it or not.”
In another posting, Johnson wrote about how he communicates with the people of Hialeah. He says: “I have a system. Just add an ‘o’ to any English word and bam! It works. For example, how ya doin ‘o.’ You wanna go to the hospital ‘o.’ I just learned that you can’t do that when you say is this your home though. Ha Ha.”
Then there are Johnson’s postings about Medicare: “Ha Ha Ha… Jew forgot dat I hab da Medicare… Jew must talk me.”
Johnson also offered an explanation for that comment too. “This is a typical response we get in the city from a lot of people who have government benefits,” he said. “It’s almost like you owe them, you are there at their beck and call, at their service, and mind you, as a public servant, I am, I really am.”
There is an interesting story from the Borough of Hillsdale, New Jersey (Bergen County) where around noon today freshman Councilman Joseph “Rod” Capawana, who was also the borough fire commissioner, resigned over a comment he made during a council meeting last week. His comment on May 1 about the drinking habits of firefighters from the Hillsdale Volunteer Fire Department angered members of the department.
According to (Mayor Max) Arnowitz, during Capawana’s monthly fire department report, the councilman remarked, “They’re [firefighters] doing a lot of training and a lot of drinking” at the firehouse.”
Jerry Demarco’s article in the Cliffview Pilot last Wednesday had the same quote (recorded from the council TV broadcast) and talked to firefighters who made it clear that this was not over:
“Out of thousands or man hours we put in, that’s what they say about us?” one firefighter told CLIFFVIEW PILOT Wednesday morning.
“We depend on donations from the public,” he said, “and the public is being told by its fire commissioner [Capawana] that we’re drunks?”
I am dissapointed in both reporters, because while they talked to ranking officials of the department, they never told their readers anything about the Hillsdale VFD’s alcohol policy. Seems like an obvious question after the topic is brought up by the councilmember who is the liasison to the fire department. Also, wouldn’t the fire department want to make that crystal clear so there is no future misunderstanding?
In the coverage from both papers it does give the impression that alcohol is allowed. More from NorthJersey.com:
Arnowitz said he is unsure of what prompted Capawana, the council liaison to the fire department, to make the remark, but pointed out that the councilman’s comment was preceded by a discussion on a Joint Insurance Fund (JIF) training session on “civility, harassment and liability” for all borough personnel, including the mayor and council.
“When it came up, I said ‘Let’s have it in the Borough Hall instead of across the street [at the firehouse] where there’s alcohol’,” Arnowitz recalled.
Does that mean there’s alcohol for events in the social hall or is this a firehouse with a bar for its members?
The other question I have is if you allow alcohol at the firehouse, can you really be that upset about the impression or misimpression it leaves on political leaders and the public?
The TV station is referring to this explosion at a house fire in Dayton, Ohio early this morning as both a backdraft and a flashover. I will let you decide.
A house exploded while crews were battling a fire on Campbell Street, throwing debris at firefighters on the porch.
“Fortunately, we’re trained to recognize things going on,” said Assistant Chief Jeffrey Payne, Dayton Fire Department. “We have some excellent fire gear that keeps us safe.”
No one was injured during the explosion or the fire, Payne said.
The fire started in the home’s basement, said Payne, but an actual cause of the fire has yet to be established.
(Hamilton Fire Department spokesman Dave) Christopher said because the home is under construction it did not have all of the fire stops – things which would stop a blaze from progressing quickly through a house – that a home would regularly have.
The roof and flooring was unstable and because of this firefighters were not able to go into the home and had to battle the blaze from the outside.
The house — which is being constructed privately on the site and is not part of a larger development — was destroyed.
The video above is a compilation of fires in Detroit from FirePhoto.CA that occurred last Friday. While watching it I found the second fire, starting at 1:16 on the clip interesting. The fire is at 3:00 AM in the 3300 block of E. Hancock Street in the first battalion. From what I can tell via the limited view of the camera and no outside information, it appears at some point the application of water on the fire ceases and you hear talk of letting it collapse.
I am not sure if this has anything to do with Commissioner Donald Austin’s budget cutting proposal last month of letting vacant structures, 50 percent or more involved, burn to the ground. Commissioner Austin also looked at the tactic as a form of urban renewal and an issue of firefighter safety.
WJBK-TV reporter Charlie LeDuff is back on the case of the Detroit Fire Department and says it is still in bad shape with little hope on the horizon.
At the same time, LeDuff is asking what ever happened to the big green fire truck? That’s the 1983 tower ladder that was donated to the City of Detroit by a Michigan man. The fire department sort of reluctantly accepted it back in September of last year. LeDuff discovered, despite a claim by Commissioner Donald Austin that it could be up and running in a month, the department had no intention of using it. The rig is sitting in the shop.
But LeDuff has found someone who wants that truck rather desperately. He is the mayor of nearby Highland Park whose department is in even worse shape than the Detroit Fire Department. We have been showing you videos recently of the understaffed and under equipped Highland Park Fire Department (here & here).
“I would ask the mayor of Detroit, Mayor Bing, to bring that fire truck here to Highland Park because we definitely need it,” says Mayor Deandre Windom. “Please, please, please, please, bring the fire truck here to Highland Park.”
The mayor says he called Detroit, but nobody would call him back.
Well, Mayor Bing didn’t return my call. Deputy Commissioner Fred Wheeler didn’t return my call. I’m starting to feel like the mayor of Highland Park.
For the love of god, free the big green fire truck for the sake of somebody’s children!
Should firefighters from the local volunteer fire department duty crew be on the roof of the mayor’s home removing shingles with the fire trucks parked out front? That’s the question in Pine Hill, New Jersey after that exact scenario took place on April 6, Good Friday.
WCAU-TV put an investigative reporter on the case after neighbors sent in cell phone pictures. The cameras were rolling when the neighbors confronted Mayor Christopher Green ten days later.
Mayor Green contends he did nothing wrong and that the firefighters were there to help his son who is a junior member of the department.
“They drove the fire truck down to my house, so that if they got a call, they could go to the call,” said Mayor Green.
“What if they fell off your roof and couldn’t go to a call?” asked one resident during the meeting. “How are you going to explain that? Who was going to pay for them if they fell off your roof?”
“I would have paid for them,” answered Mayor Green. “When individual members ask for assistance they help each other.”
“Regarding sending the apparatus with a full duty crew so that the truck will be at the ready, I feel I made the right decision and I’d make the same decision tomorrow,” said Pine Hill Fire Chief John Greer.
An internal investigation done by the city’s personnel director (also a former mayor) found that Mayor Green did nothing wrong. The chief, who was one of those helping out on the roof, says he is thinking of quitting because the department has become a “political football” in this episode.
Leesburg Today reports that at a press conference this evening in Middleburg, Virginia it was disclosed that a criminal investigation, still ongoing, has determined that close to $500,000 in funds are missing from the Middleburg Volunteer Fire Department. According to the paper’s website, a statement from attorney Ed MacMahon Jr. indicates the money was embezzled over the last three years by Paul Draisey the department’s treasurer. MacMahon is representing the fire department. Draisey committed suicide on April 16. Draisey was also a long time radio personality in Loudoun County.
The money lost includes donations and funds from both the Town of Middleburg and Loudoun County.
The county government will be conducting an audit of the fire department. The results of that audit will be made public at the “first available date,” MacMahon said, but he added there is no indication when that would be.
The board of the volunteer company is hopeful that it can recoup “some, if not all, of these losses” through insurance policies that were already in place, MacMahon said.
This is additional raw video from the two-alarm fire on Friday at 1337 Girard Street in Northwest Washington, the home of DC activists Dorothy Brizill and Gary Imhoff. It was shot by Vito Maggiolo for the DC Fire & EMS Department. Vito arrived a little later than the earlier video we posted, but he takes us a little closer to the action and captures the collapse at 4:50 on the clip.
Pre-arrival video in Richmond Hill, Ontario: This was a fire yesterday morning on Bernard Avenue in Richmond Hill. Looks like the videographer’s thumb or finger got in the way at a crucial point in the video.
Reputation issue 1 – She’s paid very well for her abilities with a hose and she’s a firefighter too: Now that wiretapping is out for the British tabloids they just resort to going undercover. One “investigator” for The Sun contracted the services of a call girl named Jade who the paper reports is also a crew manager for the London Fire Brigade. The US Secret Service is hoping that President Obama will be planning a trip to see Prime Minister Cameron soon and that Jade will go for a fellow public safety officer discount. Read more.
Reputation issue 2 – Fire commissioner lets us know who the real ‘dumb-ass’ is: When you are a reporter you live for stories like this that are just so absurd and write themselves through the idiotic statements of people defending the indefensible. The Hartford Courant’s Steven Goode has launched into one of those with the unbelievable goings on at the Blue Hills Fire Department in Hartford, Connecticut. The fire commissioner says his assistant chief is a “dumb-ass”. He tries to prove it to us with logic that I imagine is not translating well for the people the department serves. You must read this to truly appreciate the depths of the stupidity involved here.
Win a three day conference pass to Firehouse Expo: Friday was STATter911.com’s fifth anniversary. A special thanks to Firegeezer.com (my favorite fire/EMS blog) for some very kind words. As a way of saying thank you to those who read this site I am giving away three 3-day conference passes to Firehouse Expo in Baltimore in July. To enter, just an email to dave@statter911.com telling me some things you like and things you don’t like about this site. Put “contest” in the subject of the email and have it in before this Thursday (May 10) at 6:00 PM EDT. We will draw three names out of those eligible. While I won’t post any of the comments with your name attached I do need to know who you are and your contact information. I will also be announcing the names of the winners (in other words you can’t be anonymous).
First it’s there, then it’s not and now it’s back: That arrival video at a two-alarm house fire in Northwest Washington, DC on Friday disappeared a few hours after it was posted. It then resurfaced and we have re-posted it here.
Runaway fire truck crashes into mock crash scene: Quite a sight in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota when a real fire truck rolled into the fake crash scene and things suddenly became very real. Click here for coverage from Glenn Usdin’s FireTruckBlog.com.
ATF modeling of Baltimore County LODD: There have been many good comments about the work of ATF and the fire dynamics simulation video of the fire in January 2011 that killed Lutherville VFC Firefighter Mark Falkenhan. Click here if you haven’t seen it.
As the clock ticks for Baltimore Truck 10 firefighters rescue three kids: To the right is a still picture from a fire in the 800 block of West Lexington Street early Sunday morning. Three children were rescued from the building, one not breathing. The crew from Truck 10 grabbed two of them, according to union officials. The kids are alive in serious condition. Truck 10 is one of three fire companies on the chopping block scheduled to close. Here’s the story from the Baltimore Sun.
Selling the fire department out from under them: Firegeezer has the story of St. Joseph, Indiana Trustee Robert Uhrick who is attempting to dismantle the fire department so its services can be contracted out to another department.
Political leaders say lives of firefighters worth more than small savings: In West Milford, New Jersey a tight budget had political leaders looking at the option of cutting back a bit on firefighter physicals that would have saved $5000. The council members said they would rather spend the money. Here’s more.
Battalion chief’s snow plowing contract scrutinized: In Chicago, the Sun-Times and the Better Government Association are wondering how the chief’s snow plow business received a city contract that is not open to city employees. Click here.
Lawsuit in Philly: The family of Firefighter Daniel Sweeney has put the owners of a warehouse where Sweeney and Lt. Robert Neary died on notice that a lawsuit will follow. The same lawyer also represents the firefighters injured in the massive blaze. Read more.
Daughter carries on Dad’s legacy: In Taylorsville, Indiana 18-year-old Elizabeth Drake is a volunteer firefighter at the German Township VFD. It’s the same station where her dad, Lt. Rick Drake II, had a heart attack in 2010 and died. Here’s the story.
A sneak preview: THE Fire Critic is already daydreaming about 2013. He has a video from the shoot for the Tucson Firefighters Association 2013 Female Firefighter Calendar. That’s some hard hitting news Rhett is pumping out. See for yourself.
And from the other voice in Roanoke: Rhett’s legal guardian, Captain Willie Wines Jr., is feeling better after being under the weather and discusses a variety of topics in the latest edition of IronFiremen.com.
Firefighter needs your help: We have been contacted by a friend of South Walton, Florida Firefighter Danny Margagliano who was paralyzed in an off-duty diving accident. His firefighter and realtor friends (his second job) have rallied around in support of Danny and his family. There is a website called Donations4Danny.com, if you would like to help.
How many firefighters out there have second jobs that pay almost $500 per hour or can make more than $2000 in a day or night off? The British tabloid, The Sun, says it has found one.
The paper’s exclusive story by James Mills, published today, says by night she is Jade, a call girl who rakes in £300-an-hour making house or hotel calls. And by day she is Emma Carr a 38-year-old London Fire Brigade crew manager. The paper claims a Sun investigator contracted for her services in a London hotel.
One website has raunchy photos of the brunette topless and in saucy lingerie. It describes her as “playful and seductively sexy” with a 32FF-26-36 figure.
Emma, from East London — believed to have been a firefighter for seven years — said: “The money helps me. I can go on holiday. I don’t earn very much in my other job. I just want a better lifestyle.
“I was living on my overdraft before and now I’m not, which is nice. I’m very safe and I’m very careful. I work one day a week and occasional nights.”
Something tells me that there will soon be a lot more 999 calls in Emma/Jade’s first due area.
Someone needs to get a dose of reality at the Blue Hills Fire Department in Bloomfield, Connecticut very quickly. That is an actual on the record quote given to the Hartford Courant’s Steven Goode by Fire Commissioner Jimmy Davis. Lovely, isn’t it?
Davis is a retired truck driver with a disability who has been a commissioner for the Blue Hills Fire District for 13 years. Because Davis is not an active firefighter, Assistant Fire Chief Roy Rickis, when he was acting chief in January, decided not to renew the state blue light permit for Davis’ POV. Reporter Goode describes the Ford Crown Victoria as being ”tricked out like a state police cruiser”.
So, rather than take this insult, Commissioner Davis showed Chief Rickis who is in charge. He took away the department issued SUV that Chief Rickis used to respond to fire scenes.
So, in other words, if the man who isn’t a firefighter can’t respond, let’s keep the active fire chief from responding too. That should help our mission of protecting the public, don’t you think?
Right up there with the “dumb-ass assistant chief” comment is Commissioner Davis telling the paper Rickis is lucky he only had the SUV taken from him and wasn’t fired.
For three months, the man who is supposed to be in charge on the fireground responds in his own personal vehicle without lights and siren.
Here’s more from reporter Goode:
“He messed with me,” Davis said. “Someday when I feel it’s right, I may give it back to him.”
“It’s not right,” Rickis said. “I got stuck in traffic. But I take it with a grain of salt.”
Davis has had flashing blue lights on his personal car for years, having had his permit renewed annually by fthen-Fire Chief Art Gold even though he’s not an active firefighter and his disability requires him to carry a folding walker in the back seat. He keeps a mobility scooter in the Blue Hills firehouse to help him get around there.
On Friday we posted three video clips of the early stages of a two-alarm fire in a large house at 1337 Girard Street in Northwest Washington, DC. The home was owned by activists Dorothy Brizill and Gary Imhoff. For some reason the video was taken down a few hours later. The videos from jroweddc was re-posted to YouTube combined in one clip and some of the sound apparently edited.
Someone has also posted the original Part 2 and Part 3 videos without editing.
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