No dates on these posted Wednesday by Edward Malik showing Indiana's Lake Station Fire Department in action. Malik reports the one above started after a man was burning leaves that spread to a fence and his garage. And it has some early green line action to boot.
Below is one of many fires that have occurred at the abandoned Riverside Trailer Park. Malik writes, "All firefighters were given no entry beyond a few feet into these trailers for safety reasons."
Edward Malik is back in operation shooting fire videos in Gary, Indiana. Early Monday there was plenty to shoot. He reports three fires in short order. Here is what he wrote:
1st call was for a box alarm at 1700 Polk, reported apartment building fire around 4am. At about 4:30am came the house fire call at 24th and Louisiana and while crews were fighting that fire came 800 East Ridge Road. All were with-in one hour and all were fully involved. I guess those 34 guys that got laid off are not needed. Crews were strapped beyond their means and mutual aid was used. Sad days in Gary Indiana.
There was a time we would regularly bring you videos from Gary, Indiana that were shot by Edward Malik (AKA mabas21 on YouTube). Malik stopped his coverage of the Gary Fire Department and concentrated on the suburbs. But he made a return visit early Saturday morning with this fire at 24th and Wisconsin. He titled the clip, “I Am Sorry, Your House Is On Fire? We Will Be There Later Not Sooner”. In his description of the fire Malik talked about the layoff early this month of 34 Gary firefighters following a record number of fire runs last year. According to Malik, there were at least five working fires in three hours on Saturday morning. Here is an excerpt:
On arrival a fully involved frame house was found with a fireball blowing out the side of the house from the gas meter. It took an engine company over 15 minutes to get on scene to fight the fire because the entire fire department along with several mutual aid companies were working their asses off at 4 other fires burning at the same time.
Anytime you lessen manpower, the chance for accidents and everything, it rises,” said Gary Fire Captain and Union President Raynard Robinson.
Firefighter Eric Acevedo is one of 30 firefighters citywide to get a layoff letter. He got his today.
“It is crushing,” he said, adding it was always his dream to fight fires and he thought it would be a secure job.
Gary officials say a budget crisis made the cuts unavoidable.
Fire Chief Jeff Ward says he fought for his firefighters but the decision came down from above. He says more than 50 firefighters were originally on the chopping block, but they got that number down to 30.
But firefighters say the loss of more than a tenth of the department citywide causes real safety concerns for firefighters and Gary residents.
Chief Ward says he is hopeful a federal safety grant might save those jobs for another two years, but they are waiting to hear if they will get that money.
Some firefighters wonder if other city positions, like that of Deputy Mayor, could have been cut to save firefighter jobs.
The Gary Fire Department in action from an Edward Malik video.
Edward Malik video of a fire Friday at 2700 Allen in Lake Station, Indiana.
Edward Malik, who doesn’t seen to cover the Gary Fire Department the way he used to, has been bringing videos from other Indiana jurisdictions to YouTube (MABAS21). This is from Wednesday at 97th & Randolph in Merrillville. Here’s how Malik described the incident:
Police got on scene first and reported heavy fire from the second floor and garage of a two story farmhouse in the area of 97th and Randolph. 7311 was first on scene and advised they needed water asap. Crews from Lake of the Four Seasons, Crown Point, and Merrillville Stations 1, 2, and 3 responded along with fire investigators.
This is a fire on Sunday at 400 E. 29th Avenue in Lake Station, Indiana. In the middle of this you will see one pooch very happy the nice firefighters opened the door.
Edward Malik, who shot this video, writes in his description:
… on arrival Ambulance 1 advised the homeowner was spraying a garden hose through the window. Car 2 arrived and immediately started searches when advised multiple pets were still inside.
Apparently all pets survived.
This is the first video in many, many weeks we’ve seen from Edward Malik who usually posts the Gary, Indiana fire videos to YouTube. We know the fires haven’t stopped, but we are unsure why the videos have. This one is from a fire on Thursday at another one of Malik’s haunts, Lake Station, Indiana.
Early video of New Chicago, Indiana house fire: Edward Malik again beats the fire department to the scene. This time not in Gary, but to the east in New Chicago. The fire killed a a few pets.
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Firefighter says she slept with supervisor in an effort to stop the harassment: Kate Ellis is suing the U.K.’s Hampshire Fire and Rescue. Ellis, as the only woman at her station, claims she had to endure constant jokes, leering and innuendo. Ellis testified she tried put an end to it by becoming a notch on the bedpost of her supervisor. Here’s the story that appears to be getting prominent play by Britain’s tabloids.
Click the image for more of Ian Haight's photos of a strip mall fire Thursday in Waterloo, Ontario.
Mayor says firefighters may be selling overtime shifts to help others inflate retirement: In Rochester, New York, Mayor Robert Duffy has notified Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that city firefighters may be padding pension payments. Duffy said it appears some firefighters were taking “kickbacks” to allow more senior members to inflate their wages in the final years in an effort to get a higher pension. The union says no proof of this was found in an investigation three-years-ago and calls the mayor’s actions retaliation. Click here for the details.
Two firefighters fall through roof of home: In Union, Missouri one of two firefighters who came crashing though the roof of a ranch style home in Union, Missouri is in a burn unit. They fell fifteen feet shortly after getting onto the roof to begin venting operations. Here’s the story.
After NIOSH urges a Massachusetts firefighter seat belt law, a look at policies outside Boston: Despite state law currently exempting firefighters from having to buckle up on the job, other Massachusetts chiefs say, unlike Boston, they require seat belts. Check it out.
Boston columnist says she wants to be a firefighter, mocking decision to give 19-percent raise over four-years: Despite her advanced age and “pathetic fitness level”, Boston Globe columnist Yvonne Abraham has written an open letter saying she wants to be a part of “Firefighterland”, “a beautiful place with no connection to the economy whatsoever”. Here’s an excerpt-
Elsewhere, the city is shutting libraries and giving school custodians the ax. But in Firefighterland, it’s all dollar signs and days off.
That’s because for four years, the firefighters union refused to give an inch during negotiations with the city. Instead, they attacked the mayor and tried to scare the public. It worked. That arbitrator in Albany just gave them a whopping 19 percent-plus pay increase over four years.
Award for Siarnicki: Former Prince George’s County, Maryland chief and National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Executive Director Ron Siarnicki recevied the Tom Brennan Lifetime Achievement Award at FDIC. During his acceptance speech Siarnicki announced military firefighters will now be included in the NFFF Memorial. Read coverage here and here.
Florida firefighter charged in home invasion: Investigators say Punta Gorda Firefighter Ernest Bowen is suspected of planning the robbery of a prominent family and getting more than 100k in jewelry and money. Here’s the story.
Florida planning chief gets disability payment from another fire department: Read the story about the controversy surrounding Pasco Fire Rescue planning chief’s disability payment from Tampa.
The volunteer shortage: Tom Lindtveit, who has contributed in various ways to STATter911.com, has a letter to the editor of Occupational Safey & Health magazine/online that is worth checking out. Captain Tom looks at the demands placed on volunteers and how it impacts recruitment and retention. Read the letter.
We haven’t checked in with the Gary Fire Department in a while. Here is what Edward Malik wrote with his video of a fire yesterday in the 2300 block of Cass:
It is amazing that nobody called the fire department on this one! Battalion 7 comes across the radio advising of a working house fire at 24th and Clay, on arrival first due Engine 12 grabbed a hydrant and made short work of the fire using two lines. Nobody was injured at the fire scene.
Edward Malik on the scene again before the first engine from the Gary Fire Department arrives. The video was taken this morning just before 10:30 at 2441 Central Avenue.
We often run Edward “Mabas21″ Malik’s videos from Gary, Indiana. He is on the scene of many of the fires that keep the firefighters of Gary, Indiana quite busy.
This one is from earlier today at a house on the corner of 24th and Massachusetts.
In the video’s description Malik writes, “Engine 12 brought in the hydrant and Truck 4 started opening the building. As firefighters made entry the interior flashed … “.
In the video it seems clear that one firefighter notices what is happening before the others and starts grabbing and alerting those who had gone in the front door.
According to Malik no firefighters were hurt.
We ran two other Malik videos from Gary on Saturday that you can find here. One is from a basement fire and the other a car fire.
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