Laurel 1972 Video; We’ve Got Your Number; Raw Video of Drive-Thru Rescue; Survivair Loses Big; Riley Still Backs Thomas; Fire Engine Doesn’t Float
Picture of the day: The man in the middle, Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Chief Lawrence Sedgwick. The people on either side of the chief, volunteers from Kentland VFD. All smiles at the Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association convention in Accokeek, even though Station 33 remains confined to its home turf with still no resolution of the 8-month long ambulance dispute. More pictures and info at Kentland33.com.
Major fire in Laurel — 35 years ago.
Click the picture above to view the latest from the STATter 911 archives. Last Saturday was the 35th anniversary of a warehouse fire in Laurel (and you thought we forgot). Already there are people confirming my suspicions that the Chief 10 being interviewed is Joe Robison. You might be able to identify a few others on the film from various companies. There is probably enough on this short video to keep a safety officer writing reports for a week. Take a look and you will see it was clearly a different time.
Number please.
We have a better picture of how this new numbering system for PGFD will work. STATter 911 has obtained the official spreadsheet laying out the whole system. You can see it here and you will also find a link to download the file.
It is called a drive-thru, not a drive-around.
This is how a woman and her passenger ended up after apparently trying to get around traffic lined up for the McDonalds window. DCFD Squad 2 and others came to the rescue. Department photographer Vito Maggiolo caught it on his camera and we have the raw video.
Video of the day.
Not sure how old this video is, but it appears to be I-694 in the Minneapolis area. Two views of an explosion.
(Fire) Rolling on the river.
The “Proud Mary” restaurant at Fort Washington, MD on the Potomac River burned overnight. A million dollars damage in the 2-alarm blaze. The first report came in from an automatic fire alarm. More details here.
Fallen firefighter’s family sues Suvivair and wins. $12 million dollar judgement.
This all come from the 2002 death of Firefighter Derek Martin of the St. Louis Fire Department. Read details here.
More from the St. Louis Bureau.
Still no promotions and St. Louis Chief Sherman George remains on the job. George now also has the backing of the NAACP.
A house fire, apparently early today, in Calhoun City, Mississippi.
It isn’t just DOJ questioning LODDs.
Committee in Albany divided over heart attack victim.
Union meets council in Kansas.
After a no-confidence vote against the fire chief, Topeka firefighters appear at a council meeting.
Charleston’s Riley Still Back Chief Thomas.
In a speech Tuesday evening Mayor Joe Riley says department can be model. SConFire.com has the text of the speech. Firefighter Hourly has the IAFF reaction. The Franko Blog has some interesting comments.
Fiery ambulance crash in CT.
In Hamden a car ran into an ambulance. One witness said, “We saw the ambulance go by with its siren and then all of the sudden we hear a big crash”. More here.
Not exactly how I learned to draft.
The firefighter said all he could do is watch it roll and stop traffic. Details behind the ocala.com picture, here.
No details on where or when this video was taken.
