Video roundup
Command vehicle ride along in KY
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Assistant Chief Jason Long of the Milton Fire & Rescue has been running a camera in his command car, 8502, a Crown Victoria. Long, who also serves as the department’s public affairs officer, began posting the results on YouTube yesterday. It includes radio traffic, mixed in with a little country music playing very softly in the background. Above is Part 1 of a fire from earlier this month. Here’s how it is described on the department’s website:
ON 08-16-2008 AT 09:09a.m., MILTON FIRE & RESCUE WAS DISPATCHED TO 18 MILES RD FOR THE REPORT OF A FULLY ENGULFED TRAILER FIRE. FIRE UNITS ARRIVED ON SCENE AND FOUND THE TRAILER ON FIRE AND PROCEEDED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. FIRE UNITS ON SCENE CONTAINED THE FIRE TO THE FRONT HALF OF THE MOBILE HOME. TWO YOUNG GIRLS RECEIVED INJURIES FROM SMOKE INHALATION AND ONE ALSO HAD A MINOR CUT. PATIENTS WERE TREATED ON SCENE AND RELEASED BACK TO THE MOTHER. THE HOME WAS OWNED BY MARK MULLINS AND WAS BEING RENTED TO CHRISTY TRIGG BOTH FROM BEDFORD KENTUCKY. FIRE WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE STARTED IN A FAULTY WINDOW A/C UNIT. BEDFORD FIRE & RESCUE AND TRIMBLE COUNTY EMS WERE ALSO ASSISTING ON SCENE.
Click here to watch Parts 2, 3 and 4, along with other videos posted by Chief Long.
Century old hotel burns
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From Chapeau, Quebec, a fire that started at 3:00 AM on Tuesday at Fred’s hotel and restaurant. It was known for the largest T-bone steaks on Allumette Island. Click here to read more and see a picture from earlier in the fire.
Fire chiefs beware: Citizens armed with cameras
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When you are the fire chief of a large department it isn’t just the Dave Statter’s of the world you have to look out for who may be running your way with a camera. Now it can be just about anyone. Fresno Chief Randy Bruegman found that out yesterday when he was confronted by a man who called himself the “Old Geezer” (not to be confused with FireGeezer). While the narration was interesting, the questioning was pretty benign. Something about it reminded me of the Ali G Show.
Speaking of Fresno
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Attached to the video with Chief Bruegman as a related video was this interesting find. It is described as an 8-minute trailer for a documentary to be released in 2010 about the 130-year history of the Fresno Fire Department. It has some wonderful archival film mixed in. It is worth watching and listening to for the account of the rookie whose bed kept being thrown down the pole hole.
Another old one from Shreveport
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On Tuesday evening, Norm “Doc” Zaffater of signal51group.com posted this 3-alarm school fire from July 15, 1987. Here is what he wrote about the blaze:
This video is of a elementary school which was almost finished with an extensive restoration that was set on fire by an arsonist. It occurred over 20 years ago, but is worth a look back at the firefighting operations that were used back then. Many of the firefighters that fought it went to school there and expressed how difficult it was to see it go up in smoke.
Firefighter Spot has also discovered this wonderful resource for old film and and old and new video. Jason recently posted a 1995 flashover video from Shreveport.
Since we are on the old stuff
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This is a compilation of pictures from the 125-year history of the Madison, WI Fire Department.
Fireman funnies
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A little floor buffer rodeo action from somewhere.
