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Four-alarm fire in Frostburg, MD: Gianni’s Pizza on Main Street was destroyed in this fire early Tuesday morning. Read details about the fire from Jeff Alderton at the Cumberland Times-News.
The “look at me generation” captured in a news story … sort of: WARNING! WARNING!! WARNING!!! The story you are about to link to is not true and I don’t know if the names were changed to protect the innocent. But for those who aren’t offended by a little sexual content, check out this “news item” at Firefighter Spot of how the young ones use their cameras these days. It has a fire theme and it fits with conversations we have had many times since I began the blog two-years-ago. BTW I still say I came up with the term “look at me generation” and not The Wall Street Journal. Again, if you are easily offended, DO NOT CLICK HERE.
Chief and assistant chief follow through on their threat to resign over cuts: Chief Scott Kern and Assistant Chief Randy Wilson now have the word “former” in front of their titles. As promised, the two turned in letters of resignation on Friday as a protest to the layoffs of 12 firefighters in Kokomo, Indiana. Click here to read the latest.
Disability leave due to partner’s injury: An interesting story from Montgomery County MD where a firefighter who handled a search & rescue dog ended up with disability leave for a month after a career ending injury for the dog. Click here.
STATter911.com soon going door-to-door: If that’s what it takes we here at the world headquarters will make it happen. In the meantime you can find our content a lot of different ways. Check out all of the links.
Rotating closures in Alaska: An update on how Anchorage is placing fire companies out-of-service and the impact on operations, including a fire on Monday. Read and watch the story.
Bakery burns: Video and details from a fire in Grand Rapids, MI.
Grain elevator fire: The story and video from Wichita, Kansas of a fire Tuesday morning. Click here. More details on handling these situations from John Astad and the Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires website.
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Don’t know exactly where and don’t know when: There is no information with this fire other than the person who posted the video is from Toronto. This does not appear to be from the 4-alarm fire in Toronto on Tuesday. UPDATE-We now have a winner. Gray, a loyal STATter911.com reader, reports this is a fire on Sunday in Meadowvale, a community in Mississauga, a city that shares a border with the west side of Toronto. Read more about the fire. Click here for a view of the neighborhood.
