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The Buffalo Fire Department was kept busy on March 9, 2013.Members of the 3rd Platoon battled three fires that day. Thefirst came in at 72 Dempster St. in the city's Lovejoy sectionat 8:47 a.m. The two story frame dwelling sustained $75,000in damage. The next was at 384 Herman St. at 9:09 a.m. onthe city's east side. Companies arrived to heavy fire on thefirst and second floors of the two and a half story framedwelling. Damage was listed at $40,000 to the building. Thethird was at 21 West Lane in the city's 7th Battalion. Damageto the two story project was listed at $45,000 to the buildingand $15,000 to the contents. This came in at 12:32 p.m. Thecause of all three blazes are under investigation and no in-juries were reported.

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New Windsor, NY. On the afternoon of March 7th, New Wind-sor Fire Department was toned out for a fire at Alfi's Uniformsat 152 Windsor Highway. They arrived to find a malfunc-tion/burning of a sewing machine. Crews quickly isolated theminor fire and vented the building. No injuries were reported.

Sewing machine burns

South Blooming Grove homesustains significant damage

South Blooming Grove, NY.Neighbors noticed smoke eruptingfrom the eaves of a home and im-mediately called 911.

South Blooming Grove fire-fighters were alerted for a possiblestructure fire at 45 MerriewoldLane at a little before 3:30 p.m. onThursday, March 14th. Commandarrived to find fire and smokecoming from the residence.

He alerted Orange County fora working fire at the residence andthe need for mutual aid companies.Arriving at the scene were Wash-

ingtonville, Kiryas Joel, SalisburyMills, Salisbury Mills, HighlandMills, Mombasha and WoodburyFire Departments.

The fire was reported on thefirst floor with extension to thesecond floor of the two storydwelling. Primary searches wereconducted, but all came back neg-ative.

The flames were quickly

doused and the fire was broughtunder control.

Two cats were in the residence.One escaped from the home andthe second collapsed at the scene.His or her condition is unknown.The house sustained significantsmoke and some fire damage.

Fire investigators were re-quested to the scene for a causeand origin. Companies were re-leased after overhaul was com-pleted.

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Canadice, NY - On Monday evening, March 11, Richmond Fire Department EMS responded toCoykendall Hill Road in Canadice after a vehicle a man was working on in the garage fell on him.The man was taken by ambulance to Hemlock Lake Park, where he was transferred to a MercyFlight Central helicopter and transported to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester.

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New York: Owego, Matthew J. Porcari, 34 Rank: Captain Incident Date:01/22/2013 Death Date: 01/22/2013Fire Department: Owego Fire Department Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Edward FranzInitial Summary: The Owego Fire Department Company #3 responded to amutual aid call. While performing interior attack on the structure, Captain Por-cari and another firefighter fell through the floor of the structure. Both fire-fighters were transported to separate facilities. Captain Porcari succumbed tohis injuries shortly after arrival to the hospital. The other firefighter receivedburns and remains in serious condition.

Pennsylvania: Berwick, Michael Martin, 51 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date:11/27/2012 Death Date: 11/27/2012Initial Summary: Firefighter Martin passed away while participating in a firstresponder training program at the Luzerne County Community College PublicSafety Training Institute. Martin, an employee of PPL Susquehanna, was em-ployed at the PPL nuclear power plant in Salem Township and was part of thecompany's on-site fire brigade. During a SCBA portion of the training, Martinrequired medical assistance. The on-site trainer began to administer CPR and acollege official called 911. An ambulance transported Firefighter Martin toGeisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center where he succumbed to his injury.Investigation into the incident continues by the Occupational Safety andHealth Administration.

Texas: Bryan, Gregory Pickard, 54 Rank: Lieutenant Incident Date: Feb 15, 2013 Death Date: Feb 16, 2013Fire Department: Bryan Fire Department Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Randy McGregorInitial Summary: While battling a blaze at a Knights of Columbus Hall, Lieu-tenant Wallace became trapped inside the structure. He notified others on thescene by radio, stating he was low on air. Lieutenant Pickard, accompanied bytwo other firefighters, entered the building to rescue Lieutenant Wallace. Dur-ing the rescue, the roof collapsed. Lieutenant Wallace died at the scene andLieutenant Pickard was rushed to the hospital where he later passed away fromhis injuries. Both firefighters died from burns sustained in the collapse. Thetwo other firefighters involved are in stable but serious condition. The cause ofthe fire is under investigation.

Texas: Bryan, Eric Wallace, 36 Rank: Lieutenant Incident Date: Feb 15, 2013 Death Date: Feb 16, 2013 Fire Department: Bryan Fire Department Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Randy McGregorInitial Summary: While battling a blaze at a Knights of Columbus Hall, Lieu-tenant Wallace became trapped inside the structure. He notified others on thescene by radio, stating he was low on air. Lieutenant Pickard, accompanied bytwo other firefighters, entered the building to rescue Lieutenant Wallace. Dur-ing the rescue, the roof collapsed. Lieutenant Wallace died at the scene andLieutenant Pickard was rushed to the hospital where he later passed away fromhis injuries. Both firefighters died from burns sustained in the collapse. Thetwo other firefighters involved are in stable but serious condition. The cause ofthe fire is under investigation.

Pennsylvania: Summit Hill, Claudia Sokol, 55Rank: Fire Police Officer Incident Date: Feb 21, 2013 Death Date: Feb 22, 2013 Fire Department: Diligence Fire Company No.1 Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Shawn HobenInitial Summary: Fire Police Officer Sokol suffered a medical emergencywhile on traffic control duties at the scene of a motor vehicle accident onThursday and passed away Friday evening, February 22.

Tennessee: Church Hill, David Schnepp, 43 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: Feb 24, 2013 Death Date: Feb 24, 2013 Fire Department: Carter's Valley Fire Departmentt Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Michael YatesInitial Summary: A short time after fighting a brush fire Sunday evening,February 24, Firefighter Schnepp passed away from a cause still to be deter-mined. Incident Location: Pending

Michigan: Mattawan, Nate Fruin, 22 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: Feb 26, 2013 Death Date: Feb 26, 2013Fire Department: Mattawan Fire District Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Terron McLeanInitial Summary: Firefighter Fruin was responding to a structure fire when hefell ill from a cause still to be determined. Shortly after leaving the station,Fruin's partner, who was driving, called to report the medical emergency. Hethen pulled over to the side of the road, and according to reports, Fruin wentinto cardiac arrest. Other responders stopped and rendered aid, but FirefighterFruin succumbed to his injury.


Blaze hits Campbell Supply Company in New Windsor

Minutes before midnight onMarch 20, 2013, New Windsor FireDepartment was toned out for astructure fire at 24 Windsor High-way.

Upon arrival, command re-ported a fully involved structure firewith heavy fire and smoke consum-ing the 80 x 200 building. Thebuilding is owned by Campbell Sup-ply Company.

A second alarm was quicklytoned out, bringing multiple mutualaid units from around the commu-nity. In addition, a rehab area was setup by New Windsor EMS due to thevery cold temperatures. CentralHudson was also tasked to shutdown power and natural gas to thearea.

Multiple hand lines and truckswere quickly in operation at thescene and the need for a third alarmwas determined. A cascade trailerwas also requested to refill air tanks.

Several hours into the operation,an additional ladder, engine andmanpower were requested to assist

at the scene. Soon thereafter, thewater operations were shut downand crews continued into the build-ing to check for hot spots.

With the fire darkened down,overhaul operations commenced.Mutual aid companies began beingreleased at a little after 4 a.m.

Departments on the scene in-cluded New Windsor, Vails Gate, theCity of Newburgh, Stewart AirGuard, Cornwall, Cornwall on Hud-son, Dan Leghorn, Good-Will,Washingtonville and West Point.Also assisting were New WindsorEMS as well as the New WindsorPolice Department.

Investigators were requested tothe scene to determine the cause andorigin. No injuries were reported tocivilians or first responders at thescene. The building and severaltrucks sustained extensive damage.

The New Windsor Fire Depart-

ment was once again toned out latein the morning hours of March 21for a rekindle. Mutual aid was re-quested as well.

Scott Campbell, President andCEO of Campbell Supply Company,LLC would like to thank the first re-ponders and emergency personnel,who responded to the scene. He isthankful that no one was injured.

Campbell stated, “I’m gratefulfor the continued support fromFreightliner and Spartan ERV fortheir assistance in servicing our cus-tomers with little interruption. Ouremployees have been incredible andthey made it possible for us to con-tinue our mobile services as wework on our relocation plan. All 34employees have already been relo-cated amongst the other facilities op-erated by Campbell SupplyCompany.”

Campbell further stated that heis, “looking forward to rebuilding asquickly as possible.”


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Plattekill holds annual installation dinnerPlattekill, NY. The Pough-

keepsie Grand Hotel once gainhosted the Plattekill Fire Depart-ment's Annual Installation Dinneron February 23rd.

Plattekill FireDepartment is lo-cated in SouthernUlster County andNorthern OrangeCounty, known asCompany 47. Plat-tekill operates out oftwo stations, provid-ing fire and EMSemergency servicesto both counties. Station #1 is lo-cated at 50 Old Fire House Road inthe Hamlet of Plattekill and Station#2 is located at 262 Forest Road inthe Town of Newburgh.

The evening began with a funfilled cocktail hour and a lengthyvideo showing the greatest mo-ments for this department in 2012which was edited, produced andcreated by Plattekill FirefighterDale Long. Several fire, EMS, andpolice representatives were in at-tendance.

A formal dinner soon fol-lowed. Led by MC Chris Mancuso,several guest recognitions and pre-sentations were made. Individuallife saving achievements weregiven out to several members aswell as a Plattekill resident, whoremoved an entrapped injured vic-tim from a burning vehicle one latenight last year. Members were alsorecognized for their responses aswell as a firefighter and officer ofthe year award.

All were thanked for their hardwork and dedication throughoutthe prior year as they looked for-ward to another repeat of such.There is even talk of their nextHudson Valley Convention trip toLake George in June, where lastyear, members pulled off the im-possible...taking Best OverallMardi Gras Parade, Best OverallAppearing Ladies and Best Over-all Men. Now that's the spirit !

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Buffalo firefighters of the 3rd Battalion 4th Platoon were called out to battle a blaze at 59 RoseSt. on Buffalo's East side on February 22nd. The fire started in a one and a half frame dwelling.Firefighters had difficulty with security bars and lots of household items. Firefighters usedthree-one and three quarter inch hand lines and 60 feet of ladders. One firefighter from LadderCompany 5 was treated for injuries. Damage was listed at $40,000 and the cause of the fire isunder investigation.

One firefighter injured at fire

Canadice, NY. On Monday afternoon, February 25th, firefight-ers from Richmond, Livonia and Hemlock responded to atruck fire at 5492 Middle Road in the town of Canadice. Fire-fighters found a pickup truck fully involved upon arrival. Thefire was quickly extinguished. There were no injuries.

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Buffalo firefighters were called out to a report of smoke in atwo story dwelling at 284 Rhode Island Ave. on Buffalo's Westside on February 25th. A quick response by Engine Company37 and Ladder Company 4 kept damage to a minimum. Thefire was in a wall and near the eve line. One-one and threequarter inch hand line was used along with 16 feet of ladders.No injuries were reported and the fire is under investigation.

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Seven occupants forced to escape blazeBuffalo Firefighters of the 4th

Battalion 2nd Platoon were calledout to a report of smoke at 443 For-est Ave. on Buffalo's West Sideshortly after 3:00 A.M on February22, 2013. This came in as companieswere still working the second alarmon Timon St. Two engines a truckand a chief were dispatched. EngineCo. 19 reported smoke and re-quested the balance of a full assign-ment.

Thelarge three story structure was frameand it was 40'x200'. The blazequickly went to a second alarm.Multiple 2 1/2" and 1 3/4" hand lineswere used along with a tower ladder.Twenty-seven residents were forcedout into the cold a Metro Bus was re-

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Damage to the structure waslisted at $125,000.00. The cause ofthe fire is under investigation. No in-juries were reported. The SalvationArmy Canteen provided hot drinksfor the firefighters and displaced res-idents.

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Ambulance Accident in New LebanonOn March 3rd, Columbia

County 911 dispatched LebanonValley firefighters and ChathamRescue at 5:28 p.m. for a reportedrollover accident on Route 22 nearCherry Lane in the Town of NewLebanon.

A medical helicopter was placedon standby, but was not needed.

It was reported that as ChathamRescue Ambulance 203 approachedthe scene, it hit black ice and slid off

the roadway, landing on its driver’sside. Two rescue squad memberswho were in the ambulance were re-ported as uninjured, but were trans-ported to Columbia MemorialHospital in Hudson by a secondChatham ambulance to be evaluated.

The lone female in the first acci-

dent refused medical attention. Hervehicle struck a fence.

The Columbia County HighwayDepartment was requested to thescene to sand.

The New York State Police in-vestigated both accidents.

Lebanon Valley Firefighterswere back in service at 7:11 p.m.

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Chatham Rescue Ambulance 203 on its side after hitting black ice on State Route 22 in New Lebanon.

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Mombasha Fire Company of the Monroe Fire Department at workat the structure fire in South Blooming Grove on March 14th.

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At 3:01 p.m. on March 5th, Orange 911 dispatched MaybrookFire Department along with Mechanicstown under mutual aidto milemarker 2650 on Interstate 84 West for a one car motorvehicle accident with unknown injuries. Maybrook Car 1 andHeavy Rescue 214 arrived on scene to a red Chrysler PTCruiser down the embankment with one patient out of the ve-hicle. The battery was unhooked from the vehicle, driver washanded over to EMS and scene was turned over to New YorkState Police.

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Rochester, NY. Rescue 11 and Engine 5 handled a motor ve-hicle accident with a vehicle flipped on Jay St at Glasser St.on March 12th. Upon arrival, the driver had fled the scene,but not before ripping a fire hydrant from the ground, whichleft water flowing freely down Jay St. The Rochester PoliceDepartment was investigating the accident.

Car flips, wipes out hydrant

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Wendelville battles working house fireNiagara County Fire Control

advised of a working house fire at5362 Mapleton Road. NiagaraCounty Sheriff Sergeant Gary Mayreported a working structure firebeing fed by natural gas and ammogoing off in the basement from theheat.

Wendelville had units on scenewithin a few minutes. The hydrantwas directly across the street andthe first in engine hit it. The fire

chief had his men take positionsfor the fire attack.

Mutual aid was called in withShawnee bringing an aerial, SouthLockport an engine, East Amherstan engine and Rapids with fire po-lice.

The fire had a jump on the fire-

fighters and it spread fas, chewingthe east side of the home, front andback and black smoke poured fromthe roof line. The firefighters heldthe fire and saved part of the home.

Area 4 cause and origin wascalled to the scene and units werestill on scene for quite some time.

Rural Metro provided EMSstandby at the scene.

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The Chili Fire Department responded to a report of an odor ofgasoline in the basement of 56 Andony Lane late Wednesdayafternoon, February 27th. Homeowner Mary Vail noticed theodor while babysitting her grandchild. Chief Don Johnson saidabout two dozen homes were checked, but only seven or eighthomes were affected and no homes were evacuated. Vail no-ticed a car parked in the street near the storm drain and be-lieves the car leaked gas. She then called 911. The MonroeCounty Hazardous Materials Team was called to the scene.They flushed the sewers with thousands of gallons of waterand self-ventilated the affected homes. It was determined thatthere were no long-term health hazards. Andony Lane wasclosed for an hour during the investigation.

Hazmat response in Chili


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Winona Lake holds annual installation dinnerTown of Newburgh, NY. On

Saturday, February 9, 2013, the of-ficers and members of the WinonaLake Engine Company No. 2 gath-ered at Colden Manor at SpruceLodge to celebrate another year ofservice to the community.

As is always the case, membersand guests filled their bellies withwonderful food and enjoyed the ca-maraderie of their fellow firefight-ers.

President John Lassiter andChief Don Fredericks introducedthe fire and social officers and in-cluded several awards during theirpresentations.

The coveted Man of the YearAward was presented to Will Roy

for his dedicated to the departmentand hard work throughout the year.

After Hurricane Sandy devas-tated the East Coast in November,Winona Lake was called up to as-sist. They were deployed to LongIsland and caught several fireswhile down there. This is an expe-rience that none will forget. Fortheir selfless dedication and need togo above and beyond, these fire-fighters were commended and re-ceived certificates.

The 2013 fire officers are ChiefDonald Fredericks, Assistant Chief

Anthony Weed, Captain Heath Sil-verman, 1st Lieutenant ChrisLeonido, 1st Lieutenant DavidKramer, 2nd Lieutenant AndrewDecker and 2nd Lieutenant ZackGaydos.

On the social side, the 2013 of-ficers are President John Lassiter,Vice President Matthew Gayton,Treasurer Kevin McDonald,Recording Secretary John Bootzand Corresponding Secretary Vin-nie Dominick. The trustees areHoward Kramer, Richard Nosek,Ricky Bartley, Michael Clegg, RoeKnapp, Wilfred Roy and GeorgeHillman.


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Storm preparations for your firehouseMost people heeded the evacu-

ation warnings that were given, butas usual there were those who re-mained behind thinking they couldride it out and be safe. They werewrong andplaced emer-gency re-s p o n d e r s ’lives in jeop-ardy in orderto rescuethem.

T h epager has justopened andb r o a d c a s t sthe followingm e s s a g e ,“The Weather Bureau has issued atornado and severe thunderstormwarning for the area between thehours of p.m. and 9 p.m. There is apotential for heavy rains, nickelsized hail and winds in excess of 60miles per hour with the potential forflooding in low lying areas. Shoulda storm hit in your area, you shouldimmediately report to your fire sta-tion.” Will the damage from thestorm be minor and last an hour orless? Or will there be major dam-age to your community requiringemergency duty lasting a day orpossibly extending into weeks.

As you respond to your fire sta-tion in compliance with the stormmessage, you should feel secure inknowing your family is prepared,but how about your fire station. Isit prepared to handle an extendedoperation? If not, it should be. Doesthe fire station have the capabilityto house (sleep) the number ofmembers who have reported forduty? When any extended emer-gency requires you to go on longterm (more than a day or two)emergency response and standby, itwill require the feeding and hous-ing of the firefighters and EMS per-sonnel responding to the numerousand varied calls.

Living and working out of thefire station for prolonged periods oftime requires preparation and if youaren’t or haven’t prepared, youshould. Any of the aforementionedstorm scenarios can be encounteredby most communities at any time,then add the potential terroristthreats, hazmat or WMD’s and thepotential for flu and related medicalepidemics, the realization of havingyour fire station prepared for ex-tended operations is important.

Having a standby source ofelectricity with a sufficient fuelsupply to provide electric power tothe fire station is very importantshould power fail. Portable radiosand pagers will require charging;along with maintaining basic com-munication links within the fire sta-tion and dispatch. It is alsoimportant to note where you canobtain additional fuel for thestandby generator system if needed,gasoline, diesel or propane.

A full service kitchen with anadequate supply of food, coffee,drinks, water and needed staplesalong with disposable paper prod-ucts and utensils is required. Thequantity in supply will be depend-ent upon the number of firefightersyou foresee having on hand in an

emergency for a minimum of threeto five days, or possibly longer.Your best food supply would be thecommercial sized (large) cans ofprepared foods and with a backupelectric supply, you can also safelystore frozen foods.

Most of these commercial mealtype items can be purchased fromthe local supermarket or big boxdiscount supply houses beforehandand will only require heating priorto serving when needed, even if nofirehouse chef is available. Addi-tional food supplies may be ob-tained initially at localsupermarkets and merchants, but ifit is an extended operation withpower outages, their food stock willdeplete rapidly and restocking maytake days or longer. During an ex-tended period of emergency opera-tions, you may be very limited as towhat you will be able to obtain lo-cally during the emergency. Havingsome basic provisions on hand andreplacing them annually is the wayto go. You can use last year’s foodstock products for an after meetingor drill meal, donate them to a localfood pantry or whatever innovativeway you choose while you replen-ish it with a fresh supply.

Rest for the weary firefightersis another priority. Does your firestation have sleeping accommoda-tions and how many can it accom-modate? If you don’t have sleepingaccommodations or need a largerarea, can you establish them by set-ting up a specific area or room thatcan be used solely for the purposeof firefighters catching some “shuteye.” You may have to split a largemeeting room by installing mov-able room dividers and separatingthe room during an emergency.

Once you have a designatedsleep area, you will need cots, blan-kets and pillows to provide the ba-sics for a good sleep. Individualmembers should bring a personalgrooming kit and a sleeping bag ifthey have one. Individual sleepingbags can be used with the cots andeliminate the need for blankets andsheets. In extended operations restis important as the novelty, adrena-line rush, and excitement willquickly wear off, and a place to restwill become a must. Throughoutperiods of high activity it would bewise to assign four to six firefight-ers per apparatus and to have thoseremaining firefighters/EMT’s bedesignated the off duty (rest) group.After a certain period of time, fourto eight hours, the groups can ex-change allowing for all personnel tohave a rest period. It is importantthat everyone get their proper restand an officer should be responsi-ble for seeing that all firefighterscomply with their assigned rest pe-riod. Lack of rest often leads to un-safe acts, which in turn leads toinjuries. Don’t forget personal hy-giene and shower facilities willmake the stay more livable andhealthy for all!

Being prepared for long termemergency operations is takingproper proactive action and willhelp keep all safe while providingservice to your community.

Till next time, Buckle Up, StaySafe and God Bless!

Chief Henry Camp-

bell

STAYINGSAFE

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On the morning of Saturday, February 16, 2013, a single carheaded southbound on Route 40 in Speigletown, left the road-way and struck the traffic control light pole used to enable thefire apparatus to enter Route 40 during emergency responses.The downed pole completely blocked traffic. The sole occu-pant of the vehicle was extricated and transported to a localhospital. The light pole had to be cut apart and removed fromthe road to allow for the flow of traffic to resume. The depart-ment is currently awaiting the arrival of a new light pole.

NICOLE FUNK

DAVID KAZMIERCZAK

Single car into light polein front of fire station

Buffalo firefighters of the 4th Battalion 4th Platoon werecalled out to battle a second alarm blaze at 64 Virginia Pl. inBuffalo's Historic Allentown District on February 22nd. Thebuilding also had an address of 465 Franklin St. on the frontpart. Virginia Place is a very narrow street. The fire wascaused by welding equipment and caused $90,000 in damage.It was the third second alarm sounded for Friday, February22, 2013. No injuries were reported.

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Nine dogs perish in Blooming Grove fireBlooming Grove, NY. On Feb-

ruary 13th at approximately 11:05a.m., Salisbury Mills Fire Depart-ment was toned out for a reportedstructure fire at 7 Wildwood Trail.Washingtonville Fire Departmentwas immediately alerted for one en-gine.

Within minutes, Washing-tonville Car 3 arrived to find exten-sive smoke and fire coming from theone story dwelling. He quicklytransmitted the second alarm for Sal-isbury Mills Fire Department.

Additional mutual aid wasalerted to the scene from SouthBlooming Grove, Chester and VailsGate as well as a FAST team fromMonroe.

Mutual aid tankers were utilizedand a fill site was established. Themain body of the fire was knockeddown by 12:09 p.m. An extensiveoverhaul process commenced.

Two firefighters sustained andwere treated for minor injuries. Ninedogs perished in the fire, but sixwere luckily saved and transportedto a local animal hospital.

On scene and standby depart-ments included Salisbury Mills,Washingtonville, South BloomingGrove, Monroe, Chester, Vails Gate,Cornwall, New Windsor, KiryasJoel, Blooming Grove EMS andBlooming Grove Police.


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Town of Newburgh, NY - On the very wet afternoon of March12th, Middlehope firefighters were toned out to a two carmotor vehicle accident on Route 9W at Conway Road. Crewsarrived to find the driver of the sedan entrapped. Three setsof jaws were used to extricate the driver, who was then trans-ported to a local hospital for treatment. At the scene wereMiddlehope Fire Department, Town of Newburgh EmergencyMedical Services, Mobile Life Support Services, Town ofNewburgh Police and New York State Police.

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JOHN SPAULDING

Rochester, NY - The Rochester Fire Department respondedto a report of a fire in a grinding area of an industrial buildingon March 11th on McKee Rd. Additional calls said the firealarm was activated and the employees were evacuating.Truck 5 was on location with a working fire on the C side ofthe building and command filled out the assignment. Thecompany manufacturers aerospace components and it is asecure facility. RFD investigation was on scene. No injurieswere reported and the fire took less than an hour to control.

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Fire destroys machine shopFulton, NY. Fire tore through a

machine shop on March 9th, de-stroying the busi-ness. The fire atPathfinder Indus-tries, at 117 N. ThirdSt., Fulton, was re-ported to 911 justbefore 10:00 p.m.

Units from bothFulton and Oswegofought the fire, alongwith units from Vol-ney and Cody. Several other vol-unteer departments, Granby Centerand Minetto, supplied protection tothe City of Fulton while their unitswere tied up. Oswego Mobile Cas-cade Unit (38MC1) was broughtinto the scene to fill air bottles.

Firefighters spent most of thenight at the site and remained therethrough Sunday morning.

The cause of the fire is not im-mediately known. The on going in-vestigation is being conducted bythe Fulton Fire Department as wellas the cause and origin team alongwith members of the OswegoCounty Cause and Origin Team.

No injuries were reported.

- RICK GROSVENTRICK GROSVENT



Fire Safety Educator of theYear Award applicationsbeing accepted

The Orange County Firefight-ers Museum will present their 3rdannual award to a firefighter inrecognition of hisor her exceptionalefforts in presentingfire prevention andfire safety educa-tion to the residentsof Orange County.

The award ispresented to an Or-ange County volun-teer firefighter forhis or her commit-ment to the field of fire preven-tion and fire safety education.Criteria for this award include in-novative ways of presenting fireprevention and fire safety educa-tion to the public. Nomineesmust be a resident of OrangeCounty or a member of an OrangeCounty fire company or depart-ment, fire association or chief'sassociation.

Nominees must be availableon Saturday, June 1st to receivethis award.

Nominations for the OrangeCounty Fire Prevention Educatorof the Year Award must be sub-mitted annually by an OrangeCounty volunteer fire company ordepartment, fire association orchief's association. Nomineeswill be retained for three yearsand will be eligible for consider-ation during that three year pe-riod.

The nominating letter must besubmitted on official stationeryand signed by the chief, presidentor secretary of the nominating or-ganization. Letters should de-scribe the methods used topresent the fire prevention andfire safety eduction to the public,including: program, content, sus-tainability, targeted groups, suc-cess stories, impact on the public,as well as the involvement of allsafety, government or civic or-ganization who are involved inthe program.

Nominations can include anyadditional letters of recommenda-tion or any other information thatmakes the educator stand out overothers in the field of fire preven-tion and safety education. Nomi-nations must also include theofficial submission form.

Nominating letters must bepostmarked by April 20th. Letterof support and any other submit-ted materials accompanying thenomination will become the prop-erty of the Orange County Fire-fighter's Museum.

For additional information orforms, please call 845-457-9666.

- ED DEVITT


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Town of Newburgh, NY. On February 14, 2013, Winona LakeEngine Company and Town of Newburgh Emergency MedicalServices were dispatched to a two car MVA on Route 300 at In-terstate 84. One person was packaged and transported to alocal hospital.

VINNIE DOMINICK

DAVID KAZMIERCZAK

Auto accident

Buffalo firefighters of the 7th Battalion 1st Platoon werecalled out to battle a fast moving blaze at 468 Highgate Ave.in the city's University Section on February 16th. Engine Co.23 had heavy fire blowing out the front of the second floorand made an aggressive interior attack. The fire made twoadults and four children homeless. The cause of the fire isunder investigation. No injuries were reported.

Six left homeless

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Shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Friday, February 22, 2013, Washingtonville Fire Department wastoned out for a shed fire on Kingfisher Court in their district. Car 3, Gary Hearn, arrived withfirst due Engine 583 and found smoke showing from a 20 x 20 detached structure. Engine 583and Engine 582 each stretched a line and crews began attacking the fire within the garage.Windows and the garage door were breached to access all portions of the building. SalisburyMills arrived on the scene to assist and the fire was deemed under control within ten minutesof arrival. Campbell Hall's Engine 903 stood by in Washingtonville's quarters. The fire is cur-rently under investigation.

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Wrong location for working house fireThe first call came out for a

house fire 5463 Upper MountainRoad. That location put the tones outfor South Lockport Volunteer FireCompany. A Niagara County SheriffRoad supervisor was leaving the de-partment and heading to the firewhen he thought he noticed a stormdown the road from the department.It was a working house fire at 5463Niagara Street Ext. The original dis-patch was wrong. This location putWrights Corners Fire Company onalert.

South Lockport was already re-sponding and the two locations wereonly minutes apart. On scene as oneof the first fire officers was SouthLockport Fire Chief Derek Caldwelland Assistant Chief Tim Glazer.

They reported a working fire inthe rear of the house that had alreadymoved up and through the roof.

South Lockports A-8 moved tothe rear of the building and WrightsCorners pumpers along with SouthLockport Pumpers hit hydrants andlaid five inch supply lines. Town ofLockport Street Supervisor DavidMiller owned the home and was onscene providing critical informationto the fire chief on what he foundand various locations inside thehouse.

The closet hydrants provided abit of a problem flowing water onthis very cold day. Wrights Cornersincident command was prepared forthis type of scenario and wasted notime hitting a hydrant a bit furtherdown the road to get water to thewaiting trucks.

The fire had engulfed the rearsecond floor and roof line before anytrucks even arrived. Firefighters setup a plan of attack keeping the firefrom spreading to the front of thehouse.

Cambria volunteers respondedwith a second aerial to hit the firefrom the front, in case it jumped thefire line. The initial dispatch to thewrong location did not hamper theresponse. It actually got trucksrolling to the general area rightaway, including South Lockportsaerial that was used to blast theflames back down once it gotenough water.

Niagara County Hazmat wascalled to the scene along with Area 4Origin and Cause to investigate thefire.

- STEPHEN WALLACE

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Cronomer Valley Fire Department awards dinnerTown of Newburgh, NY. The

Cronomer Valley Fire Departmentcelebrates it's 79th year and heldit's annual installation dinner atAnthony's Pier 9 in New Windsor.

The evening's festivitiesmoved onto dinner and presenta-tions. Led by Past Chief and Cur-rent President Frank Patterson Sr,many introductions of honoredguests from multiple agencies rep-resenting the town, county andstate were presented. Many awardswere given to some of CronomerValley's bravest.

The Driver of the Year waspresented to Firefighter and Train-ing Officer Robert Quackenbush.The 2012 President's Award wasreceived by Deputy Chief JorgeResto. Also awarded were Proba-tionary Member of the Year toFirefighter Grisselle Hernandez.Officer of the Year was once againgiven to Captain Juan Moreno.This year's Fire Police Award was

given to Donald Stillwaggon. Fi-nally, and much to his surprise,President Frank Patterson Sr re-ceived the 2012 Firefighter of theYear.

It is always a good time foreach member to get out and kicktheir heels up on nights like thisand they look forward to next yearwhen Cronomer Valley hosts the2014 Orange County VolunteerFirefighter's Association Conven-tion in the Town of Newburgh.

- PAUL HARRINGTON

013 Firematic Officers are Chief Andy DeGraw, Deputy Chief Jorge Resto, Asst Chief Rich Tuttle, Cap-tain Juan Moreno, 1st Lieutenant Paul Harrington, Training Officer Bob Quackenbush, Fire PoiliceCaptain Tim Lewis, and Fire Police Lt Steve Williamson.

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Firefighter passes unexpectedlyOld Forge, NY. It is with deep

regret and sorrow that the officersand members of the Old Forge FireDepartment announce the unex-pected last call of active FirefighterJames "Senior" Cole on February21, 2013. He was 70 years old.

Senior was a dedicated Ameri-can, first serving in the US Army onactive duty 1964-1966 and ArmyReserve until 1970. He was a retiredsheet metal "tin knocker" with Local38 in Brewster, NY.

His dad, James H. Cole, was aWest Chester County police officerand following in those footsteps ofcommunity service, Senior joinedthe Montrose Fire Department at theage of 18, eventually serving as chief

and commissioner. He was recentlyawarded his 50 year service pin.

Jim eventually moved to OldForge, NY and his passion for thefire service continued by joining theOld Forge Fire Department servingas truck captain, training officer and"great food" provider at meetings.He enjoyed seeing new recruits ad-vance and use the skills he taught,safety his primary booming instruc-tional voice.

Services were held in the OldForge firehouse on February 28th, afitting location and tribute given to

his legacy by the Old Forge andMontrose Fire Departments, Covey-Pashley Post 893 of the AmericanLegion, taps and the traditional ring-ing of last call 5-5-5-5 by Old Forgeand Montrose.

His wife, Nina, passed in 2007and he is survived by his son, James"Junior" Cole, also a member of OldForge and former member of Mon-trose, sister Linda Janson and herhusband and his brother firefightersin Old Forge and Montrose.

A memorial donation may bemade to the Old Forge Fire Depart-ment, PO Box 1170, Old Forge, NY13420.

- LAWRENCE VENTURA


CHRISTIE BLACK

The Broadalbin Kennyetto Fire Co, located in Broadalbin, NYreceived a $2500 donation from the American Legion Post#337 in Broadalbin, NY for the purchase of an Ice Sled to beused for our Ice Rescue Operations.

Broadalbin KennyettoFire Company donation

Fire Police Association reorganizationThe Orange County Volunteer

Association held its reorganizationmeeting at the Florida House onFebruary 13th. Ronald Zodda(Chester) was elected president tofill the unexpired term created byWesley Gilbert’s resignation.Wayne Miele (Mechanicstown)moved up to 1st vice president andCharlie Haynes (Campbell Hall)was elected 2nd vice president.

Also elected was GeorgeTreutle (Montgomery) as secretary.Remaining in their current posi-tions are Bob Bennett (Middle-town) as treasurer, VinceRutkowski (Florida) as financialsecretary and Kevin Babcock (Mid-dletown) as sergeant at arms. All

committee appointments remained. The remaining meetings for the

year are March at Highland FallsFD, April at Port Jervis Station 5and May is the annual meeting atWalden FD. The June meeting willbe the picnic meeting at Mechanic-stown Station 2.

We announced that applicationsfor Fire Police of the Year will beavailable at our March meeting.

- MAYBROOK FIRE DEPARTMENT


RUSH FIRE DEPARTMENT

On March 2nd, the Rush FD Past Officers Banquet was held atthe RIT conference center. Past Fire Chief, Past 5th BattalionCoordinator, present Fire Commissioner and active firefighterAlvin Sweet was recognized for his 60 years of active serviceto the Rush Fire Department. Al is the first person in our de-partment to ever complete 60 years of active service. Al hasheld too many positions and chaired too many committee tolist. Al stated that he could not have done what he has done allthese years without the continual support from his wife Nancy.

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Albany, NY. On February 25th, a two alarm auto repair shopfire started around 3 p.m. at 222 Spruce Street. First arrivingfirefighters found a heavy fire and black smoke blowing outof the building and immediately sounded a second alarm.Chief Robert Forezzi stated that there were tires, gasoline, oiland other petroleum products, as well as oxyen and acety-lene tanks fueling the fire. He further stated that the firestarted when employees had a "mishap" while removing agas tank from a vehicle. The repair shop suffered heavysmoke and fire damage.

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City of Newburgh, NY - On the afternoon of February 26th,City of Newburgh firefighters were toned out for a fire at 285Broadway. Crews arrived at the three story brick commercialbuilding at a little after 3:30 p.m. to find a fire in the base-ment. The first floor contained Jimmy's Restaurant with sev-eral apartments above that. A second alarm was soon calledto bring in additional manpower and apparatus. Mutual aidcompanies included West Point, Stewart Airport's Air Guardand the City of Beacon. Air Guard stood at the scene as theFAST team. The main body of fire was knocked down in ap-proximately 30 minutes, but crews continued to hit hot spots.Overhaul soon commenced and mutual aid companies werethen released. Fire investigators were called to the scene andthe cause and origin are under investigation.

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Families escape third alarmPlattekill fire

Plattekill, NY. On March 10,2013 at approximately 9:15 a.m.,tones starting sounding for a fire at254 Quaker Street in Plattekill.

Plattekill Chief Chris Mancusoquickly arrived and assessed thescene. A 50 x 200 apartment build-ing had heavy fire on the first andsecond floors, which required theneed for immediate mutual aid.Luckily, one of the tenants escapedwithout injury and was able to notifythe other residents in the building.No injuries were reported to the res-idents.

A second alarm was requested at9:22 a.m. bringing additional mutualaid and a fire inspector. Multiple

lines were working at the dwelling.A little over ten minutes later at

9:36 a.m., a third alarm was calledfor additional manpower and a draftsite. Cover assignments were alsoset up.

Over one hundred firefightersdiligently fought this fire, but wereunsuccessful in saving the building.It was placed under control in lessthan one hour, but overhaul contin-ued through the day.

On the scene was a large contin-gent of 56 firefighters from Plat-

tekill. In addition, mutual aid in-cluded Cronomer Valley, OrangeLake, Coldenham, Wallkill andModena Fire Departments. WinonaLake and Good-Will stood by atPlattekill's station.

Both apartments sustained sig-nificant damage, rendering the build-ing uninhabitable and condemned bythe fire inspector. The displacedfamilies are being assisted by theRed Cross.

A stove being used by a tenantfor heat was the accidental cause ofthe fire, according to Chief Man-cuso.


BOB ROOT

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Maybrook Cub Scout Pack 236visits firehouse

In the afternoon hours of Sun-day, March 3rd, Cub Scout Pack236 in Maybrook and their familiesvisited the Maybrook Fire Depart-ment to take a tour of the firehouse,it's equipment and to discuss firesafety.

They were tested on theirknowledge of fire prevention andtalked about why the volunteer firedepartment is so important to theircommunity by Fire Prevention Of-ficer/2nd Lieutenant Eddie Protskoand fire company members.

The scouts learned about theequipment firefighters use to pro-tect themselves from the heat andthe toxic gases. In addition, thepack was trained on home safety inthe department’s meeting room,which was smoked out by thesmoke machine to teach kids howits safer at the floor level and how aheated door means there could befire on the other side along with ed-ucating the cubs and parents on anexit strategy.

After the smoked out room ex-

ercise, the group was given an op-portunity to spray water from a firehose. Toward the end of the worksession, fire department membersdemonstrated how quickly materi-als in a house can go up in flamesby burning a couch and recliner.

Cub scouts and their familieswere fascinated by the equipmentfirefighters use in emergencies.

“It is a step on our trail forsome and a friendly visit for oth-ers,” said Linda Gibbons, a motherof one of the cub scouts.

“Knowing your community ispart of the wolf trail,” said Gib-bons.

Members of the fire departmenthad a great time teaching the localkids and giving them a tour of thefirehouse.

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The epilogue starts on page277 and goes to the end of thebook. The epilogue is filled withmemorable incidents that are indi-vidually described short titles.

The author is a lieutenant inone of Providence, Rhode Island’ssix fire department rescue units.These rescue units are what manyfire departments’s would call am-bulances and they are staffed withtwo firefighter/EMT’s, who pos-sess an upgraded classification thatpermits them to do certain ad-vanced life support.

The author wrote, “RescuingProvidence”, which I reviewed in2008 in this column. Back then,Providence had five rescue units.

The book is an interesting oneto read, especially if one hasthoughts of wanting to work on anambulance or even to become afirefighter, since most fire depart-ments I would say do medical callstoday. He works a lot of overtime,some of which takes him to otherstations.

Each chapter is another jour-ney into the quest to help othersstemming from the better neigh-borhoods to the bowels of the cityand at times to public areas such asmalls and city streets, which havetheir share of traffic accidents.Many patients are repeat customersif you know what I mean!

Home life is touched upon ashe communicates with his wife andwrites briefly about his two daugh-ters. He thinks of them at timeswhen he handles patients aroundtheir ages.

Most of the incidents are med-ical in nature, but there are othersinvolving fires and other fire de-partment operations.

He writes about being an engi-neer (pump operator), who drivesan engine so there is some cover-age of his earlier years at the Prov-idence Fire Department.

You can empathize with thecalls as he is an excellent write andan honest one as well! Be human,he is fallible and admits to makingmistakes at times, not that we aretalking about incompetence result-ing in loss of life, but in the way oftactics.

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Fire in abandoned Rochester warehouseRochester, NY. The Rochester

Fire Department responded to a re-port of a fire in a abandoned ware-house on Sherer Street on the nightof March 10th. The caller describeda fire of unknown size in a ware-house with a long history with theRochester Fire Department.

The rubbish fire that extendedto the roof of the vacant buildingwas initially ordered to be an exte-rior attack by acting Battalion 2Chief, Captain Jim Ryan. Further

investigation required the breach ofa wall to gain access to mitigate thefire.

Captain Ryan says there havebeen several fire in the structureover the years with two in 2012.

The building originally con-structed for the American LaundryMachine Company was later owned

by Eastman Kodak. It was used inWWII for production of machinery,but now it is unclear who owns itnow.

The City of Rochester had fenc-ing installed around the building toprevent vagrants and vandals frominhabiting the structure.

The Rochester Fire Departmentinvestigation division was on scene,but no cause was yet determined.

- JOHN SPAULDING

Rochester firefighters work at an abandoned warehouse that sustained damage after rubbish wasfound burning and extended to the roof.

JOHN SPAULDING


Blaze destroys home in PlattekillPlattekill, NY. On the after-

noon of February 26th, PlattekillFire Department was toned out fora structure fire at 97 Quaker Lane.

Crews arrived at approxi-mately 2:45 p.m. to find heavysmoke and flames coming from theone story wood frame home.

Several lines were pulled andthe firefighters quickly got to work

dousing the flames. A structuralcollapse eventually occurred. Un-fortunately, they were unable tosave the home, even with theirvaliant efforts.

Assisting Plattekill were Mod-

ena, Coldenham, Cronomer Valley,Wallkill and Orange Lake Fire De-partments as well as local fire co-ordinators. On standby wereMarlboro and Clintondale.

The cause of the fire is cur-rently under investigation.


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Hot dogs ablaze in Buffalo

Volney Fire Department was called out to a trailer fire on Feb-ruary 9, 2013. 1602 (New Haven Car 2) arrived on scene firstand reported to dispatch that it was a working fire and tookcommand until 2802 (Volney Car 2) arrived. Crews did a ex-terior attack on the fire due to a partial collapse of the roof.Crews were on scene for approsimately four hours.

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Conklin Tower 46 inspects the roof of the garage.N. GRISWOLD

Conklin second alarm fire damages garageJust after 1 p.m. on Tuesday,

February 12th, Broome Countydispatched the Conklin Fire De-partment to 772 Conklin Road fora possible building fire. Chiefs ar-rived to find smoke showing froma storage garage behind ConklinCycle Center. Command was es-tablished and a second alarm wasquickly called for.

First arriving units from Con-klin and the City of Binghamtonmade an aggressive attack andknocked the fire down within min-utes of arrival. Crews entering thebuilding faced several vehicles in-

side the garage that were on firewith extension into the roof areaof the structure. Crews then begana lengthy overhaul process tomake sure all hot spots were ex-tinguished.

Responding on the initialalarm were Conklin, Town ofBinghamton and Five Mile PointFire Departments. On the secondalarm were additional units fromfirst alarm mutual aid departments

along with Kirkwood Fire Depart-ment and a FAST team from WestWindsor Fire Department. A spe-cial call was made for Engine 1from the City of Binghamton.

Port Dickinson, WestColesville and Vestal Fire Depart-ments were placed on standby.Also on scene were BroomeCounty Fire Coordinators,Broome County Fire InvestigationTeam, Broome Ambulance andBroome County Sheriff.

- NICHOLAS GRISWOLD

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Buffalo firefighters of the 4th Battalion 4th Platoon were called out to battle a blaze at 908Lafayette Ave. just down from the Old Millard Fillmore Hospital on February 14th. Engine Co. 21under the command of Lt. Tom Krasinski, Firefighter Patrick Curtin, Firefighter Robin Nicholsand Firefighter Milford Cumberlander put up a ladder and removed two adults and a baby. Theywere trapped on the upper porch roof. Chief James Hayes of the 4th Battalion called for extraequipment. One civilian was transported to E.C.M.C. Hospital. The baby was looked after byRural Metro Ambulance. Damage was listed at $25,000. Firefighters used three-one and threequarter inch hand lines and 45 feet of ladders. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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Buffalo firefighters of the 4th Battalion 2nd Platoon werecalled out to battle a blaze at 1266 West Ave. on the city'sWest Side on February 27th. The fire Wednesday afternoonwas started in a pile of clothes. Damage was minimal andthe cause of the fire is under investigation. No injuries werereported.

Clothing fire spreads to structure

Firefighters on the scene of a structure fire in HalfmoonMIKE CAREY

Fire hits Halfmoon apartment buildingHalfmoon, NY. Fire on Saturday,

March 2nd hit an apartment buildingin Halfmoon. The blaze broke out at204 Grenadier Lane.

Upon arrival, crews were metwith smoke coming from the atticvents and eaves. Upon entering thebuilding, they found fire in the initialapartment. They initiated an attack toknock down the fire, then opened upthe walls. They also wound up open-ing the roof.

Two residents were home at thetime, but escaped safely and no in-juries were reported.

The building contains multipleapartments, but Halfmoon DeputyChief Mark Smith says firewallshelped keep the fire contained to theone apartment.

"Everything went well," saidSmith. "The crews did a great job,did what they're trained to do and gotthe fire out quickly."

The one apartment suffered firedamage and a second suffered smokeand water damage. Smith says it ap-pears the fire started off the kitchenarea in the initial apartment, but acause remains under investigation.

- MIKE CAREY

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A fast moving fire tore through several apartments on February 10th, causing no serious in-juries, but leaving more than a dozen homeless. 44 Control dispatched units to 99 Union Rd,the Royal Gardens Apartments, at 6:40 a.m. First in Spring Valley units reported smoke show-ing from a two and a half story garden apartment complex. Mutual aid was called as companiesstretched in. A fire that apparently started in a boiler room had extended up to the apartmentsabove. All residents had evacuated safely. The fire was knocked down before it could extendfurther. The fire was able to be placed under control in about one hour.

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City of Beacon firefighters at a basement fire in the City of Newburgh on January26th.

BOB ROOT

President John Lassiter celebrates with the trophy again this year. Winona Lakeand Good-Will have a friendly football game on Thanksgiving morning each year.The losing department donates turkeys to the needy. The winning department cel-ebrates with the trophy and another year on the placard.

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