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At 5:05 p.m. on November 13, 2012, the City of Demorest requested mutual aid from HabershamCounty for a two story structure fire at 199 West Central Ave. in the City of Demorest. E-14 com-mand advised for all county personnel to help in various operations on the scene.

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LAFD Engine 105 “B” shift was first due at a well involvedhouse fire at 625 Morningmist Lane at 2:47 a.m. on December30, 2012. All occupants had escaped the blaze, which alreadyhad hold of most of the dwelling when Engine 105 arrived.105’s crew made an aggressive interior attack with an inchand three quarter hand line while Truck 102's crew ventilatedand pulled ceilings. Battalion 100, Acting Chief Chad Ketron,placed the fire under control approximately 40 minutes afterarrival of the first unit. The LAFD Fire Marshal's office is in-vestigating the fire.

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Ocala, FL. Assistant Fire Chief Brian Stoothoff was recog-nized during a city council meeting on November 20th, forhis 30 years of service with Ocala Fire Rescue. He has seenmany changes over the years and was hired three decadesago when there were few paramedics in the State of Florida.Chief Stoothoff is a firefighter paramedic, who previouslyserved as a fire equipment operator, captain, battalion chief,public education specialist and public information officer forthe department. Chief Stoothoff states he looks forward tocontinue serving the citizens of Ocala and the City of Ocala.

Ocala assistant fire chiefachieves 30 years

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Lucky to be alive in Hamilton CountyOn December 17, 2012 at

10:30 a.m., the Hamilton CountySheriff's Office 911 center re-ceived a call of a low flying singleengine plane in the area of USHwy 129 and SW 109th Drive.

Units from the HamiltonCounty Sheriff's office, HamiltonCounty EMS and the Jasper FireRescue Department were all noti-fied and within seconds of initialnotification, all units were advisedof a plane down.

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found in a freshly plowed fieldbalancing on its nose and onewing.

The female pilot had climbedfrom the cockpit unharmed.

The plane was identified as asingle engine Alarus and the pilotwas a student pilot flying fromJacksonville to Live Oak, whenthe ceiling fell and she decided to

make a emergency landing. The plane was later pulled

down onto landing gear from itsoriginal position and remained inthe field until FAA could completetheir investigation.

Units responding to the inci-dent were HCSO 56-1, 56-5, 56-17, EM-1, EM-2 and EM-3, fromEMS was Med 91 and from JasperFire Rescue were Engine 31,Squad 31 and Command 31.

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At 5:05 p.m. on November 13, 2012, the City of Demorestrequested mutual aid from Habersham County for a twostory structure fire at 199 West Central Ave. in the City ofDemorest. E-14 command advised for all county personnelto help in various operations on the scene. Habersham pro-vided one engine, two squads, two administrative vehiclesand ten personnel and were back in service at 8:39 p.m.

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emergency responders lost in the line of duty

North Carolina: John McClelland Hall, 48 Rank: Deputy Fire Marshal Incident Date:11/3/2012 Death Date: 11/7/2012Fire Department: Bladen County Emergency Services Fire Dept. Info: Emergency Services Director Bradley KinlawInitial Summary: Deputy Fire Marshal Hall responded to and actively partici-pated in fighting a fire in the Carvers Creek Community. He was also the pri-mary investigator of the fire. During the incident, Hall fell ill and was put onbed rest. Several days later, he was taken to the hospital where he passed awayfrom a heart related cause.

North Carolina: Walter M. Summerville III, 55 Rank: Fire Chief Incident Date:11/6/2012 Death Date: 11/7/2012Fire Department: Kernersville Fire Rescue Department Fire Dept. Info: Interim Fire Chief Terry CrouseInitial Summary: Fire Chief Summerville responded with his fire departmentto a triple shooting incident. Near the end of the incident, Summerville com-plained to fellow firefighters that he didn’t feel well and went to sit in one ofthe department vehicles while the incident finished up. The following daywhile at work, Chief Summerville complained again to coworkers that he stilldid not feel well and departed work early for home. A short time later, Sum-merville was discovered by a family member passed away from an apparentheart attack.

Michigan: John T. Sayles, 38 Rank: Captain Incident Date: 11/13/2012 Death Date: 11/14/2012Fire Department: Pentwater Fire Department Fire Dept. Info: Terry ClucheyInitial Summary: Fire Captain Sayles responded with his fire department to aworking residential structure fire. Fewer than twenty-four hours later, Sayleswas at home when he experienced chest pain and difficulty breathing. Emer-gency assistance was summoned and he was transported to the hospital. Afterbeing evaluated and while being transported to a second hospital for surgery torepair an aortic aneurysm, it ruptured, resulting in Captain Sayles death.

Pennsylvania: Chris Good, 36 Rank: Captain Incident Date: 11/21/2012 Death Date: 11/22/2012Fire Department: Good Will Fire Company Fire Dept. Info: Dale McClureInitial Summary: Captain Good died of possible cardiac arrest within 24hours of working an active house fire in West Goshen Township.

Rhode Island: David M. Mowbray, 52 Rank: Captain Incident Date: 02/05/2012 Death Date: 11/24/2012Fire Department: North Kingstown Fire Department Fire Dept. Info: Fenwick GardinerInitial Summary: Captain Mowbray passed away at home after being taken tothe hospital and treated for a broken back injury suffered while he was at thescene of an emergency medical call earlier in the year.

Pennsylvania: Michael Martin, 51 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: 11/27/2012 Death Date: 11/27/2012 Fire Department: PPL Susquehanna LLC Fire Dept. Info: PendingInitial 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.

Illinois: Timothy P. Jansen, Jr., 45 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: 12/02/2012 Death Date: 12/02/2012Fire Department: Santa Fe Fire Protection District Fire Dept. Info: Adam MaueInitial Summary: Firefighter Jansen was struck and killed by a fire truck atthe scene of a house fire. Jansen was on the first fire apparatus to arrive atscene and was standing outside the vehicle when he was hit. Firefighter Jansenwas taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Breese, where he passed away from hisinjuries.

Texas: Jalen Smith, 20 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: 11/30/2012 Death Date: 12/03/2012Fire Department: Jackson Heights Volunteer Fire Department Fire Dept. Info: M. Terence ThompsonInitial Summary: Enroute to the firehouse in response to a tractor accident inthe area, Firefighter Smith was riding in a personally owned vehicle that ac-cording to preliminary reports was forced to take evasive action and crashed.Three members of Jackson Heights Fire Department were involved in the sin-gle vehicle rollover and all were taken to the hospital. Smith passed away frominjuries sustained during the rollover; he was reported to have been ejectedfrom the vehicle. The other two firefighters were treated and released the nightof the accident.

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a.m., Habersham County received apage of a structure fire at 992Tommy Irvin Road.

Upon arrival ofEngine 14 and in fiveminutes, nothing wasshowing from exte-rior. Upon enteringfront door, there waslight brown smoke towithin three feet ofthe floor.

Command ra-dioed E-9 to havepersonal packs outand needed the TIC. The TIC re-vealed heavy heat in the A/D cornerof the house.

Attack lines were in place andcrews made entrance through thefront door. By this time, smoke hadturned black with fire visible at theother end of the hall.

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Approximately 750 gallons ofwater were used. All units were inservice at 11:55 a.m.

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Dawsonville, GA. DawsonCounty Emergency Services(DCES) marked a milestone on De-cember 10th, as 15 individualsproudly graduated from the firstparamedic training program pro-vided by Dawson County.

The program includes an in-tense twelve month curriculum de-signed with instruction andscenarios to prepare students for thechallenge of the National RegistryExam.

As the host department, DCESprovided classroom space, instruc-tors, class supplies and coordinatedthe required documentation.

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stated, "Each of these individualssacrificed so much this past year toprepare themselves to be para-medics, one of the greatest callingsof mankind. As paramedics, theseindividuals will be able to provideadvanced medical care such as car-diac care, medication administra-tion and airway maneuvers whichmay mean the difference betweenlife and death in the pre-hospitalsetting.”

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Bloomingdale, GA - Bloomingdale Fire Department, locatedin Chatham County, held a boot drive at the Pooler Sam'sClub to raise money for the MDA.

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Firefighters save two dogs fromhouse fire

At 4:46 p.m. on December 19,communication officers with Bar-row County Emergency Servicesreceived several 911 calls report-ing smoke and fire showing from ahome in the 900 block of JustinDrive.

Engine 1, Engine 6, Med 6 andBattalion 1 were dispatched.

“Upon arrival of firefighters,smoke was showing throughoutthe home with flames visible inthe kitchen area of the home,”commented Lieutenant ScottDakin.

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cess to the home to conduct asearch and extinguish the fire.”

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Two adults were displacedfrom the home as a result of thesmoke damage to the house. TheAmerican Red Cross responded tothe scene to assist them.

The cause of the fire is underinvestigation by the fire investiga-tion team and the Barrow CountySheriff’s office.

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Henry County Fire Department conductsannual pump testing

Henry County Fire Depart-ment recently conducted annualpump testing on all fire apparatus.

In previous years this testingprocess typically took five days tocomplete. The en-tire fleet, of twentypumpers, wastested and certified.

The annualpump test is a doc-umented procedureto ensure fire appa-ratus can perform atits rated capacityfrom draft.

The chassis dri-vetrain, pump, pump transmissionand associated plumbing are runthrough a progressive series oftests that are designed to provethe system is in sound workingorder.

In order to obtain the maxi-mum number of Insurance Serv-ice Office (ISO) points for pumptesting (100 points out of a maxi-mum of 654), departments musthave documented tests for at leastthe last three years.

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Smoke alarms save sevenlives in Henry County fire

Henry County, GA. Onceagain, that sometimes annoyinglittle round box is credited withsaving lives.

At just before 6 a.m. on De-cember 13, a Locust Grove familyof seven, awoke to the sound ofsmoke alarms and a smoke filledhome. The homeowner statedwhen she heard the alarms sound-ing, she got out of bed and beganlooking around. When she openedthe laundry room door she said,"The room was full of smoke andflames!"

According to the homeowner,they had just recently replaced thebatteries in the smoke alarms be-cause they were chirping. First ar-riving units advised heavy smoke

and flames through the roof. Fortunately, fire units were

able to confirm all occupants wereout of the fiery structure, quicklyenabling them to get to work ex-tinguishing the fire and salvaging.

Firefighters made a quick of-fensive attack stopping the fire inits tracks. No injuries were re-ported. Origin and cause are underinvestigation by Henry CountyFire Investigators. American RedCross was contacted to assist thedisplaced family.

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Afternoon fire in Henry Countyclaims Stockbridge home andsends one to hospital

At just before one-thirtyWednesday afternoon, December12, Henry County Fire units re-sponded to a house fire at 100 Clif-ford Court in Stockbridge. Firstarriving units reported a heavilyengulfed attic on a one-story resi-dential structure with approxi-mately thirty percent involvement.Firefighters made a quick offensiveattack, bringing the fire under con-trol quickly salvaging what theycould. One adult residing in thehome was transported to the hospi-tal for evaluation. Although therewere smoke alarms present in thehome, they were reportedly notworking and did not sound alertingthe resident to exit the home. It isvery fortunate the resident was ableto escape the fiery structure.

Origin and cause is unknown atthis time and is currently under in-

vestigation by Henry County FireInvestigators.

American Red Cross was noti-fied to provide assistance to thedisplaced family.

“Although, the origin andcause of the fire is unknown at thistime, there are always fire safetylessons that we can take from thetragedy this family faced today.Smoke alarms do reduce the risk ofdying in a home fire in half andhaving a plan of escape may bewhat saves the lives of you andyour family in the event your housebecomes engulfed in fire,” statedCaptain Sabrina Puckett.

- SABRINA PUCKETT

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Weekend fatal fire in Henry CountyOn Sunday, January 6, 2013 at

just before 6 a.m., the HenryCounty Fire Department re-sponded to a structure fire at 192Highway 138 East in Stockbridge.

On arrival, units reportedheavy smoke showing on the sin-gle story wood frame structure.Two of the four residents wereable to escape without injury andwere evacuated on arrival.

However, units were advisedthere were still two occupantstrapped inside the structure.

Fire crews immediately begansearching for the two family mem-bers unaccounted for. Both vic-tims were quickly located andtransported to Piedmont HenryHospital without delay.

A fifteen year old male was

later flown to Augusta’s Joseph M.Still Burn Center, where he un-derwent treatment of severesmoke inhalation, in the hyper-baric chamber.

Unfortunately, the other vic-tim, a twenty-five year old female,was pronounced deceased at Pied-mont Henry Hospital. Red Crosswas contacted and did respond tothe scene to assist the family.

Subject that perished in thefire was that of a 25 year old fe-male, Karen Prichard.

The subject in critical condi-tion at Joseph M. Still Burn Centeris that of a 15 year old male,

Michael Haney. The home did have one smoke

alarm located in the kitchen, butdid not have a battery in it at thetime of the fire.

The origin has been deter-mined to be in a room in the base-ment. The cause is still underinvestigation by Henry County In-vestigators

No other injuries were re-ported.

"On behalf of Henry CountyFire Department, our thoughts andprayers go out to the family andfriends of the victims during thisdifficult time, stated Captain Sab-rina Puckett.

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Annual donation made to HenryCounty Fire Department

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers,Inc. made sure that many of thebrave men and women that serveHenry County and Locust Grovewere remembered, as they do everyyear. On November 30, 2012, inLocust Grove, Tanger Mall pre-sented a $500 donation to theHenry County Fire Department.

Those on hand for the annualcheck presentation included HenryCounty Fire Department Chief BillLacy, Chief Brad Johnson, CaptainSabrina Puckett, Fire Station Num-ber Two Personnel Lt. DavidBlount and FF/EMT BarryWelchel, FF/Paramedic WendyJonson and FF/EMT Daniel Parkerin addition to Holly Duffey, Gen-

eral Manager and Rachael Starr,Administrative Assistant of TangerOutlets.

“It is an honor to recognize themembers of our local police andfire,” stated Holly Duffey, GeneralManager of the Tanger Outlet Cen-ter in Locust Grove.

“They are the backbone of ourcommunity and do so much toserve and protect us all year long.”

Being actively involved andsupporting the communities whereit does business is very importantto Tanger.

In 2012, Tanger supported theGeorgia Breast Cancer CoalitionFund to help save lives in Henryand other surrounding counties.Nationally, Tanger continued itssupport, to fight breast cancer aspart of its Tanger Style of Pinkcampaign.

“We appreciate the support thatwe receive from local businesseslike the Tanger Outlet Center,”stated Chief Bill Lacy. “The moneydonated by Tanger will be put togood use.”

- SABRINA PUCKETT

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Cullough, FF/Paramedic Shannon Cain, and FF/Paramedic Luke Mills

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Structural fire controlinstructor certification

Henry County FirefightersFF/Paramedic Chad Schaefer,FF/EMT Jason McCullough,FF/Paramedic Shannon Cain andFF/Paramedic Luke Mills were atthe Georgia Public Safety Train-ing Center (GPSTC) in Forsythcompleting the requirements tobecome Structural Fire ControlInstructors.

Once they received certifica-tion, they were eligible to conductlive fire training for other fire-


fighters; the best training experi-ence firefighters can get.

The course familiarizes in-structor candidates with compli-ance requirements of NFPA 1403for live fire training. The candi-dates review standards, learn toprepare for live fire exercises anddemonstrate procedures and tech-niques for conducting live firetraining exercises.

The different aspects of train-ing in acquired structures, alongwith class 'A' fueled and propanegas fueled burn buildings are alsodiscussed. Instructor candidatesparticipated in live fire, scenariobased training, during which theyplayed the roles of both a studentand an instructor.

This class is typically a diffi-cult class to get in. Students musthave National Professional Quali-fications Instructor I certificationor successfully completed theGPSTC Fire Academy Instructor Icourse and completed a GPSTCFire Academy Structural Fire Con-trol course.

A minimum of four years offirefighting experience with a cer-tified department is required. Suc-cessful completion of NationalIncident Management Systems(NIMS) 100, 200, and 700 are alsorequired.

- SABRINA PUCKETT



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Teaming up for collaborativetraining drill

On November 29, 2012 at theHenry County Water AuthorityTowaliga Water Treatment Facilityin Locust Grove, Henry CountyWater Authority and Henry CountyFire Department came together in atraining exercise. The purpose ofthe exercise was to share emer-gency response plans and practicethe mitigation of a chlorine leak, apotentially hazardous situation.

The main goal for the drill wasto test strategic planning that theHenry County Fire Department andHenry County Water Authority rep-resentatives have been working on,to safely and effectively mitigate anemergency at a water treatment fa-cility.

Emphasis was placed on earlyrecognition and early activation ofemergency response personnel. Ahaz-mat operation is conductedstrategically and systematic to pre-vent injury to the public as well asemergency personnel.

Newer and better techniques tomitigate situations are always onthe horizon and in effort to main-tain sharp skills and to learn moreeffective ways to do things, thetechnicians train regularly to staysharp, however training with pri-vate company’s response personnelbuilds a relationship that can defi-nitely have an effect on how a realemergency situation is mitigated.

“In the field of emergency re-sponse you can never train for allthe situations you may encounter;However the Henry County FireDepartment firmly believes trainingis a proactive approach and desiresto be ready for the call no matterthe nature,” said Captain SabrinaPuckett.

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Barrow County receivesfire prevention grant

Barrow County EmergencyServices recently received a $1,700grant from FM Global to be utilizedin their fire prevention educationand public information efforts.“This grant will be utilized to pur-chase a laptop, camera and acces-sories for our efforts in this area,”commented Public Information Of-ficer Lieutenant Scott Dakin. “Weare honored to have received thisgrant award from FM Global.”

FM Global provides compre-hensive global commercial and in-dustrial property insurance,engineering-driven underwritingand risk management solutions, andgroundbreaking property loss pre-vention research. They created theirFire Prevention Grant Program.The program is designed to helpfund fire prevention, preparedness,and control efforts of agencies. Thisincludes areas such as pre-fire plan-ning for commercial, industrial, and

institutional facilities. It also in-cludes arson prevention and inves-tigation programs as well as fireprevention education and trainingprograms.

This award will allow the de-partment to develop fire and lifesafety presentations that are spe-cific to Barrow County and the cit-izens they are presenting to. It willalso allow us to continue to keepthe citizens better informed aboutthe department, as well as emer-gency preparedness steps citizenscan take.

“We want to thank BattalionChief Rob Nowakowski who wrotethe application for the grant,” statedLieutenant Scott Dakin.

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Deputy chief receives international recognitionAlcoa, TN, November 6, 2012

The Blount County Rescue Squadis pleased to announce that the In-ternational Association of Emer-gency Managers has recertifiedDeputy Chief EdWolff as an interna-tionally accreditedCertified Emer-gency Manager(CEM©).

Accreditation asa CEM is consid-ered to be the goldstandard worldwidefor emergency man-agers and as such, it has extensivecertification and recertification re-quirements.

In addition to working as anemergency manager, the CEMcandidate must prove actual disas-ter experience, have a college de-gree, complete at least 100 hoursof emergency management train-ing, complete at least 100 hours ofmanagement training and havemade professional contributions tothe field of emergency manage-ment in 12 identified areas.

After meeting all of these re-quirements, the candidate is thenallowed to sit for the proctored andclosed book written examinationon emergency management. Uponsuccessful completion of theexam, the score along with the ap-plication package (which typicallyfills a three inch binder) is re-viewed by an international com-mission of emergency managers,who either approve or disapprovethe candidate for certification orrecertification. According to theIAEM CEM© Program Manager,with his recertification DeputyChief Wolff continues to be theonly CEM© in East Tennessee andis one of only 12 across the Stateof Tennessee and one of 1,251CEMs© world-wide.

Deputy Chief Wolff brings amulti-discipline background to theBlount County Rescue Squad andto the emergency managementprofession. His background in-cludes over 32 years in publicsafety, 26 of which was with a6,500 person law enforcementagency, where he retired in 2007as one of the supervisors in the Of-fice of Homeland Security, 32years as an EMT and tacticalmedic and 19 years as a certifiedfirefighter and manager with theFEMA Urban Search & Rescue

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Rescue squad chief winsstate achievement award

Knoxville, TN. Blount CountyRescue Squad Chief Keith Sartinwas awarded the 2012 CostoMcGhee Award at the TennesseeAssociation of Rescue Squad’s57th Annual Convention held lastweek in Knoxville.

This prestigious award is givento a rescue squad member, who hasbeen both an outstanding squads-man and has been an asset to thecitizens of their community throughcivic work outside their rescuesquad.

“Chief Sartin devotes count-less hours of his time to the im-provement of our squad, while atthe same time building relation-ships with other emergency serviceand civic organizations within thecommunity,” said assistant chiefBrian Osgood.

“I cannot think of a more de-serving person to receive thisaward. He holds our squad mem-bers to a high standard of excel-lence, and I am proud and honoredto work alongside him.”

Sartin, a 13 year paramedic,boasts many other accomplish-ments in the local community. Heis currently a medical supervisorfor the American Red Cross FirstAid Station Team (F.A.S.T.), andhas taught over ten 60 hour first re-sponder classes in the communityfree of charge.

He is a member of the Blount

County Local Emergency PlanningCommission (LEPC) and has as-sisted in the planning of numerouslocal area disaster drills. Sartintaught CPR to students in localschools, provides volunteer med-ical support for local little leaguefootball teams and is involved innumerous projects with the UnitedWay of Blount County.

Sartin was a member of theLoudon County Rescue Squad for18 years, before joining the BlountCounty Rescue Squad in 2010 andbecoming chief in April 2011.

Laura Osgood adds, “I amproud to work under the directionof such a strong and compassionateleader. He has had a tremendousimpact on our squad in a shortamount of time. The sky is the limitfrom here.”

The mission of the BlountCounty Rescue Squad is to providepublic education, prevention andexcellence in pre-hospital emer-gency care and specialtyrescue/support services to the citi-zens and visitors of Blount Countyand surrounding counties, whencalled upon by local and state emer-gency response partners.

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ence is unique in that it includes de-ployments on five continentsincluding 33 federally declaredlarge scale disasters.

Within the United States, he hasdeployed as a manager on a FEMAFederal Type 1 Urban Search andRescue Task Force and internation-ally for the U.S. Department ofState. His responses have includedflooding, tsunamis, earthquakes,hurricanes, mud slides and tornadooutbreaks.

Some of the most notable re-sponses include Hurricane Andrewin 1992, earthquakes in Papua NewGuinea in 1998, the World TradeCenter attack in 2001, the SpaceShuttle Columbia disaster in 2003,Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and theAlabama tornado super outbreak in2010.

In 2007, Deputy Chief Wolffjoined the Blount County RescueSquad and three years later, he was

appointed by the Board of Directorsas the deputy chief working along-side the newly appointed SquadChief Keith Sartin.

In 18 months, the squad re-or-ganized and has grown with over31 new members, has deployed anew special operations response ca-pability serving all agencies withinBlount County, has formed the onlynationally certified search and res-cue team that includes eight nation-ally certified search and rescuedogs in East Tennessee and adds aspecialized emergency medical re-sponse capability that includes oneMedical Doctor, two RNs, twoEMT-Paramedics, seven EMT-IVsand 10 Emergency Medical Re-sponders.

Deputy Chief Wolff and theBlount County Rescue Squad be-lieve in and live by the motto of“One Team, One Mission…….Thatothers may live!”

- LAURA OSGOOD


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Engine, Rescue 104 and Battalion100, Acting Chief Chad Ketron, weredispatched at 10:57 p.m. on January4, 2012 to Lee Boulevard at Joan Av-enue North for a traffic crash.

Upon arrival, Engine 104 ad-vised Lee Control they had a multicar crash with a baby ejected andlying in the street.

Battalion 100 arrived momentslater and requested a helicopter, butthey refused to fly due to weatherconditions.

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stopped in the median with the rearof her car sticking out several feetinto traffic, when she was hit frombehind by a pickup that was unableto avoid her car.

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It fit between a triple combi-nation and a quintuple combina-tion apparatus. A triple did nothave a full complement of groundladders and a quint was a quadwith the addition of an aerial de-vice. Many apparatus calledquints today do not meet the strictdefinition.

City service trucks customar-ily only carried ground ladders,but there were some that had achemical tank (soda acid andwater solution) and one on page89 has a 500 gpm front mountedpump.

The book has a chapter on theprinciple builders of these trucksfollowed by seven chapters stem-ming from the early years and intothe 1970’s and beyond. There isan interesting color section frompage 113 through 126. The early

quads were distinguishable bytheir long bodies due to many lad-ders being one piece.

When more ladder lengths be-came available with one or moreextension sections, is when themore modern quads assumed thelengths of pumpers and it was noteasy to distinguish a quad from apumper unless one went to therear to discover the ladder com-plement.

However, if a fire departmentstill wanted to have a single, longsection ladder as part of the in-ventory, then a modern day quadmay well be made in the extendedbody fashion. It is interesting tonote how long some cities contin-ued to use city service laddertrucks. You can find out by read-ing the book.

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Coral Springs. FL. Coral Springs Fire Department crews werecalled to the scene around 11:00 a.m. on January 7th when itwas reported that a gas line had been cut. They found a fourinch natural gas main line had been cut by a Broward Countywork crew during drainage improvements. Once the leak waslocated, hazmat teams from Sunrise Fire Rescue and BrowardSheriff Fire Rescue were called to the scene to oversee theoperation. It took a team from TECO Gas Company aboutthirty minutes to secure the leak. The total incident time wasabout two hours. A neighborhood just north of the leak had tobe evacuated, but only two homeowners were home andneeded to be assisted out of the development. No injuries tofirefighters or civilians were reported.

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Madeira Beach wears blueMadeira Beach, FL. Firefight-

ers wore pink shirts during themonth of October for breast cancerawareness. They wore blue shirtsand grew mustaches during themonth of November (also known asMovember) to raise money andawareness for men’s health issues.

In its 9th year, this is part of aninternational movement that beganin Australia, where a mustache isknown as a “mo”. It focuses on theever increasing issue of prostateand testicular cancer, which is no-tably higher in firefighters.

According to the Prostate Can-cer Foundation, one in six men will

be diagnosed with prostate cancer.This is the second leading cause ofcancer death in men. While the dis-ease is serious, the fundraising waslighthearted and concluded with the1st Annual Stach Dash 3KRun/Walk on beautiful MadeiraBeach and the crowning of Ms.Movember. All proceeds were do-nated to the Prostate Cancer Foun-dation.

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Commercial structure fire in Belle GladeAt 5:43 p.m. on November 18,

2012, Palm Beach County Fire Res-cue received a call for a structurefire on the 27500 block County Rd880 in Belle Glade.

Battalion 7 crews reported acolumn of black smoke from severalmiles away and found a metal shopthat was fully engulfed in flames.

The shop was approximately100 feet by 50 feet and with severalexposures nearby that also needed

protection. Crews made an aggres-sive offensive attack on the mainbody of the fire while also protect-ing several barrels of pesticide anddrums of fuel.

Due to the remote location ofthis incident, there were no hydrantsto provide water and crews began

drafting operations for a water sup-ply. Fire crews had to utilize K-12saws to cut access into the structureto begin firefighting operationsusing 2 1/2 ” and 1 3/4” attack lines.

Overhaul operations were ex-tensive and included placing someleaking containers into drums. Thecause of the fire is under investiga-tion.

- ALBERT BORROTO

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As the New Year was just a fewhours old, on January 1st units re-sponded to a structure fire at 2709 S.Federal Hwy.

Units that responded to thisevent, at approximately 3:30 a.m.

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Units arrived to find a largeamount of fire and heavy smoke. Thefire was extinguished with no injuriesto civilians or any firefighters.

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Share the gym, not the germs!

Cold and flu season is upon usand now more than ever, we haveto work hard to minimize the wide-spread of germs. Many of us sharethe gym, but that doesn’t mean wehave to share the germs. Here arejust some of the things to keep inmind so your workouts remain thepath to health and wellness as op-posed to illness.

First of all, wash your handsbefore you enter the gym. You notonly want to avoid picking upgerms, you also don’t want to bethe one bringing them in.

Come equipped with your ownbottle of water. Drinking fountainsare a breeding ground for germsand even the water cooler can be anissue. Many exercisers refill theirwater bottles or cups from thewater fountain or cooler and if theyare touching the spout with the cupor bottle that has already touchedtheir lips, well, here come thegerms.

Control the environment in thegym if you can. The temperaturein the gym should not be too warmor moist and should be well-venti-lated. If possible and/or necessaryopen a window, turn down the ther-mostat and make the room less“germ-friendly”. If you have nocontrol over the temperature, con-sult with management to see if theycan make the proper adjustments.

Cover cuts and sores. If youhave a cut, no matter how minor,cover it up before entering the gym.Those tiny wounds may seem likenothing, but they are the perfect lit-tle path for germs to enter yourbody. Shut the door to germs, aband aid is a simple fix here.

Use a bacterial wipe or spray towipe down any pieces of equip-ment you plan to use. We are all in-structed to wipe down equipmentafter we use it. I, however, alwaysrecommend that exercisers wipethe equipment down before andafter their workout. Let’s face it, bynot wiping it down before, you areassuming that the last exerciserwiped it down after. As you knowpeople vary in their level of com-pliance. Do you really want to rely

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on someone else when it comes tosomething as important as yourhealth? Wipe it down first.

Bring two towels, one towel toplace down on benches and mats be-fore lying on them and a second onefor wiping your face. I tell myclients to be sure to bring a towelthat is imprinted on one side so thatthey always know which side goeson the equipment and which side tolie on. Bring that second towel if youneed to wipe your face during theworkout. It’s also a good idea towipe your face with one side of thetowel and hold it or put it down onthe other. Sounds a bit fanatical, butstaying well is surely worth the extraeffort. An easy trick to keep theclean side clean is to fold the towelin half with the clean side in. Youcan then roll it up. The clean side re-mains clean and you can grab therolled towel or lie it down withoutcontaminating the clean part thatwill touch your face. I use this trickwith my exercise mat too.

Be sure not to touch your faceduring the workout. Your hands willbe touching all kinds of things whilein the gym. You may want to wearworkout gloves to protect yourhands. If so, be sure to clean yourgloves regularly and to store themaway from clean clothes and towelsto avoid contamination. The gloveswill protect your hands, but again,do not touch your face, until youhave removed the gloves and/orwashed your hands.

Wash your hands and face withantibacterial soap or use an antibac-terial gel on your hands immediatelyafter your workout. If possible,shower with antibacterial soap afteryour workout.

Keep your clean clothes sepa-rate from your dirty clothes andtowel. After your shower, be sure toput on clean clothes as your work-out gear will be loaded with germs.Keep clean and dirty clothes in dif-ferent bags or at least in separatecompartments. Wash dirty clothes assoon as possible and the actual dirtyclothes bag often.

This year has already becomeone of the worst flu seasons in UShistory. Let’s all be part of the solu-tion and not part of the problem. Doall you can to avoid the spread ofbacteria, germs and viruses. We allgo to the gym to strengthen our bod-ies and our immune systems. We cancertainly share the gym withoutsharing the germs.

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Lehigh Acres motorcyclist downLehigh Acres Fire Department

Truck, Rescue 102 and Battalion100, Chief Dillalo, were dis-patched to Alabama Road andNavajo Avenue for a car versusmotorcycle just after 9:00 p.m. onJanuary 9, 2013.

Upon arrival, Chief Dilallo ad-vised he had a motorcyclist downwith serious trauma who had beenrun over by a vehicle.

The chief requested a helicop-

ter, but was advised of a 25 minuteETA for Aeromed and decided onground transport of the traumaalert by Rescue 102.

Witnesses stated that the mo-torcycle clipped the rear end of acar that had turned in front of himand as he entered oncoming traf-

fic he sideswiped a second carwhich threw him from his bike.

Almost immediately, a thirdvehicle ran over the cyclist, pin-ning him under the car.

Several bystanders, who wit-nessed the crash, lifted the car offthe biker and dragged him outfrom under it.

- CHARLIE ROBBINS

LAFD paramedics treat the patient after bystanders lifted the car off him.

CHARLIE ROBBINS

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ALBERT BORROTO

At 7:28 p.m. on January 2, 2013, Palm Beach County Fire Res-cue units responded to reports of a possible structure fire onthe 3700 block of Ramblewood Ct. First arriving crews statedthey had heavy smoke from the front and side of the singlefamily home and fire starting to come from the roof. All occu-pants were out of the home on arrival of the fire crews. An ag-gressive fire attack quickly brought the fire under control. Atotal of five adults were displaced by this fire and the RedCross was called to assist them. The cause of this fire isunder investigation.

Family of five displaced byearly evening fire

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A number of Volusia County Fire Services firefighters completed a16-hour Live Fire Instructor class at the Fire Science Institute inDecember.



FLORIDA

PHFR Firefighter Dustin Seabolt.

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Palm Harbor Fire Rescue announcesFirefighter of Year 2012

Firefighter/Paramedic DustinSeabolt was chosen by his peers toreceive the Palm Harbor Fire Res-cue Firefighter of the Year award.Those who nominated Dustin didso because of two life saving inci-dents during 2012.

Dustin began his career withPalm Harbor Fire Rescue as a fire-fighter/EMT in 2002. He obtainedhis paramedic certification in2007.

The first incident occurred onJune 24, 2012 during the time thatour area was experiencing extremeweather and flooding as a result ofTropical Storm Debby.

Firefighter/Paramedic Seaboltwas assigned to Brush Truck 68 asa storm unit and dispatched to acall for children in distress in rap-idly moving water.

Upon arrival at the scene,Dustin found and quickly assesseda situation in which a 15 year oldmale was in distress, caught in rap-idly moving water.

The patient advised Dustinthat he could no longer hold onand was going to let go of a treebranch he was clinging to.

A short distance down fromthe child was a drainage pipe thatfunneled the rapidly moving waterunder Alt 19. The water was mov-ing so quickly it was apparent thatif the child let go he would bepulled under and into the drainageditch.

Without delay, FFPM Seaboltdonned the safety line that he hadsecured to a tree and jumped intothe water.

Once he reached the child heheld him until help arrived to as-sist in his getting the child tosafety.

Upon removal both the childand Firefighter Seabolt were ex-hausted. It is clear that withoutFirefighter's Seabolt's assistance,the boy would not have been ableto hold himself there much longer.Dustin, without hesitation and atgreat personal risk, went into thewater. For this incident, Dustinwas also awarded the Medal ofGallantry.

The second incident occurredon August 7, 2012. FirefighterSeabolt was assigned to Engine 65when dispatched to a townhousefire.

Upon arrival Dustin was as-signed to the fire attack team.After stretching a hose line into thefire building, Dustin began to per-form a search of the first floorkitchen area.

He quickly found an uncon-scious woman, called for assis-tance, and removed her from thefire to awaiting firefighters whoprovided emergency care.

These two incidents havedemonstrated Dustin's dedicationto the department and the commu-nity, we are proud to have him rep-resent Palm Harbor Fire Rescue asthe Firefighter of the Year.

- ELIZABETH MONFORTI

PBCFR

Palm Beach County Fire Rescuebegins preparations for the 2013 brush fire season

As the 2013 brush fire seasoncomes closer, Palm Beach CountyFire Rescue and the Division ofForestry continue their strongworking relationship.

Recently, Division of ForestryArea Supervisor Chris Wasil spenttime with on duty crews in PalmBeach County Fire Rescue's Bat-talion 2. Chris, along with SeniorRanger Mike, provided a brief ori-entation/review to station cap-tains, crews and command staff inpreparation of the upcoming 2013brush fire season.

Over three days, all battalionstations and shifts, were rotatedthrough two different sessions atbattalion headquarters Station 28,where Chris gave a brief class-room presentation.

Topics of discussion touchedon the operations of his divi-sion/crew, types of apparatus/re-sources stationed in the area,communications, general tactics

and strategies, response timeframes, permits/pile burns, unifiedcommand, and incident safety.

Chris and Mike also broughtalong a tractor/plow and crewswere given an opportunity to re-view general safety guidelines,emergency shutdown procedures,and possible challenges faced inthe event of an emergency/acci-dent involving the tractor appara-tus on the scene of a fire. Thistraining was very beneficial.

- ALBERT BORROTO

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Aeromed 5 on scene awaiting trauma patient on Joel Boulevard in Lehigh Acres on November 30th.

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ALABAMA

DARRELL FARMER

Retirement party for captainCaptain Mike Revere started

his career in 1983 as a firefighterand worked his wayto the position ofcaptain in the Mo-bile Fire Rescue De-partment.

Captain MikeRevere spent his lastfew years as captainon Ladder Truck 5third shift at TapiaFire Station.

Captain Revere’s last day atthe fire station was on January 8,2013 and the men on his crewalong with the help of CaptainMike’s wife planned a retirementparty complete with cake, sodas,snack food and a plaque with apick axe, helmet number, bronzehead with helmet, and an inscrip-tion of appreciation for his serviceto the city of Mobile.

After the retirement party,Captain Revere stayed on duty tofinish the rest of his shift. He thenhung up his fire jacket, helmet andbunker pants for the last time toleave at 7:00 a.m. on January 9thto start his retiremen.

- DARRELL FARMER



During the early morning hour of 3:30 a.m. on January 2,2013, crews from Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Battalion 7responded to a reported structure fire on the 500 block of SE2nd St in Belle Glade. First arriving crews from Station 73were met with heavy fire conditions. Firefighters workedquickly to extinguish the fire and to keep it from extending toneighboring trees and houses. One occupant inside the res-idence was found dead by firefighters during a primarysearch. No firefighters or other citizens were injured. Theexact cause of death of the occupant and the cause of the fireare under investigation.

ALBERT BORROTO

CHARLIE ROBBINS

Early morning fire in Belle Glade with fatality

At around 10:30 a.m. on January 6th, City of Fort Myers Truck16 was responding to a fire alarm activation at Publix super-market and was hit by a car at the intersection of Winkler Av-enue and Veronica Shoemaker Boulevard. After getting hitand having two members injured, Truck 16's crew utilized thejaws to extricate the injured driver of the offending vehicle.The two members were transported to Lee Memorial Hospitalby Lee County EMS and luckily received only minor injuries.The driver of the car claimed he never saw the big red truckwith the lights and siren blaring and thinks he may have beenasleep when the crash occurred.

City of Fort Myers fire truck crash

FLORIDA

Just today I received an e-mailfrom FASNY, indicating that NewYork State Governor AndrewCuomo was making appointmentsto three emergency preparednesscommissions on Hurricane Sandy.One of the appointees was FASNYPresident and former New YorkState Fire Administrator JamesBurns. Appointing Jim is a smartmove by the Governor. Jim is along-time advocate for the fireservice.

Hurricane Sandy’s greatestdevastation was in the mostdensely populated areas of NewJersey, Southeastern New York andSouthern New England. This stormwas the third serious storm in a lit-tle over a year to affect many areas.Every storm is unique. This stormcaused historical level high tides,coastal flooding and a tremendousnumber of outages due to fallentrees from high winds.

One of the unique aspects ofthis storm was caused by the lackof power to regional refineries andlocal gas stations. Within a day ortwo, mile-long lines were formingat the few gas stations that hadpower and fuel, reminiscent of thegas shortages and lines in the 70’s.

From an emergency servicespoint of view, these long lines pre-

sented unprecedented hardships forour emergency service personnel.Some of our municipalities did nothave fuel for emergency vehicles.

In addition, many of our volun-teer firefighters spent 36 or 48 hoursresponding to emergencies and thenhad to wait on line for three hours tofill up their personal vehicles. Thesame applied to volunteers at localambulance corps and career fire-fighters, police, paramedics, etc.,who were working massive amountsof overtime and then were forced tospend precious off-duty time wait-ing in long gas lines.

I have been a strong advocatefor residents’ purchasing generatorsin order to keep running basic ne-cessities like refrigerators, freezersand the food they contain, as well assump pumps, wells, lights and heat.

However, these small gasoline-powered generators are very thirstyand consume a great deal of gasolineif run constantly. A 5,000 KW gen-erator will easily consume eight toten gallons of gas per day.

Thousands of generator ownerswere desperate for gasoline, in addi-tion to the normal need for gas. Thisadded greatly to the demand for gasand the long gas lines throughout theheavily hit areas.

This situation caught many inthe emergency services off guard aswe scrambled, like everyone else,for fuel for vehicles and our owngenerators.

I encourage the Governor’snewly formed Emergency Prepared-ness Commissions to consider an ef-fort to encourage gas stations (as

well as supermarkets and cell phonetowers) to have back-up generators.

They should also consider a pro-gram that the state of New Jerseyhas been working on, whereby retailgas stations voluntarily participateand are pre-certified by their StateOffice of Emergency Managementfor priority re-supply fueling.

These stations will agree to serv-ice emergency responders during adeclared State of Emergency. Thesefacilities should be clearly identifiedwith signage, indicating that theygive priority to emergency servicesofficial and personal vehicles, i.e. aseparate pump could be provided forpolice cars, EMS vehicles, fire vehi-cles and active emergency servicespersonnel-owned vehicles, as longas they have proper identification.

If these type stations can be lo-gistically located in all areas of eachcounty, it would be of benefit to thestation owners and would assist the1st responders during periods wherethey are, in many cases, beingpushed to the max.

Hurricane Sandy should serve asa warning, as we seem to be experi-encing more frequent and more se-rious storms. Imagine what thedevastation would be like if we gethit in these heavily populated areasof the northeast with an actual Cate-gory 1 or 2 hurricane or a massiveice storm, as was experienced in thelate 90’s in northern New York Stateand Canada. I encourage states toconsider addressing the gasolinesupply problem as part of their rec-ommendations.

GORDON WREN

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Polk Fire Rescue opens joint station with DavenportBartow, FL. Polk County Fire

Rescue (PCFR) and the DavenportFire Department recently opened ajoint fire station, sharing facilitiesand increasing services to residentswhile cutting costs to taxpayers.

The impact of this inter-localagreement results in the renovationand expansion of the existing Dav-enport Fire Department stationwhile positioning a PCFR unit inthe same building to be closer totheir jurisdictional area.

The result will lead to reducedresponse times, increased personneland equipment on scene and betterservice delivery.

This agreement marks the firstco-location of city and county fireservices in Polk County history andwas reached to meet the needs of

both agencies while cutting approx-imately $1 million in project costs.

“Our mission is to enhance thequality of life for people throughoutPolk County,” said Polk CountyFire Rescue Chief David Cash.

“When we can find a way to dothat, cut costs and increase services,it’s an easy decision. Polk’s resi-dents and visitors don’t care whoshows up when they have a prob-lem, just that someone is there tohelp them.”

To enable the maximum bene-fits of this arrangement, both agen-cies and Haines City Fire Rescueentered into an automatic mutual

aid agreement to streamline the dis-patching of emergency units duringhigh priority responses.

This agreement allows resourcesharing to avoid costly duplicationsof service, while increasing servicequality with no additional costs toresidents.

“By eliminating jurisdictionalboundaries, the closest availableunits will be dispatched to an emer-gency,” said Polk County Fire Res-cue Deputy Chief Mike Linkins.

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- BRAD RUHMANN

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In the early afternoon of Monday, December 17th, crews re-sponded to Okeechobee Blvd and Military Trail, in suburbanPalm Beach County, where a bucket truck used to work on asign had a hydraulic failure. Platform 29 was used to retrievethe worker from the bucket stuck high above the ground.

Aerial truck used to rescue trapped worker

FLORIDA

Betsy Sheffield from the American Lung Association presents Team Deltona Fire with the trophy dur-ing the City of Deltona Commission meeting.

MARK DALTON

Team Deltona Fire accepts trophyDeltona, FL. The Fight for Air

Climb took place November thirdin Orlando at the Bank of AmericaBuilding. This is a special eventsponsored by the American LungAssociation.

Teams as well as individualparticipants utilize this event for afitness target, a race with you chal-lenging yourself or teams racingagainst other teams to see who canmake it to the top of twenty flightsof stairs. The American Lung Asso-ciation Climbs are a wonderful wayto show support for someone whohas been diagnosed with a lung dis-ease or as a memorial to someonewho has passed away.

Team Deltona consisted of 14members of the City of DeltonaFire Department as well as two oftheir wives. The Deltona Fire Fight-

ers Association sponsored the 14firefighters and paid $100.00 permember to participate in the event.Members also raised additionalmoney to the cause by obtaining ad-ditional sponsors who madepledges to the cause and raised atotal of $1925.

Team Deltona donned full pro-tective firefighting gear includingair packs tacking on an additionalfifty pounds to make the challenge alittle tougher. Overall Team Deltonaplaced first in the Firefighters Divi-sion and for the first time they hadtheir first female firefighter takepart in the challenge.

Engineer Paramedic Katy

Christman turned in a time of 6minutes 43 seconds. Team Deltonamembers were Firefighter JasonPratt and his wife Heather, Fire-fighter Connor Beverly and hisHannah, Lt. Daniel Bowen, Fire-fighter Michael Drew, D/E KatyChristman, Firefighter JohnFleemin, Firefighter Terry Freeman,Firefighter Ryan Hanley, FirefighterTony Jacinto, Firefighter CJ John-son, Lt. Rick Paine (Ret), Fire-fighter Aaron Quarberg, Lt. JohnSabia and Lt. Josh Sievert.

The team was presented withthe traveling trophy at the City ofDeltona Commission meeting. Thetrophy was presented by BetsySheffield of the American Lung As-sociation and the City Commission.

- MARK DALTON

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Clay County Fire Rescue conducted their traditional Christmas parade for the residents ofFleming Island. Participating in the parade were several fire apparatus from Clay County FireRescue. This is a very long evening parade that firefighters wind apparatus through the com-munity streets with the lights flashing and the trucks decorated with Christmas lights. Fami-lies come out to see Santa at several designated stopping points throughout the parade routeand the children get to tell him their Christmas wish list.

Clay County ’s traditional eveningChristmas Parade with Santa

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Bartow, FL - Polk County Fire Rescue personnel were rec-ognized at the December American Legion meeting. Lieu-tenant Matt Nichols was honored as Fire Officer of the Year,Kristen Olivenbaum was honored as Paramedic of the yearand Dave Rittenhouse and Engineer Gary Bales Co-Fire-fighters of the Year.

BRAD RUHMANN

PBCFR

Personnel honored byAmerican Legion

On December 5, 2012, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Bat-talion 3 units were dispatched to reports of a fire on the 1000block of South K Street in Lake Worth at 1:41 p.m. The first ar-riving engine reported that they had flames and smoke com-ing from the front of the home. The occupants had all gottenout of the home. Crews made an aggressive attack on the fireand quickly extinguished it. Three adults and one child weredisplaced and the Red Cross has been called to assist them.The cause of this fire is under investigation.

Fire in Lake Worth displacesfamily for holidays

FLORIDA

LARRY STONEY

Fire guts garbage truck cabDaytona Beach, FL. Daytona

Beach Fire Department respondedto the area of Bayless Blvd. andFentress Blvd. for a reportedgarbage truck fire just before 9a.m. on January 8, 2013.

When fire crews arrived onscene, crews found the cab of aWaste Pro garbage truck fully in-volved with fire.

Fire crews quickly attackedthe fire in the cab area and brought

the fire under control within min-utes of their arrival.

During the investigation intothe cause of the fire, crews spokewith the driver, who stated hearinga loud pop and then seeing flamescoming from under the cab as hewas attempting to turn into the

Hooter’s Restaurant parking lot. The driver of the truck was

able to escape without injury. Firecrews eventually put the fire outby completely flooding the caband garbage holding area withwater.

No injuries were reported andno businesses were in danger dur-ing firefighting operations.

- LARRY STONEY

A BORROTO

Palm Beach County Fire Rescue units from Battalion 3 responded to an early morning fire at2:50 a.m. on the morning of December 7th. The first arriving engine found flames and smokefrom the front and side windows of the residence on the 700 block of Briarwood Dr. All resi-dents of the home had already gone outside. Crews made an aggressive fire attack on the fireand were able to quickly bring it under control and extinguish the fire. One challenge that crewsencountered was gaining access to the garage through the hurricane rated garage door. A totalof four adults and one child were displaced by this fire and the Red Cross was called to assist.The cause of this fire is under investigation.

Early morning fire in Palm Beach County



On January 1st at 11:23 p.m., the Midway Fire Department wasdispatched to a motor vehicle accident on Country ClubRoad. Battalion Chief Lew Jones found a vehicle into a treewith an entrapped/unconscious driver. The crew of Engine 35utilized their new TNT rescue tool, which was obtained with a$22,000 grant from Firehouse Subs. As the crew extricatedthe driver, it was determined that both he and his passengerwere Firehouse Sub employees. Both individuals were trans-ported by Lifeguard EMS to Baptist Hospital.

STEVE CLARK

MARK J BUSH

Ironic MVA with entrapmentin Gulf Breeze

North Naples E46 and B46 responded to report of a brush fire.Upon arrival, crews found a small brush fire behind an apart-ment complex. The fire was knocked down fairly quickly.

North Naples brush fireBeginning the lift of the horse from the pool

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Palm Beach County Fire Rescuerescues horse from pool

On December 18, 2012, unitsfrom Palm Beach County Fire Res-cue were dispatched to a veryunique incident.

Crews were told that a horsehad accidentally fallen into a pooland would need rescuing to get out.

Upon arrival on the 2300 blockof Fawn Dr in Western Palm BeachCounty, they discovered a horsethat was standing in a pool in thebackyard of a residence.

The homeowner stated that

their 30 year old horse had gottenout of the enclosure and had acci-dentally fallen in the pool.

A veterinarian was called to re-spond to the scene and the crewsprepared to rescue the horse fromthe pool. With their specialized har-nesses and the assistance of a towtruck, the crews were able to safely

lift the horse out without any in-jury.

Palm Beach County has a largeequestrian community and at cer-tain times, these animals may findthemselves in situations needingassistance.

Palm Beach County Fire Res-cue trains on how to safely performlarge animal rescues to be preparedfor situations such as this.

- ALBERT BORROTO

CHRIS WELCHER

Sumter County Fire & EMS responded to brush fires on CR 222 near CR 209 on November 29 atapproximately 11:00 a.m. with another on December 1st on CR 209 near Camp Wildwood. Bothfires quickly became wind driven, stretching the capabilities of the first arriving fire crews. Mu-tual aid assistance was requested from the Village’s Public Safety Department and the FloridaForest Service on both fires, which were quickly contained without any structures being threat-ened. Citizens are reminded to be extremely careful with open flames or discarding cigarettes,due to the drying conditions and changing winds that occur this time of year. The exact causeof both fires have yet to be identified.

Brush fires for Sumter County

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At 6:30 a.m. on December 5, 2012, units from Battalion 3 werecalled for a residential structure fire on the 3800 block ofLakewood Rd in suburban Palm Beach County. A neighborstated that the home next door had flames coming from thewindows and roof. Units discovered a triplex that had flamesand smoke showing from the windows and doors. Neighborsstated that the building was an unoccupied structure, but thatthere may be some people staying inside at night to be out ofthe weather. Crews made an aggressive attack and quicklybrought the fire under control, while other crews searchedthe occupancy for any patients that may be inside. The pri-mary and secondary searches of the building revealed that itwas unoccupied. The cause of this fire is under investigation.

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CARRIE DILLEY

Early morning fire in suburbanPalm Beach County

Firefighters from Clay County Fire Rescue recently assistedSanta with an early stop at the Dye-Clay YMCA of OrangePark. On November 30th, 2012, Engine 17 served as Santa’ssleigh for a stop at the YMCA. About 30 families attended theevent to have cookies and cocoa with Santa. A good time washad by all, and many young and young at heart enjoyedchecking out the fire truck.

Engine 17 serves asSanta’s sleigh

Arts and crafts with the childrenCARRIE DILLEY

Clay County holiday with the heroesFirefighters from Clay County

Fire Rescue held the fourth annualHoliday with the Heroes event atStation 14 in Middleburgon Satur-day December 15, 2012.

Twenty deserving childrenwere paired up with a firefighterchaperone for a day of fun overthe holidays.

The children spent a day at thefire station, with snacks and arts &crafts projects and climbing on the

fire trucks for the morning events. The Clay County Council of

Aging provided transportation forthe children and firefighters to alocal Wal-Mart, where each kidwas able to spend $100 for shop-ping.

After the shopping trip, it was

back to the fire station for lunchand a visit from Santa.

Every child was given a stock-ing and had a chance to sit onSanta’s lap for photos.

As the day came to a close,every child was given a food bas-ket for a holiday meal including aturkey and many side dishes.

- CHRIS DILLEY

CHARLIE ROBBINS

Just after 8:00 p.m. on December 16th, LAFD Engine 105, Rescue 102 and Battalion 100 were dis-patched to the area of Foggia Street East and Genoa Avenue South for a possible vehicle crash.Responding units were advised that one vehicle was possibly on fire and someone may betrapped in the burning auto. Upon arrival, Lee County Sheriff Deputies advised that there was novehicle crash, however an SUV was fully involved and a subsequent brush fire was spreading.Engine 105 found approximately one eighth of an acre of woods ablaze. The crew went to workon the brush fire initially, and then knocked down the vehicle fire. No persons were found in theSUV, which was reported stolen from a nearby residence shortly after the fire was extinguished.

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Problems may be encoun-tered in locating and establish-ing a water supply. Hydrantand staticw a t e rsources maybe difficult tolocate undersnow banksor driftingsnow.

S o m ecommunitieshave localo rd inancesrequiring thenearest resi-dent to maintain the hydrantfree of snow and debris. Othercommunities have an adopt-a-hydrant program in which oneof the neighborhood residentsmaintains the hydrant. Therestill is no guarantee the hy-drant will be clear and easy tospot.

To further complicate mat-ters, the hydrant may be frozenand will result in a delay ingetting hose lines into opera-tion. Test the hydrant beforehooking into it and have a sec-ondary water supply estab-lished as soon as possible. Ifyour response is within an areaserviced with a hydrant sys-tem, all responding enginecompanies should locate at ahydrant and secure a waterflow before making a commit-ment to that hydrant.

Static water sources thathave iced over will requireextra time in penetrating theice.

In either situation, onboard water should be used bythe first in attack pumper whilea water source is secured andthe use of tanker relays may bethe only viable source underextreme conditions.

All departments, includingmunicipal departments serv-iced by hydrant systems,should have a tanker relay planin place as an alternate sourceof establishing a water supply.Hydrants should be checkedannually and permitted todrain after each use to preventfreezing in the barrel.

If you have a problemdraining a hydrant, the watercompany should be notified torespond. Hydrants aren’t usedevery day, for that matter, mosthydrants aren’t used at all,therefore the need for an an-nual or semiannual hydrant in-spection program.

As for static water sources,your department should have awater resource officer, who isknowledgeable as to the loca-tion of all reliable watersources within the communitythat can be tapped when theneed arises. A map of your ju-risdiction with all static watersources should be on boardeach apparatus.

Apparatus pumps shouldbe drained in the winter and all

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Front mounted pumpsmay have a blanket or heatingunit to provide protectionfrom cold weather and longdistance responses. Securewater extinguishers in the cabof apparatus or in a heatedcompartment to protect from

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The surfaces may not beicy when the operation begins,but as water begins to be usedthe hazard will develop. If thespot the apparatus is posi-tioned looks unstable and unsafe relocate to a safer positionas there is no need to lose fire-fighters or apparatus.

Then, when the fire hasbeen extinguished and it istime to pick up and return, thefun will begin in retrievingfrozen hose lines, tools, and re-tracting aerial equipment thathas become locked in placedue to icing. Care should betaken when attempting to re-tract aerial devices and themanufacturers’ recommenda-tions should always be fol-lowed. Some departments havethawing equipment to assist inpicking up hose, and no matterwhat method you use the leastnumber of folds in the hosewhen frozen, the better. Thebest may be to wait for the sunto do its’ thing!

Winter operations increasethe potential of personal injuryto emergency responders witha direct impact on their per-sonal safety. Being preparedfor extreme winter conditionswill greatly reduce that poten-tial

A last note, if you create anunsafe condition because ofyour response and actions toextinguish a fire, i.e., waterfreezing on the roadway whileextinguishing a vehicle fire,you are responsible to makethe roadway safe before open-ing it. Request a highwaysander to the scene before re-opening the roadway if you areunable to alleviate the condi-tion yourself.

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