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  • 05.18.12 CLOSE CALL AND FF INJURIES AT FISHERS, IN BUILDING FIRE

    A warehouse that lodged two businesses in Fishers sustained heavy damage after a fire broke out Thursday afternoon.Firefighters responded to the 12900 block of Ford Drive at approximately 12:26 p.m. A spokesperson for the Fishers Fire Department said there was a large volume of fire when emergency crews arrived.Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Advance Radiant Systems are located inside the warehouse. Firefighters said the fire started in the ARS part of the building.Employees inside the warehouse attempted to fight the fire before calling 911. The building had no sprinkler or alarm systems.First-arriving firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the building and fire in the warehouse. A second alarm was immediately ordered.Early in the fire, a firefighting crew had an overhead door fall on them but they escaped unhurt. Two firefighters were treated for minor injuries later in the incident. …

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  • 05.18.12 FLAMING VAN ROLLS PAST FFs IN CA

    Thanks to Dave Statter www.Statter911.com for sharing this close call with us….

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  • 05.18.12 SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED TO WALK AWAY – BECAUSE OTHERS DON’T GET IT

    The Chief Officers and President of the volunteer fire department where I was an operational officer and in charge of training decided that I needed to be replaced. The members of the department solicited the Upper echelon that they no longer wanted to train, drill take classes or re-certify outdated and expired training certifications any longer. So during a recent meeting with the department officers I was told: (QUOTE) “This is not the Marines, people come to the firehouse to get away from their wives and family and to watch TV and relax. They do not want to have to train, drill, wash the trucks and sweep the floor. And they are tired of you telling them that unless they know how to operate the pumps and use the equipment they are not allowed to drive the trucks.” I politely told them okay. I went to my gear rack took my white leather helmet and things of mine from my pockets and put them in my car. Then I gave them the radio, pager and badge and told them good luck with their department. There comes a time when nothing you can do will change certain things. And no matter how much it hurts, there also comes a time when you have to walk away….

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  • 05.18.12 LA FF CLOSE CALL WITH MANHOLE EXPLOSION

    Thanks to our partners at www.FirefighterSpot.com for finding this close call for us:Who knew a manhole could be so dangerous? In the shocking KCAL video above, an explosion from a manhole blows a Los Angeles fire caption and a fellow firefighter off their feet.

    “I consider myself very, very lucky,” said Captain David Wolf. “The
    next thing I remember I was in the dirt, a kind of flower bed, across
    from the sidewalk.”

    The close call happened Sunday night when the firefighters responded
    to a smoking manhole in Yorba Linda. After an electrical equipment vault
    exploded, Wolf was reportedly thrown 10 feet in the air.

    Wolf said he was looking down at a small fire in the vault and, “The
    next thing I know is that when my firemen was kind of dragging me. I
    found out later it was my firemen. I didn’t know, but somebody had
    picked me up from the back of my coat and dragged me,” he said.

    After Wolf watched the video of the accident, he responded, “Thank the man upstairs, He had a better plan for me.”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/explosion-blows-la-firefighters-video_n_1449278.html…

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  • 05.18.12 TX FF LODD AT TRAINING

    A Brazos County Precinct Three Firefighter died in the Line of Duty last
    night while training at the TEEX Brayton Fire Training Field in College
    Station.

    FF William Richard “Dick” Danes, 69-years-old, died during a
    ladder training evolution. The exact cause of death isn’t known yet.

    According to an email sent by Precinct Three, FF Danes came to the
    firefighting profession late in life. He was in his 60s when he started. Prior to that, he served in the Air Force. You can read the
    entire email sent from Precinct Three EMS Administrator David Dibello below:

    It is with great sorrow that I pass along that Brazos County Precinct 3
    VFD has experienced a line of duty death of one of our own. FF William Richard
    “Dick” Danes, 69 years of age, passed away Thursday evening while
    participating in a ladder training evolution at the TEEX Fire Training Field.
    Although we do not know the exact cause of death, it would appear to be cardiac
    in nature. 

    Arrangements are pending through Hillier Funeral Home in Bryan. RIP.

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