THIS WEB SITE IS DEDICATED TO FIRE SPECIALIST DAVE STUART WHO LEFT US WAY TO SOON! WE ALL MISS YOU SUPER DAVE

                                                                            Golden Ring Stats                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

(as of Sept 8,2009)

  16 HOUSE MORNS THE LOSS OF RETIRED FIREFIGHTER

  IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT 16 HOUSE MUST REPORT ON THE LOSS OF RETIRED FIREFIGHTER RANDY MEYER OF STA 15D AND OF THE ROSEDALE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY.  RANDY DIED THIS MORNING OF CARDIAC ARREST AT HIS HOME.  THE VERY COMPANY RANDY SUPPORTED FOR MANY YEARS AS WELL AS ENGINE COMAPNY 16 A-SHIFT  WAS THERE FOR HIM AND TRIED IN VAIN TO SAVE HIS LIFE.  RANDY WAS A TRUE FIREFIGHTER.  HE TRAINED MANY PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS AND WAS WELL RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE STATE.  MANY CHIEF OFFICERS RESPECTED RANDY FOR HIS KNOWLEDGE  AND THEY WOULD USE HIM TO HELP COMMAND  INCIDENTS.  MANY PEOPLE ARE VERY PROFICIENT TODAY IN FIREFIGHTING BECAUSE OF RANDY.   HE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE METRO FIREFIGHTERS BURN FOUNDATION.  UP UNTIL HIS LAST DAYS HERE HE WAS STILL TRAINING  AND MAKING HIS NATURAL SKILLS EVEN BETTER BY TAKING AN INCIDENT SAFTEY OFFICER CLASS. MORE INFO TO FOLLOW WHEN AVAILIBLE.  REST IN PEACE BROTHER WE WILL MISS YOU.  PICTURED BELOW IS RANDY WITH HIS TRADEMARK LEATEHR HELMET STRETCHING ON A DWELLING FIRE (photo courtesy station 28)

16 HOUSE MEMBER INJURED FIGHTING A DWELLING FIRE

   16 HOUSE WISHES A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO B-SHIFT CAPTAIN RAFFERTY WHO WAS INJURED YESTERDAY WHILE OPERATING ON A SMALL DWELLING FIRE IN ESSEX.  CAPTAIN RAFFERTY WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD AND RECIEVED SOME STITCHES.  HE IS RESTING AT HOME AND SHOULD BE BACK AT WORK SOON SAYING HIS FAMOUS LINE "LET'S ROLL"  GET WELL SOON CAPT!

16 HOUSE REMEMBERS THE PASSING OF ONE OF OUR OWN

   ITS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT TEN YEARS AGO TODAY WE LOST OUR BROTHER DAVE STUART.   DAVE WAS SUCH A GREAT GUY AND HIS DRY SENSE OF HUMOR ALWAYS HAD US LAUGHING.  TO THIS DAY WE STILL ARE TELLING DAVE STORIES.  EVERYDAY AS WE GO ON RUNS WE PASS DAVE'S PICTURE AND EVERYONE OF US TAKES A PART OF HIM WITH US.  DAVE WAS A MEMBER ON B-SHIFT AT THE TIME OF HIS PASSING BUT WAS CONNECTED TO EVERYONE ON ALL 4 SHIFTS.  DAVE WE MISS YOU AND THIS PLACE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME WITHOUT  YOU.

D-SHIFT TAKES IN FIRST DUE ON A DWELLING

  AROUND 4AM AFTER A LONG BUSY NIGHT D-SHIFT WAS ALERTED FOR A DWELLING FIRE WITH MULTIPLE CALLS ON LENNINGS LANE.  AS 16 ARRIVED WE FOUND A STORY DWELLING WITH HEAVY FIRE IN THE REAR.  AS WE ADVANCED A LINE IN THE FRONT PART OF THE ROOF CAME IN AND FORCED US TO BACK OUT UNTIL IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DWELLING WAS SAFE FOR RE-ENTRY.  THE FIRE WAS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BC-33 LEVERTON

NEW PAGE ADDED

  WE HAVE ADDED A NEW PAGE TO THIS SITE.  IT TELLS STORIES OF OLD STATION ANTICS, SOME OLD FIRES AND SOME OLD FACES.  ENJOY!  iF YOU HAVE ANY PICTURES OR STORIES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL US  AT 887-0266

D-SHIFT RESPONDS TO EDGEMERE ON A 2ND ALARM

  D-SHIFT WAS ALERTED AROUND 5:30AM FOR A 2ND ALARM BUILDING FIRE AT THE BUSTOS LOUNGE IN EDGEMERE.  AS WE ARRIVED COMMAND PUT US TO WORK.  CREWS WERE ALLREADY PULLED FROM THE STRUCTURE SINCE THE BUIDING WAS JUST TOO UNSTABLE. 

C-SHIFT RESPONDS TO WORKING APARTMENT FIRE IN FULLERTON

  AT 10:22pm BOX 8-13 WAS STRUCK FOR AN APARTMENT FIRE WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED AT # 3 DUNHAVEN PLACE.  FIRST ARRIVING TRUCK 8 FOUND A 3 STORY BRICK APARTMENT BUILDING WITH FIRE SHOWING IN THE BASEMENT.  THEY HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE TRAPPED DUE TO HEAVY SMOKE CONDITIONS. CREWS BEGAN PERFORMING RESCUES AS WELL AS MAKING KNOCK ON THE FIRE.  SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE TREATED AND RELEASED.  16 HOUSE RETURNED ANOUT AN HOUR LATER.

A-SHIFT RESPONDS TO DWELLING FIRE IN PERRY HALL

  AROUND 5:30am BOX 55-20 WAS STRUCK FOR A DWELLING FIRE AT 10 HEATHROW MANOR COURT.  ENGINE 55 ARRIVED AND FOUND A TWO STORY WOODFRAME DWELLING WITH HEAVY FIRE SHOWING.  A WORKING FIRE ASSIGNMENT WAS REQUESTED ALONG WITH EXTRA MEDICS FOR INJURED RESIDENTS.  16 HOUSE RESPONDED WITH ENGINE AND MEDIC.  MEDIC 16 TRANSPORTED TWO PRIORITY 3 PATIENTS TO BAYVIEW HOSPITAL.  ENGINE 16 WORKED ON THE 2nd FLOOR CHECKING FOR EXTENSION.

A-SHIFT HAS ASSISTS POLICE WITH A SIGNAL 13

  AROUND 12:30 pm  ENGINE 16 AND MEDIC 8 WERE ALERTED TO OVERLEA HIGH SCHOOL FOR MULTIPLE PATIENTS WITH TROUBLE BREATHING.  WHILE ENROUTE DISPATCH ADVISED THIS WAS DUE TO A SIGNAL 13 (OFFICERS NEED ASSISTANCE) AT THE SCHOOL.  ENGINE 16 ARRRIVED UNDER DIRECTION OF CAPTAIN UTZ AND FOUND WAS MULTIPLE PATIENTS COMPLAINING OF TROUBLE BREATHING AND BURNING EYES.  ENGINE 16 REQUESTED AN ALS STRIKE FORCE (4 ALS MEDCIS, ADDITIONAL ENGINE AND EMS LT), AND AN HAZ-MAT ASSIGNMENT.   UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE POLICE SPRAYED MACE  TO BREAK UP A FIGHT OF ALMOST 300 STUDENTS.  THE MACE WENT INTO THE HVAC SYSTEM AND BEGAN IRRITATING MULTIPLE STUDENTS.  AS THAT FIGHT WAS BEING HANDLED ANOTHER FIGHT AMONG POLICE AND MORE STUDENTS AND PARENTS BROKE OUT.  30 PEOPLE WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL INCLUDING, ONE OFFICER WHO WAS TRANSPORTED TO SHOCK TRAUMA WITH A SERIOUS LEG INJURY. IN THE END 12 PEOPLE WERE LOCKED UP.  ENGINE 16, 8, AND 282 REMAINED ON SCENE TO VENTILATE THE SCHOOL.

16 HOUSE SAYS GOOD-BYE AND WELCOME

  16 HOUSE AND A-SHIFT SAID GOOD-BYE TO CAPTAIN TERRY DEMBECK WHO TRANSFERED TO ENGINE COMPANY 8.  A-SHIFT WELCOMES THEIR NEW CAPTAIN JENNIFER UTZ.  WELCOME TO 16 HOUSE AND WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY!

A-SHIFT RUNS BUS ACCIDENT ON I-95

AROUND MIDNIGHT AFTER THE RAVENS GAME 16 HOUSE WAS ALERTED FOR A MVA INVOLVING A BUS AND A CAR ON NORTHBOUND I-95.  16 HOUSE ARRIVED AND FOUND A FEMALE DRIVER DROVE INTO THE BACK OF A BUS DECORATED UP FOR THE BALTIMORE RAVENS.  THE FEMALE DRIVER HAD MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO FRANKILIN SQUARE HOSPITAL.  I-95 WAS TIED UP FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF OIL IN THE ROADWAY AND CLEAN UP

D-SHIFT HAS FIRST DUE BUILDING FIRE

  AROUND 1130 am D-SHIFT WAS ALERTED FOR A DWELLING FIRE WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED ON PULASKI HIGHWAY AND ROSSVILLE BLVD.  WHILE ENROUTE A LARGE PLOOM OF SMOKE WAS EVIDENT FROM THE FRONT RAMP OF THE STATION.  16 ARRIVED UNDER DIRECTION OF CAPTAIN KURRLE AND FOUND A 1 STORY BLOCK BUILDING WITH HEAVY FIRE SHOWING.  BYSTANDERS REPORTING POSSIBLY HOMELESS PEOPLE WERE INSIDE.  ENGINE 16 FORCED ENTRY AND BEGAN TO KNOCK THE FIRE AND MAKE ENTRY TO PERFORM A SEARCH.  A WORKING FIRE ASSIGNMENT WAS REQUESTED BY COMMAND.  AS CREWS FROM ENGING 16 AND 71 WERE SEARCHING A PORTION OF THE EXTERIOR WALL CAME IN AND FORCED CREWS TO EVACUATE.  THE FIRE WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL IN ABOUT 40 MINS.  SEARCHES REVEALED THAT NO ONE WAS INSIDE.  THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

ANOTHER FIRE FOR C-SHIFT

  C-SHIFT WAS ALERTED FOR A DWELLING FIRE ON WILHELM AVE AROUND 3:30 AM IN A 28-2 BOX.  WHILE ENROUTE DISPATCH ADVISED POLICE WERE ON SCENE WITH A DWELLING WELL OFF. 16 WENT ON SCENE AND FOUND A 1 1/2 STORY CAPE COD WITH HEAVY FIRE SHOWING AND THE FIRE WAS EXTENDING INTO THE NEXT HOUSE.  16 ADVANCED A LINE IN AND BEGAN KNOCKING THE FIRE.  A WORKING FIRE ASSIGNMENT WAS THEN CALLED. ONE PATIENT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SMOKE INHALATION. UNITS ON SCENE WERE ENGINES 16, 281, 15, 7 AND 71, TRUCK 15 SQUAD 523, BC-33 MEDIC 16 EMS 3 AND 4 ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER UNITS.

D-SHIFT HAS SMALL FIRE IN OUR FIRST DUE

  AROUND 9:AM BOX 16-13 WAS STRUCK AT NUMBER 17 FONTANA LANE.  16 RESPONDED AND AS WE ARRIVED WE FOUND SMOKE SHOWING FROM A 2 STORY WOODFRAME OFFICE BUILDING.  16 STRCHED A HANDLINE AND FOUND AN ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT WAS EXTENDING INTO THE CEILING AND ROOF AREA.    TRUCK 8 AND TOWER 209 WENT TO THE ROOF AND BEGAN OPENING UP.  CREWS FOUND THAT THE FIRE HAD ADVANCED INTO THE ROOF AND IT WAS QUICKLY KNOCKED. 

C-SHIFT ON A WORKING FIRE IN 12'S DISTRICT

  ON SUNDAY NIGHT C-SHIFT WAS ALERTED FOR AN APARTMENT FIRE WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED ON HOLLY DRIVE IN A 12-3 BOX.  AS 16 HOUSE RESPONDED IT WAS EVIDENT OF A WORKING FIRE BY THE AMOUNT OF SMOKE THAT COULD BE SEEN.  DISPATCHED UPDATED THE CALL ADVISING THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE TRAPPED.  A WORKING FIRE ASSIGNMENT WAS THEN DISPATCHED.  ENGINE 12 WENT ON SCENE WITH A 2 STORY APARTMENT BUILDING WITH HEAVY SMOKE SHOWING.  16 ARRIVED RIGHT BEHIND ENGINE 12 AND WENT TO WORK DURING A SEARCH.  HERE IS WHERE IT TAKES A TURN.  A NEIGHBOR SEEING THE FIRE CALLED 911 THEN BEGAN THROWING LADDERS AND MADE 6 RESCUES ALONE.  AFTER HE MADE THE RESCUES HE GRABBED A GARDEN HOSE AND BEGAN KNOCKING DOWN THE FIRE THAT WAS BLOCKING THE REST OF THE PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT.  THIS HERO ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO PRAISED FOR HIS HEROIC EFFORTS THAT CLEARLY SAVED THE LIVES OF SEVERAL PEOPLE!

LINE OF DUTY DEATH

  IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT WE MUST REPORT THE LINE OF DUTY DEATH OF PARAMEDIC/FIREFIGHTER BRIAN NEVIL.  BRIAN WAS ASSIGNED TO MEDIC 11 A-SHIFT.  BRIAN PASSED AWAY SOMETIME DURING HIS SHIFT HE WAS ACTING EMS LT ASSIGNED TO EMS 7 AT STATION 17.  PM NEVIL LEAVES A WIFE AND THREE KIDS BEHIND. VIEWINGS WILL BE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY OCTOBER 18 AND 19th FROM 7pm-9pm.  SUNDAY WILL BE 2pm-4pm AND 7pm-9pm. AT THE RUCK FUNERAL HOME ON YORK ROAD.  THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY OCTOBER 20th AT THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH IN TOWSON 10am.  REST IN PEACE OUR BROTHER

A-SHIFT MEETS JOHNNY GAGE

  A-SHIFT WAS ALERTED FOR A MVA ON INTERSTATE 95, BACK ON SEPTEMBER 27th.  THIS WOULD TURN OUT NOT TO BE THE TYPICAL MVA.  AS CREWS WERE DOING PATIENT CARE THEY LOOKED UP AND STANDING THERE WAS THE MOST FAMOUS PARAMEDIC OF THEM ALL.  RANDY MANTOOTH WHO PLAYED JOHNNY GAGE ON THE TV SHOW EMERGENCY.  MANTOOTH WAS IN TOWN TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MIDDLE RIVER RESCUE VOLUNTEERS. HE WAS RIDING ALONG WITH MEDIC 525.  HE TOOK PICTURES AND SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS.  A-SHIFT SAID HE WAS A REAL GREAT GUY.  LATER THAT NIGHT A-SHIFT WENT THE BENIFIT HAD MORE PICTURES TAKEN AND HE EVEN ACCEPTED A BELTWAY PATROL T-SHIRT.

16 HOUSE WELCOMES BACK FADO PURKEY

16 HOUSE WELCOMES BACK FADO PURKEY WHO CAME BACK FROM HIS OPERATION.  PURKEY SAID HE NEEDED TO COME BACK TO WORK TO GET SOME REST.   WELCOME BACK PERK!

D-SHIFT HAS WORKING RESCUE ON 695

AROUND 3:45 BC-33 LEVERTON WAS RETURNING TO QUARTERS WHEN HE CAME ACCROSS A CAR INTO THE JERSY WALL ON THE BRIDGE OVER TOP RT 702.  HE ADVISED DISPATCH THAT HE HAD A WORKING RESCUE ASSIGNMENT AND THE CAR WAS IN DANGER OF GOING OVER THE BRIDGE.  RESCUE BOX 16-67 WAS DISPATCHED BRINGING ENGINE 16, TRUCK 15, RESCUE 523, EMS 6, AND MEDIC 7.  AS 16 ARRIVED WE PULLED A AUTO LINE AND BEGAN TO SECURE THE VEHICLE AS TRUCK 15 ARRIVED AND BEGAN TO EXTRICATE THE PATIENT.  AFTER ABOUT 20 MINS THE PATIENT WAS REMOVED AND TRANSPORTED TO BAYVIEW HOSPITAL VIA MEDIC 7.

16 HOUSE SAYS GOOD-BYE TO SOME OF ITS MEMBERS

16 HOUSE MUST SAY GOOD-BYE TO SEVERAL MEMBERS.  FIRST UP IS ON A-SHIFT FADO DAVE JOHNSTON WHO WAS FILLING IN FOR PURKEY HE TOOK HIS NEW ASSIGNMENT TO STATION 9 A-SHIFT.  B-SHIFT SAYS GOOD-BYE TO ALAN DUFOUR WHO HAS BEEN  PROMOTED TO FIRE SPECIALIST AND IS NOW ASSIGNED TO STATION 12 D-SHIFT.  C-SHIFT SAYS GOOD-BYE TO ATYA SMITH WHO RECENTLY GOT PROMOTED TO PARAMEDIC AND NOW IS WORKING AT STATION 8 C-SHIFT.  AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST EMT/FF RYAN DOWNEY WHO FINALLY GOT HIS TRANSFER BACK TO STATION 6.  WE SAY GOOD-BYE TO GREAT PEOPLE.  YOU GUYS MADE A LASTING IMPRESSION ON US AND WE HOPE YOU ALL COME BACK SOON.  GOOD LUCK TO ALL ON YOUR NEW ASSIGNMENTS.

SEPTEMBER WAS A BUSY MONTH FOR FIRES

   16 HOUSE HAD A REAL BUSY MONTH FOR FIRES FIRST UP IS C-SHIFT WHO RESPONDED TO A FULLY INVOLVED DWELLING IN ESSEX.  C-SHIFT ARRIVED 3RD AND TOOK THE REAR BUT ENTRY WAS MADE IMPOSSIBLE WHEN LIVE WIRES BLOCKED THEIR ENTRANCE.  ONCE POWER WAS CUT C-SHIFT WAS ABLE TO MAKE ENTRY AND ASSIST ESSEX WITH KNOCK DOWN.  C-SHIFT WAS UP AGAIN THIS TIME THEY WERE ALERTED FOR A APPLIANCE FIRE IN 28'S DISTRICT.  28 FAILED TO RESPOND AND AS 16 APPROACHED THE SCENE THAY WERE ADVISED BY POLICE OF A WORKING FIRE.  THEY WENT ON SCENE WITH A 2 STORY BRIACK ROW WITH SMOKE SHOWING.  CREWS ADVANCED A 1 3/4 TO THE BASEMENT. AS THEY FORCED ENTRY THE ROOM FLASHED.  16 MADE ENTRY AND DID A QUICK KNOCK BEFORE THE NEXT ENGINE COULD ARRIVE.  TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH BOX 28-1 WAS STRUCK FOR A DWELLING FIRE ON ST REGIS RD.  16 ARRIVED 1ST AND FOUND A 2 STORY END OF GROUP TOWN HOUSE WITH SMOKE SHOWING 2ND FLOOR.  CREWS FOUND A BED ROOM FIRE.  ALL OF C-SHIFTS FIRES WERE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF LT ANGELO.

  A-SHIFT ALSO HAD A BUSY MONTH FOR FIRES. SUNDAY NIGHT AROUND SEPTEMBER 28th BOX 27-4 WAS STRUCK FOR A DWELLING ON WISE AVE. BC-3 TOME WAS ON SCENE IST WITH A 3 STORY WOODFRAME DWELLING THAT WAS FULLY INVOLVED.  BC-3 QUICKLY STRUCK A 2ND AND BROUGHT ENGINE 16.  WHILE THAT FIRE WAS GOING ON E231 ON A TRANSFER WNET TO THE CRANE POWER PLANT ON A INVESTIGATION FOUND A VERY LARGE ELECTRICAL PANEL THAT WAS WELL OFF.  231 STRUCK THE BOX AND DC-1 SPENCER-STRONG ARRIVED HE DETERMINED THAT MORE RESOURCES WERE NEEDED.  HE QUICKLY STRUCK A 2ND AND ABOUT 20 MINS LATER STRUCK A 3RD ALARM.  WHICH BROUGHT SEVERAL UNITS FROM THE 27 BOX INCLUDING ENGINE 16.

ALL PICTURES FROM ALL FIRES ARE FORTH COMING

B-SHIFT HAS FIRST DUE WORKING BUILDING FIRE

  AROUND 10:30am  B-SHIFT WAS JUST GETTING STARTED THEIR TOUR WHEN BOX 16-12 WAS STRUCK FOR A BUILDING FIRE IN THE 8800 BLOCK OF PHILADELPHIA RD.  ENGINE COMPANY 15 RETURNING FROM A HAZ-MAT IN WHITE MARSH WAS FIRST IN TO FIND A 1 STORY DELI WITH HEAVY SMOKE SHOWING.  16 ARRIVED RIGHT BEHIND 15 AND ESTABLISHED A WATER SUPPLY AND HAD THE 1ST LINE ON THE FIRE.  THE FIRE WAS MOSTLY IN THE ATTIC STARTED BY A FAN.  A WORKING FIRE ASSIGNMENT WAS REQUESTED WHEN THE FIRE BROKE THROUGH THE ROOF.  THE FIRE WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL IN ABOUT 20 MINS.  B-SHIFT WOULD LIKE TO THANK CAPTAIN RAFFERTY FOR TAKING OFF.  SINCE HE HAS BEEN OFF B-SHIFT HAS HAD SEVERAL FIRES AND RESCUES.  AGAIN THANK YOU.  THEY SEEM TO BE ROLLING MORE WHEN YOUR NOT HERE THEN WHEN YOU ARE!

D-SHIFT HAS A SMALL FIRE AT NURSING HOME

  D-SHIFT WAS JUST SITTING AROUND ON A VERY QUIET SATURDAY WHEN WE WERE ALERTED FOR ALARM BELLS AT MANOR CARE ROSSVILLE.  AS WE ARRIVED WE FOUND  SMOKE WAS EVIDENT IN THE ELEVATOR ROOM.  CAPTAIN KURRLE STRUCK THE BOX AND WE FOUND A ELECTRICAL PANEL THAT CONTROLLED THE ELEVATOR WAS ON FIRE.  THE FIRE WAS QUICKLY KNOCKED.  THE PROBLEM THAT OCCURED NEXT WAS THAT THE FIRE DISABLED ALL ELEVATORS IN THE NURSING HOME AND ALL PATIENTS WERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR.  SO AFTER TALKING TO EMS 1, 6 AND THE STAFF IT WAS DETERMINDED THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD ASSIST IN REMOVING ALL 80 PATIENTS TO THE FIRST FLOOR.  CAPTAIN KURRLE THEN REQUESTED ASSISTANCE.  DISPATCH ALERTED ALL E-SHIFT MEDICS WITH THEIR ENGINE COMPANIES.  THIS BROUGHT ENGINES 101, 7, 10, 13, 17, AND 18. ALONG WITH MEDICS 1,7,10,13,17 AND 18.  THE TASK OF REMOVING ALL PATIENTS TOOK ABOUT 2 HOURS TO COMPLETE.  ALL CREWS WORKED WELL TOGETHER AND ALL MEMBERS SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THEIR EFFORTS.  OTHER UNITS ON SCENE WERE MEDIC 107, 525, BC-33, REHAB 155, AND 156, ALONG WITH OEP.

B-SHIFT RESPONDS TO WORKING HOUSE FIRE IN 8'S DISTRICT

   B-SHIFT WAS ALERTED AROUND 5:00pm FOR A DWELLING FIRE AT 4718 KENWOOD AVE.  16 ARRIVED WITH ENGINE AND TRUCK 8 TO FIND A 1 STORY SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING WIHT FIRE SHOWING.  DC-33 EWERS REQUESTED A WORKING FIRE ASSIGNMENT.  THE FIRE STARTED IN THE BED ROOM EXTENDED INTO THE ATTIC AND LIVING ROOM.  THE FIRE WAS KNOCKED IN ABOUT 15 MINS.   IRRONICALLY FIRE SPECIALIST YINGLING ON D-SHIFT  LIVED IN THIS VERY HOUSE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.  AGAIN GUESS WHO WAS OFF? CAPTAIN RAFFERTY.  B-SHIFT THANKS YOU.

D-SHIFT RESPONDS TO FATAL ON 695

D-SHIFT WAS ALERTED AROUND 12:30 FOR A VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON THE INNER LOOP OF 695 AT PHILADELPHIA ROAD.  TRUCK 8 ARRIVED FIRST AND FOUND A SINGLE VEHICLE ON ITS SIDE WITH PATIENT EJECTED THE PATIENT WAS PRONOUNCED DOA ON SCENE.  16 AND TRUCK 8 REMAINED ON SCENE FOR SEVERAL HOURS TO ASSIST WITH CLEAN UP AND LIGHTING

B-SHIFT FIRST IN ON WORING RESCUE

  WHILE CAPTAIN RAFFERTY WAS ENJOYING HIS VACATION B-SHIFT WAS ALERTED FOR A OVERTURNED VEHICLE WITH ENTRAPMENT AT PHILADELPHIA ROAD AND PULASKI HIGHWAY IN BOX 28-2.  16 ARRIVED TO FIND A 2 VEHICLE MVA WITH ONE ON ITS ROOF WITH ONE TRAPPED. TRUCK 15 ARRIVED AND BEGAN TO EXTRICATE THE ELDERLY PATIENT WHO WAS TRAPPED INSIDE.  SHE WAS QUICKLY REMOVED AND GIVEN TO MEDIC 16 WHO TRANSPORTED HER TO THE HOSPITAL PRIORITY 2.