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

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(as of JULY 1st, 2008)

D-SHIFT IS 1ST ON A WORKING DWELLING FIRE

   AROUND 3:30AM D-SHIFT WAS ALERTED ALONG WITH ENGINES 8, 281,71, AND 10, TRUCK 8 SQUAD 523 AND BC-33 FOR A DWELLING FIRE IN THE AREA OF KENWOOD AVE AND NORTH AVE. WHILE ENROUTE THE COMMENTS READ THAT EVERYONE WAS OUT OF THE HOUSE.  AS WE WERE APPROACHING THE SCENE A LARGE COLUMN OF SMOKE COULD BE SEEN.  WE ARRIVED AND AS WERE LEADING OFF TRUCK 8 WENT ON SCENE WITH A LARGE RANCHER FULLY INVOLVED.  BC-33 LEVERTON ARRIVED TOOK COMMAND AND ADVISED THE HOUSE WAS TOO UNSTABLE FOR A INTERIOR ATTACK.  AS WE WERE STRETCHING (2) 1 3/4 AND A 2 1/2 HAND LINES THE FIRE VENTED THROUGH THE ROOF AND TRUCK 8 HAD TO PUT THEIR LADDER PIPE IN SERVICE.  A WORKING FIRE ASSIGNMENT WAS REQUESTED BRINGING TRUCK 15 MEDIC 16 AND THE REHAD UNIT.  THE FIRE WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL IN ABOUT 45 MINS.

B-SHIFTS RESPONDS TO PERRY HALL ON WORKING FIRE

AROUND 9:15  FIRE SPRECIALIST YINGLING FROM D-SHIFT WAS DRIVING DOWN BEL-AIR RD WHEN HE NOTICED A LARGE COLUMN OF SMOKE.  HE WENT TO FOLLOW THE SMOKE AND CALLED DISPATCH TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY WORKING FIRES IN 55'S DISTRICT.  WHEN DISPATCH SAID NO HE ADVISED HE HAD HEAVY FIRE AND SMOKE BUT COULDN'T GIVE AN EXACT ADDRESS.  JUST THEN HE WAS ADVISED THAT THEY HAD A REPORT OF A DECK ON FIRE AT 11 PERHALL CT. THE BOX WAS STRUCK AND ENGINE 55 WENT ON SCENE WITH A 1 STORY SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING WITH HEAVY SMOKE SHOWING. B-SHIFT HEARING THE SIZE UP AND THE FACT THAT THERE WAS HIGH HEAT WENT ON THE AIR.  COMMAND REQUESTED THE WORKING FIRE ASSIGNMENT WHICH PICKED UP ENGINE 16.  16 ARRIVED STARTED TO ASSUME RIT, BUT WAS THEN PUT TO WORK. THE FIRE STARTED TO THE REAR OF THE HOUSE GOT UP INTO THE ATTIC AND TOOK THE BACK OF THE HOUSE AND ROOF.  THE FIRE WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL IN ABOUT 45 MINS. (PICTURES COURTESY OF A BALTIMORE CITY FIREFIGHTER)

16 HOUSE WISHES A SPEEDY RECOVERY

WE HERE AT GOLDEN RING WOULD LIKE TO WISH FIREFIGHTER/EMT ALAN DUFOUR ON B-SHIFT A SPEEDY RECOVERY FROM HIS RECENT OPERATION.  ALAN'S OPERATION WAS A SUCCESS AND THE DOCTOR FELT THE LYPO DID THE TRICK.  HOPEFULLY ALAN WILL BE BACK TO WEARING HIS FUR LINED CROC'S VERY SOON.

UPDATE ON FADO PURKEY

          16 HOUSE WANTS TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR VERY OWN FADO PURKEY AFTER HIS OPERATION TO HIS FOREARM (WONDER WHAT HE WAS DOING ALOT OF TO HURT HIMSELF)  ANYWAY  PURKEY IS DOING BETTER THEN EVER AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO RETURNING TO WORK AS SOON AS HE CAN.  ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO CALL THE STATION.  HURRY BACK PURK WE MISS YOU. 

16 HOUSE WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS

  16 HOUSE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME SEVERAL NEW MEMBERS TO THE HOUSE.

                                    A-SHIFT-  EMT/FF DAVE JOHNSON FROM E-57 WHILE PURK IS OUT

                                    C-SHIFT- PROB EMT LEE DIEGEL

                                    D-SHIFT- PM TOM STEVENSON FROM MEDIC 10

                                                     PROB EMT JADA FULMORE

16 HOUSE HOPES FOR A SPEEDY RETURN TO FF/EMT RYAN DOWNEY WHO HAS BEEN TEMP ASSIGNED TO STATION 7. WE UNDERSTAND RYAN IS SCRATCHING ON THE BACK DOOR LIKE A DOG TRYING TO GET OUT.  HURRY BACK RYAN D-SHIFT MISSES YOU.

16 HOUSE WISHES A SPEEDY RECOVERY

   16 HOUSE WISHES OUR VERY OWN DRIVER OPERATOR PURKEY A VERY SPEEDY RECOVERY FROM HIS OPERATION ON HIS ARM. PURK IS HOME RESTING AND IS DOING WELL. WE ARE ALL PRETTY SURE HE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF "FRIENDS" STOPPING BY TO HELP HIM OUT.  16 HOUSE WISHES PURK WELL AND A SPEEDY RECOVERY.

BUSY NIGHT FOR D-SHIFT

      D-SHIFT FINISHED THE TOUR WITH A BANG.  AROUND 10:30pm BOX 7-3 WAS STRUCK FOR A DWELLING FIRE WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED ON EASTERN AVE. WHILE ENROUTE FIRE DISPATCH UPDATED THE CALL REPORTING SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INDEED TRAPPED. ESSEX ARRIVED  AND FOUND A 2 STORY WOODFRAME DWELLING WITH HEAVY FIRE FIRST FLOOR  WITH A WOMAN HANGING OUT THE 2nd FLOOR WINDOW.  TRUCK COMPANY 15 ARRIVED RIGHT BEHIND 7 AND THREW GROUND LADDERS AND MADE THE RESCUE AS 71 MADE AN ATTACK ON THE FIRE.  16 HOUSE ASSISTED CREWS WITH A BACK UP LINE AND OPENING UP.

    RIGHT AFTER 16 HOUSE RETURNED TO SERVICE AND GOT CLEANED UP FOR THE FIRE THEY WERE ALERTED ALONG WITH ENGINE 12 FOR A RESCUE WITH AUTO FIRE ON PHILADELPHIA RD AND KING AVE BOX 12-1.  AS 16 HOUSE REPONDED DISPATCHED ADVISED THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE CALLS REPORTING PEOPLE TRAPPED AND EJECTED WITH A CAR ON FIRE.  ENGINE 12 ARRIVED TO FIND A 2 VEHICLE MVA WITH ONE CAR ON FIRE WITH A SUBJECT STILL TRAPPED.  THE 2nd VEHICLE HAD 1 EJECTED AND 2 TRAPPED.  IT WAS QUICKLY DETERMINED THAT THE SUBJECT IN THE CAR THAT WAS ON FIRE WAS DECEASED, AND ONE SUBJECT IN THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS ALSO, DECEASED.  3 OTHER PATIENTS WERE ALL TRANSPORTED TO SHOCK TRAUMA PRIORITY 1

16 HOUSE WELCOMES NEW CAPTAIN

  MEMBERS OF A-SHIFT AND 16 HOUSE WANT TO WELCOME CAPTAIN TERRY DEMBECK TO A-SHIFT.  CAPTAIN DEMBECK WAS ONCE AT 16 HOUSE AS A DRIVER ON B-SHIFT.  CAPTAIN DEMBECK COMES FROM ENGINE COMPANY 101 THE LAND OF BELLS AND SMELLS.  WELCOME ABOARD

16 WISHES A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO LT WIZ

  16 HOUSE WISHES A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO LT. WISNIEWSKI ON C-SHIFT WHO IS OFF SICK AFTER HAVING HIS APENDIX REMOVED.  FATHER AND APENDIX ARE ALL DOING FINE

B-SHIFT TAKES WORKING FIRE IN PERRY HALL

   APPROX 8:00pm ON B-SHIFT'S LAST NIGHT BOX 55-7 WAS STRUCK FOR A DWELLING FIRE AT 4012 JACINTH WAY.  ENGINE 55 ARRIVED WITH A 2 1/2 STORY SINGLE FAMILY WITH FIRE SHOWING.  16 WAS ALERTED WHEN THE ENGINE OUT OF WHITE MARSH RESPONDED UNDER STAFFED.  ENGINE 16 ARRIVED AND TOOK THE REAR 16 PULLED A LINE AND WENT IN AND ASSISTED WITH KNOCK DOWN.  16 WAS UNDER DIRECTION OF CAPTAIN RAFFERTY (LET'S ROLL)

A-SHIFT TAKES WORKING BASEMENT FIRE IN ROSEDALE

  A-SHIFT WAS ALERTED ALONG WITH ENGINE 281 AND TRUCK 15 FOR A REPORTED DRYER ON FIRE IN THE BASEMENT OF A DWELLING  AT 8325 OLD PHILADELPHIA RD.  AS 16 WAS ARRIVING THEY WERE TOLD  NOW THE DWELLING WAS  ON FIRE.  16 ARRIVED TO FIND A 1 1/2 STORY SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING WITH SMOKE SHOWING FROM THE BASEMENT.   LT STAWSKI STRUCK THE BOX. CREWS FOUND HEAVY FIRE IN THE BASEMENT.  FIRE WAS BROUGHT UNDR CONTROL IN ABOUT 15 mins.

D-SHIFT GOES 1ST IN ON VACANT DWELLING IN ROSEDALE

  AROUND 11:15 AS D-SHIFT WAS HEADING TO BED BOX 28-2 WAS STRUCK FOR A DWELLING FIRE IN THE 2100 BLOCK OF SUMMIT AVE.  AS ENGINE 16 HIT THE THE STREET WE WERE TOLD THAT DISPATCH HAD RECIEVED MULTIPLE CALLS.  AS WE APPROCHED THE SCENE HEAVY SMOKE WAS EVIDENT.  ENGINE 16 ARRIVED TO FIND A 1/1/2 STORY SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING WITH HEAVY FIRE SHOWING IN THE REAR.  AS WE WERE GETTING READY TO ADVANCE INSIDE THE DWELLING LIVE POWER LINES CAME DOWN ACCROSS THE DOOR WE WERE JUST ABOUT TO ENTER.  IT WAS THEN DERTERMINED BY ABC-33D CAPTAIN KURRLE (ENGINE 16) THAT THE HOUSE WAS TOO UNSTABLE AND WE WENT DEFENSIVE.  THE FIRE WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL AFTER ABOUT 45 mins.  THE FIRE STARTED IN THE BASEMENT FROM A NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION WHICH BLEW THE BACK OF THE HOUSE CLEAN OFF

C-SHIFT REPSONDS ON 695 TO WORKING RESCUE

  16 HOUSE WAS ALERTED AROUND 3:00 am FOR AN AUTO ACCIDENT WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED ON I-695 OUTER LOOP NEAR EASTERN BLVD BOX 15-65.  ENGINE AND TRUCK 15 ARRIVED WITH A MULTI VEHICLE MVA WITH ONE HEAVILY ENTANGLED IN THE VEHICLE. APPARENTLY A CAR GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION ON I-695 HIT A TRACTOR TRAILER HEAD ON.   COMMAND REQUESTED THE MSP TROOPER FOR THE PRIORITY ONE PATIENT.  THE PATIENT WHO WAS PINNED UNDER THE DASH REQUIRED TRUCK 15 TO DUE A ROOF REMOVAL WITH DASH ROLL UP.  THE PATIENT WAS EXTRICATED AFTER ABOUT 20 MINS.  PATIENT WAS TRANSPORTED VIA MEDIC 16 PRIORITY 1 TO THE HOSPITAL.  INCIDENT WAS UNDER DIRECTION OF BC-3C DEVERS.  OTHER UNITS ON SCENE WAS MSP ENGINE 71(BROUGHT HAZ-MAT) HAZ-MAT SAT 15, AND EMS 3.

D-SHIFT GOES ON WORKING FIRE IN FULLERTON

   AROUND 9:30 D-SHIFT JUST GOT BACK TO THE STATION AFTER A MEDIC RUN.  AS WE WERE STARTING HOUSE WORK EMS 6 CALLED IN A LARGE PLUME OF SMOKE IN THE AREA OF LILLIAN HOLT DRIVE AND PERRY HALL BLVD.  BOX 8-8 WAS STRUCK AS ENGINE 8 WAS TURNING OUT A PASSER BY REPORTED THAT THE FIRE WAS BEHIND THE STATION AT SCHMIDT'S BAKERY.  HEAVY SMOKE COULD BE SEEN FOR MILES ENGINE 8 UNDER DIRECTION OF LT. HAHN (ENGINE 55) REPORTED HEAVY FIRE SHOWING.  ENGINE 8 TOOK A POSISITION IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE BAKERY BUT WAS UNABLE TO ACCESS DUE TO HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC.  16 HOUSE ARRIVED ALONG WITH TRUCK 8 AND FOUND A 2 1/2 STORY VACANT DWELLING FULLY INVOLVED.  FIRE WAS THROUGH THE ROOF AND UNITS WENT TO WORK WITH DECK GUNS AND MASTER STREAMS.  THE FIRE WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL IN ABOUT 40 MINS.  INCIDENT WAS UNDER DIRECTION OF BC-33D LEVERTON.  UNITS ON SCENE WERE ENGINES 8, 16, 55, 281(SHORT CREW) 10, AND 222 TRUCKS 8, 221(AS A LADDER SUPPORT) TOWER 209 AND TRUCK 15 AND BC-33.  OTHER UNITS INCLUDE MEDIC 7 BRUSH 8 ENGINE 15 HAZ-MAT SAT 15, MDE, REHAB 155 BCOPD AND FID (pictures coming)

ANOTHER FIRE FOR A-SHIFT

  AROUND 11:45 BOX 8-8 WAS STRUCK FOR A GARAGE FIRE AT GUM SPRING ROAD AND TURNING LEAF COURT.  16 WAS UNDER DIRECTION OF LT STAWSKI.  ENGINE TRUCK 8 ARRIVED TO FIND A LARGE TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING WITH HEAVY FIRE SHOWING FROM THE GARAGE.  THE FIRE EXTENDED INTO THE HOUSE AND A WORKING FIRE WAS STRUCK.  THE FIRE EXTENDED INTO THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE AND UNITS WENT DEFENSIVE. 

16 HOUSE SAYS GOOD-BYE TO A LEGEND

    ON FEBRUARY 17th 2008 16 HOUSE ALONG WITH SOME RETIRED MEMBERS AND THE ENTIRE 3rd BATTALION CAME BY TO SAY GOOD-BYE, FAREWELL, AND GET THE HELL OUT TO CAPTAIN GREG HUDNET.  CAPTAIN HUDNET WORKED AT 16 LONGER THAN SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON THIS PLANET.  HE MADE CAPTAIN BACK IN 1984 AND WORKED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPANIES AROUND THE COUNTY.  HE WILL BE MISSED. HERE ARE SOME PICS GO TO THE OTHER CAPTAIN HUDNET THREAD TO VIEW MORE

A-SHIFT RESPONDS TO FATAL HOUSE FIRE IN 28'S DISTRICT

  AROUND 7:30AM 16 HOUSE WAS ALERTED FOR A DWELLING FIRE IN THE 1900 BLOCK OF NEIGHBORS AVE IN ROSEDALE.  AS 16 PULLED OUT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF LT. STAWSKI DISPATCHED UPDATED THE CALL TO PEOPLE TRAPPED.  16 ARRIVED TO FIND A 2 STORY MIDDLE OF THE GROUP ROW HOUSE WITH HEAVY SMOKE SHOWING.  FF PACE (ENGINE 15A) AND FS HAZELTON (TRUCK 15A) DETAILED TO ENGINE 16 MADE A QUICK GRAP OF THE SUBJECT WHO TRAPPED INSIDE.  THE PATIENT WAS BROUGHT TO AWAITING MEDICS.  THE PATIENT IN HIS MID TO UPPER 50'S HAD 3rd DEGREE BURNS TO WELL OVER 90% OF HIS BODY WAS PRONOUNCED DOA AT THE SCENE.  THE FIRE WAS UNDER DIRECTION OF ABC-3 MURPHY (ENGINE 61)

D-SHIFT TAKES PERSON STRUCK ON I-695

 ENGINE AND MEDIC 16 ALONG WITH EMS 6 AND ENGINE 15 WERE ALERTED FOR A PERSON HIT BY AN AUTO ON I-695.  AS 16 HOUSE RESPONDED DISPATCHED ADVISED MULTIPLE CALLS WERE BEING RECIEVED.  ENGINE 15 ARRIVED 1ST AND ADVISED HE HAD ONE IN THE ROADWAY.    UNITS FOUND A MID 30'S MALE LYING SEMICONCIOUS IN THE FAST LANE HE HAD BEEN STRUCK BY AT LEAST TWO VEHICLES.  AS THE PATIENT WAS BEING LOADED INTO THE MEDIC HE WENT INTO TRAUMA ARREST.  CPR WAS STARTED  AND PATIENT WAS TRANSPORTED TO BAYVIEW HOSPITAL.  DESPITE THE EFFORTS OF ENGINES 15, 16, MEDIC 16, EMS 6 AND THE DOCTORS AT BAYVIEW THE PATIENT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ABOUT 35 MINS. LATER.

MEMBERS OF A-SHIFT RECIEVE AWARDS FOR HEROISM

   16 HOUSE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ON MARCH 18th FADO JOHN PURKEY CAPTAIN GREG HUDNET(RETIRED) AND FS LEROY EDMUNDS (TRUCK 8 A) RECIEVED BRONZE STARS FOR THEIR ACTIONS ON A RESCUE THAT OCCURED LAST YEAR.  HUDNET, PURKEY, AND EDMUNDS WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY TO HELP FREE A DRIVER OF A TRUCK THAT HAD FLIPPED OVER ON I-95. 

3RD FIRE FOR D-SHIFT THIS TIME WE WENT TO ESSEX

  BOX 7-14 WAS STRUCK AROUND 2:30am FOR A REPORTED DWELLING FIRE IN THE AREA OF STEMMERS RUN ROAD AND MYRTH AVE.  ENGINE 7 ARRIVED AND FOUND A 2 STORY BRICK ROW WITH HEAVY SMOKE AND FIRE SHOWING.  16 HOUSE ARRIVED THIRD AND COVERED ENGINE 7'S PLUG WHILE THE CREW WENT TO THE REAR AND VENTILATED ALONG WITH CHECKING FOR EXTENSION.  THIS FIRE WAS UNDER DIRECTION OF BC-33 LEVERTON.

D-SHIFT 1ST IN ON A DWELLING IN 28'S DISTRICT

   AS D-SHIFT WAS GETTING READY FOR DINNER BOX 28-10 WAS STRUCK FOR A DWELLING FIRE ON EMILLA WOODS COURT AND WHITBY RD.  AS 16 ARRIVED WE NEW WE HAD A FIRE BECAUSE WE SAW A COP RUNNING UP THE STREET WITH AN EXTINGUISHER.  16 FOUND A STORY MIDDLE OF GROUP ROW WITH SMOKE SHOWING.  16 ADVANCED A LINE AND WE QUICKLY THREW LADDERS AND POSITIVE PREASURE VENTILATION BECAUSE WE HAD REPORTS OF PEOPLE MAY HAVE BEEN TRAPPED.  TRUCK 8 PERFORMED A SEARCH AND ENGINE 8 ASSISTED.  THE FIRE WAS CONFINED TO THE KITCHEN AREA.  THERE WAS ONE INJURED PERSON AT SCENE. A NEIGHBOR WHO TRIED TO HELP AFTER CALLING 911 SHE BEGAN BREAKING OUT WINDOWS  SHE REFUSED TREATMENT.  THIS WAS D-SHIFTS 2ND FIRE OF THE TRICK

D-SHIFT RESPONDS TO WORKING DWELLING FIRE IN 10'S AREA

  AROUND 11:00am  ENGINES 10, 11, 8, AND 55 ALONG WITH TRUCK 8 WAS TURNED OUT FOR A DWELLING FIRE ON PUTTY HILL AVE AT HARFORD ROAD.  ENGINE ARRIVED WITH A 2 1/2 STORY WOODFRAME WITH HEAVY FIRE SHOWING.  10 QUICKLY PULLED A WORKING FIRE ASSIGNEMNT PLUS 2 ADDITIONAL ENGINES.  ON THE WORKING FIRE BROUGHT ENGINES 16, 101, 307 AND TOWER 17.  16 ARRIVED AND GUESS WHAT WE DID AGAIN?  RIT!  16 HOUSE DIDN'T DO MUCH ON THIS ONE EXCEPT GET A HOT DOG FROM THE REHAB WAGON.  ON A SERIOUS NOTE LT TORBIT FROM ENGINE 10 WAS EXITING THE HOUSE BECAME LIGHT HEADED AND PASSED OUT.  HE WAS QUICKLY ATTENDED TO BY MEDIC 10'S CREW AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.  AS OF THIS WRITING LT TORBIT IS DOING MUCH BETTER AND IS PROBABLY HOME.  GET WELL SOON LT.  INCIDENT WAS UNDER DIRECTION OF BC-11 MILLER.

16 GIVES MUTUAL-AID TO BALTIMORE CITY ON A DWELLING

   B-SHIFT WAS ALERTED AROUND 1:00am  SMOKE IN THE AREA IN 28'S DISTRICT.  UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING 16 ASKED IF THE CITY HAD A FIRE AND THEY ADVISED YES A DWELLING FIRE  AT 4416 PARKMONT AVE.   ORIGINALLY DISPATCHED AS A GREASE FIRE (2 ENGINES AND 1 TRUCK) WHEN SQUAD 54 ARRIVED THEY HAD A WORKING FIRE.  16 HEADED THAT WAY WHEN ARRIVED REPORTED TO COMMAND AND TOOK UP RIT.

16 HOUSE SENDS SYMPATHY

16 WOULD LIKE TO SEND OUT OUR SINCERE SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY OF CAPTAIN DONALD HUBBEL AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF RESCUE 1 AND THE STEADMAN STATION  IN BALTIMORE CITY WHO PASSED AWAY ON FRIDAY. CAPTAIN HUBBEL 42 PASSED AWAY WHILE WORKING OUT AT HOME.   16 HOUSE ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER COMPANIES PAID OUR RESPECT TODAY AS ENGINE 23 CARRIED CAPTAIN HUBBEL TO HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE.  REST IN PEACE BROTHER YOU WILL BE MISSED

ANOTHER FIRE FOR B-SHIFT

  AS 16 HOUSE WAS STARTING THEIR LAST NIGHT OF NIGHT WORK THEY WERE ALERTED TO RESPOND ON A 2ND ALARM FIRE IN A 3 STORY GARDEN STYLE APARTMENT ON WALFORD DRIVE IN 27'S DISTRICT.  16 HOUSE ARRIVED 1ST ON THE 2ND AND TOOK UP A RIT ASSIGNMENT.  AFTER THAT THEY ASSISTED INTERIOR CREWS WITH MOP UP.  16 HOUSE RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR

B-SHIFT RESPONDS TO 1ST DUE HOUSE FIRE

    16 HOUSE WAS ALERTED FOR A REPORTED HOUSE FIRE AT 1417 MT AIRY ROAD.  UPON ARRIVAL THEY FOUND NOTHING SHOWING.  THE OCCUPANT ADVISED FIRE WAS OUT.  AS THEY ENTERED THE FRONT DOOR THEY WERE MET BY HEAVY SMOKE.  16 HOUSE WAS THEN ADVISED OF POSSIBLY TWO PEOPLE MAY STILL HAVE BEEN INSIDE.  FS WEIR QUICKLY FOUND THE 2 OCCUPANTS AND ASSISTED THEM TO OUT OF THE HOUSE.  AS 16 WAS ADVANCING A LINE PROPANE BOTTLES BEGAN EXPLODING.  A WORKING FIRE ASSIGNMENT WAS THEN REQUESTED BY ABC-33 CAPTAIN BURKHARDT (ENGINE 61)  THE FIRE WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL IN ABOUT 40 MINS. 

WORKING RV FIRE ON ROUTE 702

   AROUND 4:00pm C-SHIFT WAS ALERTED ALONG WITH ENGINE 7 AND SQUAD 523 FOR AN RV FIRE ON ROUTE 702 AT EASTERN AVE.  AS 16 ARRIVED THEY FOUND A WELL OFF RV.  THE OWNER SAID HE HAD JUST HAD WORK DONE ON THE VEHICLE

C-SHIFT RESPONDS TO BEDROOM FIRE IN FONTANA VILLIAGE

  UNDER DIRECTION OF CAPTAIN ACOSTA C-SHIFT REPONDED TO REPORT OF A DWELLING IN FONTANNA VILLIAGE.  WITH SMOKE SHOWING ON ARRIVAL 16 STRETCHED AND FOUND A FIRE ON THE 2nd FLOOR BED ROOM.  QICK KNOCK KEPT THE FIRE FROM EXTENDING.

B-SHIFT TAKES WORKING FIRE IN 28'S DISTRICT

    AROUND 3:30pm BOX 28-5 WAS STRUCK AT 1212 63rd STREET FOR AN OUTSIDE STRUCTURE ON FIRE WITH POSSIBLE PROPANE BOTTLES INSIDE.  16 WAS FIRST ON THE SCENE AND FOUND AN OUT BUILDING WELL OFF WITH EXTENSION TO THE HOUSE.  16 STRETCHED AND PUT A QUICK KNOCK ON THE FIRE.  INCIDENT WAS UNDER DIRECTION OF CAPTAIN RAFFERTY (LET'S ROLL)

A AND B-SHIFT GOES ON 2ND ALARM IN PERRY HALL

  AS B-SHIFT WAS COMING ON FOR THEIR 2ND DAY OF DAY WORK BOX 55-14 WAS STRUCK FOR A DWELLING FIRE AT 9748 RED CLOVER COURT.  WHILE ENROUTE THEY KEPT BEING UPDATED BY DISPATCH ADVISING MULTIPLE CALLS.  AN OFF DUTY OFFICER ARRIVED WITH A DWELLING FULLY INVOLVED. AND REQUESTED A 2nd ALARM.  BC-3 FANNON OK'ED THE 2ND ALARM.  55 ARIVVED WITH A 2 STORY MIDDLE ROW TOWNHOUSE WITH HEAVY FIRE SHOWING.  16 TOOK THE 2nd ALARM AND ARRIVED AND PUMPED ENGIE 11'S HYDRANT WHILE THE CREW ASSISTED  INSIDE.

D-SHIFT GOES ON AUTO ACCIDENT WITH RESCUE

   AROUND 5:30 ENGINE 16 WAS TURNED OUT TO INVESTIGATE AN AUTO ACCIDENT AT HAZELWOOD AND GOLDEN RING ROAD.  AS WE HIT THE STREET WE WERE ADVISED OF A POSSIBLE RESCUE.  ONCE ON SCENE WE FOUND A TWO CAR HEAD ON  MVA WITH ONE PARTIAL EJECTION UNCONCIOUS.  16 POPPED THE DOOR AND REMOVE THE 40 YEAR OLD MALE.  ONCE REMOVED THE PATIENT HAD AN OBVIOUS TIB-FIB FRACTURE, FRATURED RIGHT ANKLE, AND THE WINDSHIELD HAD AN OBVIOUS INDENTATION FROM WHERE THE UNBELTED DRIVER STRUCK.  MSP TROOPER WAS ALERTED FOR THE PATIENT.  INCIDENT WAS UNDER DIRECTION OF CAPTAIN KURRLE.   OTHER UNITS ON SCENE WERE MEDIC 12, 54 AND EMS 6 AND ENGINE 281 HANDLED THE LANDING SITE.

D-SHIFT GOES ON HOUSE FIRE IN FULLERTON

  AROUND 7:30 BOX 8-1 WAS STRUCK FOR A BEDROOM FIRE AT 21 FULLER AVE.  ENGINE 10 WAS 1ST IN SINCE ENGINE 8 WAS ON A MEDIC RUN TO FIND A 2 STORY SINGLE FAMILY WITH FIRE AND SMOKE SHOWING 2nd FLOOR.  16 ARRIVED 2nd AND LEAD OFF AND BROUGHT ENGINE 10 A LINE.  16'S CREW ADVANCED A 2nd LINE AND CHECKED FOR EXTENSION FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THE 2ND FLOOR, WITH MINOR EXTENSION TO THE ATTIC AREA.  INCIDENT WAS UNDER DIRECTION OF BC-33 LEVERTON.

16 HOUSE SAYS FAREWELL

  AFTER 26 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE THE MEMBERS OF C-SHIFT ALONG WITH OTHER EASTSIDE COMPANIES MET AT STATION 12 TO SAY GOOD-BYE AND GOOD-LUCK TO FIREFIGHTER GENE KREBS. GENE WORKED AT STATION 15, 16, AND THEN WAS ON LOAN TO STATION 12 SINCE THEY WERE SHORT A DRIVER AND GENE VOLUNTEERED TO GO THERE AND DRIVE.  WE WISH GENE ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD AND ALSO WISH HIM A VERY HAPPY RETIREMENT.

16 HOUSE RESPONDS TO RESCUE ON RT 40

AROUND 2:30am MEDIC 16 WAS SITTING IN A LIGHT AT RT 40 AND PETRY WAY WHEN A CAR DRIVEN BY AN INTOXICATED SUBJECT STRUCK A VEHICLE HEAD ON AND FLIPPED THE CAR.  THE FORCE OF THE WRECK WAS SO GREAT THAT IT SHOOK MEDIC 16 SO HARD THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE HIT AS WELL.  MEDIC 16 REQUESTED A RESCUE ASSIGNMENT WITH ONE ON ITS ROOF.   BOTH SUBJECTS WERE REMOVED QUICKLY AND TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS.  THE INTOXICATED DRIVER WAS DRIVING EAST IN THE WESTBOUND LANE.

A-SHIFT RESPONDS TO WORKING HOUSE FIRE IN PERRY HALL

 AROUND 12:30am A-SHIFT WAS ALERTED 3rd DUE FOR A HOUSE FIRE IN 55'S DISTRICT. ENGINE 8 WAS ON THE SCENE 1st AND HAD A 2 STORY SINGLE FAMILY WITH HEAVY SMOKE SHOWING.  AS THEY ADVANCED A LINE THEY HAD A BASEMENT FIRE WITH EXTENSION INTO THE KITCHEN.  16 ARRIVED THIRD GRABBED A PLUG AND ASSISTED 8'S CREW WITH  EXTINGUISHMENT AND OVERHAUL.

16 HOUSE RESPONDS TO TRUCK ONTOP OF A CAR ON I-95

JUST AS B-SHIFT WAS STARTING  A RESCUE ASSIGNMENT WAS ALERTED FOR A TRACTOR-TRAILER ONTOP OF A TRUCK.  AS UNITS ARRIVED THEY FOUND A BOX TYPE TRUCK ONTOP OF A JEEP CHEROKEE WITH 2 PINNED.  COMMAND REQUESTED SQUAD 303 AND SULLIVANS GARAGE FOR THEIR HEAVY WRECKERS TO LIFT THE TRUCK.  COMPANIES WENT TO WORK ON THE TRUCKS DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER ON THE JEEP.  BOTH PATIENTS WERE CONCIOUS AND ALERT.  THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS REMOVED QUICKLY AND TRANSPORTED BY MEDIC 16 TO BAYVIEW.  THE PASSENGER OF THE JEEP WAS EXTRICATED AFTER 45 MINS.  HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO SHOCK TRAUMA VIA TROOPER 1.  INCIDENT WAS UNDER COMMAND OF ABC-33 RAFFERTY(LET'S ROLL).  UNITS ON SCENE ENGINES 16, 281, CITY ENGINES 27, 51, SQ 11 AND 54 TRUCKS 8, CITY 26, RESCUES 523,213,303, AND CITY RESCUE 1.  EMS 1, 6 CITY 2, MEDICS 16, 8, CITY 2,SQUAD MEDIC 11, AND NUMEROUS CITY CHIEFS. 

C-SHIFT  RESPONDS 2ND DUE TO FULLERTON ON A HOUSE FIRE

AROUND 5pm BOX 8-4 WAS STRUCK FOR A DWELLING FIRE ON LESLIE AVE AND ALBERTA AVE.  ENGINE 8 ARRIVED AND FOUND A 2 STORY SINGLE FAMILY WITH FIRE SHOWING 2ND FLOOR.  16 ARRIVED RIGHT BEHIND ENGINE 8 AND WENT TO WORK BACKING UP ENGINE 8'S CREW.  QUICK KNOCK BY ENGINE 8 KEPT THE FIRE FROM TAKING MORE OF THE HOUSE.  THERE WAS SEVERAL THREATS IN THE PAST ON THIS HOUSE SO FID WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE.  (photo's courtesy station 8)

16 HOUSE ANNOUNCES A LINE OF DUTY DEATH

IT IS WITH DEEP REGRET THAT 16 HOUSE MUST REPORT THE PASSING OF FIRE APPARATUS DRIVER OPERATOR JARRETT DIXON OF STATION 5 B-SHIFT WHO PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING.  FADO DIXON LEAVES BEHIND A 5 YEAR OLD SON.  THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE DIXON FAMILY AND THE MEMEBRS OF STATION 5 AND THE MEMBERS OF STATION 46 WHERE FADO DIXON WAS A MEMBER.

A-SHIFT RESPONDS TO 2ND SUSPICIOUS FIRE OF THE NIGHT AT THE SAME LOCATION

AROUND 11:30 PM BC-3 FANNON WAS IN THE AREA OF BIDDLE STREET AND 68TH STREET IN 28'S DISTRICT WHEN HE CAME ACCROSS A WORKING AUTO FIRE.  THEN AROUND  5:30 THIS MORNING 28 WAS ALERTED TO SAME INTERSECTION FOR AN UNKNOWN TYPE FIRE.  28 FAILED TO RESPONDED WITH A CREW SO 16 WAS ALERTED AND WHEN ARRIVED FOUND A 26 FOOT CAMPER WELL OFF. ENGINE 15 WAS ALSO PUT ON THE ASSIGNMENT TO ASSIST 16.

D-SHIFT TAKES WORKING RESCUE ON 695

AROUND 2:00 AM ENGINE 16 WAS ALERTED ALONG WITH ENGINE AND MEDIC 15 FOR A AUTO ACCIDENT ON THE OUTER LOOP OF 695 BETWEEN EASTERN AVE. AND CHESACO AVE. 16 ARRIVING FIRST FOUND A 2 CAR MVA WITH ONE INTO THE JERSEY WALL.  THE PATIENT A 16 YEAR OLD MALE WAS COMPLAING OF RIGHT LEG PAIN. MEDIC 15 ASSESTMENT REVEALED THE PATIENT HAD AN OBVIOUS RIGHT FEMUR FRACTURE AND HAD A VERY LOW BLOOD PRESURE.  DO TO THE PATIENTS HIEGHT ACCESS WAS DIFICULT TO REMOVE HIM WITH OUT SERIOUS PAIN SO A RESCUE ASSIGNMENT WAS REQUESTED BY CAPTAIN KURRLE.  ENGINE 16'S CREW WENT TO WORK USING  OUR  SAW-ZALL.  WE QUICKLY CUT THE TOP "B" POST AND MADE TWO RELIEF CUTS AT THE BOTTOM AND WERE ABLE TO FLAP DOWN THE DOOR TO MAKE EASY ACCESS TO THE PATIENT.  THIS WAS DOWN EVEN BEFORE MOST OF THE RESCUE ASSIGNMENT HAD CALLED ENROUTE.  THE PATIENT WAS QUICKLY REMOVED FROM THE CAR PACKAGED AND TRANSPORTED TO SHOCK TRAUMA PRIORITY 1 VIA TROOPER 1.

B-SHIFT STARTS OFF THE NEW YEAR WITH BANG

  AROUND 7:30pm BOX 7-11 WAS STRUCK FOR A DWELLING FIRE AT EASTERN AVE AND SEAFORD AVE.  FIRST ARRIVING UNITS WAS BOTH ENGINES OUT OF ESSEX WITH FIRE SHOWING FROM A BUNGALO.  A WORKING FIRE ASSIGNMENT WAS THEN REQUESTED, WHICH BROUGHT SEVERAL MORE UNITS INCLUDING ENGINE 16.  AS 16 ARRIVED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF CAPATAIN RAFFERTY (LET'S ROLL) THEY ASSITED UNITS WITH KNOCK DOWN OF THE HOUSE THAT WAS FULLY INVOLVED .   THEN AROUND 4:30am 16 WAS ALERTED FOR A FIRE ALARM AT BENNIGANS ON RT 40.  AS THEY ARRIVED THEY FOUND SMOKE SHOWING FROM THE ROOF.  CAPTAIN RAFFERTY STRUCK THE BOX AND FOUND SEVERAL FIRES SET THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING WITH THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM KEEPING THEM IN CHECK.  16 FORCED ENTRY AND FINISHED WHAT THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM STARTED.  CAPATIN RAFFERTY HELD WITH 16 AND THE TRUCK OUT OF FULLERTON AWAITING ARRIVAL OF THE ARSON INVESTIGATORS.  (photos courtesy of station 7 essex)