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UPDATED:
Tuesday May 23, 2006 |
North Carolina FireNews Headlines |
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HOT SHOT
TUE MAY 23
PHOTO: BOBBY HORTON
CLEVELAND COUNTY - On May 19,
the Cleveland Fire Department, Oak Grove and Township 3 fire
departments were dispatched to a house fire at 2408 Eleanor Drive.
Firefighters were able to contain the fire within 15 minutes. The
cause of the fire was determined to be an unattended stove.
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HOT SHOT
TUE MAY 23
PHOTO: BATTALION CHIEF KEVIN GRIFFIN, WSFD
WINSTON-SALEM -
The Winston-Salem Fire Department
responded to an overturned motorized construction lift today. Engine
18 arrived to find the operating suffering a severe injury, however
he was free of the equipment. He was transported to North Carolina
Baptist Hospital by Forsyth County EMS. Haz-mat 2 responded to
handle the diesel fuel spill. WSFD was also assisted by Lewisville
and Vienna VFDs.
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FEATURED SHOT
TUE MAY 23
SUBMITTED BY DION BURLESON, DENVER FIRE DEPARTMENT
LINCOLN COUNTY - On Thursday,
May 11, the Denver Fire Department conducted in-house training on a
school bus. It consisted of classroom training, tours of both school
and charter buses and hands on training on a school bus.
Emphasis was placed on scene management, mass patient triage
techniques, electrical and fuel shut off locations, emergency exit
utilization and extrication considerations. Fifteen firefighters
participated in the three hour training session.
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FEATURED SHOT
TUE MAY 23
PHOTO: MIKE LEGEROS, CFP-7474
RALEIGH -
Four new pumpers have been delivered to the Raleigh Fire Department.
The 2006 Pierce Enforcers are pictured at the Support Services
Center on New Bern Avenue. The apparatus order also included a 2006
Pierce Arrow XT rear-mount 105-foot ladder that has already been
placed in service as Truck 26. Also pictured is the recently
delivered replacement for Haz-Mat 2, a 2006 Freightliner/Hackney.
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  Two
Alarm House Fire in NE Wake County
TUE MAY 23
PHOTO: WTVD
WAKE COUNTY - New Hope, Eastern Wake, Raleigh and Wendell units
fought a fire in a large house that was being demolished prior
to moving the structure.
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Fire Destroys Leasbury Road Home
TUE MAY 23
PHOTO: COURIER-TIMES/KEN MARTIN
PERSON COUNTY - Roxboro firefighters were called to 4011
Leasburg Road last Wednesday to battle fire in a two-story
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SPECIAL REPORT
 Arson
Task Force Arrests Suspect in Dilworth Fires
TUE MAY 23
SUBMITTED BY CHARLOTTE FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHARLOTTE - Charlotte's Fire Investigation Task Force has
charged and arrested a suspect with setting numerous fires in the
Dilworth neighborhood.
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Additional Headline:
High
Point:
Explosion at Chemical Plant Injures Three
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