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UPDATED:
Tuesday Aug 21 at 18:00 |
North Carolina
FireNews Headlines
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SPECIAL REPORT
 What
Would a New Numbering Scheme Look Like?
TUE AUG 21
FIRENEWS.NET STAFF REPORT
RALEIGH - After our first article on re-numbering, we decided to put
pencil to paper and come up with a proposed numbering scheme for
Wake County. Every apparatus gets a unique "non-name dependent"
identifier. In the interest of safety, all personnel would also be
assigned a unique radio ID. Read the article, then participate in
the discussions.
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HOT SHOTS
Lumber Yard Fire, 25 Departments Respond
MON AUG 20
SUBMITTED BY FIRE CHIEF JAMIE FULK, ELIZABETHTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT.
PHOTOS COURTESY RHONDA GRIFFIN, BLADEN JOURNAL
BLADEN COUNTY - On August 16 at 1830 hours,
White Lake and Elizabethtown were dispatched to a reported woods
fire in the 400 block of Sweet Home Road. On arrival, crews found
the Turnbull Lumber Yard on fire. The fire spread to nearby woods
threatening several homes.
An aerial ladder and ground monitors were used to control the fire
along with tankers and manpower from twenty-five departments. The
cause is under investigation.
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FEATURED REPORT
Gaston County's First Full-time Fire
Marshal Passes Away
MON AUG 20
SUBMITTED BY FIRE CHIEF MIKE McKAY, NEW HOPE FIRE DEPARTMENT
GASTON COUNTY -
The Gaston County Fire Marshal’s
Office along with the New Hope Volunteer Fire Department regrets to
announce the passing of Mr. Albert A. “Ab” McGinnis. Ab was a former
Fire Chief for the New Hope VFD and was the first full-time Fire
Marshal for Gaston County. Mr. McGinnis was instrumental in the
establishment of many of the Volunteer Fire Departments that are
still in operation today and laid the foundation for the County Fire
Marshal’s Office.
He will be missed greatly by his brothers in the fire service. Ab
was honored by firefighters from across the county with a foot
procession to his internment at the Bethesda Methodist Church
cemetery in Gastonia. His funeral was held Saturday, August 18th.
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HOT SHOT
Cramerton School Fire
MON AUG 20
SUBMITTED BY TERRY MOODY
GASTON COUNTY - Fire departments from all over
Gaston County responded to the old Cramerton High School around 1200
hours on August 12. Upon entering the building, teams were sent to
the second and third floors. Crews were rotated frequently due to
the weather conditions. Two firefighters in different sections of
the building partially fell through floors. One firefighter was
transported for heat exhaustion.
A stairwell helped prevent the fire from extending to the rest of
the building. The Gaston County Fire Marshal's Office is
investigating.
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HOT SHOT
Grill Explodes, Engulfing Home
MON AUG 20
PHOTO: CHARLOTTE.com/BILL SCHNIER
MECKLENBURG COUNTY - Firefighters from
Matthews, Idlewild, Providence and Mint Hill responded to this
structure fire Saturday that was caused by an exploding gas grill.
The family was able to escape, but their house was destroyed. A
neighboring dwelling suffered damage from the radiant heat. One
firefighter received minor injuries.
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 Moore County Firefighter Dies After Collapsing Tuesday
FRI AUG
17
UPDATED MON
AUG 20
FIRENEWS.NET STAFF
MOORE COUNTY
- The Whispering Pines Fire Department (Moore County Station 51)
has announced this morning that Probationary Firefighter Glenn
Miller, age 34, has died.
Firefighter Miller was attending training on Tuesday, August 14
at the Fayetteville Technical Community College Fire Academy and
collapsed. He reportedly suffered a severe cardiac emergency.
Services will be held Saturday, August 25th. Details have now
been
posted.
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