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UPDATED:
Friday Aug 24, 2007 |
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North Carolina
FireNews Headlines
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FEATURED SHOT
FRI AUG 24/FIRENEWS.NET STAFF
REPORT
WINSTON-SALEM -
Shown above is one of the many apparatus being exhibited at the
show. Locke (Rowan County) has received this new Seagrave rescue
pumper.
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Heavy Fire Conditions on Arrival at 3 Alarm
Fire
FRI AUG 24
SUBMITTED BY LEE WILSON, CFP-702, RALEIGH FIRE DEPARTMENT PHOTO UNIT
RALEIGH - Raleigh firefighters discuss
strategy as they prepare to battle a heavily involved apartment
building on August 20. Many units were destroyed in the three story
building. RWCC-911 advised units that many calls were being received
and there were reports of trapped occupants. Several civilians were
transported after they jumped from the building.
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High Winds Cause Construction Site Accident
FRI AUG 24
SUBMITTED BY JOHN STROUP, NORTH MECKLENBURG RESCUE
MECKLENBURG COUNTY - On Tuesday August 21,
2007, North Mecklenburg Rescue, Cornelius Fire-Rescue, Huntersville
Fire and Medic responded to Interstate 77 southbound at mile-marker
24. Two patients were pinned in this Chevy S-10 after getting hit
from the rear by a tractor-trailer that pushed the Chevy into
another tractor-trailer.
Both occupants were alert and talking but were pinned. Extrication
took approximately 35 minutes. The tractor-trailer had to be lifted
to complete the extrication. One patient was transported by
Med-Center air, the other was transported by a ground unit.
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High Winds Cause Construction Site Accident
FRI AUG 24
SUBMITTED BY CAPTAIN STEVEN GILL, HARRISBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT
CABARRUS COUNTY - On Tuesday August 21, 2007
around 1715 hours, Harrisburg Fire Department was dispatched to an
MVC. Engine 2 arrived on scene in the area but was unable to locate
a collision. Engine 1 was also in the area and was flagged down by
construction workers. Engine 1 and Engine 2 stopped to investigate
and they found a town house under construction had partial roof
collapse with a victim.
Captain Overcash had Ladder 1 dispatched as both crews immediately
attended to the patient and began setting up a lowering system,
since no stairwells were constructed at that point and the patient
was on the second floor. The patient was quickly packaged and
lowered successfully via stokes basket and transported to
CMC-Northeast with non life threatening injuries; the cause of the
roof collapse was due to strong winds from a thunderstorm which came
through the area.
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Driver Dies in Rollover Crash
FRI AUG 24
SUBMITTED BY CARTER RABIL, CFP-7322
JOHNSTON COUNTY -
Smithfield Fire/EMS and Pine Level responded to single vehicle
rollover that landed on its roof in a goat pasture allowing some
goats to escape. The driver was trapped and expired with Tar Heel 1
en route to the scene. Troopers blamed the crash on excessive speed.
The goats were rounded up by their owner.
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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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