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UPDATED:
Monday Oct 09, 2006 |
North Carolina
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HOT SHOT
MON OCT 09
SUBMITTED BY CAPT MURRY STROUD, PIO, NORTH LENOIR FIRE-RESCUE
LENOIR COUNTY - An investigation
into an early morning fatal wreck is underway in Lenoir County.
At approximately 0500 hours, a Lenoir County deputy was
traveling along Highway 70, near the Neuse River Bridge, when he
notice a large field of debris covering the roadway.
Upon further investigation the deputy noticed three people
climbing up a roadside embankment. North Lenoir Fire and Rescue
arrived to find an older model GMC SUV, approximately thirty
feet down an embankment, with one passenger still entrapped.
This patient was pronounced dead on the scene by Lenoir County
paramedics.
Rescue crews waited for NCSHP to investigate before extricating
the victim. A low angle haul system was set up to assist in
lifting. Three other passengers sustained only minor
injuries and were treated and released on scene. Eastbound lanes
of Hwy 70 were blocked for close to three hours during the
incident.
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FEATURED SHOT
MON OCT 09
SUBMITTED BY ASST FIRE CHIEF ERIC LANCASTER, GOLDSBORO FIRE
DEPARTMENT
GOLDSBORO -
The Goldsboro
Fire Department is operating a Fire Prevention store in the
Berkley Mall from Oct 7th to Oct 15th.
There are giveaways everyday which include everything from smoke
alarms to brochures. This is the 7th year that the
store has been in operation which on average reaches about 2,000
people.
The opening day was started outside in the parking lot with fire
trucks on display from around Wayne County along with various
demonstrations. Special thanks goes out to the Goldsboro Fire
Department Fire Prevention Committee for planning this great
fire prevention event.
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TRAINING DOCUMENTS
mon OCT 09
SUBMITTED BY BUREAU CHIEF MARK BROWN, CONCORD DEPARTMENT of FIRE &
LIFE SAFETY
CONCORD - Bureau Chief Mark A.
Brown of Concord will be presenting a series of documents on
FireNews.net that gives information on how Fire Code
requirements may affect company operations on the fireground.
The articles were written for firefighters who may not be
familiar with building codes or are not employed in a fire
inspector capacity.
Each document is in pdf format.
Training Document 04:
Residential Sprinklers
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FEATURED SHOT
MON OCT 09
COURTESY CHARLOTTE FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHARLOTTE - Charlotte's newest
firefighters graduated in a ceremony last Thursday. Recruit Class 74
completed twenty-one weeks of intensive training to prepare to serve
Charlotte's residents and visitors.
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MON OCT 09
SUBMITTED BY DAVID HUNT, NEW HOPE FIRE DEPARTMENT
ORANGE COUNTY - Members of the
New Hope and Efland fire departments are seen training with a
piercing nozzle during a Fire Control class in Orange County.
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