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UPDATED:
Saturday Dec 30, 2006 |
North Carolina
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HOT SHOT
FRI DEC 29
PHOTOS COURTESY STEVE MARKS, CFP-599
STOKESDALE - Stokesdale Engine
121 collided with a fuel tanker while responding to a call on
December 19. The crash resulted in the tanker flipping and
experiencing a large product spill. Several companies including
units from Greensboro responded to assist.
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PHOTO FEATURE
  Fire
Destroys 4,800 Square Foot Home
FRI DEC 29
SUBMITTED BY BATTALION CHIEF DION BURLESON, DENVER FIRE DEPARTMENT
LINCOLN COUNTY - A
tractor-trailer carrying over three tons of low-grad Uranium en
route to Wilmington overturned at the Interstate 40/95near Benson last Thursday night. Benson Fire and EMS, NCSHP, DOT, NC
Nuclear Regulatory, Johnston SO, Benson Police and the Johnston
County Fire Marshal's Office responded. Three heavy duty wreckers
were used to upright the vehicle. The product was double secured
inside two steel containers. Eastbound I-40 was closed for more than
six hours for the cleanup.
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FEATURED SHOT
FRI DEC 29
SUBMITTED BY MIKE LEGEROS, CFP-7474
GARNER -
The Garner Fire Department conducted a promotion
and graduation ceremony at Station 3 on Sunday honoring Captains B.
Penny, S. Godwin, D. Lindsey; Lieutenants J. Deitch, D. Denning, S.
Young, T. Rooks, and Firefighters D. Ward, G. Hodges, R. Coreia. The
three firefighters graduated from the fire department's very first
fire academy. Speakers included Mayor Ronnie Williams, Fire Chief
Phil Mitchell, Fire Department President Steve Woodall, and Wake
County Fire Instructor and retired Raleigh Fire Department Captain
Wilbert "Tramp" Dunn.
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FEATURED SHOT
FRI DEC 29
SUBMITTED BY TAFT SPENCE, CFP-1661
WAYNESVILLE - Waynesville
firefighters honor retired Fire Chief Leonard B. Messer who served
as Chief of the Waynesville Fire Department for over ten years.
The Buncombe County Honor Guard full fire department rites for the
funeral service.
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Chapel
Hill Habitat House Saved By Sprinkler System Installed by
Firefighters
FRI DEC 29
SUBMITTED BY FIRE CHIEF DAN JONES, CHAPEL HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHAPEL HILL - On December 21,
the Chapel Hill Fire Department along with automatic aid units from
Carrboro responded to a reported structure fire. Firefighters
arrived at the Habitat for Humanity House to find most of the fire
extinguished by a fire sprinkler system installed by the
firefighters themselves.
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FEATURED SHOT
FRI DEC 29
PHOTO BY WAKE COUNTY EMS
RALEIGH - It's a rare occasion
to see these three old fire horses operating at the same incident.
The scene was a recent second alarm plus extra companies fire at an
apartment complex in west Raleigh. From left to right: FireNews.net
Editor in Chief Jeff Harkey (CFP-700), FireNews.net Contributors
Mike Legeros (CFP-7474) and Lee Wilson (CFP-702).
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MECKLENBURG COUNTY:
December 01, 2006
Kent Furman Long
Charlotte Fire Department
COLUMBUS COUNTY:
November 16, 2006
Michael Timothy Browne
Acme-Delco-Riegelwood Fire Rescue
CARTERET COUNTY:
November 14, 2006
Robert G. Whitaker
Marshallberg Fire Department
BLADEN COUNTY:
September 22, 2006
Russell Allen, Jr.
Tarheel Volunteer Rural Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.
GRANVILLE COUNTY:
May 21, 2006
Joseph Louis Bilka
Antioch-Fishing Creek Vol Fire Dept, Inc.
MARTIN COUNTY:
April 16, 2006
Willie Price
Jamesville Vol Fire Dept, Inc.
BURKE COUNTY:
March 19, 2006
Kelly Kincaid
Morganton Dept of Public Safety
HAYWOOD COUNTY:
March 05, 2006
Wayne E. Yarborough
Waynesville Fire Dept
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