RECENT INCIDENTS
2-17-08        AT 1525 PT-1, S-49, R-3, AND B-1 WERE DISPATCHED TO A 2 VEHICLE MVC WITH MULTIPLE
ENTRAPMENT. UPON TRUCK 1 ARRIVING THEY CONFIRMED A 2 VEHICLE MVC, 1 VEHICLE ON IT'S
PASSENGER SIDE. THEY CONFIRMED ENTRAPMENT OF 3 PATIENTS, 2 OF WHICH WOULD REQUIRE
EXTRICATION. T-1 SETUP FOR EXTRICATION AS S-49 ARRIVED AND REPORTED TO COMMAND. T-1 WAS
ABLE TO GET 1 PATIENT OUT BY OPENING A DOOR. THIS PATIENT SUFFERED MINOR ABRASIONS AND 1
INCH LACERATION TO THE LEFT FOREARM, THE C-SPINE WAS CLEARED AND THIS PATIENT REFUSED
TRANSPORT. THE DRIVER OF THE OVERTURNED VEHICLE WAS NEXT TO BE REMOVED. AFTER 10
MINUTES OF STABILIZING THE VEHICLE AND CUTTING THE PATIENT WAS FREED AND TRANSPORTED AS A
TRAUMA PATIENT SUFFERING BILATERAL FEMUR FRACTURES, AND A TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX. THE
FINAL PATIENT WAS EXTRICATED SUFFERING FROM A CRUSH INJURY TO HER LEFT UPPER AND LOWER
LEG CAUSED BY A 14 INCH INTRUSION OF THE DRIVER'S DOOR AS WELL AS DRIVER'S SIDE DASH. SHE
WAS ALSO TRANSPORTED AS A TRAUMA PATIENT DUE TO A SYSTOLIC PRESSURE OF 78. ALL UNITS
WERE PUT BACK IN SERVICE AS 1648.
2-25-08       AT 0952 E-2 STAFFED BY ROOKIES AND B-1 WERE DISPATCHED TO AN MVC CAUSED BY A
DRUNK DRIVER AT A GAS STATION. LUCKILY THE EMERGENCY SHUT OFF AT THE PUMPS WORKED ON
IMPACT. AS P.D. ARRIVED ON SCENE THEY ENCOUNTERED A SUICIDAL DRUNK WITH PLENTY OF
EVIDENCE OF ALCOHOL OUTSIDE THE DRIVER'S DOOR. THE DRUNK GRABBED A GUN FROM WASTE AND
THREATENED TO KILL HIMSELF, WHICH STARTED A STANDOFF. ENGINE 2 WAS HEADED TO THE DRILL
FIELD FOR SOME LIVE FIRE TRAINING AND DUE TO GPS DISPATCH NOTICED THEM AS THE CLOSEST
AVAILABLE ENGINE. AS THIS WAS A BUSY TIME OF MORNING WITH MULTIPLE MEDICAL CALLS GOING ON
IT WAS DECIDED TO LET THE ROOKIES UNDER COMMAND OF BATTALION 1 HANDLE THE CALL. THE
STANDOFF LASTED 2-1/2 HOURS WITH THE SUBJECT BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY PEACEFULLY. UPON
BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, P.D. TRANSPORTED THE SUBJECT TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION
WHERE HE WAS LATER ADMITTED INTO THE BEHAVIOR MEDICAL UNIT TO BE SEEN BY A PSYCHIATRIST.
3-06-08        AT 1039 ENGINE'S 1,3,4 TRUCK 1, SQUAD 49, AND BATTALION 1 WERE DISPATCHED TO A
STRUCTURE FIRE IN AN ABANDONED WAREHOUSE. UPON ARRIVAL ENGINE 1 ESTABLISHED COMMAND
WITH A 4 STORY WAREHOUSE VERY LIGHT SMOKE SHOWING. ENGINE 1 TIED INTO A HYDRANT AS TRUCK 1
SET-UP FOR VENTILATION. ENGINE 3 WAS SECOND IN AND STOOD BY AT A SECOND HYDRANT IF
ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY WAS NEEDED. ENGINE 4 AND SQUAD 49 ARRIVED SIMULTANEOUSLY AS LAST
IN ALONG WITH BATTALION 1 WHO ASSUMED COMMAND. ENGINE 1 PULLED 1 PRECONNECT WITH ENGINE
3 PULLING THE SECOND AND STAGING AS RIT TEAM. ENGINE 4 JOINED ENGINE 1 ON THE ATTACK AS A
SEARCH TEAM, WHILE SQUAD 49 WAITED WITH TRUCK 1 TO GO DO VENTILATION AS THIS APPEARED TO BE
A SMALL FIRE AND THEY WOULD NOT NEED ROOFTOP VENTILATION. AS ENGINE 1 MADE ENTRY TO THE
FIRE ROOM ON THE 3RD FLOOR A FLASHOVER TOOK PLACE. THE CREW QUICKLY MADE KNOCK DOWN ON
THE FIRE AND ENGINE 4 HAD AN ALL CLEAR ON PRIMARY SEARCH. THE CREWS EXITED THE STRUCTURE
AND WENT FOR REHAB AS THE HUMIDITY WAS EXTREMELY HIGH THIS MORNING. WHAT THE CREWS DID
NOT REALIZE WAS THE FIRE WALL ON THIS BUILDING WAS NOT BUILT CORRECTLY AND THE FIRE HAD
JUMPED IN BETWEEN THE WALL BEFORE TRUCKIES AND SQUAD COULD MAKE IT IN TO CHECK FOR HOT
SPOTS. WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND COMMAND REALIZED WHAT WAS GOING ON HE ORDERED A
DEFENSIVE OPERATION AND BACKED EVERYONE OUT DUE TO STRUCTURAL INSTABILITY. A SUPPLY LINE
WAS RUN FROM ENGINE 1 TO ENGINE 4 AND BOTH UNITS PUT THEIR MONITORS INTO OPERATION ALONG
WITH BOTH HANDLINES AND TRUCK 1. THE BUILDING DID NOT SURVIVE, AND A NICE PARKING LOT WAS
MADE, BUT EVERYONE WENT HOME BOTH FIREFIGHTER AND CIVILIAN WHICH WAS REALLY ALL THAT
MATTERED. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME AND WILL UPDATE LATER.
THEIR IS GOOD EVIDENCE THAT THIS FIRE WAS STARTED BY A HOMELESS COUPLE STAYING IN THE
WAREHOUSE, BUT IT WILL NOT BE FINAL UNTIL THE FIRE MARSHAL GIVES HIS PRESS RELEASE.