Monday, July 23, 2007
Chief Hopes Massive Fire Brings Attention to Building Code; Arch Rescue; Deadly Weekend for Fire & EMS; Kentland Lt. Back; Laurel 3rd Alarm
Click on above pictures for more Edmonton Journal photos from Saturday's fire. Edmonton's Fire Chief Randy Wolsey toured scene of weekend firestorm and said, "hopefully we've got their attention". Chief Wolsey has lobbied government officials for years to get building code changes. Among other things, officials point to vinyl siding as contributing to the massive fire's spread.
In another article Wolsey said, “There needs to be a whole change in philosophy for building codes." Firegeezer hopes that Chief Wolsey is successful in rallying some support.
Arch rescue.
200 people, 630 feet up. Details of a power failure at Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
Ohio State Highway Patrol Pictures. State Patrol points to ambulance driver in deadly Ohio crash.
3 EMTs and 2 civilians were killed in a crash between an ambulance and a tractor-trailer. The Ohio State Patrol says the ambulance, "slowed down but failed to cautiously enter a rural intersection". More in articles here and here. Also, TV news coverage: WISE-TV WANE-TV.
Capt. Matt C. Burton and Engineer Scott P. Desmond in photos from the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.Two California firefighters die trying to rescue couple from burning home.
Details on the first line-of-duty deaths for the Contra Costa Fire Protection District are in The Mercury News of San Jose. There is video from KTVU-TV and KPIX-TV.
Jay Lowry at Firefighter Hourly looks at this fire and is also focusing on training in Charleston.
FF/P Mary Beth Rollins in a Howard County Fire & Rescue Department picture.
Firefighter/Paramedic from Howard County dies after fall.
FF/P Mary Beth Rollins was off-duty when she fell 65 feet from the roof of a Baltimore museum. Details on the unusual circumstances surrounding her death, along with funeral arrangements can be found here.
Kentland VFD confirms Nick Martin is back.
Kentland's website has pictures and a story that acknowledges Lt. Nick Martin's return. Seventeen months ago, Lt. Martin got the boot because of a shoving and yelling incident caught on video. A judge ruled Martin didn't get due process. While that due process is underway, Nick Martin is allowed to run calls.
14,803 Bowie Road in Laurel, MD at 2:00 Sunday morning. More pictures and details from Chief Al Schwartz on Beltsville VFD website. We hope to add early raw fire video later today.
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