tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35769243828421566642010-01-23T20:33:32.630-05:00STATter 911Since 1972 Dave Statter has covered the news. A good deal of Dave's reporting has focused on how fire and emergency medical services are delivered in and around Washington and Baltimore. Along the way, Dave was also a volunteer firefighter, an emergency dispatcher and a cardiac rescue technician.9NEWS NOW Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03055782430844089430noreply@blogger.comBlogger2542125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-969725222925432832009-10-15T20:02:00.003-04:002009-10-20T15:50:42.624-04:00We've moved: If you see this you are missing the latest news from STATter911.com.Go to www.statter911.com to see our new site.New RSS feed URL- http://www.statter911.com/feed Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-66610924203967756572009-10-15T01:19:00.009-04:002009-10-15T08:08:19.399-04:00Quick takesClick here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.com Medic unit overturns in Baltimore: Michael "FirePix1075" Schwartzberg's video. Click here for his pictures. This is his description of last night's crash- Two Baltimore City Fire Department EMS personnel were injured Wednesday, Oct 14 when their medic unit was involved in a collision downtown. BCFD Medic 23, Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-43722349535735471742009-10-14T19:09:00.003-04:002009-10-14T19:22:45.304-04:00Milwaukee fire chief leaves in the middle of heated budget battle. Douglas Holton to retire next month for college position.Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.com Picture from Milwaukee Fire Department website.Watch Chief Holton's announcementTheHouseWatch.comFrom the AP:The Milwaukee fire chief will retire from the department next month.Chief Douglas Holton says he plans to become the associate dean of Human and Protective Services at Madison Area Technical College.He Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-70241773437541560352009-10-14T18:43:00.003-04:002009-10-14T18:59:00.221-04:00$45 million overtime settlement in Louisville, Kentucky presented today. Current firefighters & retirees hear details after 9-year battle.Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.com Courier-Journal photo by Scott Utterback.By Jessie Halladay at courierjournal.com:Louisville firefighters and retirees involved in a nine-year legal battle over miscalculated pay could get at least $43.5 million if they agree to a tentative settlement that their representatives and metro government reached Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-7614622090860759862009-10-14T03:45:00.000-04:002009-10-14T03:46:00.192-04:00Quick takesClick here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comChanges coming for STATter911.com: Over the next day or so this blog should look very different. New blogging software will be used and you will start seeing some advertising. The most important thing is that it will be the same lame content you have come to know and love. It will now be very important for you to Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-6364944191869807822009-10-13T19:08:00.006-04:002009-10-13T22:16:15.258-04:00DC union president takes issue with chief's "comedy act" remarks. Rubin stands by his assessment of sprinkler demo that went went wrong.Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comAbove, raw video from out interview with Chief Dennis Rubin on the problems with the October 7 sprinkler demonstration at Gallaudet University where a firefighter was burned. President Raymond Sneed of IAFF Local 36 follows Chief Rubin with his thoughts about the incident.Watch 9NEWS NOW 7:00 PM storyPrevious Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-50644194314904285252009-10-13T16:01:00.001-04:002009-10-13T16:01:00.124-04:00Multiple alarms in Union County, New Jersey. Video from fire in Westfield.Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comHere's the description with this fire on Monday (sorry for the caps):CREWS FROM UNION COUNTY HAD THEIR HANDS FULL WITH THIS STUBBORN FIRE. UNION COUNTY MUTUAL AID TASK FORCE WAS ACTIVATED BRINGING UNITS TO THE SCENE FROM PLAINFIELD, CRANFORD, ROSELLE, SCOTCH PLAINS, GARWOOD, MOUTAINSIDE, AND ADDITIONAL M/A TO Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-40802252019096956482009-10-13T07:00:00.003-04:002009-10-13T07:32:27.930-04:00Quick takesClick here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.com Firehouse.com now has a view from what the chief saw during last Wednesday's sprinkler demonstration. The chief told his interviewer that many of the blog comments he read about the incident that left a firefighter with minor burns were over the top, but that some comments were very accurate in their criticism. Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-27769639402885390982009-10-12T17:09:00.009-04:002009-10-12T19:06:03.851-04:00Chief Dennis Rubin takes full responsibility for sprinkler demo mishap. No briefing or backup line. "The Rube" thought it looked like a comedy act.Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.com Click here to watch the sprinkler demonstration from Chief Rubin's point of view.Read Paul Peluso's article at Firehouse.comListen to Chief Rubin's interviewPrevious coverage and commentSTATter911.com and 9NEWS NOW have been trying since Thursday to find out details of what went wrong during a sprinkler Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-35430545492232411532009-10-12T01:15:00.003-04:002009-10-12T09:12:23.684-04:00UPDATED - Quick takesClick here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comTwo for the price of one: This video has two back-to-back house fires from Gary, Indiana at opposite ends of town. Click here to read more about the fires.UPDATED - Firefighters ordered to back out of fire man sleeps through: A man rolled off a bed onto the floor as a firefighter entered his room two hours after aDave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-26577264564503291152009-10-12T00:57:00.005-04:002009-10-12T01:07:57.926-04:00Veteran Nashville firefighter resigns after admitting to sex in fire station. Name surfaced in probe of prostitution ring.Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comBy Nicole Young at the Tennessean.com:A Nashville firefighter has admitted to investigators that he paid women to have sex with him at the Murfreesboro Pike fire hall where he worked, Metro Police said Friday.Terry Canady, a 23-year veteran firefighter, resigned from the department on Thursday.He will keep his Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-11533865343976891342009-10-11T18:20:00.008-04:002009-10-12T09:11:35.363-04:00Man sleeps through & survives 2 hours in house fire that firefighters were forced to abandon. A must read story from Ross Township, Pennsylvania.Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comClick here for video from fireDetailed article from Post-GazetteImage and story from KDKA-TV:A man survived a two-story home fire in Ross Township early Sunday morning after being trapped for over two hours in the flames.According to officials at the scene, the fire started around 2:35 a.m. at 135 Buckhill Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-69663964909627137502009-10-11T12:07:00.003-04:002009-10-11T12:12:54.848-04:00Firefighter saves 92-year-old man from apartment fire. But first he had to dock his boat. The story from Florida.Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comBy Cristela Guerra at News-Press.com:From his boat, an off-duty Bonita Springs firefighter saw plumes of smoke.Jason Burgess acted immediately, docking his boat and running up to the second-floor apartment at the Shell Point retirement community, said Iona- McGregor Fire Rescue spokeswoman Lauri McMahon. Inside, Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-84291265397362102892009-10-11T08:56:00.005-04:002009-10-11T09:25:40.464-04:00Firefighters honored for saving one of their own. Kentland VFD crew & paramedics that rescued PGFD's Daniel McGown get recognition from fire chief.Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comPGFD photo.Previous STATter911.com coverage: Firefighter rescued, news coverage & raw video of aftermath-April 8; Fireground Audio-April 9; McGown leaves hospital-April 14; Man charged with setting fire-August 19You may recall the April house fire in Largo, Maryland that seriously burned Prince George's County Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-11287688219532289632009-10-10T11:30:00.002-04:002009-10-10T11:30:00.777-04:00More from Connecticut fire. Video of Waterbury blaze.Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comThis is another video from a fire Thursday in Waterbury, Connecticut. The fire started around 1:00 PM in the three-story home under renovation. Read more about the fire here.Here is the slide show we brought you earlier. A previous video has been removed.Waterbury had another house fire early Friday morning. This Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-35476962534226093902009-10-10T08:03:00.002-04:002009-10-10T08:16:23.678-04:00Three alarms in Massachusetts. Fire in large multi-family home in Marlborough.Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comThis fire was reported around 10:00 last night on Lincoln Court in Marlborough, Massachusetts. ProvidenceFireVideos.com shot the video above. Reports indicate the initial callers described an explosion. Here is part of the description with the video:Units arrived with heavy fire showing from the 2nd floor. Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-30824574536783688302009-10-09T17:30:00.000-04:002009-10-09T17:30:00.092-04:00Another must see video, but for a different reason. Man plays accordian while Detroit burns.Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comBill Carey at Firefighter Nation proves that sometimes life is just a circus with the YouTube video above he discovered. The Nero of Detroit doesn't have a fiddle. He has an accordian (or the "cordeen", as Pete Barbuti used to say). Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-33621511082536344332009-10-09T01:45:00.005-04:002009-10-09T13:49:54.357-04:00Quick takesClick here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.com UPDATE - DC sprinkler demo actually shows off PPE after 3 firefighters catch fire: A scary few moments during Wednesday's sprinkler demonstration at Gallaudet University. The gear of three DC firefighters began burning when a large clump of burning plastic dripped and fell on them. DC Fire & EMS Department now Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-54939249959483851902009-10-09T00:30:00.008-04:002009-10-12T20:39:41.258-04:00UPDATE - Firefighters catch fire during sprinkler demonstration. DC Fire & EMS now confirms one firefighter spent the night in the burn unit.Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comUPDATE on 10/12- Chief Dennis Rubin takes full responsibility for errors. Says demonstration looked like a comedy act.Usually the biggest worry for a fire chief who has gathered the public and the press together for a sprinkler demonstration is whether the sprinkler head is going to activate as promised. Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com130tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-52230559728193435252009-10-08T18:29:00.003-04:002009-10-09T00:23:43.989-04:00New York Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta is stepping down. Leaves post at end of year.Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comNew York Daily News photo by Steven. Read more. From the AP:New York City's fire commissioner is leaving the department at the end of the year to pursue teaching opportunities.Nicholas Scoppetta took over just months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack that devastated the FDNY, killing 343. He said in a letter to Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-44315478046628210962009-10-08T18:00:00.004-04:002009-10-09T01:29:30.974-04:00NAHB responds to study of Prince George's County sprinkler study. Faults study for not including smoke alarms.Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.com Read Prince George's County study NAHB's website "Smoke Alarms Work"Watch sprinkler demonstration and interviews (or here)Read story on study and sprinkler demonstrationThe National Association of Home Builders has provided a response to STATter911.com's request for comment about our story on the new study of theDave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-73376598016163802902009-10-08T01:47:00.002-04:002009-10-08T09:04:29.630-04:00Quick takesClick here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comFire chief and EMT wife are first on scene of daughter's fatal crash: An awful story from Cashion, Oklahoma where Chief Danny Clark and his wife Stephanie responded to a report of an accident early Sunday morning. An SUV loaded with teens had hit a tree and overturned. A passenger dead on the scene was the Clark'sDave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-52604605312154855862009-10-07T17:25:00.008-04:002009-10-07T18:03:30.574-04:00No fatalities in sprinklered homes in Prince George's County since 1992 mandate. Study looks at first county in country to enact law.Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.com Read Prince George's County study NAHB's website "Smoke Alarms Work"Watch sprinkler demonstration and interviews (or here)Jim Estepp says his boss, at first, thought that Estepp had lost his mind. But it didn't take long for Prince George's County Executive Parris Glendening to be convinced enough to take the Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-82526188069831662062009-10-07T06:55:00.011-04:002009-10-07T08:53:01.237-04:00Quick takesClick here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comBoston in the 30s: Another great film posted by Norm "Doc" Zaffater. Here's his description- This video was complied from files in the Stillman Fire Collection, Perlinger Archives and put together to make this presentation represent how a huge building fire might have been fought in Boston, Massachusetts in the Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576924382842156664.post-39411859948734138712009-10-06T21:31:00.006-04:002009-10-07T08:57:02.499-04:00"Some of us associated with DC Fire & EMS take exception to your recent coverage ..."Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.com Read entire DC Fire & EMS responseRead OIG's reportOn September 25 I linked to a DC Examiner report by Bill Myers about a report by DC's inspector general doing a check up on EMS in the Nation's Capital. Here is what I wrote: From worst to first? DC report says not yet: Two years ago the DC inspector general Dave Statterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112280089702738536noreply@blogger.com29