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LAWRENCE, MA- On April 19th, Lawrence fire alarm began receiving calls for afire on Kress St. Companies arrived to find heavy fire showing from the third-floor extended into the cockloft. A second-alarm was struck, bringing in additional manpower to the scene and to cover the city. -
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BALTIC, CT - At 7:04 PM on Friday, April 11th, the Baltic Fire Department with Lisbon Engine 154 & Tanker 154, Occum Engines 41 & 42, Taftville Engine 21 & Truck 25 with the Yantic FAST and an American Ambu lance Paramedic were dispatched to 133 West Main Street for a house fire. Car 24 arrived at 7:09 PM with a well-involved twostory, wood-frame residence. Engine 124 ar rived at 7:15 PM and stretched a two-and-a-half-inch hose line to the front. Tanker 124 nursed their engine as more lines were pulled. Engine 21 arrived next and also stretched a line to the front. Engine 42 laid in from the hydrant by Saint Mary’s to establish the initial water supply. Lisbon Engine 154 pumped the hydrant to boost the pressure. Truck 25 set up in the front for defensive operations as fire took ahold of the house. Additional tankers were re quested from Franklin, Lebanon, Bozrah and Windham Center. Eventually, the interconnect valve was opened by Sprague Water with Norwich Public Utilities which fi nally gave the scene enough water. Command requested three addi tional ambulances, so one was was started from Scotland and two from American. Three patients ended up being transported to a local hospital. The entire house eventually collapsed while crews operated de-
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Norwich Prevents House Fire from Reaching Attic NORWICH, CT - At 1:33 PM on Thursday, March 27th, the Nor wich Fire Department with Laurel Hill Engine 62 and Taftville Tower 25 were dispatched to 124 North Main Street for a house fire. Squad A arrived at 1:35 PM with smoke showing from the eaves and trans mitted the working fire. Squad A stretched a one-andthree-quarter-inch hose line to the third-floor and found fire in the walls. Engine 2 laid in from the hy drant on the comer of Roath Street and established the water supply. Truck 1 set up in the front and threw a ground ladder to the rear to get on the roof and prepared for ventilation. Engines 2 and 3 took hand tools to the top floor and assisted with open ing up. Battalion 1 had command while
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Car 1 was operations and Car 10 had safety. East Great Plain Rescue 5 provided support while Occum En gine 41 covered the city. The Mohegan Tribal Fire Department provided the FAST and the Norwich Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating. The Norwich Police Depart ment shut the roads down while Norwich Public Utilities secured power to the residence. American Ambulance staged a crew on scene but the incident did not result in any injuries. Ten adults were displaced and are being assisted by the Amer ican Red Cross.
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North Carolina: Johnny Alvin Goines, 69 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: November 22, 2024 Death Date: November 23,2024 Fire Department: Verona Volunteer Fire Department Initial Summary: On Friday, November 22, 2024, Fire fighter Johnny Alvin Goines responded to an emergency call made at 10:46 p.m. reporting a motor vehicle acci dent. A second emergency call was made at 11:05 p.m. reporting a vehicle in a ditch. Verona Volunteer Fire De partment and Onslow County Emergency Medical Serv ices responded to the second call and found Firefighter Goines unresponsive inside of his vehicle. He was re turning home from the first call when he was found. Firefighter Goines was immediately transported to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased in the early morning hours of Saturday, November 23, 2024. The cause of his death has yet to be determined. New Jersey: Henry Sardina, III, 46 Rank: Captain Incident Date: November 21, 2024 Death Date: November 24,2024 Fire Department: Hopatcong Fire Department Initial Summary: On Thursday, November 21, 2024, Captain Henry Sardina, III was leading an in-station drill when he suffered an apparent heart attack. He went un responsive, CPR was immediately performed, and he was revived. He was then transported to the hospital but suffered additional complications and cardiac emergen cies in the days that followed. He passed away while still hospitalized on Sunday, November 24, 2024.
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Indiana: Richard "Rick" Sanders, 48 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: December 12, 2024 Death Date: December 12,2024 Fire Department: Winchester Fire Department Initial Summary: On Thursday, December 12, 2024, Firefighter Richard "Rick” Sanders responded to a twostory residential structure fire. While operating at the scene, Firefighter Sanders began not feeling well. He was immediately taken to an ambulance, where he col
lapsed into cardiac arrest. He was then transported to St. Vincent Ascension Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. Tennessee: George Turley, 58 Rank: Captain Incident Date: December 14, 2024 Death Date: December 14,2024 Fire Department: Chattanooga Fire Department Initial Summary: On Saturday, December 14, 2024, Captain George Turley was performing physical fit ness activities while working at the fire station when he collapsed. Aid was immediately rendered by col leagues, and he was then transported to the local hos pital where he was pronounced deceased a short time later. The cause of his death has yet to be determined. Alaska: Robert "Bob" Chandler, 58 Rank: Chief Incident Date: November 26,2024 Death Date: November 27, 2024 Fire Department: Red Dog Mine Fire Department Initial Summary: On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, Chief Robert "Bob” Chandler was teaching a class when he began to feel ill. Colleagues did a patient medical as sessment and obtained a base set of vitals; everything was within normal limits. The next day, Wednesday, No vember 27, 2024, Chief Chandler was found deceased in his quarters from a cardiovascular emergency. Indiana: Ralph Meyer, 72 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: December 3, 2024 Death Date: December 4,2024 Fire Department: Napoleon Volunteer Fire Company Initial Summary: On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, Fire fighter Ralph Meyer responded to the scene of a struc ture fire. He then returned home. The next morning, Wednesday, December 4,2024, he suffered a heart at tack and was immediately transported to the local hospi tal where he passed away. Firefighter Meyer previously served as the fire chief and his son is currently the Chief.
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N orw ich Fatal Third-A larm NORWICH, CT - On Thurs day, April 10th at 12:58 AM, the Norwich Fire Department with East Great Plain Ladder 5 and Yantic Engine 33 were dispatched to a house fire at 39 Otis Street. Due to a malfunction with the alerting system, Norwich compa nies were notified through the backup Everbridge system when a working fire was declared at 1:02 AM, because police reported fire out the windows. Ladder 5 and Battalion 1 arrived at 1:08 AM to find heavy fire out three windows of the second-floor Bravo/Charlie corner with reports of people trapped. Ladder 5 and Truck 1 started a primary search of the second-floor while Squad A stretched a hose line. Engine 2 established the water supply while Engine 3 as sisted the Squad with advancing their line. Engines 2 and 33 then brought a line up the rear stairs to the second-floor. Engine 2 located a deceased victim in the rear of the second-floor and left them in place. A mayday was declared by command for Ladder 5 when they weren’t answering him on the radio and were unaccounted for. Within a minute, two mem bers from Ladder 5 were located, not in distress, and the mayday was cancelled. The crews exited to get new air cylinders. Truck 1 Driver threw ladders with Truck 25 and provided horizontal venti-
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lation. Engines 3 and 32 then stretched a line to the third-floor while Truck 1 searched. Compa nies fought fire for about an hour before command withdrew them from the building because the fire took ahold of the void spaces and attic. Laurel Hill Engine 62 laid in a supply line from McKinley Av enue and fed Truck 1. Ladder 5 and Truck 1 both used their ladder pipes for a while to knock down the large volume of fire and then crews were allowed to reenter for overhaul. The incident escalated to a third-alarm, which brought assistance from Taftville, Yantic, Occum, East Great Plain, Laurel Hill, Mohegan Tribal, New Lon don, Preston, Mashantucket, Willimantic and American Ambu lance. Coverage was provided by Bozrah, Poquonnock Bridge and Gales Ferry. Unfortunately, a mother and daughter perished in this devastat ing tragedy. The Norwich Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating with assistance from the Con necticut Fire and Explosives In vestigate Unit.
EAST LYME, CT - At 7:33 AM on Friday, March 28th, the East Lyme Fire and Police Departments were dispatched to 339 Flanders Road for a contractor who struck a gas main. Car 2 immediately signed on requesting Eversource Gas and Rescue 57 from Cohanzie. Engine 22 arrived at 7:36 AM and said they were stretching a one-and-threequarter-inch hose line. Engine 12 assisted with the water supply for 22 and getting another line going. Station B said Oswegatchie En gine 42 was started as well and that the police were shutting the road down by Ace True Value. Car 2 es tablished command and asked for Waterford Police to shut down Boston Post Road diverting traffic onto the highway. Command requested police to assist with evacuations of The
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by Macks Package Store. Rescue 27 then set up by the Walgreens Main Entrance. A Level 1 CERRIT activation brought firefighters from the Sub Base, New London, Electric Boat, Norwich, Mohegan Tribal, Mashantucket Pequot and UConn Fire Departments. Old Lyme could not muster a crew so an Old Saybrook Engine was started. They were told to set up near the daycare. The Electric Boat Fire Chief was assigned hazmat operations. Command reported Eversource secured the leak at 8:14 AM. Flanders Four Corners to Frontage Road was shut down for an extended period of time while crews metered the surrounding structures.
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Connecticut State Firefighters Hall of Fame Induction Dinner SOUTHINGTON, CT - On Thursday, April 3rd at 6pm, the Connecticut State Firefighters As sociation held their 17th Annual Hall of Fame Dinner at the Aqua Turf in Southington. The Emcee was Renee DiNino from WFSB Channel 3. The Statewide Honor Guard opened the ceremony with the CT Firefighters Pipes & Drum Band. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Renee followed by the Star Spangled Banner by Heidi Doolan from the Saint Peters Drums Corporation. Hundreds of guests enjoyed a cocktail hour followed by an amaz ing dinner. Each inductee then ad dressed the crowd with a speech. Thank you to everyone at the Aqua Turf for an incredible evening and all who planned this special event. The 10 inductees were: Richard Baron - Muddy Brook FD Floyd L. Chaney, Jr. _ Mashantucket Pequot/Mohegan Tribal FDs
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Third-Alarm House Fire Displaces Resident in Norwalk NORWALK, CT - The Nor walk Fire Department responded to a single-family residential structure at 2 Morton Street at 10:53 AM on Monday, March 24th. The adult, sole occupant had exited the home safely prior to the fire de partment’s arrival. A second-alarm was requested while responding due to the visible column of smoke that could be seen. Upon arrival of the twoand-a-half-story dwelling, there was a heavy fire on the secondfloor showing from two sides of the dwelling. All floors, heavy in con tents stacked to the ceiling pro vided an unusually heavy fire load which led to a rapid-fire progres sion and a move to a defensive pos ture in the fire attack. The fire went to 3rd alarm prior to being controlled. An excavator was required to dismantle portions of the upper roof, walls, and chim neys for safety due to the likeli hood of collapse. The Norwalk Fire Department responded with a total of 38 fire fighters to the 3 Alarm fire consist ing of five Engines, two Ladders, a Rescue Company with Command and Support staff. No injuries were reported. The Red Cross is assist ing with temporary housing for one displaced occupant. The Norwalk Fire Marshal's office is investigat ing the cause of the fire.
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Media: Friend or Foe Chaplain’s Corner Didymus McHugh
Television is great for getting information out to the public, to a point. It is great for letting us know about where the traffic is or what they think that the weather will be. We need to keep what we watch and how much into check. There are some news junkies or media junkies who have to watch media for what traumatic things happened all around the world that never effects their life. These peo ple may watch things so much that they think they are experts on the event. I have been at disasters where we had to set up shelters to take care of the people effected by the actual event. We did not permit any television in there because we needed to protect the people from what the media had speculated hap pened, responsibilities and more. The media puts out information, at times, without checking facts or waiting for people to do an official notification. We had a person who walked into a shelter and an nounced a child's death. The person only heard rumors around the scene. Were the family members ever notified? Did the public infor mation officer ever have the chance to make the notification with the appropriate resources standing by? No, this individual thought he was the news reporter. When I used to talk with new people, I would say that a good call would be where everyone comes home and nobody shows up on so cial media. Right now, almost everyone can and do make them selves reporters. They film what ever they want. Some people say freedom of the press but they are not responsible. There are people who avoid HIPAA laws and com mon decency. It's bad enough that emergency responders have to see the horrors that are in the streets, that we accept it as just another day. Why do others think that it is al right to expose others to the trauma that we have to see? There are also emergency re sponders who are irresponsible that instead of working the scene, they are filming it and posting it on so cial media or giving the video to television stations. They have not social responsibility. Many times
these people do not know that they are also exposing their department and others open to lawsuits. I remember a fire instructor who was showing a video to other in structors a fire that he was at where five children died as a result. The in structor kept saying how good this fire was. I asked the instructor to shut it off and have some respect for the dead. He refused saying that it was a good fire. I asked if he had to work with the family as each child died. I told him that any fire that takes five innocent lives is not a "good fire". It took the senior fire in structor to tell him that if the chap lain asks you not to show it, have some respect. How many times did we have to watch the planes fly into the towers? How many people around the world were traumatized, when they did not know anyone in the buildings of have any connection to the areas? I know that others will think differ ently but they do not think about trauma effect innocent lives. When we went to fires and dis asters, we would not know every thing that was going on. We would just focus on our assignment because many times that was all the informa tion that we received, even if we were listening to the scanner. Some times we only found out what hap pened what happened and who responder, by reading the newspaper or the television the day after. When talking to people about what they see at certain incidents, I mention not to talk about it on scene. Not to talk about it in the apparatus. The place that it should be discussed is at the station with the shades drawn down, doors shut and only people that you trust in the room. You never know who is catching what on video and what technology that they have. Each individual has a responsi bility of what they record, post and also put into their brain by watching it. There is so much trauma on tele vision and other media. We have to be good stewards of what we say and what we put into our brains. People say that they have free dom of speech or freedom of the press but that does not give you free dom of the consequences for the words that are spoken or made pub lic. You deserve not to be exposed to trauma that was not in your life. Take care of yourself.
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Three-Plus Alarm Fire Tears Through Lawrence Structure LAWRENCE, MA - On April 19th, Lawrence fire alarm began receiving calls for a fire on Kress St. Companies arrived to find heavy fire showing from the thirdfloor extended into the cockloft. A sec ond-alarm was struck, bringing in additional man J ump to f iie # power to the scene 042 42 5 1 1 4 and to cover the city. Command struck a third-alarm and then numerous special calls due to water pressure issues in the area. Companies were drawn out of the building due to the heavy vol ume of fire. Companies remained defensive until the heavy volume of fire was knocked down by mul tiple master streams and hand lines.
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Holyoke Fire Battles Blaze in Balloon Frame Bwelling HOLYOKE, MA - A fastmoving fire, coupled with hoard ing conditions, caused significant damage to an occupied two-anda-half-story home in Holyoke, Mass, on Thursday, March 27th. Fire companies responded to the 3:23 p.m. call for a structure fire at the address of 161 Lin coln St. on the north side of the city of Holyoke and arrived to find the rear porch and firstfloor well-involved. Crews went to work, knocking down the heavy fire on the firstfloor from the exterior before en tering. Once inside, fire crews encountered a hoarding condition with some areas of the home hav ing items piled upwards of threefeet-high that slowed down fire suppression efforts. For 20 min utes, Holyoke fire fighters tried every way possible to push through and make progress in fighting the blaze, but when com panies could not access the sec ond-floor due to the hoarding and fire began to take possession of the attic, command sounded the evacuation tones and pulled all members from the building for a defensive attack. Once outside, two ladder pipes and two street guns along with hand lines were set up and the fire, which had now taken total possession of the attic and burned through the roof, was knocked down over the course of the next hour-and-a-half. Once the main body of fire was knocked down, the balance of the second-alarm assignment was re leased and companies set up a fire watch detail which lasted several more hours with the last fire com panies finally clearing the scene late Thursday evening. One resi dent sustained minor injury while evacuating the building, but was treated by EMS personnel and is expected to make a full recovery. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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Fire Doors Firefighters rarely get Involved In determining the cause of a fire. That doesn’t mean that firefighters should be com pletely uninformed about the cause and/or how a fire will spread at a given location as they may be Involved In the gathering of evidence at the behest of a fire Investigator or at the very least leave any po tential evidence Intact during overhaul. Further, fire opera tions may depend on some of these factors such as the pres ence and proper operation of fire doors. Relative to fire doors specifi cally why would an Instructor even breach this topic with firefighters since It has more to do with code compliance? First, as mentioned firefighters may have to assist In preserv ing potential evidence In a fire or bring attention to an Inves tigator so being able to recog nize a code violation will certainly assist any Investiga tion. Beyond that fire code compliance which Iswhereflre door and Inspections would fall rounds out a firefighter’s knowledge so It’s not just "putting the wet stuff on the red stuff” and lastly, firefight ers may simply want to expand their options Into a parallel ca reer. So, what exactly Is a "fire door”? From a firefighter per spective any door that sepa rates a fire room from the rest of a structure fire could be a fire door. This Is In reference to Vent, Enter, Isolate and Search (VEIS). However, the definition of a fire door Is much more comprehensive. NFPA 80 defines what a fire door Is, Its Installation, materi als that It can be made of, latching devices and labeling requirements to name a few of the chapters. Since the parameters of a fire door are extremely varied a good starting point may sim ply be what a fire door Is not. Again, from a firefighting standpoint a fire door may be
any door to or within a struc ture. Whereas any door may block fire for a certain time maybe only seconds In the case of a hollow wooden bed room door that door would not be deflnltlonally labeled as a fire door and simply putting a fire door sign on a door does not automatically transform that door Into a fire door. A good operational definition would be a "type of door or barrier used as passive fire protection within a structure to prevent the spread of fire and smoke. For starters a fire door has to be labeled as such from the manufacturer. Any door that does not have a proper label Is not considered a fire door. The label below Is generic but a typical fire door label that Is found mostly on the spine of the door but sometimes on the top of the door. The most Important part of label for firefighters would be the FD rating assuming a pre plan has been conducted the fire rating will give firefighters a general Idea of how much time they have when setting up operations toextlngulsh a fire. Fire door ratings are as fol lows: HFR - non-fire related FD30 - 30 minutes or fire re sistance FD60 - 60 minutes of fire re sistance FD90 - 90 minutes of fire re sistance FD120 - 120 minutes of fire re sistance Since there may not be much left after a fire relative to a fire door and whether or not that fire door was operational the key Is proper and consistent Inspections. Inspections aren’t worth all that much If they are not thoroughly documented. Although NFPA 80 Indicates fire doors are at a minimum to be Inspected annually they should be Inspected at least every six months. Fire Investl-
gators/lnspectors typically will have a checklist designed by/for the employer but may also contain additional person alized Information based on the experience of the Inspec tor. Here are thirteen Items that should be looked for all the time: 1) Labels are present and legi ble. Manufacturer labels on a f Ire doo r c an not be removed or painted over. 2) No holes or breaks In the door or frame. Once a fire door Is drilled Into It Is usually com promised but the standard does allow any holes to be filled with stainless steel bolts to retain fire door status. 3) Glazing and glass kit - glass beads are Intact and securely fastened. 4) Door, frame and hardware are In proper working order and/or not broken loose or missing. 5) No missing or broken parts. Although the standard does
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not specify a time frame for rep air they shou Id be done “with out delay”. 6) Door clearances are within allowable limits all around. A door gap tool pictured below helps determine proper door gaps. 7) Door closer spring Is opera tional and the door closes and latches by Itself. There should be no door stop Installed on the door. Fire doors should al ways remain closed otherwise or what’s the point? An excep tion would be doors held open by an electromagnet that the fire alarm system disengages when activated. 8) Door leaves (on a double door) close In proper se quence. 9) Door Is self-latching In closed position - helps ensure the door remains closed to deter fire, heat and toxic gasses. Fire doors should NEVER be propped open. 10) No auxiliary hardware that would Interfere with proper op eration such as an aftermarket lock or door stop that prevents the door from closing 11) The manufacturers label Is not void meaning compro
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Drills for firefighters that In volve fire doors would simply be adding an Inspection to a pre-plan. Instructors can also tap Into the competitive nature of firefighters and create a contest by providing an In spection checklist and asking firefighters to complete In spections for all the fire doors In the fire house with the win ner having the most accurate Information. Make no mistake NFPA 80 Is very comprehen sive and having knowledge of fire door and Inspections of will go a long way toward fire prevention, fire operations and after the fact Investigations.
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mised by afield modification. 12) Gasketing and edge seal ing are present, continuous and proper type. Not all fire doors have gasketing however. 13) Signage on the door takes up less than 5% of the space on the door. Also, slg nage can not be attached with mechani cal fasteners such as nails or screws and cannot Interfere with the operation of the door.
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