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NORWICH, CT - At 11:51 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4th, the Norwich Fire Department was dispatched to 3 Watercress Avenue for a neighbor reporting a house on fire. Battalion 1 arrived at 11:55 p.m. with a well involved 2.5 story wood frame. Engine 3 arrived and positioned a 2.5” hose line between the fire building and bravo exposure. - See full story on page 14

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Com m unity Comes Together fo r Annual Fire Departm ent Open House The Stonington Volunteer Fire Department opened its doors to the public for its First Annual Open Flouse on Saturday, June 15th. This was an event designed to promote fire safety awareness and strengthen the bond between firefighters and the community. Families, community members and area visitors flocked to the fire station on Atlantic Avenue, eager to explore the w orld o f firefight ing. The event featured a variety o f activities, demonstrations, and ed ucational opportunities that capti-

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vated attendees o f all ages. One o f the highlights was a donning and doffing competition between Assitant Fire Chief, Carl Shahan and Captain, Seth Reece. In addition to the demonstrations, the fire depart ment set up several interactive sta tions. Attendees could try on firefighter gear and explore the in side o f fire trucks. As the day came to a close, the

fire department had welcomed over 50 visitors. The success o f the open house underscored the community's support for their local firefighters and the vital services they provide. Looking ahead, the fire department plans to continue its outreach ef forts, including school visits and community workshops. Education and preparedness are key and w e’ re committed to making sure our com munity is informed and ready to handle emergencies.

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Manchester’s Brady Sullivan Plaza Evacuated Due to a Fire M anchester, N H - on June 13th at 12:45 p.m. a full b ox alarm respon se alon g with tw o R IT en gin es w as dispatched to the Brady Sullivan high-rise b u ild in g at 1000 E lm Street for a reported fire on the 21st floor. The fire was re ported to be in the generator room, with reports that a catastrophic failure had occu rred and e x ploded, sp illin g oil and fuel onto the flo o r and igniting. The fire quickly en gu lfed the generator and ca u sed heavy sm ok e fillin g the 20th and 21st floors. S m ok e also pushed its w ay dow n to the lob b y through the op en elevator shafts. A second-alarm w as also transm itted due to the high-rise b u ildin g to be evacuated and also that the elevators w ere not work-

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Fire Department: Nyack Fire Department Initial Summary: On Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, Fire fighter Joseph "Joe”M aragliano responded to a gas leak at a residence. The next day, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, he suffered a heart attack and passed away.

fighter Lamont Killian, Jr. was at the scene o f a residen tial fire when he collapsed. He was immediately transported to the hospital where he suffered a heart at tack. Since that time, he has been unable to return to work. He passed away from heart related issues on M on day, Dec. 11, 2023.

New Hampshire: Charles "Chuck" Gallant, 56 Rank: Lieutenant Incident Date: December 14, 2023 Death Date: December 14,2023 Fire Department: Rye Fire Rescue Initial Summary: On Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, Lieu tenant Charles "Chuck”Gallant worked an overtime shift at the station where he participated in a training ex

Washington: Ryan Pleasants, 41 Rank: Engineer Incident Date: Janury 7, 2024 Death Date: Janury 7, 2024 Fire Department: Walla Walla Fire Department Initial Summary: On the morning o f Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, Engineer Ryan Pleasants, while working a 48hour shift, was found deceased in his bed at Fire Station 1 from an apparent heart attack.

South Carolina: Robert Earl Brown, Sr., 87 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: January 18, 2024 Death Date: January 18, 2024

home and went to sleep. The next morning, he was

Fire Department: Glendale Fire Department Initial Summary: Firefighter Robert Earl Brown, Sr.

found deceased by family members. It was later deter

was at the scene o f a brush fire pulling hose when he

ercise and responded to a call. After his shift, he returned

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Ohio: Robert Wysong, 70 Rank: Chief Incident Date: December 24, 2023 Death Date: December 26,2023 Fire Department: Clinton-Warren Joint Fire and Rescue District

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attack. Firefighter Robert Earl Brown, Sr., was the past chief o f the Glendale Fire Department from 1976 to 2017.

New York: Daniel S. DeWolf, 52 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: January 21, 2024 Death Date: January 21, 2024

him unresponsive. He was immediately transported to

Fire Department: Fairville Volunteer Fire Department Initial Summary: On Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024, Firefighter

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fire. While attempting to establish a water supply line,

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away on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, from a heart attack.

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Colby Sawmill and Lumber Destroyed by Fire Boscawen, NH - On Monday, June 24th, a Boscaw en fire de stroyed the Colby Sawmill and Lumber Company on High Street early morning. The Boscawen fire department was dis patched to a p ossi ble outside fire as seen from a passerby on Route 4. As Fire Chief Tim Kenney responded towards the fire, he could tell from a mile away it was the sawmill on fire as the sky was all lit up. A first alarm assignment o f mutual aid tankers was dispatched and soon Chief Kenney arrived to find the Sawmill fully involved. Chief Kenney requested a second alarm at 4:11 a.m. for more tankers and Concord’ s Tower Lad der. The Colby Sawmill and Lum ber Company has been in opera tion for 50 years by the Colby family. A tanker shuttle was set up for water supply as the fire con sumed the building. The fire was knocked down by 5:02 a.m. as firefighters extinguished the build ing which has collasped. The fire has believed to have started by a lightning strike from an earlier storm that night.

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The door needed to be completely removed to access the patient.

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Firefighters use a portable gun onto the sawmill and piles of lumber.

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Is there anyone there? OUR CALENDAR IS EXPANDING We Need Your Help!

Chaplain’s Corner Didymus McHugh

I am really concerned about when people say that they are here for you or that people want to hear from you. So many websites have contact infor mation or email information but I wonder if there is anyone at the other end. There are shows that I listen to and at the end they say that they want to hear from you but when you send them a message, you get no response. I don't know about you but when I reach out to someone, I expect to re ceive an acknowledgement that they received the message. I am working on a project and have reached out to people in differ ent industries, including mental health, artists and people in related in dustries, to learn more and gain some support and advice but barely get a re sponse. D o you really want to hear from people? If not, do not put your contact information anywhere out to the public or put a disclaimer "if you reach out to us, good luck, we will re spond in any way." People interview you so that you can work with their organization but once they receive your dues, you can never get any response from anyone. I will admit that when nobody re sponds to you when you reach out to them can be very discouraging. I even had someone, who I sent a letter to, tell me that they received the letter and they will not read it or get back to me. Sorry, that person just told him self when they fall on my list o f cred ible people. Some people may think that it is like that when we pray, but it is not. We need to listen carefully and look for the signs that God sends us. Be lieve it or not prayer is a two way street. Many times we pray to God and tell him our concerns and ask for His help but we do not notice His re sponse. God may send you encour agement through a card that you receive, something our children may say, a song that we hear, a rainbow in the sky or a call from someone that we have not heard from in a long time. There was time that I was think ing about something and I told God that if He wants me to do it. He needs to send me confirmation. Well, He was listening. He sent me two people within minutes o f each other asking about the project that I was thinking o f giving up on. You may or may not experience but at times, when I work in the hos pital, I walk into a patient's room and introduce myself and the patient may say that they just asked God to send them a sign, and I walk in. We may have a conversation and part o f that conversation, I may bring up some thing that they shared with God in a prayer.

God uses whatever way He wants to talk with us. We need to look for His answer and learn how to judge what is from God. There may be times that you may go to church and the pastor may be talking about the issues that you just discussed with God. You may think that the pastor was sitting in the car as you were driving to church but God works in wonder ways. You may be going through some staff right now and you asked God for help but you do not think that God cares because He did not respond to you, the way that you want. You may expect a plane to be a sky writer with your answer but that ain't how He works. He does not answer everyone on a billboard. God usually talks to us in whispers not yelling. You may want God to take away

your pain but you may not like how or when He removes the pain. We may have a relative that is suffering pain from a disease and ask for the pain to be gone. We expect that the person will be healed in a second but God may call the person to be with Him. When God calls His people home, they are no longer in pain. They are in the presence o f our Maker. Yes, God is there. He may answer in our timeline or they way that we ex pect, but trust me He knows what He is doing. Sometimes it hurts but when you look back years later, you will see why it happened then way it did. Remember: In God we trust.

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Second A larm F a ta l R obinson Ave. F ire At approximately 6:15 a.m. on Thursday, June 27th, a first alarm was struck for the Danielson Fire Department and mutual aid companies for a reported structure fire at 20 Robertson Ave. with possible entrapment. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke showing from a 1.5-story residence prompting a second alarm upgrade. Crews forced the front door and performed a rapid primary search of the residence revealing a deceased individ ual. The search crew determined the fire was burning in the basement and a line 1.75” hand line was deployed to the rear bulkhead. Crews were able to completely knock the fire down within 10 minutes of their arrival. The fire is under investigation by the Killingly Fire Marshals Office and the Connecticut State Police Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit.

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First Alarm Fire Destroys Cottage St. Residence At approximately 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 30th, the M oosup Fire Department’ s 1st alarm was struck for a reported house fire at 10 C ot tage St. Units arrived to find the home heavily involved and began a transi tional attack, using deck guns from Engine Tanker-194 and Tanker-194 positioned on the Alpha and Bravo roadways. Once the fire was dark-

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a long LDH lay with a relay pumper. Companies spent several hours chas ing stubborn hotspots within the walls and roofline. Three adults and three children were home at the time o f the fire and escaped uninjured. The fire is under investigation by the Plainfield Fire Marshals Office.

- DANIEL MAJERCIK

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Vernon Fire Makes Quick Work of Roof Fire On May 31st, just before 4 p.m., the Town o f Vernon Fire Depart ment was dispatched to a commer cial structure fire at the local Dominos Pizza on Windsor Ave. in the Rockville section o f town. 911 callers initially reported smoke coming from the soffits o f the roof with smoke filling the inside o f the store. Car 141 was first to arrive and found a single-story commercial structure with fire and smoke visible from the C/D comer o f the roof and declared a working fire. Squad 441 was the first appara tus to arrive and laid LDF1 from a nearby hydrant and supplied a crew with an interior attack line. Tower 541 arrived and set up for roof op erations. R oof crews opened up the adjacent roof areas to limit the fire spread. Additional engines provided extra hands and a second line for the initial attack crew. The fire was knocked down within 10-15 min utes. Managers from the restaurant reported the store being closed for several days due to ongoing renova tions and also reported a contracted roofing crew was working on the roof just before the fire. The health department responded to the scene as food product was affected due to the fire. Cause and origin investiga tion underway by the Vernon FMO.

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Fire Breaches the Roof of the Dominos Pizza in the Rockville section of Vernon.

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Orange Firefighters Hailed as Hero for Role in Rescuing 13-Year-Old Boy; Firefighter was on vacation when his training kicked in RYAN FLAHERTY

Engine 3's crew protecting the exposure after getting water back.

W ell Involved Norwich House NORWICH, CT -At 11:51 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4th, the Norwich Fire Department was dispatched to 3 Watercress Avenue for a neighbor re porting a house on fire. Battalion 1 arrived at 11:55 p.m. with a well in volved 2.5 story wood frame. Engine 3 arrived and positioned a 2.5”hose line between the fire building and bravo exposure. Squad Step made the hydrant on Tyler Avenue while the two other members hand jacked 5 inch down the hill from Engine 3. Truck 1 set up for defensive operations and per formed the primary search o f the Bravo exposure. Engine 2 laid a sup ply line from a hydrant on Washing ton Street which fed Squad A who relay pumped to Engine 3. The Squad crew then stretched a line to the rear while Engine 2 stretched to the delta side. Yantic En gine 31 stretched an 1.75”hose line to the front and threw a 35’ ladder to

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the gable window on the Charlie side. East Great Plain Ladder 5 as sisted with water supply and then checked the Bravo exposure for ex tension. Truck 1 was also given water who knocked a lot o f fire from the front. A second alarm was trans mitted which brought in Laurel Hill Engine 62, Occum Engine 41 and Taftville Tower 25. Those crews ended up covering the city. The Norwich Police Depart ment, Norwich Public Utilities and American Ambulance also stood by on scene. The Mohegan Tribal Fire Department provided the FAST and the Norwich Fire Marshal’ s Office is investigating.

- RYAN FLAHERTY

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Byram Fire Department located in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Byram Fire Department was established in 1891.

Orange, CT - Tom Bartiss has responded to more than his share o f emergency calls as a member o f the Orange and West Haven Fire Departments, but em ergencies were the furthest thing J ump tu file# from his mind as he 062 72 41 3 9 and his w ife relaxed in Mexico. But when he saw a boy in trouble by the re sort swimming pool, there was no hesitation. “When y o u ’ re trained, you’ re trained,” he said, re counting the story. Bartiss, an active firefighter and chaplain o f the Orange Vol unteer Fire Department, was on vacation with his wife, Ann, at a resort outside o f Cancun, Mexico. The pair was enjoying dinner when Ann noticed “a commotion” outside by the pool. “My w ife said there’ s little feet out there and they’ re working on him,”recalled Bartiss. That’ s when instinct kicked in and Bar tiss dashed to the child’ s side. An other bystander had just started CPR. “I said you do com pressions and I’ ll get the breaths in,”he re called. “I kept looking at his eyes. They were almost normal. I said w e’ ve got a chance.”Bartiss said he and the women did CPR on the child for about 20 minutes. At times, the child seem ed to moan, but there was no pulse. They con tinued com pressions and rescue breathing. Finally, a doctor and a pedi atric ambulance arrived. An au tomatic external defibrillator indicated no shock needed. The doctor and other emergency per sonnel began administering m ed ications to the child. Finally, the A ED indicated it was time to shock the child. After two shocks, the team found a pulse. “ He started com ing around,” Bartiss said. The child was coughing, but not coughing up water. The ambulance whisked the child away to a pediatric h os pital in Cancun. Bartiss noted that the city has very modern medical

and emergency medical facilities. Three days later, the child was back at the resort. Like m ost first-responder ex periences, this was nothing like what TV programs show. There was no dramatic music, just two strangers desperately working as a team. And there have been no medals, no joyou s reunions. Other than a quick thank you from the re sort, there was no recognition from anyone. But that’ s not w hat’ s im portant to Bartiss. After the fire fighter’ s instincts were no longer needed, the chaplain’ s instincts kicked in. “If that wom an w asn’ t there and started CPR before I did, I don ’ t think he w ould have made it,”said Bartiss. “I was just in the right place at the right time. I’ m so grateful I was there. I hope I gave the kid a long, go od life. G od def initely has a plan.”

An Orange firefighter for about eight years, Bartiss was a ca reer firefighter in West Haven for about 28 years, retiring as a cap tain. After training to becom e an Episcopal deacon, Bartiss worked as a chaplain at Griffin Hospital in Derby for eight years. “Tom is a great firefighter and a wonderful part o f the Orange Fire Department,”said Fire Chief Vaughan Dumas. “Whether h e’ s working at the scene o f an em er gency or talking quietly with a firefighter about something th ey’ ve seen or something goin g on in their lives, Tom always ap plies all his skill, talent and com passion. W e’ re very proud o f what Tom did in Mexico. W e’ re not sur prised, though, because he is the consummate firefighter.”

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A ttic Fire Q uickly Damages Home in New B rita in New Britain, CT. - A fire in the attic o f a home at 47 Hatch Street was quickly brought under con trol on June 29th. Firefighters re sponded to the scene just before 2:00 a.m., with re ports o f several children still in the basement. All the children made it out with the help o f police officers. Several residents were treated for smoke inhalation, but no major in juries were reported. The cause is under investigation. MICHAEL CARENZA JR

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Orange, CT - The Orange Vol unteer Fire Department an nounced the death of one of its active members, Kenneth Mitchell, 71. A past captain with the de partment, Mitchell died Tuesday, June 25th, after suffering a med ical emergency while driving his car on Route 1 in Orange. He was recently honored for 50 years of service to the depart ment. “ Kenny was a firefighter’s fire fighter,” said Chief Vaughan Dumas. “ He remained an active firefighter in Orange as well as serving with departments in An son ia and Derby. He also served on numerous organizations that help train firefighters and estab lish practices and procedures that helped make Connecticut’s fire departments among the best. His loss will be felt profes sionally and personally.” Mitchell, a second-generation firefighter, was sworn into the Orange Volunteer Fire Depart ment on Oct. 11, 1973. He rose to the rank of captain. He served as chair of the Carnival Commit tee and as a training officer. As a member of the apparatus specification committee, Mitchell helped build and wel come the department’s first lad der truck in 1996. He served as a past captain of the Webster Hose, Hook & Lad der Company #3 of Ansonia; and a past chief driver for the Paugassett Hook & Ladder Company #4 in Derby. He was the current president of Valley Fire Chiefs Association, chair of

the Fire School Board of Direc tors, past vice president of the Connecticut State Firefighters Association and a longtime member of the New Haven County Chiefs Association. Mitchell is credited with mod ernizing fire training in Orange and the Lower Naugatuck Val ley. He helped craft rules that al lowed Orange to maintain a full roster of volunteers by allowing some out-of-town firefighters and helped with other innova tions that kept the Orange de partment in its high state of readiness. He also had a reputa tion as a mentor of younger fire fighters. Orange benefited from Mitchell’s service in many other ways. He served as a supernu merary police officer as well as a school bus driver. He also was a member of several other local service organizations. Mitchell leaves behind his wife, Kim; a son, Kenneth III; a daughter, Kara; and his mother, Jean. He also had several grandchildren. He is prede ceased by his father, Past Or ange Fire Chief Ken Mitchell Sr. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Spinelli-Ricciuti Funeral Home, 62 Beaver St., Ansonia. Calling hours will be Monday evening and the fu neral will be on Tuesday. Serv ices will be at the Orange Congregational Church fol lowed by a burial at the Orange Center Cemetery. The repass will be at Racebrook Country Club immediately following the graveside services.

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Moosup Ladder 194 sets up for the roof at a second-alarm fatal fire on Robinson Avenue.

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Springfield has taken delivery of a 2024 Pierce Enforcer 100’ Ascen dant Tower Ladder that will be assigned to Truck 2. HATE ARH0LD

Fire vents from the A/D corner of the roof as LFD Ladder 1 plays away into the attic.

Day of Celebration Turns Tragic in East Longmeadow CHUCK LOWE

Bolton recently placed a 2023 Ford F-550 4x4 / Fouts F.O.U.R. 1500/300/15F into service as Engine 74.

A two-alarm fire displaced seven people and destroyed a two story home in East Longmeadow, MA, on Monday, June 3rd. What was supposed to be a day o f celebra tion for an East Longmeadow fam ily turned tragic shortly before 8:45 p.m. While the family was celebrat ing the recent graduation o f one o f their children from ELLIS and the return o f another family member from active duty with the U.S. mil itary, a cooking mishap with a barbeque grill lead to a fire that took possesion o f the entire home in a matter o f minutes. East L ong meadow firefighters responding to the 8:45 p.m. 911 calls for the struc ture fire arrived to find fire running up the C/D com er o f the structure

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i»<6 3 P and gaining a foothold in the attic space. To make matters worse, the ELFD’ s only ladder truck has been out o f service for the last three weeks awaiting repairs to the outrig gers so Longmeadow fire fighters responding in on mutual aid were the first due ladder with their 75 foot quint, which caused a slight delay in vertical ventilation as the fire build ing was on the opposite side o f East Longmeadow. Wilbraham and Shaker Pines FD ’ s rounded out the second-alarm assignment. Crews made every ef

fort to contain the fire and try to save as much o f the home as possi ble but as conditions inside wors ened members were forced to back out and switch to a defensive attack on the fire using mulitple large and small caliber hand lines and LFD Ladder 1’ s master stream. The bulk o f the fire was knocked down by 11:00 p.m. but crews remained on scene for several more hours chasing hot spots and overhauling the home. Fortunately, all seven residents were able to es cape the building prior to the Fire Department's arrival and no injuries were sustained by firefighters oper ating on scene.

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CHUCK LOWE

Leominster recently placed a 2023 Pierce Arrow XT 1500/675 pumper in service at Engine 3. The previous pump from Kendall Hall, a similar 2012 Pierce Arrow, will be reassigned to Squad 1.

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Fall River, MA - On Sunday, June 9th, firefighters and their fami lies gathered at the Memorial to deceased Fall River Firefighters to remember our fallen brothers. Members marched to the me morial where prayers were offered by Fire Chaplin Fr. Michael Racine. A bell was rung as each name was read and a wreath of flowers was laid at the foot of the monument. Many family mem bers of the deceased firefighters were in attendance as well as two great grandsons who participated in the ceremony who are current firefighters for the city.

Accident in East Falmouth Around 11:15 a.m. on June 25th, Falmouth 911 Center received a call for a three-car crash in the vicinity of 600 Waquoit Highway (Route 28) of East Falmouth. Engine 25 and Ambulance 37 responded. Companies reported several cars were involved. One car was pushed through a fence and hit a pole barrier. Engine 25 requested a second ambulance. Ambulance 34 re sponded. Two people were transported to Falmouth Hospital with minor injuries. Traffic on Route 28 in both directions was backed up for more than 1.5 miles.

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M ulti-Car Crash in Falmouth On June 16th, Father’s Day, Falmouth Fire received numerous calls for a multi-vehicle car crash at Route 151 and Sam Turner Road. Engine 25 and Ambulance 34 were dispatched. Engine 25 signed off with a three-car accident with one person trapped. They had to use the Jaws of Life and also requested Ambulance 38 to the scene. Two people were transported to Falmouth Hospital with unknown injuries.

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Dudley Battles Third-Alarm Multi-Family Fire At approximately 1:56 a.m. on Thursday, June 27th, Dudley Fire Department’ s 1st Alarm was struck for a reported structure fire at 13 Central Ave. Engine 1 ar rived within five minutes o f dis patch and reported heavy fire showing from the Delta porches o f a 2.5 story multi-fam ily with fire threat ening an adjacent building. A second alarm was struck as the initial crew made an exterior at tack on the process, while also cooling the threatened structure. Once the exterior fire was largely knocked down and addi tional units arrived on the scene, crews went interior and discovered heavy fire on the second and third floors, prompting a third alarm up grade. The first was quickly knocked down and searches re vealed everyone had made it out o f the building. Crews were on the scene until approximately 5:30 a.m. working to put out hotspots and overhauling. The fire is under investigation by the Massachusetts State Fire Marshals Office.

- DANIEL MAJERCIK The door needed to be completely removed to access the patient.

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A Dudley firefighter looks out a window at the exterior fire running up the siding.

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Fall River, MA- Early Saturday morning, June 1st, firefight ers responded to 65 Cherry Street for a reported fire. Car 2 arrived on scene and reported smoke showing from the sec ond floor. Engine 2 was ordered to position their truck on the B side of the building and bring an attack line up the rear stairs to the second floor. Members attacked the fire and quickly knocked down all visible fire. Platform 1 set up on the A side and prepared to use their tower but were not needed to vent the roof.

MVA-Pickup Truck into House Fall River, MA - On Sunday June 2nd, emergency sevices were toned out to an MVAof a vehicle into a building. Once on scene, firefighters discovered a pick up truck had struck the side of a house narrowly missing the natural gas meters. The driver was injured and bleeding while the passenger fled the scene. Reconstructing the scene revealed the truck had mounted the sidewalk and squeezed between a utility pole and a storefront before crossing the street and striking the house.

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This 1967 FWD cab-over / Farrar had a 750 GPM pump with a 500 gallon tank. It operated as Engine 5 in Lunenburg.

Somerville ran this 1989 Pierce Lance 100’ tractor-drawn aerial as Ladder 2.

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Ille g a l Debris Fire Spreads to Commercial B uilding Fall River, MA - On Friday, June 21st, a neighbor burning brush with an excellerant on a 90 degree day caused the brush fire to spread to a nearby contractors building. At 11:14 a.m., firefighters were dispatched to 87 Barre Street for a still alarm. Engines 2, 9,12 along with Ladders 2, and 4 and Heavy Rescue 1 responded. Engine 9 arrived on scene mo ments later and reported heavy smoke and fire showing from a two-story wood frame commercial structure. Car 2 arrived on scene and immediatlly called for a second alarm. The fire spread up the exterior wall and took control of the interior of the second floor. Special Services was called to the scene to provide rehab to the firefighters. Two firefighters were in jured and the last unit cleared the scene at 1:18 pm.

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This 1971 International Loadstar rescue was “built local” by Farrar, in the Woodville section of Hopkinton. Farrar Apparatus operated for 52 years before EJ Murphy purchased the company in 1985.

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The Oak Square Firehouse in Boston was built in 1913 as a “Tapestry Brick” building. It was designed by Maginnis & Walsh, architects better known for their designs of Roman Catholic Churches. The station opened on February 24th as the home of Ladder 31. Seven years later, Engine Co. 51 was established, taking the place of Ladder 31, which was dis-

banded. Over the 74 years that the fire house was occupied, two other ladder companies operated from this location alongside Engine 51. Ladder 34 was sta tioned here from 1950 to 1954, and Ladder 22 operated from 1972 until being disbanded by Prop 7>h in 1981.

was relocated to allow for the complete renovation of the fire house. It was the only time an active fire company did not oc cupy the building.

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The Oak Square Firehouse is dedicated to Firefighter David A. Middleton, a member of En gine 51 who was killed in the line of duty at Box 5247 on May 29th, 2007.

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Templeton, MA Sixth-Alarm Fire A sixth-alarm fire broke out on May 30th that involved two barns and a house in Templeton, MA. Multiple mutual aid companies came in to help knock down the fire, as well as rescue the horses that were in the barn. All 23 of the horses made it out uninjured.

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Fall River, MA-On Saturday, June 1st, members of Fall River Special Services/EMA gathered with family and friends to honor a recently deceased founding member. A ceremony was held at Fire Department Headquarters to remember Captain Antone Correia. After some brief remarks and prayers the former Captains apparatus was unveiled to reveal gold lettering dedicating the truck in his memory.

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Fall River, MA - After trying to comfort distraught young family members at medical and accident scenes, Firefighter Patrick Duddy thought there had to be a better way. FF Duddy approached mamagement and proposed his idea. With his own money and time, he set about finding and training a comfort K9 to respond with Engine 5 to emergency scenes in an attempt to bring comfort and a needed distraction at traumatic scenes. FF Duddy set up a pen in the Globe Station quarters of Engine 5 and incorporated a seat belt harness for the dog in the truck so she can safely ride to the scene. “ Sophie Marie” was introduced to the public on June 1st at an event at Christopher’s restaurant who sponsered a “ Cof fee with Sophie” event. Firefighter Duddy hopes Sophie can bring needed comfort to victims especially the young people who may have just witnessed their parant or guardian having a medical emergency.

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Salem has upgraded its fleet with two new apparatus. Engine Company 1 is a 2023 Ferrara Cinder 1500/500 that covers “ Down town.”

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Salem has upgraded its fleet with two new apparatus. Ladder 1 is a “stock model” 2023 Pierce Arrow XT 100’ aerial that is first due to the North and West portions of the Witch City.

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As an instructor, I place a pre mium on training and firmly be lieve that training does not have to be confined to once-a-week drills like the format used by most volunteer departments. Training does not also have to be at the request of or creation by an officer as anyone within your department should be able to request a training opportunity. Training and drills can also be the result of perishable skills that need to be worked to estab lish or re-establish mastery. In many cases, the skills for mini drills are ones we take for granted, ones that we have done over and over but for some rea son need a refresher. Just recently as I was getting out of the apparatus, I got my MMR caught in the seat belt. Let me describe the scene a little more in detail. In many cases, as with many volunteer departments there are open seats during the day. As such on this particular call on the way I reached for the air pack across from me instead of the one behind me (that was arguably mistake number one) and put a mask on the MMR. When we arrived at the scene, I pulled the cylinder out of the seat and swung it around my back not noticing the entangle ment of the seatbelt and the MMR. I didn’t notice the entan glement until after the air pack was on my back and making strap adjustments at which time it was dam near impossible to get untangled without taking the pack off and starting over. Since the call was an alarm set off by a

contractor who was on site my two partners easily dispatched the call but I had barely gotten out of the rig. I don’t think I’m going out on a limb here by say ing that this type of problem has happened to all of us at some point but that said I think we can all agree that is unacceptable on my part. After discussing with my col leagues over the next day or so we decided to run a mini drill to once again establish muscle memory with the objective being getting out of the apparatus effi ciently. This is an important step in that mistakes on the fireground cannot simply be dis cussed - they must be performed so that excellence can once again be ascertained. It is actions of this caliber that must be second nature and performed smoothly and without thinking. This drill literally took about 20 minutes but the reestablished skill was immeasurable. We then took an apparatus out and in full turnout gear simulated a call from start to finish. We tried this from different seat positions and with an officer providing different circumstances for me to react to. Here are the steps: 1) Alarm sounds - get full turnout gear on and enter the rig. 2) Put on my flashlight, tic and radio. 3) Click a mask into the MMR (on the air pack behind me) 4) Put on my headset. 5) Rig stops and I make sure to check my MMR for entangle ments. 6) Get out of the rig with appro priate tools. Whereas being part of a daytime

crew as a station keeper pro vides me with an advantage of establishing and participating in mini drills there isn’t any reason to deny a firefighter additional training when necessary and re quested. Keep in mind that launching mini drills is a two-way street. If a firefighter thinks they need additional training, then they have to approach an officer or chief to get it done but it is also the responsibility of those two groups to notice and recog nize that additional training is necessary. Some examples of mini drill top ics would include: Donning and Doffing gear Tying knots Folding tarps correctly Entering and exiting an appara tus Tapping a hydrant Deploying ladders Deploying hose lays Of course, there is no reason that a couple of firefighters can’t dis play some ambition, get together on their own and complete a drill like the one described here as it can be accomplished without the apparatus in motion. Lastly, this article describes a situation where a problem came up and a mini drill was designed and im plemented to correct the prob lem but firefighters can also get ahead and shore up their skills by assuming the role of instruc tor (by possibly assisting an Ex plorer Post drill) because teaching a particular skill to the next generation of firefighters also works in reverse and helps the instructor improve as a fire fighter as well. - JOSEPH CEA

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Duct Work Fire Strikes Bakery Fall River, M A - Around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, June, 29th, fire fighters responded to G old Medal Bakery for a still alarm. This is a large commercial bakery that spans more than a city block. The call came in as a possible fire in the ductwork. Before the first units ar rived on scene the box alarm had tripped. When Command arrived on scene he ordered the ladder com pany to immediatly access the roof

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and to bring an attack line to the roof vents. The roof team reported fire in the vent and the interior crews reported fire above the ovens in the ductwork. The fire was quickly knocked down, and clean up began. C om mand called for two medical res cues to respond, one for a worker

suffering from smoke inhalation, and one for standby. Command also called for the Fire Investigation Unit and the Board o f Fiealth to re spond. This bakery produces Fiolsum bread products including hotdog and hamburger buns and this fire could not have come at a worst time as 4th o f July and summer cookouts are right upon us.

- KENNETH LEGER

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Two Burn Victims Transported From Fall River Fire Scene Fall River, MA - Around 11:30 pm. on Monday June 3rd, fire fighters responded to a still alarm at 126 Brown Street, a two and one half story wood frame. On arrival, members had heavy fire venting from the first floor entry way and two burn victims needing assistence. Firefighters went to work fight ing the blaze while EMS Paramedics treated the injured. The firefighters were able to contain the heavy fire damage to the first floor, while the upper floors sustained smoke damage. Both burn victims were transported to Rhode Island Hospital our nearest trauma center.

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Outdoor Shower M irror Causes Structure Fire in Harwich On June 1st at 1:48 p.m., a 911 call was received at the Barnstable County Sheriff’ s Office Communi cation Center for a fire in the rear o f a house at the com er o f Sunset Lane and Victory Drive. A second call confirmed the address as 25 Victory Drive and reported a large propane tank near the fire. A first alarm was transmitted bringing all Harwich personnel, as well as an Engine Company from Dennis and Brewster, and a Ladder Company from Chatham. On arrival, Harwich companies found a single story wood-frame ranch style home with a significant fire in the rear exterior o f the build ing, extending into the kitchen and attic o f the structure. A working fire assignment was transmitted which provides an additional en gine and an ambulance to the scene and provides station coverage for both Harwich firehouses. Orleans, Eastham, and Hyannis Fire Depart ments provided station coverage. Dennis and Yarmouth responded to the scene as part o f the working fire assignment. Handlines were stretched to the interior and the rear o f the stmc-

The Bolton Firefighters Association owns a 1957 American LaFrance 800-Series pumper. They bought this classic 1000/500 from the Blue Hills Fire Department in Connecticut many years ago. Even though it was never used as front-line equipment, the members had it repainted white to match the in-service fleet. It’ s still used for events and connecting with the community.

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