| Grass 1 catches work in a 5 acre field fire. |
| Tue. Mar 11th 2008 |
Grass 1 was pulled off a detail at the fire college to back up units operating 3 miles away on a 5 acre field fire. A total of 12 firefighters along with BC Kauffman worked for 20 minutes to control the fire. Grass 1 had been assigned along with Engine 1 to the Fire College for joint training with t...
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| Hazmat crew assists F.B.I in Sumter County |
| Mon. Mar 10th 2008 |
Hazmat 1 responded on a Regional Response call to the Sumter County sheriffs office to assist in the sampling and detection of chemicals used in the production of Acid Bombs. FF/DE Joe Rinaudo and FF/PM Jerimiah Kendrick handled the call under the direction of Special Operations Chief Smithgall....
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| C-Shift handles roll over with light entrapment. |
| Sun. Mar 2nd 2008 |
Engine and Squad 1 worked a two vehicle MVA requiring light extrication at 63 ST and JAX. RD. One female was removed out the front windshield and handed over to EMSA for treatment....
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| C-Shift works a hazmat on 70 ST. |
| Wed. Feb 13th 2008 |
Engine and Hazmat 1 responded to the 3500 BLK of 70 ST 2 blocks from quarters for a truck carrying Ammonium Nitrate and Diesel Fuel. The driver had sheared off a valve of a Diesel tank causing fuel to leak into a compartment containing blasting caps. The crew plugged the leak and placed down spill p...
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| B-Shift makes a quick stop on Barn Fire. |
| Mon. Jan 28th 2008 |
Engine and Squad 1 were dispatched to a late afternoon structure fire in the 5800 block of NE 25 AVE. in Station 1's first due. District 1 arrived and found heavy smoke from a single story 2,000 square foot storage building. Engine and Squad 1 arrived in two minutes from dispatch and made entry with...
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| B-Shift responds to early morning single vehicle accident with 5 fatalities. |
| Fri. Jan 25th 2008 |
Engine and Squad 1 responded to the 1450 block of NE 95 ST. at 0347 and found a single vehicle that had struck a tree at a high rate of speed. 5 occupants ranging in age from 18 to 20 were pronounced dead on scene. The crew remained on scene for lighting until 0900 when they were relieved by...
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| C-Shift extricates on North 441 |
| Mon. Jan 14th 2008 |
Engine and Squad 1 responded to the 7700 block of North 441 for a two vehicle MVA. The crew extricated a female pt who was then transported to MRMC. Engine and Squad 20 assisted....
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| B-Shift pops a door on early morning pin job. |
| Mon. Jan 14th 2008 |
Engine and Squad 1 responded into Engine 11's first due on old HW 326 at 0525 this morning for a vehicle that had struck a dump truck. Engine 1 was assigned to remove the drivers door and cut away the A-Post to free the pt. who had been partially ejected threw the front windshield. Engine 1's ...
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| A-Shift works afternoon structure fire. |
| Sat. Jan 12th 2008 |
Engine 1 was assigned to a Public Education detail at the State Fire College when a fire broke out in a house on NE 27 Terrace in Engine 1's first due. Engine 19 was the first Engine to arrive and found smoke from a 1,200 square foot block house. LT. Eubanks and his crew made entry fr...
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| B-Shift assists on a commercial structure fire. |
| Thu. Jan 10th 2008 |
Engine 11 made quick work of a clothes dryer fire at a Pilot Truck Stop on 326. LT. Eubanks covering Engine 11 for the shift established command and reported heavy smoke on the enterior. A line was stretched from Engine 11 and the fire was quickly controlled with no extension. Engine 20 layed in fro...
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