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ENGINE AND TOWER ON 2nd DUE HOUSE FIRE |
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December 19, 2003 -
At 0006 hrs, Engine 501A, Tower
501, and
Assistant Chief 501 were dispatched for a reported house fire on King
George Drive, in the Stonewall Jackson area of Prince
William County. Engine 511 arrived on the scene
and reported
heavy fire from the garage. Engine 501A,
which
arrived shortly thereafter, assisted with extinguishment and
ventilation. Tower 501 did the primary search the house, as
well as assisting with ventilation and overhaul
operations.
Assistant Chief 501 (Holman) had command.
Units were ready at 0219. |
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Photos by Don Holman, MVFC Assistant Chief. |
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MANASSAS
VOLUNTEERS TAKE PART IN THE ANNUAL SANTA
RUN |
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December 14, 2003 - This afternoon Santa Claus paid
a visit to the citizens of Manassas. His reindeer,
needing a break from their long flight into town, relaxed back at the firehouse while Santa caught a ride on
the Engine. He handed out gifts to the children
while his elves handed out candy canes. The Santa
run is an annual tradition of the Manassas Volunteer
Fire Department. |
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Photos by Don Holman, MVFC Assistant Chief. |
December 2, 2003 - Just after 10pm, Manassas City
Fire Communications dispatched a house assignment for
the 8700 block of
Antonia Avenue. Engine 501, upon arrival, reported heavy smoke showing from a two story single
family dwelling. The Engine's crew ran an inch and
a half
line through the front door and got a quick knock on the fire
which involved a deck in the rear of the house. Tower 501 arrived
along with the Engine
and began performing a
search of the structure as well as ventilation
operations. While crews were opening up, they
found minor extension into the attic. Even though the fire was quickly
extinguished, units remained on the scene performing
overhaul and salvage operations until they cleared at 0024.
Box Alarm:
E501, ???, T501, ???? |
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Photos by
Bob Ellis, MVFC Wagon Driver. |
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ANOTHER OVERTURNED VEHICLE |
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December 2, 2003 - At 1103 hours, Engine 501
went on a local for an auto accident. While responding,
communications announced that callers were reporting two overturned
vehicles with people trapped. Chief 501A arrived and advised
Manassas that there was a passenger vehicle on its side with a SUV
on top of it. All the occupants were able to get out of the
vehicles without being extricated. Only one BLS patient was
transported. |
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3 TRAPPED IN EVENING ACCIDENT |
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December 1, 2003 - Just after 9pm, Manassas
Fire Communications alerted Engine 501
to an overturned vehicle in front of 9001 Centreville Rd with the report of a trapped victim. Upon arrival, the Engine
Company advised
communications of three semi trapped victims, one of which was unconscious.
They requested a chief, 2 more medics and the availability of the helicopter.
As the Engine crew was assisting in removing the victims, Chief 501 arrived
and requested the helicopter for a closed head injury, an engine for
the LZ and a basic unit placing the third
medic in service. Medic 509 transported two patients to Prince
William Hospital while Medic 501 went to the LZ. Foam Engine
501 landed Air Care 1 and units went ready within a half an hour. |
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Photos by Bob Ellis, MVFC
Wagon Driver. |
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