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CREWS
HANDLE CHIMNEY FIRE IN THE FIRST DUE |
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December
28, 2005 - Just
before 5 PM this evening, Engine, Wagon, Tower, and
Chief 501 responded with 13 men to 8599 Sherman Court
for a chimney fire. On arrival, crews found active fire
throughout the entire flue. Crews removed what was in
the fire box and then utilized the "snuffer" to
extinguish the burning deposits of creosote in the
chimney. Company 1 cleared at 1734 hrs. |
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ENGINE AND
TOWER RUN GAS EXPLOSION IN YORKSHIRE |
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December
20, 2005 - At
1305 hrs, Engine and Tower 501 responded on the mutual
box for a reported explosion at 7415 Peppertree Lane, in
the Yorkshire section of Prince William County. On
arrival, Engine 508 found an active gas fed fire. Engine
501 arrived and picked up 508's line. Crews from both
companies operated hose lines to extinguish involved
debris and cool the piles while awaiting the arrival of
the gas company. It appeared that during demolition of
this particular trailer, the contractor struck the still
active gas line to the home, causing an explosion. This
was the same trailer that burned in September of 2005.
The Tower cleared quickly and the Engine went ready at
1444 hrs.
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MANASSAS
VOLUNTEERS AND FDNY TAKE PART IN ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARADE |
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On
December 3rd, The City held its 60th annual Christmas
Parade. This year the Assistant Chief's Buggy, Engine,
Tower, and Hazmat 501 were staffed by over twenty
volunteers along with retired Engine 1-1, which carried
our guests, the New York City Firefighters. As always,
it was a good time had by all. We want to thank the City
for honoring our guests. Also, thanks our brothers from
New York for coming down and for their continued support
of the Manassas Volunteer Fire Company. |
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OUR
BROTHERS FROM NEW YORK ARRIVE AND START BY JUDGING BIKINI
CONTEST |
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Every year since September 11, 2001,
The Manassas Volunteer Fire Department has invited
members of FDNY Engine 243 and Ladder 168 from Brooklyn,
New York to be honorary guests in the Manassas City Christmas
parade. Normally the fellas get into town on Thursday
evening. Friday is spent hanging out around the
firehouse, swapping stories and taking in runs. Friday
night is spent at the City Tavern. They help light the
City's Christmas tree and on Saturday, they ride in the
parade. That evening is the annual Firefighters Night at
KC's restaurant. This year they also assisted with a
model search contest for Maxim Magazine at a local restaurant in
Manassas. The FDNY guys were honorary guests and the
judges of the contest. The show went very well and all
the girls and patrons enjoyed having the guys there. |
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ENGINE
AND HAZMAT ON RUN THREE VEHICLE ACCIDENT |
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December
16, 2005 - At
1146 hrs, Engine 501 and the Hazmat Unit went out for an
auto accident with a fuel spill at the intersection of
Mathis Avenue and Reb Yank Drive. On arrival crews found
a three vehicle accident. Two vehicles were in the
intersection and the third had come to rest against a
small tree on the sidewalk after striking a city
electric transformer. With only minor injuries, the
crews from the Engine and Hazmat focused on containing
the large amount of hazards. They cleared at 1223 hrs.
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MORE ICY
WEATHER KEEPS ENGINE CO. BUSY INCLUDING A FATAL ACCIDENT |
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December
16, 2005 - With
rain,
sleet, and snow falling heavily overnight, the
volunteers at Company 1 handled a multitude of weather
related calls. The most serious came at 0518 hrs this
morning. Units were sent out for a personal injury
accident in the 9400 block of Wellington Road. On
arrival, units found a two vehicle accident with one
seriously injured.
It
appeared that one vehicle had slid sideways into the
path of oncoming traffic and was struck violently by
another vehicle on the passenger side door. The Engine
Company initially assisted with patient care. A medivac
was requested but was returned because of the patient's
unstable condition. He was taken to Prince William
Hospital and later pronounced dead. The driver of
the same vehicle was also taken to Prince William
Hospital for minor injuries. Police believe icy roads
were a major cause of the accident. The Engine went
ready at 0640 hrs. |
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ENGINE
AND FOAM ENGINE ON AUTO ACCIDENT WITH FLY OUT |
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December
11, 2005 - At
0246 hrs, Manassas City Police requested the Fire
Department and Rescue Squad for a personal injury
accident located in the intersection of Ashton Avenue
and Confederate Trail. On arrival, Engine 501 found a
single vehicle that had lost control on a patch of black
ice and slammed into a light pole, shearing it into
pieces. On impact, the driver went partially through the
windshield and back, causing what appeared to be serious
trauma to her face. A medivac was requested along with
an additional Engine Company for the LZ. Foam Engine 501
landed Air Care 1 and the patient was flown to a local
trauma center. We are happy to report that the victim
was released the following day with not much more than
superficial injuries. Both engines from Company 1
cleared at 0313 hrs. |
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ENGINE
FINDS DEFECTIVE FURNACE TO BE THE SOURCE OF HEAVY SMOKE |
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December
08, 2005 - At
0540 hrs, Engine 501 responded 2nd due on mutual box
11-20 for a building fire at 8587 JD Redding Drive.
While on the way, Prince William County Fire
Communications advised the units that this was a
Mechanical Building with several different chemical
hazards inside. The Engine arrived first, laid out and
ran the 300. Their initial report was smoke showing from
a single story industrial building. After forcing entry
to the front, the engine encountered heavy white smoke
conditions. Engine 508 found access in the rear and
crews began searching for the source. Several more doors
were broken down before the fire was located. A faulty oil
heating unit was the cause. Engine 501, Rescue 501, and
Truck 511 were held to ventilate. Assistant Chief 511
(Ackerman) had the command while Chief 501 (Holman) had
operations. Engine 501 went ready at 0645. |
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ENGINE
AND TOWER ON EARLY MORNING HOUSE FIRE |
December
06, 2005 -
For the second time in
less than a week Manassas, Firefighters were on the road
to the Sudley section of Manassas for a house fire.
Shortly before 0300 hrs this morning, Engine 501 (second
due) and Tower 501 (first due truck) were alerted to
mutual box 11-12 for the report of a townhouse on fire
at 7419 Rokeby Drive.
The initial report from
first arriving Wagon 511 was nothing showing from a
two-story townhome. To get to the reporting address,
Wagon 511 had to stretch their line to the rear of the
row because these were
back-to-back terraced townhouses.
Once in
position, the officer from 511 advised smoke showing
from the gable end and heavy smoke in the attic.
Engine and Tower 501 were
next to arrive with 11 Volunteers. The Engine took a
position in a rear court and advanced a 200 foot leader
line, extended it with a 100’ rack, and made their way
into the fire building along with Wagon 511. Tower 501
quickly split into two crews, with one heading inside
and one heading to the roof. The inside team immediately
went to work hooking and conducting a primary search
while the roof team promptly threw two ladders and made
there way to the roof to open up. In the time it took to
throw the 28 foot ladder and return to the Tower for a
saw and roof ladder, conditions worsened rapidly. As
they made there way up, the roof team relayed to their
boss that there was now fire through the roof. With a
fresh blanket of snow on the roof, operations weren’t
easy. Still, they managed to open up the roof using saws
to head off the fire.
Meanwhile, on the inside, two lines had been placed in
service by Wagon 511 and Engine 501. With very
aggressive hook work from Wagon 509 and the Tower, the
fire was quickly exposed and knocked down. Fire damaged
a total of four townhomes before it could be controlled.
Quick aggressive work on the part of all of the
companies held the fire to just 1 alarm. Manassas
Volunteers operated for nearly 3 hours before returning
to service shortly before 0600.
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ENGINE
CAUGHT IN FLASHOVER IN WEST GATE HOUSE FIRE |
December
01, 2005 - Just before 1600 hrs today, Prince
William County Fire Communications began to receive
multiple calls reporting a house fire at 9703 King
George Drive, in the West Gate section of the county.
At 1550 hrs, box alarm 11-13 was struck bringing
Engine 501 as the third due engine company. Medic
551 arrived first and advised fire showing from side
A. Engine 511 laid out and pulled a line to the
front door, having Engine 508 pick up their line.
511's officer transmitted the report of people
trapped and requested a second alarm.
Engine 501
arrived and took a secondary hydrant, seeing heavy
fire in the basement climbing to the roof. The Engine's crew
ran their 300 down the block and, with the report of
people trapped, quickly made entry through the front door. Inside they were met with
extreme heat and heavy smoke. Engine 501 looked for the
basement stairs through "Colliers Mansion"
conditions while along the way sweeping for victims.
Conditions inside began to deteriorate
rapidly. With no luck finding the steps, the crew from Engine
501 decided to pull out and find a basement access
from the outside.
They advanced their line to the
rear and found Truck 511 at the sliding glass
basement door. The Truck took out the door, 501's lineman called for
water, and made his
way down the exterior steps to the entrance. He
waited for a minute checking the conditions and then
made his way in. Do to even worse "Colliers Mansion"
conditions in the basement, Engine 501 was not
initially able to push deep into the basement. This
was good, however, because as the Engine made their
way in, the basement, along with the rest of the
house, flashed over. The lineman with the
officer pulling, pushed backwards, but they couldn't
get out in time. The fire fully engulfed the lineman
and officer as they both dropped to the ground just
short of the exit. A few members of Truck 511's crew
also got caught in the flash as it came up the
steps. With the pipe open, the lineman was able to
keep enough of the fire off of the men to avoid
serious burns. On his back, Engine 501's lineman
extinguished enough of the basement to allow his
crew to push back in. They made their way forward just as
a "Mayday" was being transmitted.
One of the members of
Truck 511 was injured as he was knocked down on the
exterior steps during the flash. At the same time,
Command, having witnessed the whole house take off,
ordered an evacuation. Engine 501's officer saw that
Truck 511's man was out safe and continued to help back out his
line. 501 extinguished a good amount of fire from
the doorway and requested permission to head back
in. Command, seeing that 501 was making good
progress on the fire, gave them permission to
proceed. He advised them that that there was an
additional report of two victims in the basement.
501 pushed in, extinguishing a large volume of fire
as they crawled over mounds of debris. They were
only able to search part of the basement before they
were pulled out once again, this time because the
fire had broke through the roof.
It was not long before nearly every room in the
house was involved. Engine 501 operated their hand
line along with multiple companies from the County
on the outside of the building until the fire was
brought under control. Tower 501, due on the second
alarm arrived with a driver only and was met on
scene by our Hazmat Unit with three men, which
cleared a mutual box fuel spill at the time of
dispatch. The Tower's crew, along with other crews
from the county, worked hard to open up the building
from the outside. With the bulk of the fire knocked
down, Engine and Tower 501 were ordered into the
basement to complete a primary search and check for
extension. Shortly thereafter, the Engine's crew was
replace by Wagon 516 and sent to rehab. The Tower
continued to search and check for extension. Once
the fire was declared out, companies remained on
scene for quite sometime as extensive overhaul was
required. Animal control was requested to the scene
because there were some 30 cats inside the home at
the time of the fire. The firefighter from Truck 511
was transported to the hospital for precautionary
measures and is ok. The firemen from Engine 501
received only minor injuries from the flash. The
home had four residents, two of whom were home at
the time of the fire. Both residents were accounted
for outside and safe. Along with the firefighter,
one resident was transported to the hospital with
minor injuries.
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