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WAGON
2ND DUE ON HOUSE FIRE AND FIND JUMPER |
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October 31, 2005 - At 0532 hrs, Prince William
County Fire Communications sent a box assignment to
8574 Cabot Court for a fire in an occupied dwelling.
Originally, the dispatcher advised the units that
the fire was reported in the master bedroom and that
one person had jumped from the second floor. As
units were responding, a supplement was given by
communications advising that the cops were on the
scene confirming people trapped. As Wagon 509 made
the turn out of their station, they reported a large
column of smoke visible. At that point, Chief 508
requested a second alarm to be sounded over the box.
Wagon 509 arrived and reported smoke showing from
side C of a middle of the row town home with people
trapped. As the crew from 509 was stretching their
300, they reported a burn patient in the entrance of
the fire building. Their crew continued stretching
their line through the exposure, outside to the rear
and into basement on the fire building, which is
where witnesses were reporting the fire. Wagon 509
advised fire in the basement and called for water.
Wagon 501 arrived immediately and advanced a 200
foot attack line off of Wagon 509. Command ordered
them to go directly to the top floor of the fire
building and check the attic space. Wagon 501's crew
was delayed entering the building as they removed a
burn victim from the entrance of the home to the
front yard where the patient was handed off to Medic
509. With the attic clear of heat and smoke, and
after having made a quick primary of the first
floor, the crew from 501 made their way down to the
basement where Wagon 509 was making a good knock on
the fire. Truck 511 made a very, very aggressive
primary and had multiple ladders thrown to both
sides of the home. Decent smoke conditions still
existed in the basement as crews from 509 and 501
got a final knock on the fire and checked for
extension. Wagon 509 requested that command expedite
having a crew shut the gas off as they had an active
leak in the basement. Wagon 501's officer reported
the secondary search of the first and second floors
were negative. As crews were opening up they found
fire between the floors and in a pipe chase. Crews
opened up the walls and ceiling in the basement and
the walls on the first floor, exposing what was left
of the fire and extinguishing it. Chief 501
(Holman), who had operations, reported a fire in a
utility room in the basement with extension
contained and suggested that the second alarm
assignment be returned. The patient, who was
code yellow, was flown by Aircare 1 to the closest
trauma center. No other victims were found.
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TOWER
CUTS ANOTHER OUT IN LAKE JACKSON |
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October 26, 2005 - At 0614 hrs this morning,
Tower 501 responded on box 0702 for a rescue local
at Prince William County Parkway and Bradley
Cemetery Road. Wagon 507 arrived on the scene of a
personal injury T-bone accident with one victim
trapped in the driver seat, pinned by the dash. The
Tower arrived and quickly got to work taking both
doors, the roof, and pushed the dash. The patient
was extricated within 20 minutes and transported by
ground to the hospital. The Tower went ready at 0723
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TOWER
CUTS ONE OUT ON BRENTSVILLE ROAD |
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October 24, 2005 - At 2229 hrs, Wagon, Tower,
and Chief 501 responded on mutual box 0705 for a
single vehicle personal injury accident at
Brentsville Road and Westchester Road. Attack 507
was initially dispatched on the run and, upon
arrival, requested communications upgrade the call
to a rescue local. Wagon and Tower 501 arrived
and found a single patient laying between the front
and back seats with several non life threatening
traumatic injuries. The crew from the Tower and
Wagon quickly went to work stabilizing the vehicle.
With that complete, both crews removed several doors
and the roof. The patient was removed and
transported by ground to the hospital. Crews from
the City went ready at 2312 hrs. Chief 501 had
operations.
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MANASSAS VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OPEN HOUSE |
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October 22, 2005 - Today the Fire Company held
its first annual open house and recruitment drive.
From 10am to 4pm, members from the department, among
other things, gave tours of the station and allowed
members of the community to try on gear and operate
handlines off of the Wagon. With heavy rain pounding
the area, we thought it would put a damper on the
festivities, but that wasn't the case. Several
hundred visitors made their way through the quarters
of Engine and Tower 1, meeting and talking with
Manassas Volunteers and enjoying refreshments
supplied by the ladies auxiliary. We provided free
T-shits for the children, coloring books, patches,
and stickers. Several visitors expressed their
interest in joining the MVFC and filled out
applications. Throughout the day, Manassas
Volunteers maintained four crews, answering the
normal assortment of fire alarms, medicals, and
accidents, as well as an early afternoon box
assignment. This brought the Engine and Tower
to the Manassas Mall to investigate the odor of
natural gas which would later prove to be unfounded.
Special thanks to fireman Joe Donoghue for his extra
time and effort spent coordinating the events that
made our open house a tremendous success.
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FIRST
CHIMNEY FIRE OF THE SEASON |
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October 21, 2005 - At 1734 hrs, Tower 501
responded to 7816 Signal Hill Road for a chimney
fire on box 1601. Wagon 516 arrived and reported
fire coming from the chimney. The Tower's crew
laddered the home and utilized their snuffer to
extinguish a large amount of burning creosote that
was built up in the chimney. Remember, now that the
weather is getting colder, it's the time to have
your chimney inspected and cleaned. Build-ups of
creosote on the interior walls of your chimney will
catch fire easily and can create cracks in the brick
or cause fire inside the walls or attic of your
home. You don't want to find out it needed to be
cleaned as the fire department is putting your house
out. With the fire extinguished, the Tower went
ready at 1836 hrs. |
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TOWER
EXTRICATES TWO ON CENTREVILLE ROAD |
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October 12, 2005 - At 0034 hrs, companies were
alerted to a personal injury accident with possible
entrapment on Centreville Road prior to the Fairfax
County line in Company 508's local alarm district.
Tower and Chief 501, along with Chief 508 found the
accident at Centreville Road and Chestnut Street,
which is in the opposite direction of the initial
location. As units were being redirected, Chief 508
ordered all units to stage in the line of approach.
As Tower 501's crew was walking down to the scene,
Chief 508 told Rescue 508A to proceed in for one
possibly trapped. Upon further investigation, crews
found 2 people trapped, one pinned seriously by the
dash. The Tower's crew quickly brought their tools
down and began stabilizing and cutting the vehicle.
The Tower's crew, with the help of 508's crew,
removed both front doors, the roof, and pushed the
dash. Both patients were removed in 15 minutes and
airlifted, along with a victim from another vehicle
to local trauma centers. Wagon 509 had the LZ. The
Tower and Chief cleared at 0128 hrs. |
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FIRE
ALARM IS UPGRADED TO A BOX |
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October 10, 2005 - At 2029 hrs, Wagon 508, Wagon
509, and Tower 501 were responding to 8375
Centreville Road for an automatic fire alarm. Wagon
509 arrived first and reported an odor of smoke.
Upon making entry, they found heavy smoke conditions
and requested that the box be filled, bringing Wagon
501. The Tower arrived quickly after 509 and went
straight to work. The Officer, Bar Man and Hook and
Can Man met up with Wagon 509 and found a room off.
The outside crew laddered the building and cut the
roof while the driver helped open up and worked on
securing the utilities. The Tower's inside crew
began popping doors, venting and preformed a primary
search while the Wagon's crew stretched a backup
line inside. Wagon 509 made quick work of the room
and after performing overhaul, crews from the City
cleared at 2136. Assistant Chief 501 (Lausch)
had operations. |
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Photos courtesy of Yorkshire VFD |
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WAGON
AND TOWER ON ANOTHER HOUSE FIRE IN YORKSHIRE |
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October 8, 2005 - At 2156 hrs, Wagon, Tower,
Chief, and Assistant Chief 501 responded on mutual
box 0803 for a dwelling fire at 7535 Pine Street. On
arrival, the crew from 508 found fire in several
rooms and through the roof of what appeared to an
abandoned house. Their crew quickly had a line in
operation. Wagon 501 stopped at the hydrant and the
crew took off to the fire building. Initially Wagon
501's crews stretched the 250 off of Wagon 508 and
along with their crew, entered the building. Crews
inside were pulled out by Assistant Chief 508, the
Safety Officer, because of a live power line that
was down around the front door. Crews were not
allowed to go back into the building which forced
companies to operate lines from existing openings
and holes made by the Tower on the outside of the
building. The Tower's crew opened up and preformed
overhaul. Units from Manassas units cleared at 0049
hrs.
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UPDATE
ON THE INJURED FIREMEN FROM HUNTINGTOWN |
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October 7, 2005 - We are relieved to let you
know that both F/F R. Rountree
Sr and his son R. Rountree Jr are back at home
recovering from the burns they received as a result
of the vehicle explosion. The son returned home
after spending one day in the Burn Center at Med
Star. His father spent three days in Intensive Care
and has also returned home. Both are expected to
make a full recovery. |
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CREWS
SHINE UP "POPS" FOR THE AACA CAR MEET |
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October 1, 2005 - On September 17, 2005, the
Bull Run Region of the Antique Automobile Club of
America held the 30th annual Edgar Rohr Memorial
Antique Car Meet at the Prince William County
fairgrounds. Show Chairman Pete Pandolfi, who is
also the Fire Company's Vice President, asked that
the Company provide one of our antique pieces of
apparatus for the show. Crews at the station spent a
week getting "Pops", retired Engine 1-2, a 1966
Seagrave, ready for the meet by giving it a bath, a
fresh coat of wax, and some much needed basic
maintenance. Thanks to the AACA for the
invite. |
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