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UPDATED:
Monday July 23, 2007 |
North Carolina
FireNews Headlines
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HOT SHOT
Eastern Wake County House Fire
MON JUL 23
PHOTO: LEE WILSON, CFP-702
WAKE COUNTY - Eastern Wake responded to this well involved house
fire on July 20. The fire was in a very old abandoned two-story
house. The dwelling was over 3,100 square feet and was built in
1917. Eastern Wake was assisted by Wake New Hope and Wendell.
Companies operated defensively only.
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SLIDE SHOW
 Emphasis
on Training and Remembrance
SUN JUL 08
FIRENEWS.NET STAFF PHOTO JEFF HARKEY, CFP-700
MYRTLE BEACH, SC -
Firefighters from around South Carolina met in Myrtle Beach this
past week and weekend for their annual conference and convention.
Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani spoke to the delegates on
Friday. Numerous vendors were selling memorial items to raise funds
for the families of the Charleston Nine.
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Truck Rolls on Interstate 40
MON JUL 23
SUBMITTED BY TAFT SPENCE, CFP-1661
HAYWOOD COUNTY - On July 17, a truck driver flipped his rig on
eastbound Interstate 40 at mile-marker 34. The truck skidded on its
side for several hundred feet. The truck was hauling a 43,000 pound
roll of steel. Responding were North Canton Fire, Haywood Rescue and
Emergency Management.
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FEATURED SHOT
Urban Area Security Initiative Training
MON JUL 23
SUBMITTED BY DAVID WATSON, CFP-3662
CHARLOTTE - The Charlotte Fire Department along with Urban Area
Security Initiative Area HazMat Teams from Concord, Gastonia,
Monroe, Catawba County and Salisbury gathered last Wednesday at the
CSC railroad yard to learn how to respond to a potential
transportation emergency.
The Charlotte UASI area encompasses ten counties that surround
Mecklenburg and strives to provide opportunities for public safety
agencies to learn and train side by side. With the possibilities of
railroad transportation emergencies happening anywhere in our area,
Haz-Mat teams could be called on to assist across county lines.
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Hi-Rise Training at NCSU
MON JUL 23
SUBMITTED BY MIKE LEGEROS, CFP-7474
RALEIGH -
One of two newly delivered 2007 Pierce
Enforcer heavy rescues is pictured at high-rise training at Bowen
Residence Hall at North Carolina State University on July 12.
Assigned to Rescues 14 and 19, the rigs are equipped with a pair of
rear hydraulic reels, driver's side air and electrical reels, a
Portable Warn 9000-pound winch that can be mounted off the front,
rear, and sides, and a Night-Scan light tower on the roof.
Replacing a pair of 2000 Freightliner/American LaFrance rescues, the
two trucks also marked the end of 53 years of ambulance-body rescue
units in the Raleigh Fire Department.
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Playing the Pipes With Pride
THU JUL 12
CHARLOTTE.com
CHARLOTTE - Charlotte Engineer Jim Huffman of Ladder 24 talks
about the pride of being part of the department's pipe band.
Multi-media Presentation |
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Decals Available to Honor
Charleston 9
THU JUL 12
CHARLOTTE - The two-inches square decal pictured at left is now
available. They are red reflective and can be used as a window
decal, placed on a helmet or any hard non-porous surface.
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Decals are $5.00 each with all proceeds going
to the City of Charleston Firemen's Fund.
To get a sticker, send $5 for each sticker (cash or check) and a
self addressed stamped envelope to:
Michael Porowski
801 West Trade Street
Johnson & Wales University c/o OSA
Charlotte, NC 28202
(Checks should be made out to the City of
Charleston Firemen's Fund)
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You can now register
on-line for the 2007 South Atlantic Fire Expo, which is
the joint conference of the North Carolina Association of Fire
Chiefs and the NCSFA. The Conference will be held August 23-25, 2007
in Winston-Salem.
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Additional
Headlines:
Cumberland County:
*Opinion* Countywide Fire Service
Pender County:
"Super Scooper" to be Grounded
Statesville:
Fire Chief Loses Battle With Cancer
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