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North Carolina
FireNews Headlines
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HOT SHOT
Speed to Blame in Fatal Crash
MON AUG 27
SUBMITTED BY CARTER RABIL, CFP-7322
JOHNSTON COUNTY -
The female driver of this pickup was killed when the truck left the
roadway at a high rate of speed and wrapped around a tree. Pictured
are NCSHP Sgt Clark White, Trooper David Mazzotta, Emergency
Services Director Patrick Cogdell, Wilson's Mills Fire Chief Ricky
Barbour and member of Wilson's Mills Fire and Smithfield EMS.
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FEATURED SHOT
Community Based Medical Training
Exercise
MON AUG 27
SUBMITTED BY FIRE CHIEF ALVIN WARD, GOLDSBORO FIRE DEPARTMENT
GOLDSBORO - The
Goldsboro Fire Department, North
Carolina National Guard Unit out of Clinton, Seymour Johnson Air
Force Base Hazardous Materials Specialist Team, Wayne County
Emergency Management and the Pinewood Volunteer Fire Department all
participated in a community based medical training exercise on
August 18, 2007.
The training scenario was developed and reflected where disaster
health related concerns unique to the greater Goldsboro Community
were conducted. These concerns in summary were related to local
emergency responders, hazardous materials and helicopter operations,
all that could happen during natural and manmade disasters.
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HOT SHOT
Head-On Collision With Entrapments
MON AUG 27
SUBMITTED BY JKKN IIHH
BLADEN COUNTY -
The Dublin
Volunteer Fire Department along with Tar Heel Rescue, Bladen County
EMS and the Tar Heel crash truck were dispatched to a head-on
collision on Highway 131 at Marsh Road. Upon arrival, two confirmed
entrapments were found.
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HOT SHOTS
Southbound Amtrak Train Engine Catches Fire
MON AUG 27
SUBMITTED BY CARTER RABIL, CFP-7322
MICRO -
Around 200
passengers were evacuated when Amtrak train engine #123 erupted in
flames while en route to Florida. The incident closed the main
north-south track artery. Firefighters responded from Micro, Kenly
and Selma and got the blaze under control. The diesel engine was
loaded with 1500 gallons of diesel fuel and behind it were the
baggage car, food services car and four passenger cars - each with a
70 person capacity.
Johnston County Sheriff's deputies assisted in the evacuation and
Emergency Management and Amtrak officials arrived to coordinate the
operation. Several EMS units and a school bus shuttled passengers
to the North Johnston Middle School where Red Cross provided food
and re-hab for the passengers and firefighters. The train was towed
to Wilson for repairs.
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HOT SHOT
Several Homes Burn in Subdivision (Again)
MON AUG 27
SUBMITTED BY MIKE LEGEROS, CFP-7474
WAKE COUNTY - Northern Wake County crews
responded to the same subdivision for the second time this summer to
find multiple dwellings burning. Unfortunately for firefighters, the
temperature last Wednesday was a record setting 105 degrees.
Rolesville units found one home fully involved on arrival, a second
home well involved, adjacent exposures as well as those across the
street with melting vinyl siding and a rapidly spreading brush fire.
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SPECIAL REPORT
 What
Would a New Numbering Scheme Look Like?
TUE AUG 21
FIRENEWS.NET STAFF REPORT
RALEIGH - After our first article on re-numbering, we decided to put
pencil to paper and come up with a proposed numbering scheme for
Wake County. Every apparatus gets a unique "non-name dependent"
identifier. In the interest of safety, all personnel would also be
assigned a unique radio ID. Read the article, then participate in
the discussions.
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