High Angle Rescue, Box 31-06

22 May, 0852 hrs
5050 Powder Mill Road - Injured person on the roof - Box 31-06
TK.831 and A.831 on the scene
TR.822 TRSU.847 TRSU.814 PE.841 TW.839 BFC.806 VC.819 VC.814
Revised Assignment: TR.822 TRSU.814 RS.814 TK.814
TRSU.47 placed in service
0858: Safety Officer 800
0902: Transfer E.807 A.807 - Co.831
0907: Person has an injured arm; will be walked to TW.839 for removal.
TR: Techincal Rescue; TRSU Technical Rescue Support Unit; VC: Volunteer Chief

Multi-Vehicle Accident on 29

21 May

Companies in the Hillandale area responded to Route 29 and Burnt Mills Avenue for the personal injury accident. Three persons were injured and one was extricated from his vehicle by the crew of Rescue Squad 742 (Wheaton)

Media Coverage: WJLA7

Photograph courtesy WJLA

Extrication Tools for Companies 831, 841

Through the awarding of an AFG grant, the Beltsville Volunteer Fire Department has purchased three Hurst MOC Combi- tools. On 10 May, personnel received introductory training from Specialty Rescue, Inc. After additional training, the tools will be assigned to Engine 831, Truck 831 and Paramedic Engine 841. Due to the location of quarters along the 95/495 corridor, the companies can easily expect to at least start extrication upon arrival. The normally due rescue squad companies to the FH.com office area are Rescue Squad 814 (Berwyn Heights) and Rescue Squad 715 (Burtonsville).
Department Coverage: 831 Photograph courtesy Chief Schwartz, Co.831

"classic"

I wonder what Andy Fredericks would have thought aboout this guy...

Fireman nearly blocks hydrant with SUV, implies traffic agent gave an OK
By Jonathan Lemire, Daily News Staff Writer
14 May 2008

This firefighter may be the self-proclaimed Bravest, but he certainly isn't the smartest. A Cadillac SUV registered to Firefighter Christopher Santana was photographed parked just 3 feet from a fire hydrant on a Bronx street. And in what seems to be a pathetic attempt to dodge a ticket for the gross - and potentially dangerous - parking violation, a handwritten note was placed on the dashboard alongside a worthless fire union parking placard. "I'm really a fireman," the note read. "I work in Engine 46." "Ask Traffic Agent Maria Daniel," the note continued. "Thank you for your courtesy."

The black SUV - boasting the vanity license plate BRAVEST1 - was parked on Van Cortlandt Park South at the corner of Gale Place in Kingsbridge on Sunday afternoon. Neighbors said the car was frequently parked in that spot. It was stationed just 3 feet from the fireplug, far less than the 15 feet required by city law. "Every firefighter in the City of New York knows not to park in front of a hydrant," said one high-ranking FDNY source. "Don't they teach that on the first day of the [Fire] Academy?" "Could you imagine if a fire engine couldn't reach the hydrant because of that guy?" the source asked. Santana, 34, is assigned to Engine 46 and has been with the Fire Department for more than four years, according to an FDNY official. Attempts to reach Santana at his home - located just a block from where the SUV was photographed - and through the Uniformed Firefighters Association were unsuccessful. Several firefighters at Engine 46 denied knowing Santana on Tuesday.


The photographs come just weeks after officials yanked more than 25,000 official parking permits from employees of city agencies, including over 2,000 from the FDNY. The permit in Santana's window, however, was issued by the UFA and carries no official powers, officials said. "Having a union placard is not a defense of a [parking] summons," said mayoral spokesman Jason Post. "Unions don't have legal authority to issue official placards." A spokesman for the UFA declined to comment. It was not immediately clear if Traffic Agent Maria Daniel would be disciplined, an NYPD source said Tuesday.



The source said investigators would check if Daniel, who is assigned to the Bronx and has been with the NYPD since 2002, had given undue parking privileges to Santana.

"Standby to copy..."

12 May

A day long rain brought the usual compliment of local alarms and water rescues (see "My Civic can get through that"). While the 95 corridor was rather quiet, companies in the office area and 6th Battalion did respond to numerous alarms.

Truck 814 was assigned as the first-due truck on the second-alarm in Bowie. The earlier box alarm was dispatched for the townhouse fire and quickly multipled when first arriving companies found a fire and considerable extension in the middle unit of a two-story townhome. Department Coverage: 828; PGFEMS

Photograph courtesy M. Brady, PGFEMS PIO

15005 Minetta Lane - Townhouse on fire - Box 39-02

E.839 E.819 RE.818 Anne Arundel E.7

TK.828 TW.833 RS.813 BFC.802

2nd Alarm Box 39-02

E.848 E.843 E.828 Anne Arundel E.5

TK.814 QT.822 TS.820

Company 831 ran numerous accidents during the day. In the morning, after a water rescue/stranded vehicle, the company was dispatched to Edmonston Road and Sunnyside Road for the tree on a vehicle. The driver was out of the vehicle upon arrival. Department Coverage: 831; PGFEMS

As the day winded down a 4th Battalion box alarm was struck for smoke coming from a building. Normally assigned companies were on transfers or were already operating at an earlier incident and the assignment was subsequently altered. Engine 801 (Hyattsville) was first-due and arrived to find a fire in a auto body shop.

Department Coverage: 801; 809; 811 Photograph courtesy J. Davis

7111 Kenilworth Avenue - Smoke from the building - Co.813

E.801 E.811 E.855 E.848

TK.809 TK.812

RS.814

Hillandale Box

10 May
2015 Forest Hill Drive - House Fire - Montgomery Box 12-9
Companies in the office area from both counties responded to the Hillandale area (Company 712) on the Box Alarm and RID. Fire was in a two-story private dwelling.
Department Coverage: 834; 801
Note: Fireground audio (courtesy of DCFireFeed) provides additional sizeup information relating to identifying the number of stories (split level; is it the 1st floor or the basement?), orienting the incoming companies of such as well as RIC/RID considerations.

Big Truck; Small Crew
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