Local videos of helmet cams in action are few and far-between. Here’s a new one from YouTube user Pipe-Man26, showing the Eno Fire Department in Orange County responding to a commercial structure fire at 5304 Groucho Road on January 3.
The fire at a vacant seafood restaurant, and later or currently used as a storage space for an appliance dealer, started about 1:00 p.m. The two-alarm was fought for much of the afternoon. Google for more, including this WTVD story.
This meeting was cancelled. The agenda items will be added to the March meeting.
The Wake County Fire Commission was scheduled to meet on Thursday, January 18, 2018. The meeting time was 7:00 p.m. The location was the Wake County Emergency Service Education Center, 221 South Rogers Lane.
Agenda is below. View the meeting documents.
From a reader (thanks Paul!) comes this stunning creation for sale on Craigslist in San Francisco: 1992 Amertek CF4000L ARFF crash truck with custom all-American body wrap decals (with powder-coated wheels), and a custom external roll cage. Whoa, wow, and holy cow!
Specs are listed below. $50,000 and its yours. Seller also entertaining trades, for “Hummer H1, Mercedes G500/550, armored vehicles or a small family limousine.” Click to enlarge:
From the seller’s listing:
1992 AMERTEK CF4000L ARFF Diesel 4X4 unique Off Road Fire Truck
Amertek Chassis
Very unique Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting truck
Less than 9K miles
Detroit 6V92TA 400 HP Diesel Engine
Allison Automatic Transmission
Hale Pump
4 Wheel Drive
Seats 4 (2 SCBA Seats)
1000 Gallon Fiberglass Water Tank
150 Gallon Foam Tank
2 Hose Reels (Water and Foam)
2 water cannons (Roof and front bumper mounted)
Custom rear water sprayer
110V Power inverter
Custom external roll cage
Custom exhaust
Custom all American body wrap with powder-coated wheels
CA registered and street legal
Length: 28′ 1″
Height: 9′ 3″
Width: 9′ 6″
GVWR: 34,650 #
Wheelbase: 102″
See the listing.
Was thinking about this last week. There’s lots that goes into a WOW drone photo[1]. It’s an iceberg, of sorts. With many things that you don’t easily or ever see.
Just a rough sketch. The stuff under the water could be re-ordered. Or expanded. But you get the idea. Click to enlarge:
[1] Or at least those cool shots that I’ve taken, or attempted to take.
Here are the run numbers for the Raleigh Fire Department for 2017.
Total calls: 42,207
Total runs: 59,334
Busiest engines:
Busiest ladders:
Busiest battalion chief:
Run Numbers Continue reading ‘Run Numbers for Raleigh, 2017’ »
Whoops, this planned posting didn’t get posted during Christmas week!
Raleigh-Durham International Airport has received their second Striker!
This 2017 Oshkosh Global Striker 6×6, 1250/3000/420/450# was delivered on Sunday, December 14, 2017. Click to enlarge:
Pictures are screen grabs from this nifty short video from RDU, featuring Captain Will Patterson:
Specifications include:
Read complete specs (PDF).
Current Crash Trucks
The new truck will join a 2016 Oshkosh Striker, 3000/420/450#/460# with 50-foot snozzle, that was delivered in April 2016, and placed in service in September. Read blog post.
Mike Legeros photo
The new CFR 3 will replace a 2000 Oshkosh TI-1500, 1500/210/450#. That truck was one of three white 2000 Oshkosh TI crash trucks delivered that year, a TI-3000 and two TI-1500s. CFR 4 was replaced last year with the 2016 Striker and subsequently sold.
Mike Legeros photo
The two Strikers are the airport’s first new yellow trucks since the 1990s. Read more about the airport’s fleet of fire apparatus, past ‘n’ present.
The Winston-Salem Fire Department has a new gold leaf design, as reported in this Winston-Salem Journal story. The design is similar to others seen around our state. Recognize these?
Join the conversation on Facebook.
As featured in this WNCN story, this five-page brochure was produced for the recruitment of a new Charlotte Fire Chief.
It was produced by recruiter Ralph Andersen and Associates and lists the many qualifications needed for the position: executive fire command experience, a bachelor’s degree, certifications, etc.
Former Fire Chief Jon Hannan retired in August. Currently at the helm is Interim Fire Chief Pete Key. The first review of received resumes is February 12.
View the PDF (936K).
Morning After
This was solved within about twenty minutes on the Facebook side. Ex-Durham FD, former Rescue 1, later renamed Squad 1. Picture from the late 1990s or early 2000s, by Legeros:
Night Before
From a reader, this former “Squad 1” was seen in Garner, near the Quarry. Looks like a 1990s International.
Someone will surely ID the thing, but will be a blog reader or Facebook follower? The race is on!
Thanks Kena! Click to enlarge:
Found these in this /r/firefighting thread. Super-cool (and newly posted) dash cam videos of Chicago Fire Department crash trucks in action at O’Hare International Airport on October 28, 2016.
The lengthy clips were filmed as crews responded to, attacked, extinguished, and returned from an uncontrolled engine failure and fire on a Boeing 767. Talk about a smoke plume!
Here’s the Wikipedia story of what happened, American Airlines Flight #383. With 170 souls aboard including nine crew, all survived. Twenty were injured.
See also this Chicago Fire Wire posting [link expired:http://www.chicagofirewire.com/fire-videos/new-video-dash-cam-of-arff-vehicle-as-it-responded-to-and-operated-at-the-american-airlines-boeing-767-300-fire-at-ohare-international-airport-in-2016/] with more notes from the incident and the video.