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Monday, April 28, 2014

USFA LODD – Kentucky Firefighter Fatalities Notification 04.27.2014












On April 27, 2014 at 0610hrs, Firefighter Charles "Charlie" Goff, 53, suffered a fatal heart attack several hours after returning home from a multiple vehicle accident involving a reported five patients with critical injuries, including those of another McQuady firefighter and his wife whom Goff helped extricate from their vehicle.
   
Charles "Charlie" Goff  is survived by his wife - Cathy, daughter - April, and son - Tyler.
  
Our condolences to the Ferguson Family & Friends, the McQuady Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, and to all affected by Firefighter Charles "Charlie" Goff's passing.  
  
To date, 36 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2014. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Fatality Notices page. 



(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.) 


Thursday, April 24, 2014

City of Tonawanda, New York House Fire, 53 Coronet Drive - 04.23.2014

















  

A response was made by firefighters to fight  a fast moving house fire Wednesday morning. Fire destroyed a home at 53 Coronet Drive home in City of Tonawanda, New York.
   
Officials say an elderly couple, Al and Claire Festaiuti, who lived inside the 53 Coronet Drive home in City of Tonawanda, New York made it out okay.
    
"Either a police officer or a relative was able to escort them from the building just prior to us arriving," City of Tonawanda Fire Chief Charles Stuart said, "I believe the gentleman did have a little bit of smoke inhalation, but there were no other injuries to the occupants and no injuries the firefighters."  
     
It was reported the police were called by the elderly couple’s son who lives in Clarence for a domestic issue on his mother’s behalf.   

“Before they got here, before the police pulled up, the fire started. In speaking with the daughter, she doesn’t even think the parents knew there was a fire in the house,” said City of Tonawanda Fire Chief Charles Stuart.  
  
The elderly couple made it out of the home before police and firefighters arrived. It is suspected that the fire started in a bedroom. After the fire was out a dog was found dead in the bedroom
  
“It’s fairly gutted. Burned through from the front to the back. Some salvageable items in the basement but for the most part this fire took off really, really fast and despite our best efforts it pretty much consumed everything on the first floor,” said Chief Stuart.
  
Fire damage of the home estimated between $80,000 and $100,000. The cause of the fire remains unknown, and police are treating it like a crime scene.



(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.) 

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

USFA LODD – Texas Fire Chief Fatality Notification 04.21.2014








On April 21, 2014 at 2300hrs, Fire Chief Hugh Ferguson, 52, while working to establish a water supply at the scene of a vacant residential building fire, collapsed from an apparent heart attack. Fellow responders immediately rendered assistance to Chief Ferguson and transported him by Life Flight to the Memorial Hermann Hospital where he succumbed to his injury.

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Our condolences to the Ferguson Family & Friends, the Damon Volunteer Fire Department and to all affected by Fire Chief Hugh Ferguson's passing.  
  
To date, 35 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2014. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Fatality Notices page. 



(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.) 


Monday, April 14, 2014

Two Vacant Buffalo House Fires - 04.13.2014

















BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Flames ripped through two vacant homes in the City of Buffalo at 333 Mills Street at 10:55 PM, late Sunday night.

Firefighters found flames shooting from a home and a nearby rear cottage on Mills Street.



Crews fought the fire from the outside for safety.

"We tried to make an interior attack, and the fire was just to heavy," said Division Chief Michael Biasillo. "We had a difficult time with water pressure so we decided to go defensive."

No one was hurt.

There's no word yet on a cause.



(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.) 








Massive Wildfire In Tioga County, Southern Tier New York State - 04.13.2014












Approximately 13 fire departments and over 100 firefighters responded to  899 Tilbury Rd Campville in Tioga County, New York for a massive 21 acre wildfire on Sunday, April 13,2014 at 12:30 PM.



Town of Owego Supervisor Donald Castellucci declared a state of emergency--advising the public to avoid the area.

"I hereby direct all town departments to take whatever steps necessary to protect the life, property, public infrastructure and any other such emergency assistance as deemed necessary," Castellucci wrote.




Firefighters on scene managed to keep the fire contained, and other than woodland, there was no property damaged.

The wildfire was under control around 6:00 p.m., according to the Campville Fire Department.

Owego Supervisor Donald Castellucci lifted the statement around 8:00 p.m.

There is no known cause of the fire yet. An investigation is underway by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forrest Rangers.




(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.) 


Sunday, April 13, 2014

House Fire - West Seneca New York 04.12.2014


















As many as 10 fire companies were on hand to deal with the flames at this home on Burch Avenue in West Seneca, New York on Saturday. Smoke from the fire could be seen as far away as the 400 expressway.



WEST SENECA, NY - A home at 148 Burch Ave. in West Seneca was extensively damaged in a fire that was reported by a neighbor about noon on Saturday.

Volunteers from multiple fire companies responded to the scene. No one was injured in the blaze, and it was believed no one was home when the fire broke out. The building is considered a total loss.

The Erie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the cause of the fire, which was believed to have started in the rear of the home.



(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.) 


Friday, April 11, 2014

Newark Valley Fire On 04.05.14, Investigators Find Cause . . .









A house in Tioga County, New York is ruled a total loss after a two-alarm fire ripped through the second floor of a home on April 5, 2014. The call came in around 11 a.m. Saturday morning for a structure fire at 1163 Tarbox Lane in Newark Valley.
   

Tioga County Investigators say the Saturday morning fire started in the chimney and quickly spread to the walls.
  

It was reported that the home’s sole occupant, an elderly woman, was not home when the fire broke out.
       
Firefighters were unable to safely enter the house in efforts to control the blaze. Firefighting crews kept to a defensive mode approach of fighting the fire with hose lines at two rear corners of the house.

  
Firefighting crews arrived on scene and the roof of the house had already collapsed, which forced the crews into a defensive attack.
   
Fire departments from Union Center, Berkshire, Maine, and West Corners were called in to assist the Newark Valley Fire Department get water to the fire ground, and assisted with fighting this structural fire.



(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.) 


Wednesday, April 9, 2014

USFA LODD – West Virginia Fire Chief Fatality Notification 04.02.2014












Fire Chief George Underwood, 64, on April 2, 2014 at 1800hrs, responded to a call of localized flooding that was affecting residential properties in the community. While attempting to clear a blocked culvert with a hose line, Chief Underwood fell ill and collapsed at the scene from an apparent heart attack. Chief George Underwood was treated by responders and transported to the hospital where he succumbed to his injury.
  
Our condolences to the Underwood Family & Friends, the Lake Volunteer Fire Department and to all affected by Fire Chief George Underwood's passing.  
  
To date, 34 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2014. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Fatality Notices page. 



(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.) 











Thursday, April 3, 2014

Brazilian Avianca Airlines Passenger Jet Makes Emergency Landing. . .
















Faced with malfunctioning front landing gear, a pilot in Brazil safely landed a passenger jet on its rear wheels.

The emergency landing happened Friday, March 28, 2014, after the Avianca Airlines jet, carrying 49 passengers and crew, departed Petrolina, a northeastern Brazilian town, headed for Brasilia, Reuters reports.

None of the 49 passengers and crew of five on the Fokker 100 jet were injured when the plane landed on its rear wheels before lowering the nose onto the runway, the Brazilian Air Force said. Airport fire crews foamed the plane to prevent fire.

The pilot calmly declared an emergency and circled the Brazilian capital to shed fuel and lower the weight of the aircraft, according to a recording of his conversation with the control tower played on Globo News television channel.

"The plane suffered a hydraulic problem and the front landing gear did not open, so the pilot did a belly landing," an Air Force spokesman said.

Avianca Brazil, which has grown rapidly in the Brazilian market by opening regional routes, is owned by the Synergy Group controlled by Brazilian airline entrepreneur German Efromovich.

Efromovich also owns Colombian airline Avianca, which has joined Taca of El Salvador to form conglomerate AviancaTaca, one of Latin America's leading carriers.

The emergency landing closed one of Brasilia's two runways, delaying flights into Brazil's fourth largest airport.



(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.)

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