43 RIT Please respond- no wait cancel

Station 43 was toned out for a RIT response in Carbon County for a working barn fire. We were cancelled shortly and dispatch. Here is the news article from www.wnep.com. Too bad the buck wasnt hit- would have been some good eatin.

Lightning Sparks Fire


A bolt of lightning is blamed for touching off a fire in Carbon County Wednesday night.

Firefighters think the bolt struck an electric fence behind a home near Albrightsville. That apparently caused a shed inside the fence to burst into flames. the owner was especially worried because he keeps a buck inside the shed.

"It sounded like two .22 shots. Like ping, ping! The thunder was immediate and I said to my wife, 'it hit some place close!'" said Earle Meckes.

Some hay inside the shed did burn but the buck was not hurt.

Rollover on State Road

Station 43 was toned out to an MVA on State Road. Fred Rosado arrived on scene and reported single vehicle rollover with driver self extricated. Witensses stated that two passengers took off on foot down the road. The driver denied transport by EMS but was given a free ride to the Fern Ridge State Police Barracks with a free pair of silver bracelets.





Safety Officers Fred Roasdo and Frank Tatusko talk it over- wait a minute is Frank wearing sneakers again?????

Fairly slow in the West End

With the exception of some false alarms and probably some medicals it has been an uneventfull week in the West End. I know as soon as I hit enter we will get something good. I guess this just means that people are being safe. There was a drowning in town as a result of a heart attack- unsure if 43 Rescue was toned out for that or not. Hope everyone is staying cool.
Tim

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7/15/05 Early Morning double Car Fire

Around 5am this morning, Station 43 was toned out to a car fire on Route 209 in the Monroe Plaza in Brodheadsville . First on scene 43-S-1 reported 2 cars fully involved with a small coffee shop about 50 feet away. (Which by the way did not provide us with any refreshments) The crew on 43-1-2 made a quick knock down on the fire, good job by Nick Caprioli, Frank Tatusko and a green horn to be named later, John McKeever was on the pump.. 43-2-5 driven by Fran Weiss provided water supply and 43-1-1 arrived after their long journey and assisted with mop up. It appears the driver of the Blazer hit a mattress on the road which got stuck under his truck and caught fire. In order to protect others property he parked right next to the one other car that was in the lot which is also a total loss.






Here we see our Chief Brian Snyder actually doing work:


Nice response by all:


Here is some of the crew:


"Tatoo Dave" making sure all the hot spots are out.

Riverdale, NJ Wetdown

Over the weekend I attend a wetdown in Riverdale, NJ. They purchased a new Pierce Engine and a Pierce Quint. That sounds kind of familiar. I wasnt able to get that close to the trucks as a bunch of idiots kept spraying water all over the place.

1st day of Carnival

Here are some photos from the first day of the carnival. The weather was great and we had a good turnout. Hopefully the rain will stay away the rest of the week.






Here we see Fran running the wheel:

Carnival

The annual West End Fire Company Carnival starts today and runs thru July 9th with fireworks on the 8th.

Barn Fire- assist Station 23 and 28

Station 43 was dispatched for Tankers only, but was upgraded to a full response to this fully involved barn fire. Units responding were 43-4-4,43-1-2 and 43-2-5. The barn was full of 300 bales of hay and a large amount of fire wood. Station 23 chief decided to let it burn and released all companies with the fire still raging.





Frank "Hollywood"Porta and Doug Klemm

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Controlled Burn

Members of Station 43 were alerted to an early morning controlled burn near the woods. With a burn ban in effect, 43-4-4 put this balze out.

Here we see Frank "Hollywood" Porta and "Tatoo" Dave taking care of bidness.

Medevac landing for stabbing

Here is why I cursed us on sunday:
While out on a car fire, Station 43 was toned out to a stabbing call in Upper Sierra View. 43-1-2 went direct and provided patient care, 43-1-1 cleared from the car fire call and set up the Landing Zone. A great job was done by all on the call.

Fred Rosado watches Medevac 2 go in the air.






News article on the call from wnep.com:
Woman Charged with Killing Man
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UPDATED: 10:00 p.m .

A woman from Monroe County is accused of stabbing her husband to death Sunday night.

It happened at a home on Yellowstone Drive in Chestnuthill Township, near Blakeslee.

Police were called to the home for a domestic dispute about 6:30 p.m. They found Benedicto Velazquez, 40, in the driveway with a stab wound in his chest. They arrested his wife, Rocio Velazquez, 37.

Rocio Velazquez is in the Monroe County jail. she's charged with criminal homicide and aggravated assault.

The Curse of the Internet

Well not even five minutes after typing the last post this blog ws responsible for setting a car on fire and making some lady stab her boyfriend. I will post some pictures of the Med Evac Landing for the stabbing but we left the car fire too quickly to get pictures.

Happy 4th of July

Hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th. We have been very quiet this weekend and i know as soon as I finish typing this we will get a call. Its been pretty dry and I am sure with all the fireworks we will get a brush fire of some sort.