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Fire Video links
From Billy G the Secret List:
BOSTON FIRE/RESCUES: We are on long distance travel so we are limiting
what we send on The Secret List this week, however, if you haven't seen
it, take a look at the below link of the Boston fire yesterday.
Excellent work by Boston Firefighters in making some outstanding grabs
of the children. There were also some serious CLOSE CALL related events
caught on tape that are clear lessons learned...and of great value for
any of us. The job for any FF is filled with risks, some
Unavoidable-especially when rescues are involved....we will never
eliminate all the risks and still be effective. However, we also can
often minimize the more common Unnecessary risks by wearing and
using our equipment etc, for example-so we can keep going to fires...and
make it home for Thanksgiving.
LINK:
More on the recent extra alarm fire in the Boston over the past couple
of days. Many of you have sent me photos and links. This is from FDNY
Nate Demarse email group
LINK:
From the NJMFPA group a link to a fire in East Rutherford, NJ on
November 12th
LINK:
Bill Tompkins NJMFPA forwarded this link to a brush truck on fire
Not helping the situation !
LINK:
Capt. Roelans from the Detroit FD sent along this link showing Detroit
today
STORY:
Bill Noonan from the Boston FD forwarded along this story from
Worcester, MA interesting reading
Subject: Worcester Mass-Franklin Street
fire station
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November 09. 2007 9:48AM
City’s sacred ground
Franklin Street fire station
LOST FIREFIGHTERS’ LEGACY IS BUILDING’S
FOUNDATION
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| Mayor
Konstantina B. Lukes speaks yesterday to a gathering of
dignitaries, family and media representatives before the
groundbreaking for the Franklin Street Fire Station.
(T&G Staff / CHRISTINE PETERSON) |
WORCESTER— A century ago, it was a meat-packing warehouse.
Industrial operations at the giant brick building ceased in the
early 1980s, and the building stood vacant for nearly two
decades. Then disaster struck.
On Dec. 3, 1999, the building became an inferno that consumed
the lives of six city firefighters: Firefighters Paul A.
Brotherton, Jeremiah M. Lucey and Joseph T. McGuirk, and Lts.
Timothy P. Jackson Sr., Thomas E. Spencer and James F. “Jay”
Lyons III.
For the last eight years, the empty lot endured, with makeshift
remembrances of the men who died adorning the chain-link fence
that enclosed it.
Now, finally, after years of lobbying and planning, the site —
just below busy Interstate 290 a few blocks from downtown — that
once housed the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co.
building is being turned into a new fire station that will also
serve as a lasting memorial to the six firefighters.
Yesterday, fire and city officials and politicians clustered at
the 254 Franklin St. property for an official groundbreaking as
construction workers laid the foundation for the $6 million
station.
Work actually began Sept. 7, and is expected to be complete in
spring 2009. The project is being financed with $2 million from
the state and about $1 million from the sale of the old Central
Street fire station, where a hotel has been built. The Brown
Square fire station up the hill on Plantation Street also will
close when the Franklin Street station opens.
Among the several dozen onlookers was James F. Lyons Jr., father
of Lt. Lyons; his wife, Joan; and their daughter, Kathryn M.
Wunschel of Auburn.
Mr. Lyons, a retired junior high school teacher, said he had
intense feelings as he watched construction workers lay the
foundation for the new station on this crisp late fall morning.
“We’re pleased that this is a part of our son’s legacy, and we
hope this will bring more public safety to Worcester,” Mr. Lyons
said. “This station comes at a terrible cost. Six young men gave
up all their tomorrows so we could be here today.”
The ceremony lasted about 45 minutes. It featured some emotional
statements about the firefighters’ sacrifice, including one from
City Manager Michael V. O’Brien.
“We will carry them in our hearts, never to be forgotten,” Mr.
O’Brien said.
Other family members of the dead firefighters were also on hand,
including three sons of Firefighter Paul A. Brotherton, and Mary
Jackson, the widow of Lt. Jackson.
The three strapping Brotherton brothers, Steven, 18, Brian, 21,
and Michael, 22, have wanted to become firefighters since they
were young boys. Now they are all headed for firefighting
careers.
Steven, who has been a volunteer firefighter in Auburn while
attending Anna Maria College, wants to join the Worcester Fire
Department after he graduates from school.
His two older brothers are getting ready to go through
firefighter recruit training, which starts Feb. 1. When they
complete the fire academy, they will join the Worcester force.
“We are very, very ecstatic about it,” Michael said.
Brian said the busy construction crew and the signs of life at
the long empty lot were hopeful signs, though he and his brother
don’t know if they’ll get to work there.
“It looks a lot better now, but we won’t have a choice where we
go,” he said.
Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray was the keynote speaker at the
groundbreaking. He was among those who spearheaded the fund
drive that resulted in the new building. Raymond V. Mariano was
mayor of the city when the disaster occurred.
“It is unbelievable to see this,” Mr. Murray said in a
conversation before the ceremony, which ended with him and the
other officials picking up gold-colored shovels and pitching
mounds of fresh dirt into the muddy earth.
“It’s important for the families and for the whole community,”
the lieutenant governor continued. “When you think of what
happened that day, it shouldn’t be forgotten. And it won’t be,
because of something like this.”
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LINK:
Chief Larry Meyer of the Stickney, IL FD forwarded along this link from
the St. Louis area showing light weight constructed floors. A good
training video to watch.
LINK:
Bill Tompkins NJMFPA found this great training video showing the
importance of wearing PPE at automobile fires.
LINK:
Chief Meyer one of many who sent a link from the LA Times showing
firefighters at the recent fires in San Diego deploying their fire
shelters. If you never have had the experience to fight a wildland fire,
they are awesome! Back in 1988 I worked in Arizona on the Indian
Reservations along with the Bureau of Land Management. We were trained
to use these but never had too . . . .
This will give you chills.
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