NOVEMBER 28, 2008- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO AN OUTBUILDING FIRE ON ROLLS LANE OFF OF OLD HUMBLE MILL ROAD. 14-A (LAMBE) ARRIVED TO FIND A FULLY INVOLVED OUTBUILDING WITH A MOBILE HOME BEING EXPOSED. CREWS PULLED THE INITIAL LINE TO PROTECT THE EXPOSURE AND THEN EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE BUILDING WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE MOBILE HOME WAS SAVED WITH DAMAGE TO THE END WALL. FRANKLINVILLE AND WESTSIDE FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO ASSIST. 14-A HAD COMMAND. VIEW PHOTOS
NOVEMBER 13, 2008- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO CLAYTON THOMAS ROAD OFF OF HINSHAW TOWN ROAD FOR AN OUTBUILDING FIRE. AC-14 (MACON) ARRIVED ON SCENE TO FIND A FULLY INVOLVED OUTBUILDING WITH A VAN AS AN EXPOSURE. THE VAN WAS REMOVED FROM THE AREA AND SUFFERED PAINT DAMAGE AND BUSTED WINDOWS DUE TO THE HEAT. THE BUILDING WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE FIRE IS THOUGHT TO HAVE STARTED FROM A KEROSENE HEATER LEFT UNATTENDED. ALSO RESPONDING WERE THE COLERIDGE-ERECT AND FRANKLINVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS. AC-14 HAD COMMAND.
NOVEMBER 3, 2008- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO A REPORTED BARN FIRE ON HUDSON LANE OFF GILES CHAPEL ROAD. UNITS REPORTED HEAVY SMOKE SHOWING FROM SEVERAL MILES OUT. ENGINE 143 ARRIVED ON SCENE TO FIND 3-4 ATTACHED OUTBUILDINGS FULLY INVOLVED EXPOSING A RESIDENCE. 14-A (LAMBE) GAVE A SIZE UP AND ASSUMED COMMAND. THE INITIAL ATTACK LINE WAS PULLED TO PROTECT THE EXPOSURE AND COOL THE FIRE ON THAT SIDE. ADDITIONAL LINES WERE PULLED TO ATTACK THE FIRE. THE BUILDINGS WERE FULL OF BUILDING MATERIALS, BARRELS OF GASOLINE AND USED MOTOR OIL AS WELL AS SEVERAL OFF ROAD VEHICLES AND A TRAVEL TRAILER. CREWS STAYED ON SCENE FOR SEVERAL HOURS EXTINGUISHING HOT SPOTS AND MOPPING UP. THE BUILDINGS AND THEIR CONTENTS WERE DESTROYED. THE RESIDENCE SUFFERED A CRACKED WINDOW DUE TO THE HEAT AND MELTED SIDING. WESTSIDE AND FRANKLINVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS ASSISTED ON THE CALL. 14-A HAD COMMAND.VIEW PHOTOS OCTOBER 26, 2008- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF A CARGO VEHICLE ON FIRE OFF ZOO PARKWAY. CREWS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE TO FIND A TOUR BUS ON FIRE THREATENING A SECOND TOUR BUS. A LINE WAS STRETCHED TO PROTECT THE EXPOSURE AND A SECOND LINE WAS STRETCHED TO ATTACK THE FIRE. CREWS WERE ABLE TO KNOCK THE FIRE DOWN QUICKLY. THE BUS OF ORIGIN WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED WHILE THE EXPOSED BUS HAD MINOR DAMAGE. DC 14 HAD COMMAND. VIEW VIDEO
SEPTEMBER 7, 2008- EAST SIDE RESPONDED WITH COLERIDGE-ERECT FIRE (STA. 9) TO A STRUCTURE FIRE AT STRUCTURAL WOOD COMPONENTS ON N.C. 22 SOUTH. CREWS ARRIVED TO FIND A PRESSURE KILN WITH HEAVY SMOKE SHOWING. THE BUILDING WAS OPENED UP AND CREWS ATTACKED THE FIRE USING A COMBINATION OF HANDLINES AND MASTER STREAMS. THE KILN WAS PACKED FLOOR TO CEILING WITH WOOD WHICH WAS BEING PRESSURE TREATED AND HAD ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE DRYING PROCESS. INITIAL ACCESS WAS DIFFICULT AND THE WOOD STACKS HAD TO BEE PULLED FROM THE BUILDING TO BE FULLY EXTINGUISHED. FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON SCENE FOR MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS. DEPARTMENTS OPERATING ON THE SCENE WERE COLERIDGE-ERECT, EAST SIDE, AND FRANKLINVILLE. AC 9 HAD COMMAND. VIEW PICTURES
AUGUST 11,2008- EAST SIDE FIRE RESPONDED TO OLD BACHELOR CREEK ROAD FOR MULTIPLE ROUND BALES OF HAY ON FIRE. CREWS ARRIVED ON SCENE TO FIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 BALES ON FIRE. COLERIDGE-ERECT WAS REQUESTED TO ASSIST AS WE HAD TO TEAR THE BALES APART TO EXTINGUISH THEM. CREWS OPERATED ON THE SCENE FOR SEVERAL HOURS EXTINGUISHING AND OVERHAULING THE AREA. ARSON IS THE SUSPECTED CAUSE OF THIS FIRE.
JULY 23, 2008- EAST SIDE RESPONDED WITH COLERIDGE-ERECT FIRE (STA. 9) TO A HOUSE FIRE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF NC 42 AND HOLLY SPRINGS ROAD. FIRST ARRIVING PERSONNEL REPORTED A FULLY INVOLVED RESIDENCE. ATTACK LINES WERE DEPLOYED AND A TANKER SHUTTLE SET UP WITH A POND BEING THE WATER SOURCE. THE FIRE WAS KNOCKED DOWN FAIRLY QUICKLY AND OVERHAULED. NO INTERIOR OPERATIONS WERE CONDUCTED. THE FIRE WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN STARTED BY A LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM HEAVY STORMS IN THE AREA.
JULY 10, 2008- EAST SIDE RESPONDED WITH COLERIDGE/ERECT FIRE (STA. 9) TO A HOUSE FIRE ON LOG CABIN ROAD. INITIAL CREWS ON THE SCENE REPORTED A WORKING FIRE. SEVERAL ATTACK LINES WERE DEPLOYED AND A TANKER SHUTTLE OPERATION INITIATED. DUE TO THE EXTENT OF THE FIRE, NO INTERIOR OPERATIONS WERE CONDUCTED. BENNETT FIRE ALSO OPERATED ON THE SCENE.
JUNE 20, 2008- EAST SIDE FIRE RESPONDED TO A BARN FIRE ON BUFFALO FORD ROAD. CHIEF 14 ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND REPORTED A WORKING FIRE INVOLVING HAY IN A BARN. CREWS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE OWNER, REMOVED FOUR LARGE ROUND BALES OF HAY FROM THE STRUCTURE. THE BALES WERE THEN BROKEN APART AND EXTINGUISHED. THERE WAS MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE. EAST SIDE WAS ASSISTED BY THE FRANKLINVILLE AND COLERIDGE-ERECT FIRE DEPARTMENTS. CHIEF 14 (HOFFMAN) HAD COMMAND.
JUNE 19,2008- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO AN OUTBUILDING FIRE ON OSBORNE MILL ROAD. DEPUTY CHIEF 19 ARRIVED ON SCENE AND REPORTED THE STRUCTURE TO BE FULLY INVOLVED. CREWS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND GOT A GOOD KNOCKDOWN ON THE FIRE. THE BUILDING WAS A TOTAL LOSS. EAST SIDE WAS ASSISTED BY THE FRANKLINVILLE AND COLERIDGE-ERECT FIRE DEPARTMENTS. DEPUTY CHIEF 19 (McDONALD) HAD COMMAND.
JUNE 19, 2008- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO A RESIDENTIAL FIRE ON PATTON AVENUE. DEPUTY CHIEF 19 (McDONALD) ARRIVED ON SCENE AND REPORTED LIGHT SMOKE SHOWING. CREWS MADE ENTRY AND FOUND FOOD AND AN APPLIANCE BURNING ON THE STOVE. THE FIRE WAS KNOCKED DOWN QUICKLY WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE RESIDENCE. EAST SIDE CREWS OVERHAULED AND REMOVED SMOKE FROM THE RESIDENCE PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. THE FRANKLINVILLE AND WESTSIDE FIRE DEPARTMENTS ALSO RESPONDED. DEPUTY CHIEF 19 (McDONALD) HAD COMMAND.
JUNE 19, 2008- EAST SIDE FIRE WAS DISPATCHED TO A VEHICLE FIRE ON GRANTVILLE LANE. UPON ARRIVAL, CREWS FOUND A VEHICLE FULLY INVOLVED INSIDE OF A CAR SHED WITH A RESIDENCE THREATENED. HOSELINES WERE DEPLOYED TO PROTECT THE EXPOSURE AND KNOCK THE FIRE DOWN. THE VEHICLE AND CAR SHED WERE TOTAL LOSSES. THE RESIDENCE WAS SAVED WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE VINYL SIDING. EAST SIDE WAS ASSISTED BY THE FRANKLINVILLE AND COLERIDGE-ERECT FIRE DPARTMENTS. FIREFIGHTER COLEMAN HAD COMMAND.
JUNE 3, 2008- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO A WRECK ON HINSHAW TOWN ROAD AT HOLLY SPRINGS ROAD. ON ARRIVAL, CREWS FOUND AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A TRACTOR TRAILER AND A PASSENGER CAR. THE OPERATOR OF THE PASSENGER CAR WAS KILLED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. ASSISTANT CHIEF 14 (MACON) HAD COMMAND.
APRIL 10, 2008- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO A THREE CAR COLLISION ON US 64 AT LUCK ROAD. COMMUNICATIONS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS AN ENTRAPMENT. CREWS ARRIVED ON SCENE AND BEGAN HAZARD MITIGATION AND PATIENT CARE. THERE WAS AN ENTRAPMENT WHICH WAS CLEARED BY ASH-RAND RESCUE. ASSISTANT CHIEF 14 (MACON) HAD FIRE COMMAND. VIEW PHOTOS
APRIL 2, 2008- EAST SIDE FIRE RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE ON BACHELOR CREEK ROAD NEAR OSBORNE MILL ROAD. CREWS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND REPORTED SMOKE SHOWING FROM AROUND A DOOR ON DIVSION B. THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO A LAUNDRY ROOM AND EXTINGUISHED. EAST SIDE WAS ASSISTED BY FRANKLINVILLE AND SEAGROVE FIRE DEPARTMENTS. DEPUTY CHIEF 19 (McDONALD ) HAD COMMAND.
MARCH 25, 2008- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO ASSIST STATION 8 FRANKLINVILLE WITH A BUILDING FIRE ON HARDIN ELLISON ROAD. ASST. CHIEF 22 (ALLRED) ARRIVED ON SCENE AND REPORTED A WORKING FIRE IN A GARAGE TYPE BUILDING WITH AN RV AND RESIDENCE AS EXPOSURES. ENGINE 82 ARRIVED ON SCENE AND CREWS DEPLOYED TO PROTECT THE EXPOSURES. THE BUILDING AND THE RV WERE TOTAL LOSSES BUT THE RESIDENCE WAS SPARED. ALONG WITH EAST SIDE, CLIMAX FIRE ALSO RESPONDED TO ASSIST. THE FIRE WAS STARTED BY UNATTEDED DEBRIS BURNING BEHIND THE OUTBUILDING. CHIEF 8 (DIXON) HAD COMMAND.
MARCH 14, 2008- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO A WOODS FIRE OFF OF BROWNSTONE HILLS RD WHICH IS OFF OF NC 42. A FAST MOVING WOODS FIRE FUELED BY WIND AND TERRAIN SCORCHED APPROXIMATELY 5 ACRES IN A NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE BEING CONTAINED. NO STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED. EAST SIDE WAS ASSISTED BY FRANKLINVILLE AND WESTSIDE FIRE DEPARTMENTS. THE FOREST SERVICE ALSO RESPONDED WITH THE PLOW AND PERSONNEL. AC-19 (CLOUSTON) SHARED COMMAND WITH RANGER 1 (ALBERTSON). VIEW PHOTOS
MARCH 1, 2008- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO A WOODS FIRE OFF LAWRENCE DRIVE WHICH IS OFF OF BROWERS CHAPEL ROAD. THE FIRE BURNED ABOUT 1 ACRE OF WOODS BEHIND SEVERAL HOUSES BEFORE BEING CONTAINED WITH HANDLINES. EXTENSIVE OVERHAUL WAS COMPLETED USING FORESTRY LINES. THE FIRE WAS STARTED BY KIDS PLAYING WITH MATCHES. THE INVESTIGATION WAS HANDLED BY RANGER 2 COLEY WHO ALSO SHARED COMMAND WITH 14-C (COCKMAN).
FEBRUARY 11, 2008- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO ASSIST SEAGROVE FIRE(STATION 6) WITH A RESIDENTIAL FIRE ON FRANK ROAD. THE HOME WAS WELL INVOLVED UPON DISPATCH OF THE CALL AS UNITS REPORTED HEAVY SMOKE FROM SEVERAL MILES OUT. THE HOME WAS EMPTY AT THE TIME AND A COMPLETE LOSS. IN ADDITION TO SEAGROVE AND EAST SIDE, UNITS FROM ULAH AND WESTSIDE WERE ON THE SCENE.
FEBRUARY 10, 2008- DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS BRUSH, FIELD, AND WOODS FIRES IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO 10 SEPARATE FIRES AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO SERVICE CALLS FOR POWER LINES DOWN. WE ASSISTED AND WERE ASSISTED BY THE FRANKLINVILLE AND WESTSIDE FIRE DEPARTMENTS ON MANY OF THESE CALLS. MOST OF THESE FIRES WERE KEPT SMALL BECAUSE OF THE COOPERATIVE EFFORT OF THE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED.
FEBRUARY 5, 2008- EAST SIDE UNITS RESPONDED WITH FRANKLINVILLE TO A WOKING RESIDENTIAL FIRE ON ROUNDLEAF ROAD. THE RESIDENT WAS BADLY BURNED IN THE INCIDENT. THE HOME WAS WELL INVOLVED UPON THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST APPARATUS AND WAS A TOTAL LOSS. FRANKLINVILLE WAS ALSO ASSISTED BY RAMSEUR FIRE DEPARTMENT (STATION 4) ON THIS CALL. CHIEF 8 (DIXON) HAD COMMAND.
JANUARY 23, 2008- EAST SIDE UNITS RESPONDED TO FOUR MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT OF ICY ROADWAYS. THERE WERE NO LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THESE ACCIDENTS. COUNTYWIDE, OVER 50 ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED TO THE HIGHWAY PATROL.
JANUARY 3 & 20, 2008- EAST SIDE FIRE RESPONDED TO CHIMNEY FIRES ON WARD VALLEY RD AND US 64 E. BOTH FIRES WERE CONTAINED TO THE CHIMNEYS AND EXTINGUISHED WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURES. ON BOTH CALLS, EAST SIDE WAS ASSISTED BY FRANKLINVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
DECEMBER 17, 2007- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO A 10-50 PI ON NC 42 NEAR LITTLE BEANE STORE ROAD. CREWS ARRIVED TO FIND A SINGLE VEHICLE ROLLOVER WITH THE PASSENGER EJECTED. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS PINNED AND DIED PRIOR TO BEING EXTRICATED. THE PASSENGER WAS TRANSPORTED FROM THE SCENE WITH MULTIPLE INJURIES AND WAS LATER FLOWN TO BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER. CHIEF 14 (HOFFMAN) HAD COMMAND.
DECEMBER 15, 2007- EAST SIDE ASSISTED FRANKLINVILLE FIRE WITH A WORKING HOUSE FIRE ON WICKER LOVELL ROAD. CLIMAX FIRE ALSO RESPONDED TO ASSIST. CHIEF 8 (DIXON) HAD COMMAND.
NOVEMBER 3, 2007- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH INVOLVING A MOTORCYCLE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OLD COX ROAD AND HUMBLE MILL ROAD. THE MOTORCYCLE FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A CURVE, TRAVELLED LEFT OF CENTER AND OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE MOTORCYCLE STRUCK A ROCK AND BEGAN TO TUMBLE. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER WAS KILLED.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2007- EAST SIDE FIRE RESPONDED TO A REPORTED FIELD AND WOODS FIRE OFF OF BROWERS CHAPEL ROAD. CREWS ARRIVED TO FIND A PASTURE AND WOODS ON FIRE. FLAME LENGTHS IN THE WOODS WERE APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET. CREWS MANAGED TO CUT OFF THE HEAD OF THE FIRE AND BEGAN RAKING LINE TO CONTAIN IT. THE FIRE WAS STOPPED AT A LITTLE OVER 9 ACRES. EAST SIDE WAS ASSISTED BY FRANKLINVILLE FIRE AND THE N.C. FOREST SERVICE. RANGER 2 COLEY AND CHIEF 14 (HOFFMAN) SHARED COMMAND. VIEW PHOTOS
AUGUST 31, 2007- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE ON HAMPTON COURT. THE FIRE WAS MOSTLY CONTAINED TO THE KITCHEN AND DINING AREA OF THE HOME. FRANKLINVILLE AND WESTSIDE FIRE ASSISTED ON THE CALL. FF JAMES CAMPBELL HAD COMMAND.
AUGUST 15, 2007- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO A BRUSH FIRE BETWEEN WOODLAWN STREET AND BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ROAD THAT WAS REPORTEDLY ENDANGERING A STRUCTURE. CREWS ARRIVED TO FIND A PUSH UP PILE AND THE FIRE HAD ESCAPED ITS CONTAINMENT INTO THE BRUSH. CREWS STOPPED THE HEAD OF THE FIRE BEFORE IT GOT TO THE RESIDENCE AND ACCOMPLISHED CONTAIN AND EXTINGUISHMENT OF THE FIRE WITH NO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FF BRAD WILSON HAD COMMAND. VIEW PHOTOS
AUGUST 13, 2007- EAST SIDE RESPONDED WITH FRANKLINVILLE FIRE TO A HOUSE FIRE ON BUTLERS CHAPEL ROAD. ASST CHIEF WELBORN (AC-22) REPORTED A WELL INVOLVED FIRE ON THE B SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE AND ASSUMED COMMAND. CREWS WERE ABLE TO CUT THE FIRE OFF AND CONTAIN IT MOSTLY TO THE B SIDE AND THE ATTIC OF THE RESIDENCE. MANY ITEMS WERE SALVAGED BUT THE RESIDENCE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. CLIMAX FIRE ALSO ASSISTED WITH THIS FIRE. CHIEF DIXON (CHIEF 8) ASSUMED COMMAND UPON HIS ARRIVAL.
AUGUST 13, 2007- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO A WOODS FIRE ON BETHEL FRIENDS ROAD. CREWS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE TO FIND A STUBBORN FIRE BURNING IN A BAMBOO THICKET ALONG WITH DISCARDED APPLIANCES. CLASS A FOAM WAS USED TO ENTINGUISH THE FIRE WHICH BURNED APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF AN ACRE. CHIEF HOFFMAN (CHIEF 14) HAD COMMAND.
AUGUST 6, 2007- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO AN MVA INVOLVING A PEDESTRIAN ON GOLD HILL ROAD. SADLY, THE PEDESTRIAN DIED AS A RESULT OF HIS INJURIES. GOLD HILL ROAD WAS CLOSED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS WHILE SHP CONDUCTED THEIR INVESTIGATION. CHIEF HOFFMAN (CHIEF 14) HAD COMMAND. VIEW PHOTOS
AUGUST 5, 2007- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO A HEAD ON COLLISION ON OLD HUMBLE MILL ROAD. CREWS ARRIVED AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO PIN-IN AND THAT THE INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING. LT. LAMBE (19-C) HAD COMMAND. VIEW PHOTOS
JULY 28,2007- EAST SIDE ASSISTED WEST SIDE FIRE WITH A RESIDENTIAL FIRE ON BERKLEY LANE. UPON ARRIVAL, FIRE CREWS DISCOVERED A FIRE WHICH HAD BURNED THROUGH THE BACK WALL OF THE HOUSE AND EXTENDED UP THE SIDING ON THE REAR OF THE HOME AND EXTENDED TO THE ATTIC. CREWS MADE A NICE KNOCKDOWN ON THE FIRE AND KEPT IT FROM SPREADING ANY FURTHER. ASHEBORO AND TABERNACLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS ALSO ASSISTED. ASST. CHIEF BARR (AC-16) HAD COMMAND. VIEW PHOTOS
JULY 17, 2007- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO A FIELD/BRUSH FIRE ON LUCK ROAD. THE FIRE CONSUMED BETWEEN 1-2 ACRES AND MADE A NICE RUN IN THE FIELD BEFORE CREWS MADE A NICE KNOCKDOWN ON THE HEAD OF THE FIRE. EAST SIDE WAS ASSISTED BY THE N.C. FOREST SERVICE. CAPT. LYNCH (14-B) HAD COMMAND. VIEW PHOTOS
JULY 14, 2007- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO AN MVA AT THE INTERSECTION OF US 64 AT PRESNELL ST. THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES BUT TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP FOR A WHILE. CREWS REMAINED ON SCENE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1.5 HOURS ASSISTING SHP. VIEW PHOTOS
JULY 9, 2007- EAST SIDE RESPONDED TO A DUMPSTER FIRE REPORTEDLY ENDANGERING STRUCTURES AT RICHLAND VILLAGE MHP. UNITS ARRIVED TO FIND A BURNING DUMPSTER BUT NO STRUCTURES IN DANGER. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AND ALL UNITS RETURNED TO SERVICE. LT. LAMBE (19-C) HAD COMMAND.