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A witness who lives near the scene at Kingsview Drive said the fire truck didn’t make the curve and flipped on its side. “I am tired of all the accidents,” Paul Kikta said. The curve is notorious for accidents and wants something done about fixing it, he said. “We’ve had countless accidents,” Kikta said. No serious injuries were reported. The cause of the accident is under investigation.        WSCOTV Video    FIREFIGHTER INJURED AT PHOENIX HOUSE FIRE  Video | News | Weather | Sports Sat Jan 24 06:21:40 PST 2015 Phoenix firefighter falls from roof while battling house fire Two people, including a firefighter, were injured in a house fire early Saturday morning. view full article AZFamily.com Video  Saturday, January 24, 2015   Two people, including a firefighter, were injured in a house fire early Saturday morning. The firefighter was injured as he became surrounded by flames and fell off the roof of the house. The home is near 11th Street and Polk Street. There were reports that people may have been trapped inside the home. Firefighters did rescue a woman from the home who was taken to a hospital. She thought her son was also trapped in the home, but he made it out safely. The firefighter was also taken to the hospital. The home was destroyed. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Read more: http://www.azfamily.com/news/Phoenix-firefighter-falls-from-roof-while-battling-house-fire-289670621.html#ixzz3Pm6GW9WP         Richmond Firefighter Injured While Fighting Apartment Blaze  Saturday, January 24, 2015   A Richmond firefighter suffered a minor ankle injury while fighting an apartment fire in the 2700 block of Marshall Street Friday evening according to the department spokesman.Crews arrived on scene shortly before 4:30 PM Friday to find heavy smoke coming from an apartment building located near North 28th and Marshall Streets. The fire was found to have started in the attic and crews had the scene under control shortly after 5 PM. The firefighter who was injured has been taken to a medical center for addition attention according to Lt. Chris Armstrong with the Richmond Fire Department. Crews will remain on scene to clear the building of hot spots. At this point there is no cause of the fire. It is still under investigation.         TRAINING HELPS 7 FFs ESCAPE BURNING BUILDING IN NJ  Saturday, January 24, 2015   For Jeff Smith, a borough firefighter for 33 years, the blaze that destroyed the building at 81 W. Main St was “one of the biggest I’ve been involved with.”Imagine the young volunteers, those who have only been donning their gear for a few years. It’s something they’ll always remember. Seven firefighters were inside the building when colleagues outside noticed that the smoke was changing color, from gray to a very rich black. That was a sign that “there’s a lot going on, things are starting to be (quickly) consumed, Smith explained. And it meant the firemen inside were in danger. Immediately the universal alarm was sounded: three 10-second blasts of the air horns on the nearby fire trucks. That means, get out right away. Within minutes the second floor collapsed, the roof collapsed, and the firefighters turned to a “defensive” effort of protecting the nearby buildings, Smith said. Every fire can be a learning experience, and that’... [ more ]         TAYLOR MI ISSUES 26 LAYOFF NOTICES  Saturday, January 24, 2015   About half of Taylor's firefighters may be out of a job next month.The city has been using an $8.1 million federal grant to pay for more than two dozen firefighters. After an extension in August, that money runs out on Feb. 23rd. To cover the costs. Mayor Rick Sollars says he was forced to send layoff notices to 26 firefighters Friday. The department employs 50 people. "On February 9 another grant opens up," Sollars said. "We will absolutely apply for that grant. We talked to congresswoman Debbie Dingell today, she's also going to write a letter of recommendation on our behalf to help us successfully receive that grant. We'll also look at reducing some costs as well." After the layoffs Sollars believes they'll have enough firefighters to cover the city - and they'll be relying on mutual aid from neighboring cities for any major emergencies.         DC PARTLY DISPUTES CLAIM FFs RADIOS WERE AT FAULT IN METRO INCIDENT  Saturday, January 24, 2015   The District government contradicted Metro on Friday in an escalating dispute over the failure of emergency radios as passengers sat waiting for help this month in a smoke-filled train trapped in downtown Washington. The city’s homeland security agency issued a report partly disagreeing with an explanation offered just a day earlier by Metro that implicated the city fire department in the communications breakdown in the Metro tunnel. According to the report, fire officials had told Metro about the radio trouble, and Metro had not fixed it. Firefighters resorted to cellphones and a chain of runners to relay information during the Jan. 12 incident, which killed one passenger and hospitalized more than 80 others. Neither Metro nor the administration of new D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) have alleged that working radios would have saved 61-year-old Carol I. Glover, the Alexandria woman who died of smoke inhalation as passengers waited over 35 minutes for rescues... [ more ]         CLOSECALL IN GREENSBORO NC - VIDEO REVIEW  Review Video  Friday, January 23, 2015    On January 30, 2014 fire broke out at Import Knight Body Repair at 811 S. Elm St. at 12:47 p.m. The Greensboro Fire Department quickly responded to a reported car fire. Initially reported as a vehicle fire inside of a business, the fire had already spread within the structure before the first fire units arrived. Based on radio transcripts the first engine arrived on the scene approximately three minutes after dispatch. On arrival firefighters began to attack the fire and started searching the facility to ensure all occupants were evacuated. A ladder company was assigned to the roof to provide ventilation. At 9 minutes and 40 seconds a structural collapse occurred. Six firefighters were inside when the collapse occurred. Three firefighters, although injured, were able to escape. Two firefighters were not trapped and was able to make egress and exit the facility. Captain Suddarth on the first arriving unit was trapped under debris. A Mayday was calle... [ more ]