C-shift Truck 2, Engine 7, Battalion 1 and Battalion 6 responded to a MVA at the interesection of 189 and 85 near Eglins main gate. A sandrail/dune buggy was approaching the intersection when the light changed and his brakes failed. This resulted in a T-bone collision with the sandrail driver suffering a broken leg and [...]
Archive for June 2010
MVA entrapment
June 27, 2010No job too big or small
June 21, 2010C-shift downtown crews rescued one of our feline customers today…Daily News ran the story here. No job too big or small for our City Firefighters! FF Dan Corrigan FF Crystal Adams
Dwelling fires
June 2, 2010Last 2 shifts have been busy ones with working dwelling fires on both the B & the A. E-7 & T-6 both assisted OCW on the B fire which was a commercial occupancy fire and the A which was a residential dwelling & just so happened to be during last nights City budget meeting. Check [...]
Battalion Chief/FF positions not cut
June 2, 2010The City agreed to hold off on cuts to the Battalions & Firefighters and is willing to negotiate some other solutions. Hopefully we can work together to solve this ongoing budget issue. Check the story from the Daily news on Yesterdays meeting and the previous days demonstration to raise awareness of this budget meeting. City [...]
