Friday (10/23/15) just before noon, a semi-tanker rolled over on the US 41 northbound off-ramp to Lineville Road in Suamico, Wisconsin. The tanker was carrying diesel fuel. Officials say it looks like the tanker was exiting from US 41 when it rolled over while trying to go through the roundabout at the top of the off ramp.
Saturday morning (20/24/15), the Marion Fire Department (WI) was paged to Carver Wood Products at NE 2nd Street in the City of Marion for a structure fire that destroyed the business. They were assisted by several surrounding fire departments, including the Clintonville Fire Department, Grant Fire Department, Tigerton Fire Department, Pella Fire Department, Bear Creek Fire Department, and the Manawa Fire Department. Clintonville / Marion Ambulance First Responders, Grant First Responders, and the Marion Police all assisted at the scene. Fire is under investigation. No injuries were reported.
October 20 2015, Cambridge Ontario firefighters were dispatched for a house fire at 1678 Seaton Road in North Dumfries Township at 16:50. Cambridge covers this area for North Dumfries for the first hour. On route to the call Cambridge P5 requested tankers from North Dumfries (Ayr) to augment the water supply.
Cambridge A1 was involved in a serious accident with a Regional Police officer while responding to the call. The aerial ended up in a field with serious damage. Five firefighters in the aerial were all belted and received minor injuries. They immediately started working on the trapped officer. The rescue and tanker remained on the scene of the accident. Crews extricated the officer who was airlifted to a hospital in Hamilton with serious injuries.
P5 arrived on the scene of the house fire and after a quick 360 reported they had a two-story, century-old house with heavy smoke showing and fire in the basement, going on offensive attack. Fortunately Hamilton had dispatched a first alarm on the fire as the house was very close to their border. Hamilton tankers were the first tankers to arrive and setup portable tanks and that fed Cambridge’s pumper. Firefighters knocked the fire down in 20 minutes.
Box 690 was just arriving on scene at a working fire in Heidelberg and split up the crew to respond to the Cambridge fire 25 miles away. These photos were taken during overhaul after a 50-minute drive in heavy traffic to the fire. Damage was estimated at $200,000. The homeowners had just completed a $150,000 upgrade to the house. Box 690 was on scene 2.5 hours providing rehab.
The Town of Sheboygan Falls Fire Department responded to a house fire just before 2:30 AM on Tuesday, October 20th.
Fire Chief Bob Kroeplien requested MABAS Box Card 22-2-1 to the Working Still. The following departments responded to the scene: Waldo, Cedar Grove, City of Sheboygan Falls, Oostburg, Cascade, Plymouth and Kohler.
No injuries were reported. The house was abandoned. Firefighters remained at the fire scene to monitor for hot spots and to assist with demolishing the home.
October 19 2015, Waterloo Ontario fire was dispatched to an unknown type structure fire on Dutton Drive at 16:10. Dispatch was inundated with 911 calls due to the heavy black smoke. I was in Guelph approximately 11 miles from the scene and could see heavy black smoke from the fire before the first trucks were on the air. All four Waterloo stations plus additional night shift firefighters battled the fire at the new light rail transit maintenance shop which was under construction. The fire was on the roof, due to concerns of structural integrity, crews had to fight the fire with two aerial trucks. Fire was declared under control at 19:30. A1 remained on scene for 24 hours working on hot spots. The Ontario Fire Marshall was called in to help with the investigation as the damage will exceed $500,000. Box 690 on scene for 4.5 hours providing rehab.
