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Date: 6-18-06 Time: 1800hrs Location: Departments: Description: Fully involved former convent with air-drops. Reportedly started from a lightning strike. Writer: Truck4 Photo Gallery: http://www.nola.com/katrinaphotos/ Left side column, toward bottom.

Date: 6-19-06 Time: 1230hrs Location: St. Andrews Pl X Grey Pl Units Operating: YPD 3rd PCT, ESU Truck 2, Truck 3, Truck 4, 851 (ESU LT), 850 (ESU LT), 848 (ESU Sgt) Description Of Incident: Original rpt of shots being fired at a food delivery man, perps fled into buildings on St. Andrew's PL. ESU conducted searches of surrounding properties and secured (5) suspects from a 4th floor apartment at 40 St. Andrews Pl. Writer: Truck4

Date: 6-18-06 Time: 0310hrs Location: R/O 209 Nepperhan Ave X Elm St. Units Operating: YPD 4th PCT, 3rd PCT, ESU Truck 4, Truck 2; Empress Description Of Incident: Mexican gang fight with (6) stabbed: (4) critical with (1) to WCMC and (3) to Jacobi. Writer: Truck4

Date: 6-18-06 Time: 2015hrs Location: 131-21 Springfield Blvd X 131 Frequency: 154.400 Description Of Incident: Fire in a 1-story brick taxpayer. Writer: Truck4 2010hrs- 10-75 for fire in a taxpayer. 2015hrs- B-54 using All-Hands for fire in a taxpayer. 2030hrs- Div. 13 transmitting 2nd Alarm. B-53 (Safety), B-50 (RUL). 2041hrs- Div. 13 rpts fire in a corner taxpayer with possible exposure to Exposure 4, 4A and 4B (131-23, 131-27, 131-29 respectively). 2054hrs- Div. 13 rpts fire darkening down. (1) Tower Ladder and numerous L/S/O.

Date: 6-17-06 Time: 0030hrs Location: Morris St. X Hamilton Ave Units Operating: YPD 3rd PCT, ESU Truck 2, Truck 4; Empress Description Of Incident: 9-year old girl shot while two gangs shot at each other. Victim transported with non-life threatening injuries. Writer: Truck4

Date: 6-15-06 Time: 0500hrs Location: Indiana Toll Road Departments: Description: Fully involved 1-story cinderblock fireworks store. Writer: Truck4 Link: http://www.nbc5.com/news/9374505/detail.html

Date: 6-14-06 Time: 1920hrs Location: County St. "St. John's Holy Ghost Association" Departments: Description: Fire on 1st floor social club of a 3-story frame OMD. (4) pronounced DOA, (12) injured. Fire started by candles during a religious service. Writer: Truck4 Links (with slideshow): http://www.projo.com/digitalbulletin/conte...e.8a5caf76.html

Date: 6-14-06 Time: 1750hrs Location: Perkins Memorial Drive Frequency: 46.180 Units Operating: Stony Point (Dept. 18), Rockland County: Aviation, Car 1, Technical Rescue Team (Dept. 12, 6, 8); SPVAC, Rockland Medics; Fort Montgomery Technical Rescue Team Description Of Incident: Numerous agencies searching for an MV off the road, called in by a child who rpts mother is unconcious. Writer: Truck4 1800hrs- Rockland County units, including Aviation, searching for incident. Originally reported near "Bear Mountain Lodge." 1810hrs- Caller updating stating mother is unconcious and childgren are out of the car. Fort Montgomery (Orange) and Continental Village FD's also searching for vehicle. 1813hrs- Stony Point FD have vehicle located off Perkins Memorial Drive in Bear Mountain Park. Op's to Freq. 3. Fort Montgomery Technical Rescue Team to scene. 1819hrs- Rockland Technical Rescue Team to scene (Signal 20). 1823hrs- Car 18-1 req. 12-2 (Tech. Rescue) to use Palisades Parkway north to Memorial Drive. 1824hrs- Dept.'s 12, 6 and 8 toned out for technical rescue members. 1845hrs- PD report (1) DOA in vehicle.

Date: 6-14-06 Time: 1609hrs Location: Mountain Road, I/A/O the Firehouse Units Operating: NYSP, Kiras Joel FD Description Of Incident: MVA involving a dump truck. Writer: Truck4 1610hrs- CMD on scene rpts muti-cars involved with a dump truck with one vehicle on fire.

Date: 6-14-06 Time: 0917hrs Location: 25th X Madison Departments: 15 Departments Description: 5-11 fire and a Level 2 Haz Mat for fire at Universal Form Clamp Company, involving concrete-forming equipment and "some construction chemicals." Writer: Truck4 Links: http://www.nbc5.com/news/9368366/detail.html

Date: 6-14-06 Time: 0545hrs Location: 13301 S. Baltimore Ave Departments: CFD Description: Fire in (3) 2-and 3-story mixed occupancies. Writer: Truck4 Links: http://www.nbc5.com/news/9367441/detail.html

Date: 6-13-06 Time: 2126hrs Location: W. 231 St X Kingsbridge Ave Description Of Incident: RMP MVA with (2) injured P.O.'s. (1) P.O. reported positive LOC and (1) P.O. transported with non-life threatening injuries to Jacobi. Both P.O.'s released from Jacobi 6-14. Writer: Truck4

Just to add to this article a few points not included. The incident on the Saw Mill was related to drag racing. These skells would stop traffic on the Saw Mill at Mclean Ave, to line up thier POS Civics to race up the highway. Early Sunday morning, WCPD and YPD stopped multiple cars at Yonkers Ave and Palmer Rd. There was a job on the Sprain last year where these tools stopped traffic on the Sprain at Tuckahoe Road to line up a race and causing a horrific wreck. As usual, the jerks racing weren't injured, but the poor family in the car that plowed into them went to WCMC.

Date: 6-13-06 Time: 1418hrs Location: 9-14 and 9-18 College Point Blvd. X 11th Ave Description Of Incident: Writer: Truck4 1406hrs- TL-144 transmitting Urgent 10-75 for fire showing top floor and through roof of a 2-story MD. 1412hrs- B-52 transmitting 2nd Alarm on Arrival for fire in a 2-frame MD with extension to Exposure #2. 1418hrs- B-52 rpts fire top floor and through the roof of a 2-frame 50X40. (2) L/S/O. 1436hrs- Div. 14 rpts Main body of fire K/D. (1) L/S/O in Exposure #2.

Date: 6-13-06 Time: 1738hrs Location: Ocean off Coney Island (Box 8300 -Rockaway Blvd. X Beach 216th St) Frequency: Units Operating: Description Of Incident: Submerged boat with (3) victims pulled from water by passing vessel who called incident to U.S. Coast Guard over Marine Radio Ch. 16. Writer: Truck4 1745hrs- NYPD Air Sea Rescue has divers in the water, confirming a submerged vessel with (1) victim missing. ESU, EMS, US Coast Guard Sector New York enroute. 1800hrs- FD staging water rescue assignment at Breezy Point Yacht Club. 1826hrs- B-47 Using All-Hands for the water search. L-155 FAST. Numerous ESU and Harbor units on scene operating. 1840hrs- B-47 rpts no members in the water ATT. Units are searching the beach and shoreline. (2) Marine units on scene operating.

Date: 6-13-06 Time: 1027hrs Location: 35-42 94th St. (Jackson Heights) Description Of Incident: 2nd Alarm on Arrival of B/C for fire on the 2nd and 3rd floors of a 4-story OMD. Writer: Truck4 1030hrs- 10-75 for fire in an OMD. TL-117 FAST. All-Hands: E-289, 307, 316, 287; TL-138, 154; R-4; Sq-288; B-46, B-49 (10-75) 1032hrs- B-46 transmitting 2nd Alarm on Arrival for fire in a 4-brick 50X100. 2nd Alarm: E-292, 263, 325, 312; TL-163, L-129; E-324/S-4; B-28 (Safety), B-53 (RUL); Rescue B/C, Safety B/C; TAC 1, Field Comm. 1 1036hrs- B-46 rpts fire on 2nd and 3rd floors with (2) L/S/O. 3rd underway. 1046hrs- Div. 14 rpts fire is K/D. Searches on fire floors are (-)

Date: 6-12-06 Time: 2240hrs Location: Creston Ave X E. 192 St. Description Of Incident: (5) people shot, (1) dead. ESU 3 O/S, large crime scene established. Writer: Truck4

Date: 6-8-06 Time: 0608hrs Location: 2468 7th Ave X W. 144th St. Description Of Incident: Fire out 4th floor windows on arrival, 5-story vacant. Writer: Truck4 0608hrs- 10-75 for fire out windows. 0611hrs- 2nd Alarm on Arrival of B/C. Fire on the 4th floor of a 5-story brick vacant with attached exposures. S/C extra Engine and T/L. 0620hrs- (3) L/S/O, (1) Tower Ladder in front. D/W/H. 0629hrs- Fire K/D.

Date: 6-8-06 Time: 1000hrs Location: 85-36 76th St. Description Of Incident: Fire on the top floor of a 2-story P/D with ext. to Exposure Writer: Truck4 1003hrs- 2nd Alarm on Arrival for fire in a 2-story P/D with extension to Exposure. L-151 FAST. 1023hrs- Div. 13 rpts fire is K/D.

Date: 6-7-06 Time: 1043hrs Location: Pine Springs Dr. X Mary Ann St. Description: Original call for a domestic disturbance, first arriving officer was shot and killed by a high-powered rifle. Suspect then held wife and child hostage. After three hours, suspect exited house armed and Writer: Truck4 From Officer.com Police shot and killed a Smith County man after a standoff that began when he shot and killed a constable, authorities said. After more than three hours, Joseph Earl Walsh, 52, emerged from the house armed and aggressive when Tyler police shot him, said Jean Dark of the Department of Public Safety. He was taken away in an ambulance. Multiple Smith County officials, requesting anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, said Walsh died. The officials identified the dead officer as Constable Dale Geddie. A second officer, identified as a Smith County Sheriff's deputy, was shot and injured when responding with Geddie to a domestic disturbance call at about 10:43 a.m. Shawn Walker, a man who identified himself as Walsh's stepson, told Tyler television station KLTV that his father killed an officer. "My stepfather shot the policeman," he said through tears. Dark, a public information officer for the Department of Public Safety, said Walsh released a woman and a small child from the house before he emerged. The woman and child were seen walking to an ambulance. Walsh had told officers "it will be over by five o' clock," according to police radio communications. Smith County Sheriff's Lt. Larry Wiginton said the shooter was armed with a deer rifle and at least 150 rounds of armor-piercing ammunition. Other police communications indicated the man had multiple pistols and rifles, and that his father was in a Department of Public Safety vehicle being questioned by officers. One of Geddie's deputies was seen crying as fellow officers consoled him. Officials said Geddie's parents were brought to the scene. An officer who was trapped in an unsafe area near the house in northern Smith County was evacuated in an armored personnel carrier after 1 p.m. Blood was visible in the vehicle when the door opened. Dark said all officers who were in immediate danger near the house had been evacuated before Walsh emerged. Federal, state and local officers surrounded the house, which has metal bars on the windows, and snipers were positioned in the area. The house is near the intersection of Mary Ann Street and Pine Springs Drive, just off U.S. Highway 271 north of Tyler. Some neighbors were evacuated, and others were told to stay inside their homes away from doors and windows until the standoff ended.

Date: 6-7-06 Time: 1404hrs Location: 21-42 Utopia Parkway Description Of Incident: Fire in a 1-story taxpayer. Writer: Truck4 1410hrs- B-52 using All-Hands for fire in the duct-work and cockloft of a 1-story taxpayer. L-129 FAST 1422hrs- B-52 transmitting 2nd Alarm. 2nd Alarm: E-299, 297, 326; TL-160 B-50 (RUL), B-46 (Safety), E-324/S-4, Safety B/C, Field Comm., Rescue B/C, TAC-1 1426hrs- B-52 rpts (2) L/S/O, sprinkler system is charged. D/W/H. 1436hrs- Div. 14 rpts fire is K/D. Pri Searches (-).

Date: 6-6-06 Time: 2115hrs Location: 1533 Pitkin X Saratoga Description Of Incident: Fire on the 3rd floor and into cockloft of a 3-story 25X100 Writer: Truck4 2119hrs- B-44 using All-Hands for fire on the 3rd floor of a 3-story commercial (Keyspan building). L-176 FAST. 2124hrs- B-44 S/C extra Engine and Truck (233/175). Fire possibly extended into cockloft. Trucks opening up. 2136hrs- Div. 15 trasnmitting 2nd Alarm. Co's having difficulty opening up roof and cockloft due to a metal plate. 2139hrs- Div. 15 rpts Pri (-). Fire still D/W/H.

Date: 6-5-06 Time: 2246hrs Location: 3000 Orthodox St. X Richmond- Near Exit 27 off I-95/Betsy Ross Bridge. Description: Heavy fire in a large vacant commercial. Writer: Truck4 http://cbs3.com/local/local_story_156230326.html 2250hrs- Foam/Engine 33 transmitting working fire for heavy fire showing from a large commercial building. 2253hrs- B-10 transmitting 2nd Alarm on Arrival for fire in a 2 and 3-story 200X300 commercial. Req (3) Pipelines on the 2nd Alarm. 2257hrs- B-10 transmitting 3rd Alarm. Staging for the 3rd is Orthodox X Bath. Co's with limited water supply due to remote area and limited hydrants. 2310hrs- 4th Alarm transmitted. Co's setting up ladder pipes. Heavy fire through the roof of a heavily involved vacant. 2318hrs- S/C Marine Unit 1/Fireboat Delaware to foot of Orthodox St. (Delaware River) for water. (5) ladder pipes set up with limited water. 2334hrs- S/C Marine Unit 2 to scene. 2349hrs- Deputy 2 transmitting 5th Alarm. Building is fully involved with a total collapse of the roof.

Date: 6-4-06 Time: 1850hrs Location: I/F/O 186 Ashburton Ave Units Operating: 4th PCT, ESU Truck 2, Truck 3, Truck 4, K-9 Description Of Incident: Male shot to the hand by perp that fled down Stewart Pl. Writer: Truck4 1900hrs- Suspect is possibly along the aquaduct between Summit X Stewart. 1910hrs- Male shot another male during a dispute with a handgun in his pocket. ESU Truck 3 and Truck 4 have a male fitting description that has a hole in his pocket. Suspect was attempting to flee in a vehicle. 1915hrs- K-9 and ESU conducting searches for the weapon.

When in San Diego in 2004, I was talking to a member of SDFD Rescue 1 who told me how great the guys felt when Chief Bowman took over in 2002 and that things were really going to change for the better. This is a major US city with a heavily populated waterfront, on one of the busiest bays on the West Coast, and does not have a fireboat. From 10news.com San Diego Fire Chief Jeff Bowman officially retires Friday, apparently disgruntled over a lack of resources for the department. The 54-year-old Bowman, a firefighter for 33 years who took command of the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department in May 2002 after stepping down as Anaheim's fire chief, announced his resignation April 4. He has supported Assistant San Diego Fire Chief Tracy Jarman, saying that his second-in-command, "inside the department, is the only one ready for the job." Jarman, who joined the department 22 years ago, is at the top in the department's plan of succession, which Bowman developed shortly after he arrived four years ago. SDFRD Capt. Michael Merriken said Jarman has been named interim chief and is one of more than 20 applicants vying for the job, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Bowman expressed confidence in Mayor Jerry Sanders, who expects to name the next chief by Aug. 1, according to the newspaper. Bowman has alluded to insufficient money and resources for the department, a pension promise that never went through and San Diego's financial troubles as reasons for his departure. "I will miss the people, but I won't miss the job," Bowman told the Union-Tribune. Bowman has already sold his home in Kensington and bought one in Escondido, and he and his wife, Denise, are thinking about starting a small winery on their 2 1/2-acre property, according to the Union-Tribune. Bowman said he expects he'll have plenty of consulting offers to consider and that he sees himself instructing departments across the state.