How Many Departments Had Calls Related To Fireworks

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Permalink Reply by Capt. Mick on July 6, 2009 at 6:36pm

Hey Billy, Good to hear from you again, and for adding to the discussion.
I would think you got there just in time. I glad to hear everything turned out
for the home owners, I guess they won't be lighting fireworks off in the future.
Be well, and stay safe out there Brother.

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Permalink Reply by Dustin J. Millis on July 6, 2009 at 2:15am

We responded as mutual aid for a neighboring community on the fourth. Their fireworks program takes place in a large local park and as it was concluding, one of the larger bridges across a pond collapsed with around 50 people walking on it. Luckily the pond was not very deep but everyone that was on the bridge did end up in the water. No serious injuries/deaths occured. Approx. 35 people were taken to local hospitals.

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Permalink Reply by Jay Nicholson on July 6, 2009 at 10:39am

That incident made the news out here. I hope you were smiling for the cameras.

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Permalink Reply by Doug on July 6, 2009 at 8:56pm

I heard about that as well. Good job everyone involved, including bystanders who helped out. Amazing no one was seriously hurt or even killed after I saw some of the pictures.

No fireworks related calls here, had a rollover mva though and a medical. Neighboring department had a fireworks related call though, some dude was attempting to make some homemade ones in his basement, blew off his hand, caught the house on fire, also structural damage from the explosion.

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Permalink Reply by Oldman on July 6, 2009 at 5:54pm

I was on the firing line, assisting at a neighboring departments annual public display, so do you want to count the 20 or so small (less than 1' diameter) fires which were started on site? Otherwise we had 5 actual and 4 mutual aid responses for grass fires which were fireworks related. Several other nearby departments were out of apparatus because of all their fires. The last measurable rainfall in this area occurred on May 26.

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Permalink Reply by Capt. Mick on July 7, 2009 at 1:50pm

Just wish to say Thank You, to All who responded to this discussion.
Be well, and stay safe out there. Mick

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Permalink Reply by CHRIS on July 7, 2009 at 3:30pm

WE DIDNT HAVE ANY CALLS AT ALL OVER THE WEEKEND......BUT THEY HAD QUITE THE KABOOOM ON OKRACOKE ISLAND THOUGH

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Permalink Reply by Josh Sullivan on July 7, 2009 at 11:29pm

Well here in West Texas we only had 1 fire call, but not from fireworks, at 6am sunday morn lighting struck tank batterie with 4 tank swd. Home by 8am just another day at the office. Its been a nice weekend here in good ol west Texas since july 2 till july 6 early morning, in my area we got just shy of 5 in of rain and thunderstorms, man its nice for sum wet weather. I hope everybody had a good safe weekend

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Permalink Reply by Capt. Mick on July 9, 2009 at 5:00pm

Hey Chris, It's good to here from you again, and adding to the discussion.
I happen to see that on the news on TV. Not good, sorry to see something like that
happen. Just goes to show you, even the experts that handle fireworks sometime can
make a mistake. Thanks again, stay safe Brother.

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Permalink Reply by theresa scoggins on July 12, 2009 at 8:21pm

randy had fire calls on the 4th. he had several calls due to fireworks. he had tree fire, bush fire next to a house, coulpe of woods fires close to houses. may have been more.
theresa

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Permalink Reply by Lauren on July 20, 2009 at 11:46am

We had a fireworks call but not on the 4th of July... On July 5th, we were called to a commerical vehicle. It was a trailer used for fireworks that was smoldering.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa Eastwood on July 20, 2009 at 12:10pm

We were lucky. We did not have any calls related to fireworks.

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