CFD Brings Home the NASCAR Pit Crew
Challenge Award
Charlotte
Firefighters put on a show when they competed in the 2011 NASCAR
Sprint Media & Public Safety Pit Crew Challenge. CFD overpowered
their CMPD opponents in the first two rounds to storm into the
finals. The championship round pitted CFD -vs- WCCB Fox
Charlotte who had defeated CBS Radio to get into the
championship round. The WCCB Fox 18 Team was well rested and may
have had a little advantage, since CFD had very little time to
recover before the championship round, but CFD prevailed and
crossed the finish line first to claim the championship.
Team members included Battalion 1 C Chief Kent Davis, Captain
Jimmy Watts, Engineer Jerry Taylor, and firefighters Lee Powell,
Kemp Rasmussen, Andy Simpson, & Brent Blumberg.
A Shift Works 2nd Alarm Apartment Fire
with the Shamrock Express
On
April 29th
at 11:59 a.m. Members from the first battalion responded to a
structure fire at 2527 Arnold Drive for an initial call for service
to check an appliance in an apartment. While companies were enroute
additional information was received from property residents indicating a
possible kitchen fire. Firefighters from neighborhood Fire Station 15
arrived quickly and reported heavy smoke issuing from a 2-story
apartment building comprised of (8) units, four units on the front side
and four on the rear side.
The Shamrock Express
advanced an attack line to into the fire apartment and prevented a rapid
extension into the second floor apartment while other crews searched the
structure to ensure all occupants had exited the safely. A total of (48)
firefighters were summoned to knockdown the fire and bring the incident
under control in 11 minutes. The occupant of the fire apartment
indicated she had been cooking and could have left the stove on. Fire
Investigators confirmed the cause to be food left cooking on the stove.
The fire caused an estimated $30,000 in damage to due fire, smoke,
water, and fire control. A family of (6) was displaced as a result of
fire.
Photos courtesy of Charlotte
Observer, WCNC, WBTV, WSOC-TV & Charlotte Fire Dept. Office of Public
Affairs
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added 6-3-2011
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Westover & Medic Supervisor Todd Moore
B Shift Makes Quick work of an Apartment Fire in No Da
A Shift Responds to Third Ward Fatal Fire
A Shift works through Snow and Freezing Temperatures to
Battle a 3-Alarm Condo Fire in Myers Park
Ladder 1 and Engine 7 A Shift Work to Free Critically Injured CMPD Police Officer
More Flooding along Briar Creek and Sugar Creek Keeps B Shift Rolling Through the Night
Ladder One A Division Conducts Battalion
Aerial & Ground Ladder Training
On October 31,
2010, firefighters from throughout battalion reported to the
Blake Hotel in Uptown Charlotte for a series of training
scenarios aimed at refreshing skills in aerial and ground ladder
operations. The scenarios conducted included an uncharged 2 1/2"
hose advancement up a 40' ladder, a multiple rescue problem that
mimicked the rescue problems encountered during the recent 4th
alarm apartment fire at the Charlotte Woods Apartments. The
session concluded with each firefighter climbing the 105' aerial
of Ladder 1.
A Shift Responds to Fatal Accident on John Belk
Freeway November 1, 2010
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) -
A driver was killed early Monday morning
after driving the wrong way down a major
Charlotte street. The crash happened around
3:00 a.m. Monday morning along Highway 74
near the Brookshire Freeway.
Investigators say the
driver was going the wrong way on
Independence Boulevard before crashing into
a concrete wall. Investigators say the
crash caused the vehicle to catch fire. The
name of the driver has not been released.
Inbound traffic on Independence was diverted
onto Briar Creek Road for the Monday morning
commute. All lanes of inbound Independence
Boulevard have since reopened for traffic.
A Shift Vacant House Fire House Determined as
Arson
During the early morning hours of Thursday, April 22nd,
firefighters from Battalion
I and Battalion III battled a two-story balloon-framed residence
fire that was intentionally set. On arrival, crews found the
2-story home heavily involved with fire extending throughout the
walls and floors. Firefighters were hampered in their efforts to
extinguish the fire on the second floor due to the interior
staircase having collapsed. Kudos go out to Engineer John
Carriker for great placement of the aerial for access to the
roof and 2nd floor.
A Shift House Fire Injures Firefighter
Crews
from stations 11, 4,1,7, & 18 worked for 30 minutes to gain
control of a rapidly spreading fire in a one story residence in
the 300 block of Keswick Ave. in North Charlotte.
The fire displaced a family of six while a family pet also
perished. One firefighter received minor injuries while fighting
the fire that was reported around 1 a.m.
Officials are still trying to determine what sparked the fire,
but it appears the fire spread from the back of the house.
Video & Photo courtesy of WBTV
B Shift Works a Multiple MVA with Entrapments and
Priority Patients
Five people were injured in a serious traffic accident in east
Charlotte Wednesday afternoon which companies from station 8, 7,
and 1 responded.
The crash occurred around 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of
Matheson Avenue and The Plaza. At least three vehicles were
involved in the accident.
Nearly two dozen firefighters responded to the
crash. Firefighters were able to free all of the patients within
14 minutes.
Medic said three people suffered life-threatening injuries and
were taken to Carolinas Medical Center-Main.
The other two patients suffered non-life-threatening injuries
and were taken to Presbyterian Hospital.
C-Shift "Two-Banger" at Local Eastover Pub
February 14, 2010; Companies from across the
first battalion were summoned to Big Ben's British Pub for a
business fire around 6 am.
Fire investigators say an electrical
malfunction sparked a massive fire which destroyed the popular
restaurant in Charlotte's Eastover area.
More than 50 firefighters responded to the
two-alarm fire. It took them about an hour and a half before the
fire was completely extinguished. Due to the amount of fire damage,
the structure was shored to allow for investigations and overhaul
operations to be conducted.
One firefighter was injured from a fall on
ice.
A fire department spokesman said Monday the cause of the fire was
traced to an electrical malfunction involving some computer
hardware. The fire caused about $1 million in damage.
Battalion I C-Shift Chief Kent Davis discusses
with News 14 on how high rise responses
are handled in uptown.
A Shift Responds to Two Car MVA with Rollover December 28, 2009
The brothers from Engine and Ladder 1 arrived at this MVA to find multiple bystanders rendering aid to the occupants of the pick-up truck by standing on the top of the vehicle while it was on its side. Two patients were extricated by the truck and engine company with stabilization accomplished by the members of Rescue 3.
C Shift
Endures Cold Temperatures at Two-Banger at Barnhardt Mfg.
December 13, 2009
Photos courtesy of WSOC-TV
Crews from the
first battalion responded to a working fire involving a
cotton processing company in East Charlotte on Sunday. The
fire involved several bales of processed cotton and were
removed to outside the structure where the bales were torn
apart and extinguished.
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