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2008
December 4th
Tonight we held our annual officer
elections at 1900 hours. The final results were:
Chief of Department, 800 - Chad
Godwin, this is his 3rd term
1st Asst. Chief, 802 - James
Garris, this is his 3rd term
2nd Asst. Chief, 803 - Michael
Martin, 1st term but previously a Capt. & Lt. for 3 years
1st Captain, 805 - Justin
Riewesthal, this is his 2nd term
2nd Captain, 806 - Vann Sorrell,
this is his 7th term
1st Lieutenant, 808 - Connell
McNeil, this is his 1st term, previously 809 for total of 3 years
2nd Lieutenant, 809 - Heather
Livesay, this is her 1st term previously a firefighter for 8 years
Assistant Chief Cecil Gregory &
Lieutenant Joshua Sorrell will return to the rank of firefighter
effective the
1st business meeting in January of
2009. The department looks forward to working with the officers to
ensure
the most professional level of
services are provided to the community during upcoming year.
Other positions appointed by the
Chief:
Safety Officer - Herman Tyson
Secretary - Deborah Livesay
Infectious Control Officer - Brian
Barnes
Chaplain - Vann Sorrell
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December 1st
This afternoon Slagle's delivered
a our brand new KME engine. It is a 2008 International 7400 chasis
with a 1250 gpm
pump & 1000 gal. tank. It
features a hydraulic generator, seating for 3, 1 front jumpline, 2 speed
lays, 7 spacious compartments
1 booster reel, 1 rear quick dump,
thru the tank storage of a folda tank, ladders, pike pole, & hard
suction, plus many
more features. Pictures will
follow as soon as possible. Special thanks to the truck committee
for there hard work on
making this truck a reality.
It will be replacing the current 841 as soon as the equipment in put in
place & all current drivers
are brought up to speed on
operating the rig.
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December 1st
Dispatched to a residential
structure fire at 0530 hours this morning. Harnett County Fire
Marshall 4 was 1st on scene
& advised a single wide mobile
home 50% involved. E-821 was the first Buies Creek unit to arrive.
Crews initiated an
aggressive interior attack,
combined with a primary search of the remaining structure. They
encountered heavy fire
but were able to make a good
knockdown. E-842 arrived & secured a water source directly across
the street. E-642
pulled the 2nd line & assisted 1st
in company. All other units responding staged on the road & sent
manpower up. The
fire was knocked down inside the
structure, but had gotten up under the mobile home and was concealed by
the
under pinning around the
structure. About 15 minutes after fire attack was initiated, the
MAYDAY was sounded
for a firefighter, through the
floor into the well involved crawl space. The RIT was activated &
distressed firefighter
was removed without injury.
The fire was marked under control & units remained on scene until 1100
hours to assist
with investigation by Harnett
County FM-3. The structure was a total loss, but thankfully all
occupants had evacuated the
structure.
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November 5th
The new
engine 841 is nearing completion we look forward to having it delivered
to us
within
the next week. The truck committee took a trip last Wednesday, to
perform the final
inspection at Slagle's in South Boston, Virginia. We will post
pictures in the near future.
Also, to
those who don't know. We have received our ladder truck back from
Pierce & after
several
long months of refurbishing, the tower is back in service.
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August 14th
District 8 was dispatched to a
commercial structure fire on Oak Grove Church Rd. Chief 803
arrived on scene &
advised of a tobacco bulk barn
with heavy fire showing with multiple exposures. District 6 was
dispatched as
automatic aid, & district 9,& 7
were special called to assist with manpower due to the 102 degree
temperature.
E-821 arrived & advised the 2nd
due engine to catch the hydrant across from the structure's
driveway. E-642 was 2nd in
and found that the hydrant was out of service. E-841 set up a water
shuttle
& along with E-943 shuttled water
over a distance of about 1/4 mile. The fire took about 45
mins. to control due to the
crates of tobacco having to be pulled out & soaked down. The
crop was a total loss, but the
crews were able to prevent the fire from spreading to any of the other
10 bulk barns.
It took a total of 23 firefighters
utilizing 7 apparatus to bring the fire under control. Thanks to
EMS for rehab.
Units on the response:
Buies Creek E-821, E-842, E-841,
A-852
Coats-Grove E-642
Angier/Black River E-943
Lillington E-743
Harnett County EMS 3 & FM 8
The Buies Creek Fire Department
regretfully announces the passing of Eddie Wood on July 25, 2008.
Eddie was a part-time firefighter for Buies Creek for the past five
years. Eddie was also a full-time paid member of Erwin Fire
Rescue. Eddie had 20 plus years service in the fire rescue field
including service in Wake, Johnston, Wayne, and Harnett Counties.
Funeral services are at Rose and Graham Funeral Home on Monday 7-28
@ 11:oo am. Eddie is survived by his mother, brother, and 2
daughters. Please keep his family in your prayers. Buies
Creek Fire Rescue is thankful for Eddies service and friendship.
Eddie touched many lives in his years of service and will surely be
missed by all.
March 11th At 1213 hrs Erwin (district 5) requested B-875 respond mutual aid for a working woods fire at 1 Crab Apple Ln. Our brush truck responded with 2 personnel and were told to drive through a ditch which resulted in our truck becoming a stationary water pump. The boys did well, they stopped the fire spread on that side then when the fire was out they got a gentle tug out of the ditch using the winch on one of the engines at the scene. They were at the fire for about 1 1/2 hrs. Units on response: BCVFD B-875 EFD E-541, E-546, E-542 CGFD B-671 March 7th BCVFD units were called to 685 Main St. for a gas/odor investigation. E-822 arrived on scene & had residents complaining of their Carbon Monoxide detector going off. Units investigated situation and nothing was found using the fire department's 4-gas monitor as well as the CO monitor. IC (805) cancelled any other units and spoke with the residents about the situation. All units cleared after 35 minutes. Units on response: BCVFD E-822, E-842, A-851 Harnett County EMS M-6 February 28th Another structure fire at 0125 hrs we were called to 134 Country Meadow Ln. Units arrived to find fire in the kitchen. Fire was quickly contained and units returned to service after 1 1/2 hrs.
Units on response:
BCVFD E-821, E-842, E-841, R-881, A-852 CGFD E-641 Harnett County EMS-3 February 27th Around 1630 hrs our pagers sounded for a residential structure fire at 135 Randall Ln. BCVFD officer 808 checked en route to the scene and arrived to find single wide mobile home with a working fire in the kitchen. E-821 arrived and pulled a 1 3/4" pre-connect line. By the time they got to the fire it had died in size. 808 had shut the oven door and shut the front door to cut off the air supply which pretty much stopped the fire. Fire personnel ventilated the structure and turned scene over to property owner. All units cleared after 1 hour. Units on response: BCVFD E-821, E-822, E-841, E-842, R-881, B-875, A-852 CGFD E-641 Harnett County Fire Marshall #5 Harnett County EMS M-6 Harnett County Sheriff's Office February 17th Around 1500 hrs Buies Creek firefighters were alerted to a residential structure fire in our Auto-aid area with Lillington fire department at 600 W. Old Rd. E-842 responded with 5 members & was the 4th due company. C-763 checked on scene with smoke showing from the eves. Chief 701 established command and had units continue emergency traffic. E-741 crew located source of fire which was a electrical outlet. E-842 crew arrived in time to assist with a little bit of ventilation before being released. Units on response: LFD E-741, E-742, E-743, R-781, C-763 BCVFD E-842 Harnett County EMS M-4 February 15th BCVFD received a report of a residential structure fire at 1501 Chesterfield Lake Rd. at 1418 hrs. 806 arrived on scene and cancelled all units. The fire was from a propane company burning off unused fuel in a 1,000 gallon LP tank. All units returned to service. February 10th At 2314 hrs BCVFD was dispatched to a small grass fire in the 2000 block of Oak Grove Church Rd. B-875 & E-841 responded. B-875 marked on scene of 2 small working grass fires beside the road 800 established command & advised that B-875 & E-841 could handle same. Units extinguished the fire & cleared February 10th Shortly after 1200 hours today BCVFD was struck out for a grass fire on Neils Creek Rd. at Wendy Ln. B-875 was the 1st unit to arrive and found a large broom straw field on fire being pushed by extremely high winds in the first few minutes of the call the fire spread from 4 acres to 10. 805 established command and requested mutual aid from District 7 (Lillington) and 11 (Summerville) for engines and brush trucks. E-841 was 2nd due and assisted in the black with fire attack on the fires flanks. E-821 & E-842 were 3rd due and set up water supply on the roadway using the hydrant adjacent to the fire's location. E-743 & B-1171 arrived and were put to work assisting E-841 & E-875 on the North side of the fire. 808 had personnel stretch 400' of 1" forestry hose connected via gated wye to 400' of 2 1/2" hose off E-821 to prevent any fire spread on the South side of the fire. Forestry 1 arrived and had the helicopter assist, but the bird experienced mechanical problems with the drop doors on the water tank. The tractor plow was brought in to help contain the fire. After an 1 1/2 hours units were diverted to Johnson Farm Rd. to set up structure protection since the fire was still being fueled by high winds and was racing to the East. The plow was put in the woods and had difficulty connecting the plow lines due to a swampy area in the woods. This resulted in the fire jumping the line 2 times. At 1545 hrs District 9 (Angier) was requested and they brought E-943 & B-971 to assist, District 5 (Erwin) was moved up to our station to provide coverage. At 1600 hrs
District 6 (Coats-Grove) was requested for additional manpower at the scene. The Harnett County Mobile Command Post also arrived at that time and command operations were moved inside there. The fire jumped the plow line the final time at 1615 hours and units were moved to protect 2 houses and several barns where the fire burned right up to them. The 2nd forestry plow arrived at 1800 hrs and the fire was finally contained at 2045 hrs. All mutual aid was released at 2100 hrs and the last BCVFD unit at 2130 hrs. The fire burned 82 acres and endangered 3 houses and 8 barns. Thanks to the 57 firefighters who responded and the neighboring departments for all you help. Also during this call we ran 6 other grass fires and smoke investigations, but there was nothing major on those. Units on response: BCVFD E-821, E-822, E-841, E-842, B-875, R-881, A-852 LFD E-743, U-785 SVFD B-1171 ABRFD E-943, B-971 CGFD U-685 EFD E-541 Forestry 1, 4 and 2 plows Harnett County FM-6, FM-1 w/ Command Post 1 Harnett County EMS-3 Harnet County Sheriff's Department January 14th Tonight the BCVFD Board of Directors approved the truck commitees recommendation to purchase a replacement for truck 841. The new 841 will be a KME International 7400 commercial chassis. It will feature the KME Challenger body with full size compartments similar to E-822. The committee went with a 1250 gpm Hale pump. BCVFD looks forward to the delivery of the new engine late this summer January 13th At 0504 hours Buies Creek Volunteer Fire & Rescue 1st & 2nd duty responded to the Sheriff Johnson Rd. with cross streets of Main St. & Mitchell Rd. for a single vehicle MVA. 805 on-scene establish command & advised 2 patients with a possible trauma one, then he requested Life Flight. 851, 852, EMS-3 handled patient care district 6 was cancelled by command. Fire units assisted with patients and set up traffic control. Command held 822 to assist with lights for SHP investigation. 851 met Duke Life Flight at Betsy Johnson Regional Medical Center to fly out their patient, 852 delivered 2nd patient to ER staff at BJRMC.
Units on response:
BCVFD 851, 852, 822, 881, 875 Harnett County EMS-3 CGVFD 651
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