HomeMy WebLinkAboutMay 2, 19751975 - FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT - 197~.
FIRE HOSE ~NENTORY:
ENGINE # 6, 1250 G.P.M.
ENGINE # 5, 1000 G.P.M.
ENGINE # &, 1000 G.P.M.
ENGINE # 3, 750 G.P.M.
PIRSCH
PIRSCH
MACK,
INTER.
2½" - HOSE:
2 - 700'- 2½" LINES.
2 - 900'- 2~" LINES.
2 - 900'- 2½" LINES.
1- 800'- 2~" LINE .
2½" HOSE ON PUMPERS - 5800 FT.
2~" HOSE IN TOWER - - 2900 FT.
TOTAL 2½" HOSE - - - 8700 FT.
650' - 1½" LINES.
250' - 1½" LINES.
150' - 1½" LINES.
it" HOSE ON PU~ERS - 1050 FT.
1½" HOSE IN TOWER - - 1200 FT.
TOTAL 1~" HOSE - - - 2250 FT.
MUTUAL AID ~SPONSE:
COL~4B~ HEIGHTS REQUESTED:
FEB. 1:~., O331 HRS. FRIDLEY CREW & PUMPER ON STAND-BY AT STATION. DOUBLE
BD/~GALU¢; FIRE AT 4420 - MONROE STREET, TWO ELDER PERSONS WERE
RESCUED BY HEIGHTS FIRE-FIGHTERS & TRANSPORTED TO UNITY HOSPITAL.
BOTH MR. & I~.S. ERICKSON SURVIVED. RECOGNITION TO FIRE-FIGHTERS BY
MAYOR NAWROCKI AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. FRIDLEY CREW RELEASED AT 0~55 HRS.
APR. 30, 2337 HRS. &353 - ARTHUR S~, NEW CONSTRUCTION HOUSE FL2E, ARSON.
FIVE BEDROOM, ENCLOSED, HEAVILY INVOLVED UPON ARRIVAL OF FIRE EQUIP-
I MENT, HEAVY LI3~S LAID. 0006 HRS. REQUESTED FRIDLEY FOR STAND-BY AT
I THE STATION~ FRIDLEY CREW RELEASED AT 0113 HRS.
REQUES~ FOR COL~'~BIA HEIGHTS: MACK, ENGINE # &, MUTUAL AID PU~LOERo
FEB. 10, 2135 HRS. REQUEST FROM ST. ANTHONY FOR BACK UP, MULTIPLE D%~LLING
~ FIRE AT 2508 - SILVER LANE.
APR. 51, 0237 HRS. REQUEST FROM ST. ANTHONY FOR STATION STAND-BY, THEIR
i, EQUIPMENT WAS OUT ON A DOUBLE ALARM. RETURNED TO QUARTERS 03&7 HRS.
MAY 5i, 0231 HRS. REQUEST FROM FRIDLEY, &630 - CENTRAL AVENUE, MULTIPLE
'i DWELLING FIRE & REPORT OF A BOMB IN THE BUILDING.HEIGHTS PU~ER AND
i RESCUE RESPONDED. FOUND NO BOMB, FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED.
MAY ~, 1252 HRS. 7860 - MAIN STREET, FRIDLEY, BUILDING FIRE, HEIGHTS PUF~ER
i LAID LINES, RETURNED TO QUARTERS, 1541 HRS.
JULY ~, 1025 HRS. 5220 - MAIN STREET, FRIDLEY, HOSE LINES LAID BY FRIDLEY,
HEIGHTS M~24BERS ASSISTED FRIDLEY CREW.
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1975 - FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT - 1975
FATALITIES
NO FATALIT2
JURIES:
ES:
!th.
FEBRUARY 1;
O331 HOURS
TRAINING & DRI
TWO CITIZENS INJbT~ED; BURNS & SMOKE INHALATION:
CHIEF HOM
THROUGH T
WITH ALL
~J+20 - MONROE STREET N. E.. DOUBLE BUNGALOW FIRE. TENANTS, ~[R.
& )~S. AARON ERICKSON, (BOTH ELDERLY), %~1~RE, TRAPPED IN THEIR
BEDROOM DUE TO THE HEAVILY I3~OLVED FIRE IN THE OTHER ROOMS.
FIRE-FIGHTERS GOT TO THE ERICKSON'S BY OPENING THE PLASTER
BOARD WALL L~AR FRONT EXIT, BOTH WERE UNCONSCIOUS, OXYGEN WAS
ADMINISTEP~ED, BOTH WERE TRANSPORTED TO UNITY HOSPITAL BY FIRE
DEPARTMENT' S RESCUE VEHICLE~ BOTH SURVIVED.
.LING: ASS'T. CHIEF RICHARD HOMICKE, DRILL INSTRUCTOR.
"COMPANY" )RILLS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO TPH~EE HOUR SESSIONS PLUS SPECIAL DRILLS.
-/DAROLD SHAFER, DONALD HANSON, MITCH DE~-~ARS, AND RALPH VOLKMAN
CAPTAINS
IN CHARGE OF DRILLS.
PARK VIEW ~ILLA, (HIGH RISE BUILDING) 965 - &O TH AVENUE WAS OPEN TO OCCUPANCY
JULY i ST. ~24BERS SPENT ~5~NY HOURS AT THE HIGH RISE, FIRE ALAP~.! SYSTEM, THE
INTER BU~ liNG AUDIO SYST~24, OPERATION OF THE ELEVATORS, BUILDING GENERATOR,
STAND-PIPH WATER SUPPLY, T(~ZRS, THE PANEL BOARD IN THE LOBBY, ROOF AREA. ETC.
THE BUILD1 tG FIRE ALAP~[ SYSTEM IS CONNECTED INTO THE FIRE STATION.
WERE SHO%~ THE PARKING OF RESPONDING FIRE VEHICLES SO NOT TO INTERFERE WITH
P[R~PERS L; ZING LINES.
P[~PER & ~SE DRILI~, INCLUDES LAYING OF ONE AND TWO 2½" HOSE LINES AS HEAVY
SUPPLY LINE, LAYING PRECONNECT 1½" LII~S, INCLUDES HANDLING AND MOVING
OR
CHARGE--LINES. PRESSURE LINES, WATER MAINS, HYDRANT-PU~ER HOOK-UPS, P.W. LOADING
HOSE AND ~ING 1½" BUNDLES.
DRIVER DRILLS INCLUDE DRIVING, PUMPER-HYDPJ%NT HOOK-UP, P[R.~ OPERATIONS, FRICTION
LOSS, G.P~M. FLOW & RESIDUAL PRESSURE, OPERATING RELIEF VALVE, WATER ~LAIN SIZE
AT CO~RQIAL & INDUSTRY LOCATIONS. OVER 10,OO0 FEET OF HOSE USED ON DRILLS.
DRILLING ~CLUDED MANY HOURS ON - SCOTT AIR ~SKS, S~LL EQUIPMENT,
LADDERS,
VENTILATION, SALVAGE, PORTABLE FLOOD LITES, PORTA POWER SAW, FOAM, DELUGE
NOZZLE. SSFETY TRAINING AND FILMS SHOWN TO THE ~rBERS.
CHIEF HOM ~CKE IS A M~MBER OF THE MINNESOTA STATE INSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION.
~CF~' S RECORDS LISTED OVER 760 TOTAL MAN HOURS FOR DRILLING & TRAINING.
~ YEAR EACH FIRE VEHICLE WAS USED AT CERTAIN DRILL, M~24BERS DRILLED
'~IRE VEHICLE EQUIPMENT.
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