Townville Vol Fire Department

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RECENT NEWS AND INCIDENTS

THUNDERSTORMS CANCEL EXTRICATION TRAINING,, BUT BRING MULTIPLE CALLS

JULY 21 - JUST AS CREWS WERE ABOUT TO HEAD TO STATION 14 FOR EXTRICATION TRAINING, A POWERFUL THUNDERSTORM HIT WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY. SHORTLY AFTER, STATION 17 WAS DISPATCHED TO TURK RD FOR POWER LINE AND TREES DOWN. WHILE ENROUTE, STATION 14 RESPONDED TO A POSSIBLE STRUCTURE FIRE ON PRESHER RD. WITH 2ND DUE PENDLETON ALREADY ON A WORKING FIRE IN SANDY SPRINGS, E-17 REDIRECTED ALONG WITH TRUCK 17 (COUNTY SPARE ENGINE) AND TANKER 17 TO THE ZION CALL. E-17-1, GRASS 17, AND FORK EMS RESCUE 8 RESPONDED ON TO THE ORIGINAL TURK RD CALL. E-14 ARRIVED ON SCENE WITH A LIGHTNING STRIKE AND HELD ALL STATION 14 UNITS. E-17 FILLED IN AT STATION 14 WHILE OTHER TOWNVILLE UNITS RESPONDING TO 3 ADDITIONAL CALLS (RESIDENTIAL FIRE ALARM, TREE/WIRES DOWN, AND POWER LINE DOWN WITH BRUSH FIRE.) OVER THE HOUR, STATION 17 RESPONDED TO 5 CALLS FOR SERVICE WITH 28 PERSONNEL.

TVFD RESPONDING UNITS: E-17, E-17-1, E-17-2, TRUCK 17, TANKER 17, GRASS 17

ALSO FORK MEDIC 8-2, RESCUE 8, STATION 5 MEMBERS, AND HUGHESVILLE, MD CHIEF 2.

LARGE DIAMETER HOSE / WATER SUPPLY TRAINING

JULY 8TH- AFTER A SHORT BUSINESS MEETING, EVERYONE HEADED DOWN TO THE TOWNVILLE BOAT RAMP FOR SOME TRAINING. AFTER SOME REFRESHING, WE CONDUCTED A SIMULATED FIRE WITH LDH AND WATER SUPPLY OPERATIONS.

E-17-1, E-17 (COUNTY SPARE), TANKER 17

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BRUSH FIRE ON HATTONS FORD ROAD

JULY 5 - TVFD UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE 800 BLOCK OF HATTONS FORD RD FOR A BRUSH FIRE. UNITS ARRIVED TO FIND SEVERAL STUMPS BURNING WITH EXTENSION INTO THE WOODS AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH LINES OFF OF E-17-1, GRASS 17.

RESPONDING UNITS: E-17-1, E-17, TANKER 17, GRASS 17

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BRUSH AND DEBRIS FIRE ON HWY 24

JULY 2- TOWNVILLE VFD WAS DISPATCHED HWY 24 IN THE AREA OF THE INTERSTATE FOR A BRUSH FIRE. E-17-1 ARRIVED ON SCENE AT THE "RACIN STATION" TO FIND THE FIRE THREATENING THE STRUCTURE. SEVERAL BOOSTER LINES WERE UTILIZED TO KNOCK DOWN THE PERIMETER OF THE FIRE. AFTER TANKER 17 ARRIVED ON SCENE TO SUPPLY E-17-1, THE ENTIRE AREA WAS FLOODED WITH THE MASTER STREAM FROM 17-1.

UNITS: E-17-1, G-17, T-17, FORK EMS MEDIC 8-2

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ASSIST FAIR PLAY ON VEHICLE AND BRUSH FIRE

JUNE 6- TOWNVILLE UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO 85 SOUTH AROUND THE 4 MM FOR A VEHICLE FIRE. OCONEE COUNTY FIRE UNITS (FAIR PLAY) ALSO RECEIVED CALLS AND RESPONDED. FAIR PLAY E-8 ARRIVED ON SCENE AT THE 3 MILE MARKER AND REQUESTED STATION 17 TO CONTINUE. TOWNVILLE CREWS ARRIVED ON SCENE AND ASSISTED WITH THE BRUSH FIRE AS FAIR PLAY EXTINGUISHED THE VEHICLE FIRE.

E-17-1, E-17, T-17, G-17

FAIR PLAY E-8, T-8, S-8

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OVERTURNED VEHICLE ON I-85

MAY 3- TVFD AND FORK EMS UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO I-85 SOUTH AT THE 8 MILE MARKER FOR A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH ONE OVERTURNED. TVFD AND FORK EMS RESPONDED WITH 18 PERSONNEL. UNITS ARRIVED ON SCENE TO FIND THE VEHICLE HAD ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT. THE TWO OCCUPANTS SELF EXTRICATED. CREWS ASSISTED EMS WITH PATIENT TREATMENT, AS WELL AS SECURING THE VEHICLES. EMS TRANSPORTED TWO PATIENT'S TO THE HOSPITAL AND TVFD UNITS RETURNED TO SERVICE IN APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR.

RESPONDING UNITS: ENGINE 17-1, E-17, MEDIC 8-2, RESCUE 8

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STRUCTURE AND WOODS FIRE

APRIL 18TH- TOWNVILLE VFD, DOUBLE SPRINGS VFD, AND FORK EMS WERE DISPATCHED FOR A STRUCTURE FIRE ON TOM MARTIN RD. FIRST ARRIVING PERSONNEL ARRIVED TO FIND AN UNOCCUPIED MOBILE HOME FULLY INVOLVED NEARING TOTAL COLLAPSE. E-17 ARRIVED ON SCENE WITH CHIEF MCADAMS IN COMMAND. A SURROUND AND DROWN OPERATION ENSUED, AS WELL AS EXTINGUISHMENT OF A MODERATE SIZE WOODS FIRE THAT SPREAD FROM THE MOBILE HOME. UNITS OPERATED ON SCENE FOR 1 AND 1/2 HOURS. THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE UNINTENTIONAL FROM A WELDING TORCH THAT WAS BEING USED TO CUT THE FRAME OF THE STRUCTURE TO BE HAULED AWAY.

UNITS RESPONDING

TVFD - E-17, E-17-1, TANKER 17, GRASS 17

DOUBLE SPRINGS - GRASS 5

ZION VFD - STAND BY

UPON ARRIVAL OF E-17

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OVERTURNED BOX TRUCK.......ON A TRAILER

MARCH 2- AT 15:54 HRS STATION 17 AND SQUAD 8 WERE DISPATCHED TO I-85 NORTHBOUND AT THE 11.5 MILE MARKER FOR AN OVERTURNED VEHICLE. E-17-1 ARRIVED TO FIND AN OVERTURNED BOX TRUCK STILL ATTACHED TO THE TRAILER IN WHICH IT WAS BEING HAULED UPON. THE TRUCK THAT WAS TOWING THE TRAILER, AS WELL AS ITS' DRIVER WAS UNHARMED. PERSONNEL SECURED THE OVERTURNED VEHICLE, AND ASSISTED WITH TRAFFIC FLOW WHILE THE ACCIDENT WAS CLEARED FROM THE ROADWAY.

UNITS RESPONDING: ENGINE 17-1, E-17, T-17-1, FORK EMS MEDIC 8-2, AND RESCUE 8

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MVA - HICKORY RIDGE RD

FEBRUARY 22- TVFD AND FORK EMS WERE DISPATCHED TO HICKORY RIDGE RD JUST OFF HWY 24 FOR A VEHICLE VERSUS TREE. UNITS ARRIVED ON SCENE TO FIND ONE VEHICLE OF THE ROADWAY HEAD ON INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE HAD MODERATE DAMAGE, BUT NO OCCUPANT WAS FOUND. CREWS SECURED THE VEHICLE, AND CONDUCTED A SEARCH AROUND THE ACCIDENT SCENE, AS WELL AS GAS STATIONS CLOSE BY. UNITS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND LEFT THE SCENE WITH HIGHWAY PATROL.

UNITS RESPONDING: E-17-1, E-17, E-17-2

FORK EMS MEDIC 8-2 AND RESCUE 8

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MULTIPLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH ROLLOVER

FEBRUARY 18- AT 1637 HRS TOWNVILLE VFD AND FORK EMS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE I-85 NORTHBOUND ENTRANCE RAMP AT EXIT 11 FOR AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING 3 VEHICLES WITH ONE OVERTURNED. UNITS ARRIVED ON SCENE TO FIND AN OVERTURNED SUV PULLING A CAMPER, AS WELL A DAMAGED VAN AND TRACTOR TRAILER. MULTIPLE VICTIMS WERE QUICKLY TRIAGED. OTHER PERSONNEL SECURED THE VEHICLES AS WELL AS THE SCENE. A TOTAL OF 9 INDIVIDUALS WERE INVOLVED, BUT ONLY 3 NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THEY WERE TRANSPORTED TO ANMED BY FORK EMS WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. TVFD CREWS RETURNED TO SERVICE IN APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR AND A HALF.

RESPONDING UNITS: ENGINE 17-1 & E-17, FORK EMS MEDIC 8-2

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2008 ANDERSON COUNTY VFD CHIEF'S BANQUET

FEBRUARY 7 - THE ANNUAL CHIEF'S BANQUET WAS HELD JANUARY 29 AT THE CIVIC CENTER OF ANDERSON. STARR VFD PROVIDED AN EXCELLENT MEAL AS ALWAYS. AFTERWARDS, SEVERAL AWARDS WERE PRESENTED. ANDERSON COUNTY 2007 FIREMAN OF THE YEAR WAS KENASTON NOYES OF PIERCETOWN STATION 13. TWO LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS WERE PRESENTED TO CALVIN BARNETTE OF PENDLETON STATION 2, AND AL GUNDRY OF STARR STATION 4, FOR THEIR MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO ANDERSON COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY, SEVERAL COURAGE AND LIFESAVING AWARDS WERE PRESENTED INCLUDING ONE OUR DEPARTMENT RECEIVED. WE WERE RECOGNIZED FOR OUR JOINT EFFORT WITH DOUBLE SPRINGS STATION 5, FOR THE SAFE EXTRICATION OF A DRIVER OF AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER. THE LARGE FEED TRUCK OVERTURNED, AND WAS HANGING OFF OF THE HATTONS FORD RD BRIDGE OVER LAKE HARTWELL ON DECEMBER 27, ,2007. THE POWDERSVILLE VFD AND WHITEFIELD VFD ALSO RECEIVED THE COURAGE AND LIFESAVING AWARD FOR THEIR WORK IN EFFORTS TO SAVE THE LIVES OF SEVERAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN SERIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS INVOLVING LIVE WIRES DOWN,( POWDERSVILLE), AND A VEHICLE FIRE (WHITEFIELD).

L TO R - ASST. CHIEF MARK BRYANT, 3RD LT. TOMMY ROBINSON, COUNTY CHIEF BILLY GIBSON, TVFD CHIEF BILLY McADAMS, FF MICHELLE CARROLL,

1ST LT EDDIE MORIARTY, FF-FORMER CHIEF LEWIS CARROLL

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