Received 3:52 AM January 19, 2008
Working Structure Fire, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
940 Lamont Street. Working Residential fire.

PBF is working hard this evening

Received 3:40 AM January 19, 2008
Working Structure Fire, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
300 Block University Avenue

2 Alarm Structure Fire. Heavy fire on 2nd and 3rd floor of a single family dwelling

Received 10:40 PM January 18, 2008
Working Structure Fire Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Spring Garden Avenue at Garden Street

3 Story vacant dwelling, fully involved

Hope you have a great weekend. Stay safe!

thanks for the positive commentary :) I certainly hope so!!!!

now i just have to find my passport so i have enough id's to take the written for registry!

thanks for the add! how you doin today?

stay safe,
~Marie

Working Structure Fire
Bethel Park, Allegheny County, PA

2 Alarms. West Library Avenue, intersecting Highland Road. 3 story single residential, heavy fire in basement, extension to the third floor.

PA FIREFIGHTER DIES IN HIS OWN HOUSE FIRE
Thursday, January 17, 2008

The Lycoming County coroner has released the name of a volunteer firefighter and EMT who was found dead this morning after a fire at his home.
Scott Wettlaufer, 23, died from breathing in too much smoke. Late Wednesday night, investigators said the fire started in the living room of the mobile home, but they may never know what started the deadly fire.
Emergency crews fighting the fire found out not long after arriving that the victim was one of their own.

Wettlaufer was a part of the Hepburn Township Volunteer Fire Department for years. It was hard for fellow firefighters knowing there was no way to save him.
"Situations like this make it hard for everyone when you lose one of your own," said Sergeant Joseph Hope of the Old Lycoming Township Police Department. "Some people feel they should have got in there quicker, but there was no way, couldn’t get in there. There was no way. They feel bad about that."
Flames left only a shell of the mobile home near Cogan Station. Firefighters could do little to stop the fire from spreading. There was little chance of saving their friend and colleague.

"It was quite heavy involvement when police units arrived with fire departments shortly behind. It’s like most trailer fires, tend to burn rapidly," add Sergeant Hope.
The department chaplain will now have to console rescuers. It won’t be easy for them to forget this fire fight. "Dad was trying to get in. We had to hold him back. You can just imagine. It was awful," the chaplain said.
"I got up and saw smoke going over my trailer. I went outside and saw flames and smoke coming out of the trailer," said neighbor Samuel Wadrell.
He ran over to the burning mobile home, turned off the gas outside and pulled some fuses. Another man helped too.
A passerby was actually going south on Old Lycoming Road, saw the smoke and came over and tried to put it out with a fire extinguisher but it was too heavily involved at that time.
Firefighters said flames started in the front of the mobile home. The body was found in the back, just a few feet from a door. Rescuers believe the man had already been overcome by the time they got there.
Family members said as they stood and watched the home burn they hoped their loved one had gone to work. Then came the discovery inside.
"It appears he may have been trying to get out or maybe check on the welfare of the rest of his family before exiting," said Lycoming County Coroner Chuck Kiesling.
Hepburn Township volunteer firefighters on the scene had to deal with the fact their friend didn’t get out, that the flames were just too much. Investigators were left digging for a cause, knowing who lost his life.
"When it’s one of our own it makes it so difficult. It’s hard for them, for the firefighters here but we’re just going to work through it," Kiesling added.
Neighbor Amber Shultz will miss a smiling face from her neighborhood. She said looking at all the damage was surreal. "He was just always happy, never in a bad mood. he was always making fun of someone. I don’t know how to explain it. He was just a happy person," Shultz said.
Wettlaufer was on suspension from the fire department. He was accused of stealing a laptop computer and cell phone from the department. His preliminary hearing on the charges was schuduled this afternoon.
Despite that, his fellow firefighters said the fire department was Wettlaufer’s life.







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Working Structure Fire

Allegheny Twp - Westmoreland County

900 Block Williams Rd

Attached Garage Fire w/ Entrapment - St 99 101 53

Another Firefighter arrested for DUI

EL CERRO MISSION, N.M. -- A volunteer Meadow Lake firefighter was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of drunken driving after the tanker truck he was driving rolled while en route to a structure fire.

Leopoldo Gutierrez, 23, is being held in the Valencia County Adult Detention Center on a count of aggravated DWI. His bond has been set at $7,500 cash or surety.

Gutierrez and firefighter Fred Arleth, 49, were responding to a structure fire in El Cerro Mission when the crash occurred.

Gutierrez was traveling on Van Camp at an unknown speed and attempted to turn on Bonita Vista when the tanker truck overturned, landing in a field about 50 yards from the road, sheriff’s deputy Ed Chavez said.

Valencia County Fire Chief Charles Eaton said Gutierrez and Arleth suffered injuries, including cuts and bruises. Arleth also suffered a dislocated shoulder.

"During the interview with deputies, he (Gutierrez) was asked if he had been drinking," Chavez said. "He said he had a hot toddy and had taken some cold medicine."

Asked whether he would take a breath test or submit to a blood test, Gutierrez refused, the deputy said.

Eaton said Gutierrez has been placed on suspension from the Meadow Lake fire department.

His future with the county fire service will be determined by the outcome of an investigation and criminal charges.

The fire chief said the tanker truck sustained a considerable amount of damage. Eaton said he won’t know whether the vehicle can be repaired until an insurance adjuster investigates.








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TY for the warm welcome!!! It's much appreciated!!! Especially with me being new to the Fire Side of EMS!!! LOL.... Well Stay Safe & Have Fun!!!

We regret to advise you that a 20 year old Volunteer Firefighter from Cambria (WI) was killed in the Line of Duty yesterday afternoon when his car crossed into opposing traffic and collided with two semi-trucks on the scene of a previous incident.
Firefighter Ryan Jones, a 2005 Cambria-Friesland H.S. graduate and "star running back" in his community was killed almost instantly after crashing with first one, then the other truck just after 1400 hours.
The drivers of the two semi-trucks were not injured. FF Jones was traveling west on the highway when, without warning, Jones's car crossed the center line and collided head-on with an eastbound semi-truck, which veered off into a ditch.
Additional details will be posted. Our sincere sympathy to all affected, especially the family of FF Ryan Jones.
Take Care-BE CAREFUL.

The Secret List 1-16-08 / 0733 Hours
www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com

That's just it - we mostly are "old guard"! *LOL* We do have some "young guns" but they are mostly cautious, not at all opposed to learning how to do things the right way!

thank for add me

WSF Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County

Working structure fire 2800 BlockCalifornia Avenue

You sound like you would fit right in with our volunteer fire department!

Thanks for the add.

Thanks for adding me as a friend.

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