| Wildland fire near a residence |
| Tue. Mar 24th 2009 |
Just before 9:00 on Tuesday evening, 911 dispatchers notified our dept. of a wildland fire within less than 100 feet from a residence on Stoney Brook Drive at Betsy Layne.
Firefighters responded to the call and later reported back that they were unable to locate any fires in the area....
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| Injury accident during rush hour causes another non-injury crash |
| Tue. Mar 24th 2009 |
At approximately 3:45 Tuesday afternoon, 911 dispatchers notified our fire department of a two-vehicle injury accident on U.S. 23 South near P&H Hardware.
Firefighter Brian White was the first Betsy Layne unit on the scene and reported back that there were no entrapments, the roadway was partia...
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| Betsy Layne continues a busy month |
| Sat. Mar 21st 2009 |
A few minutes prior to 8:00 Saturday evening, 911 dispatchers notified the firemen of a vehicle fire in the vicinity of the old Spruce Pine School building on Little Mud Creek. This would be the 12th call in the month of March for the firemen tying the highest call volume of 2009 recently ...
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| Firefighters respond to local high school |
| Sat. Mar 21st 2009 |
A few minutes after 11:30 on Saturday morning, the Betsy Layne firefighters were notified of a fire alarm activation at the Betsy Layne High School at 55 Bobcat Boulevard.
Captain Tommy Kidd and Lieutenant Bobby Slone responded to the call however everything was okay....
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| Fire alarm sounds at local school |
| Fri. Mar 20th 2009 |
A few minutes prior to 10:00 on Friday night, an alarm company placed a call to our fire department that the fire alarm had been activated at the Betsy Layne Elementary School.
Chief Eddie Clark responded to the call and the incident would soon thereafter be reported as a false alarm....
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| Residential fire alarm |
| Thu. Mar 19th 2009 |
A few minutes prior to 1:00 on Thursday afternoon, 911 dispatchers notified our firefighters of a fire alarm at B&S Oil on Mare Creek Road at Stanville.
Everything checked out okay as this would be a false alarm....
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| Monday Morning Mayhem |
| Mon. Mar 16th 2009 |
At approximately 06:40 on Monday morning, while some of the area citizens were already going to work and others getting ready for school, Betsy Layne Firefighters Myrl "Charlie" Baker, Buddie Delpont, and Danny Keen got their week started off in a messy way by respondin...
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| Sunday morning starts off with another visit to Unicourt |
| Sun. Mar 15th 2009 |
At approximately 0930 hours Sunday morning, 911 dispatchers notified our department of another fire alarm activation at the Unicourt Complex at Stanville.
Making our sixth visit there already this year, Firefighters Myrl "Charlie" Baker and Darren Daniels responded to investig...
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| An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure |
| Sun. Mar 8th 2009 |
It was Sunday afternoon just before two o'clock when the telephone rang at Firefighter Brian White's residence. 911 Dispatcher Shepherd had called the residence to see if the firemen could respond to a call on U.S. 23 at Betsy Layne in which there was broken glass on a major portion of U.S. 23...
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| Motorcycle accident sends driver to the hospital |
| Sun. Mar 8th 2009 |
At approximately 6:35 on Sunday evening, 911 dispatchers notified our firefighters of a possible injury accident on U.S. 23 at the mouth of Ivy Creek.
Upon arrival, it was observed that the accident involved a pick-up truck and a motorcycle. Apparently, the motorcycle attempted to enter onto ...
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