| "Watch Out For That Truck!!!" |
| Wed. Sep 30th 2009 |
Betsy Layne firefighters closed out September with our 16th call of the month adding another run onto our busiest month of 2009. On Wednesday afternoon, 911 dispatchers notified the firefighters of an injury accident on U.S. Highway 23 at the traffic lights in front of Hayes Complex.
The...
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| Busy Month Continues for the BLFD |
| Mon. Sep 28th 2009 |
A fire alarm this morning at Betsy Layne Elementary would be our 15th call of the month of September eclipsing March's total of 14 as the highest call volume month of 2009.
Fire Chief Clark responded to the call and discovered that it was an accidental alarm. Chief Clark spoke to the school's...
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| Assisting our Brother Firefighters |
| Sat. Sep 26th 2009 |
Late Saturday evening, 911 dispatchers notified our dept. of a two-vehicle injury accident on KY Route 979 just above the mouth of Tolers Creek. Although the wreck was possibly located just outside of our fire district, a line officer and three firefighters still responded to the sce...
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| Fire Alarm Causes Panic at Local School |
| Sat. Sep 26th 2009 |
On Saturday, at approximately 11:00 in the morning, the firefighters were notified of a fire alarm activation at Betsy Layne Elementary. Again, the alarm turned out to be accidental however we can never be safe as our next alarm may be the first trigger for disaster....
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| Stuck in a Tight Spot |
| Fri. Sep 25th 2009 |
As firefighters were arriving back at the station to clean up the equipment from the Ivel structure fire, a call came in that a low-boy had "bottomed out" in front of WXLR radio station at Fox Bottom.
Chief Clark (suv) and Firefighter Daniels (Unit 6) responded to the situation and said t...
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| Abandoned Structure Goes Up in Flames |
| Fri. Sep 25th 2009 |
A few minutes prior to 6:30 on Friday morning, the department received a radio page from 911 dispatchers of a structure fire on Westfall Drive at Ivel. Original indications to the dept. were made of smoke and possibly flames visible.
Firefighter White was the first unit on scene and reported ...
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| Sad Ending to a Young Life |
| Wed. Sep 23rd 2009 |
911 dispatchers toned our department to the scene of a fatality on Jordan's Fork at Dana on Wednesday.
EMS and law enforcement were already on scene and needed our assistance with a stokes basket for transporting the body of a juvenile male. Captain Kidd and three other firefighters...
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| Car accident near local school |
| Wed. Sep 23rd 2009 |
On Wednesday morning, 911 dispatchers notified our department of an injury accident at Stanville on U.S. 23 near the Betsy Layne High School hill.
Chief Clark, Captain Kidd, and three other firefighters responded to the call to check for any entrapments as well as assist with traffic control....
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| Fire alarm sounds at local school |
| Tue. Sep 22nd 2009 |
On Tuesday morning, 911 dispatchers our fire department of a fire alarm activation at the Betsy Layne Elementary school. ...
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| Injury accident at Tram |
| Wed. Sep 16th 2009 |
A few minutes after 1am on Wednesday, 911 dispatchers notified our department of a single-vehicle injury accident in the Tram community.
Chief Clark, Captain Kidd, and four other Betsy Layne firefighters responded to the call and a landing zone had to eventually be set up to land a chopper to...
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