| Emergency Calls always take Priority over training |
| Thu. Jan 21st 2010 |
As several Betsy Layne firefighters were in the middle of their regularly-scheduled Thursday night training class, an emergency tone came across their radios of a structure fire nearing a second residence on Big Branch at Honaker.
Already being at the station, the firefighters saved much time on th...
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| Smoke Scare at Tram |
| Thu. Jan 14th 2010 |
A citizen reported to 911 that there was heavy smoke visible in the Tram community near Powell Branch.
Asst. Chief Edward Clark was notified by phone and responded to the area however no smoke was visible. No other reports were received of the incident....
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| Firefighters assist EMS |
| Wed. Jan 13th 2010 |
On Wednesday night (as a few of us were working at the station), 911 dispatchers notified our department of a request made by a local ambulance service to respond to one of our landing zones and set up the l.z. for an aeromedical unit that had been summoned to airlift one of their patients.
Fi...
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| Fire Alarm Sounds at Stanville |
| Wed. Jan 13th 2010 |
At approximately 11:00 on Wednesday morning, 911 dispatchers received a call of a fire alarm activation at the Dollar General in the Unicourt Complex at Stanville.
Asst. Chief Edward Clark and Firefighter Buddie Delpont responded however an investigation led them to a false alarm. ...
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| Carbon Monoxide Alarm |
| Mon. Jan 4th 2010 |
On Monday evening a few minutes after 6:30, Firefighter Buddie Delpont responded to the call of a carbon monoxide detector activation at a residence on Scalf Drive on Mare Creek. He later advised all other responding units to disregard the false alarm....
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| First call of the new year |
| Sun. Jan 3rd 2010 |
The first week of the new year did not start off too well for this family as a fire caused significant damage to the interior of their residence. All indications are that a construction deficiency led to a fire under some rock in their chimney however the home itself was fortunately saved and ...
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| Residential Fire Alarm |
| Fri. Dec 25th 2009 |
Christmas Day just past 3:00 in the afternoon saw the firefighters dispatched to a residential fire alarm at a residence on the Left Fork of Penhook.
Chief Eddie Clark responded to the scene and contacted the homeowner who said it was a false alarm. Time spent on scene was about 10 minutes....
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| Electrical Fire |
| Thu. Dec 24th 2009 |
Christmas eve at 0500 hours, 911 dispatchers notified our department of power lines down behind a garage at 5092 Ky Rt. 2030 on Little Mud.
A primary line had burnt a tree about 50' from a structure however there were no other property damage or injury. Four firefighters responded to the call...
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| Winter Storm Takes Toll On Our Community |
| Sat. Dec 19th 2009 |
Saturday morning saw a second call for assistance due to the winter storm in the form of a fire in the Tram community.
AEP workers, who already had their hands full with several other power outage calls, were also notified of the Tram incident in which a tree had caught on fire due to som...
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| Wintry Weather Affects Elderly |
| Sat. Dec 19th 2009 |
Early Saturday morning, 911 dispatchers notified our firefighters of a call for assistance at and elderly subject's residence at Penhook Road at Harold.
The call was that two elderly people were inside of a residence without heat or power due to the recent winter storm that affected so many people ...
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