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| Floyds Knobs , Indiana United States of America |
| PROUDLY PROVIDING THE CITIZENS of FLOYDS KNOBS , INDIANA WITH FIRE RESCUE - EMS HAZMAT & EDUCATION SERVICES SINCE 1958 |
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| 01/02/08 At approximately 10:13 a.m. Greenville Township Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to US-150 and State Road 335 on an MVA - Car versus Fuel Tanker Truck - head on. Units responded to the scene, and after Command 3301 arrived on scene to do an assessment he called for Lafayette Township Fire Department’s Rescue 1 to respond to the scene - reference extrication. Lafayette Rescue 1 and Chiefs 1101, 1102, 1103 responded to assist Greenville. Lafayette units arrived on scene and saw there was going to be an extensive extrication. Lafayette’s Crew of 7 split up, and was assisted by Greenville’s Crew and performed several extrication techniques at once. They used airbags to lift the fuel truck off of the vehicle enough to perform a partial dash lift, and floorboard crush down on the driver’s side of the vehicle. By raising the fuel truck they were also able to get a complete dash lift on the passenger side of the vehicle and then tunneled over to the driver’s side compartment to free the victim, who was transported via Statcare Air Ambulance. Units mitigated a small HazMat and Lafayette Rescue 1 was released. Greenville Units remained on-scene until both vehicles were removed and the reconstruction team was complete. |
| ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SWIFTWATER CLASS |
| A total of 27 students representing Bardstown, Bowling Green, Custer, Elizabethtown, Layfette (IN), and North Oldham Departments took part in this years class. Two-days of swiftwater instruction was provided by Area-14 and Area-6, which gave the students the necessary knowledge and skills to handle most swiftwater incidents. In-water skills ranged from shore-based rescue to in-water and boat based rescues. A good and eductional time had by all! Comments about the class; "I learned a lot of important information from this class. This was the first time being in the water. I would recommend this class to anyone", "The instructors were very informative and approachable, Overall, it was a very good class and a lot was learned", "Very good class! very intense and knowledgable". A special thanks goes out to the Army Corps of Engineers for providing the water for our class. Without them we would not be able to conduct this program. |
| January 12th & 13th, 2008 |
| Children & Smoke Detectors ( Parents - Must See This Video ) |
| Voice activated Smoke Detectors |
| FIRE SAFETY LINKS |
| Some smoke detectors more effective than others |
