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Plain City, OH. Union County 911 Center received multiple reports of a fire located at at Press Works on 351 West Bigelow Avenue at about 245 p.m. on Thursday, July 18, 2013.
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Westerville 9/11 Memorial Service DAVID J. SCHLOSSER
The Westerville Division of Fire remembered the tragic events of September 11, 2013 during a memorial that they held on that fateful day. The services were interrupted by severe weather, which was moved everyone into the apparatus bays. The ceremony was memorialized by Chaplin David C Hogg. Also in attendance were students from the Marburn Academy’s 8th grade class, which specializes in educating children with educational disabilities including ADHD and dyslexia.
Ted Elder and his 1925 Ahrens Fox Pumper at the Alliance PumpIn.
2013 Alliance Pump-In and Fire Truck Muster Alliance, OH. On Sunday, August 11th, Alliance Fire Department Local 480 hosted their Annual Pump-In at the Glamorgan Castle. This event kicks off the week long Alliance Carnation Festival, which runs through August 18. Over 1000 people enjoyed a bright and sunny day to view over twenty fire apparatus, vintage military vehicles and Medflight 8 from their New Philadelphia base. Retired fire apparatus owned by private collectors, as well as active service units from local departments were parked around the main pond, where they could draft water and show off their pumping capabilities. Ted Elder’s 1925 Ahrens Fox Pumper, which previously served Dover put on an impressive display and represented the oldest piece at the show. It was a contrast to Sebring’s Pierce Quantum aerial and was a reminder as to how far the fire service has come. Several new trucks made their public debut this year. The Alliance Fire Department proudly displayed their new Pierce Dash CF PUC Rescue Pumper, which is one of the first of its kind in Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Sebring also brought their new Pierce Velocity PUC Rescue-Pumper and Lexington Twp displayed their new command unit. Homeworth’s new brush truck also made it’s debut along with the Alliance based Fire Department Rehab Unit’s Rehab 1, which received a striking new red and black paint job and operational
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upgrades. Another truck that received a lot of attention was a 1993 Seagrave pumper that previously served the FDNY and E-257 and is owned by a private collector. Other events included the Carnation Festival Grand Parade, timed firefighter relays, a bucket brigade relay, and a water barrel tournament. In the timed firefighter relay, firefighters competed for the fastest times donning their personal protective equipment, rolling out 50 foot sections of hose, coupling them together and attaching a nozzle, flowing water and knocking down flames in a plywood house 50 feet away. This has become a favorite attraction and draws many on-lookers. Children were given a chance to knock down the flames in the plywood house with the help of Alliance firefighters. Firefighters from Washington Township were also on hand to demonstrate the use of hydraulic rescue tools and extrication techniques. This event kicked off a week of activities that included a rib burnoff, a balloon launch, live concerts, a fashion show, and beauty pageant, golf tournament, triathlon/duathalon, car show, live concerts, helicopter rides, the Carnation Festival Grand Parade. - DAVID SCHLOSSER
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Working fire at chemical facility The Columbus Division of Fire Alarm office received multiple reports of a fire near the intersection of Walcutt and Renner Roads around 10:58 a.m. on Friday, August 16, 2013. When Columbus Fire Department’s Engine 26 and Ladder 26 arrived on the scene of Star Seal Asphalt at 1400 Walcutt Road around 11:00 a.m., they reported a working fire at a industrial chemi-
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sealer. The heat from the fire did damage one of the tank fittings, which the Columbus Division of Fire Hazmat Team secured and preventing any hazardous runoff from entering the local water supply. The initial damage estimate was around $100,000, while the fire origin remains under investigation. - DAN MEYERSBURG
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Coshocton, OH. On Thursday evening, July 11, 2013, at approximately 6:50 p.m., a call came into the Coshocton County dispatch with the caller stating that he was involved in a boating accident and the boat had capsized on the Muskingum River and two other passengers on the boat with him were missing in the river. Those missing were one male and one female. The caller came ashore in the area of the ethanol plant on County Road 271, and called the sheriff’s office from his truck at the boat ramp on South Second Street. Dispatchers quickly paged the Conesville Fire Department. Additionally, Coshocton and Three Rivers Fire Departments were also requested to bring their boats and meet at the boat ramp on South Second St. Conesville personnel quickly spread out downstream from the capsize location. They covered the railroad trestle, bends in the river, and the bridge over the river near Conesville. MedFlight 4, based in Coshocton, also assisted by flying up and down the river looking for the victims. Dresden Fire Department also put in a boat and a jet ski to help search the river toward Coshocton. At the boat ramp, Coshocton Fire prepared to put their boat in the water as well as a Jackson Township Fire Department member who also deployed his boat on the water. The water current was very swift due to the excessive rain in the past few weeks, making the rescue operations treacherous. At approximately 8:30 p.m., the female victim had been located and put into one of the rescue boats. She was suffering symptoms of hypothermia.
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She was brought back to the boat ramp, where she was greeted by members of the Coshocton County EMS and taken to Coshocton County Memorial Hospital, for evaluation. She was kept overnight. The rescue boat that brought in the female victim returned to the river to continue the search for the male victim. At approximately 9:15, Conesville Fire Chief Randy March called off the river search for the day due to darkness. A search by land was conducted in the soy bean fields near the location where the female victim was found. The search continued for several hours into the night with the assistance of K9 Dingo and his handler Officer Dave Stone of the Coshocton Sheriff Department and several volunteer firemen. Rescue boats assembled again on Friday morning at the boat ramp along with a boat from the Walhonding Valley Fire Department and an air boat from the Guernesey County Sheriff’s Office. All the boats searched up and down the river until about 3:30 p.m. when the search was suspended for the day. County personnel were asked to meet at the Conesville Fire Department on Saturday morning to reorganize teams to watch the river at various points for the weekend. Boat operations were to continue on Monday if the river levels are down from the dangerous conditions from the past two days. - JIM MCKEEVER
In 2003, the United Nations (UN) adopted the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The GHS includes criteria for the classification of health, physical and environmental hazards, as well as specifying what inform a t i o n should be included on labels of hazardous chemicals as well as safety STAYING data sheets. The US was SAFE an active participant in the Chief Henry Campdevelopment bell of the GHS and is a member of the UN bodies established to maintain and coordinate implementation of the system. OSHA published a proposed rulemaking on September 30, 2009 to align OSHA's Hazard Communication standard (HCS) with the GHS. On March 20, 2012, OSHA revised the Hazard Communication Standard to align the regulation with the provisions of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The final rule became effective on May 25, 2012. These changes will impact all users of hazardous chemicals at the University. The HCS has been in place since 1983 and was designed to ensure manufacturers and importers evaluate the chemicals they produce and that this information concerning the hazards are transmitted to employers and employees through labels and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS). The standard also addresses chemical inventories, written plans and training. The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) is an international approach to hazard communication, providing agreed criteria for classification of chemical hazards, and a standardized approach to label elements and safety data sheets. The GHS was negotiated in a multi-year process by hazard communication experts from many different countries, international organizations, and stakeholder groups. It is based on major existing systems around the world, including OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard and the chemical classification and labeling systems of other US agencies. The result of this negotiation process is the United Nations' document entitled "Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals," commonly referred to as The Purple Book. This document provides harmonized classification criteria for health, physical, and environmental hazards of chemicals. It also includes standardized label elements that are assigned to these hazard classes and categories, and provide the appropriate signal words, pictograms, and hazard and precautionary statements to convey the hazards to users. A standardized order of information for safety data
sheets is also provided. These recommendations can be used by regulatory authorities such as OSHA to establish mandatory requirements for hazard communication, but do not constitute a model regulation. OSHA is requiring that employees are trained on the new label elements (i.e., pictograms, hazard statements, precautionary statements, and signal words) and SDS format by December 1, 2013, while full compliance with the final rule will begin in 2015. OSHA believes that American workplaces will soon begin to receive labels and SDSs that are consistent with the GHS, since many American and foreign chemical manufacturers have already begun to produce HazCom 2012/GHScompliant labels and SDSs. It is important to ensure that when employees begin to see the new labels and SDSs in their workplaces, they will be familiar with them, understand how to use them, and access the information effectively. The revised Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) is a modification to the existing standard. The parts of the standard that did not relate to the GHS (such as the basic framework, scope, and exemptions) remained largely unchanged. There have been some modifications to terminology in order to align the revised HCS with language used in the GHS. For example, the term "hazard determination" has been changed to "hazard classification" and "material safety data sheet" was changed to "safety data sheet." OSHA stakeholders commented on this approach and found it to be appropriate. The three major areas of change are in hazard classification, labels, and safety data sheets. -Hazard classification: The definitions of hazard have been changed to provide specific criteria for classification of health and physical hazards, as well as classification of mixtures. These specific criteria will help to ensure that evaluations of hazardous effects are consistent across manufacturers, and that labels and safety data sheets are more accurate as a result. -Labels: Chemical manufacturers and importers will be required to provide a label that includes a harmonized signal word, pictogram, and hazard statement for each hazard class and category. Precautionary statements must also be provided. -Safety Data Sheets: Will now have a specified 16-section format. The above information has been taken from the OSHA web s i t e : https://www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/hazcom-faq.html#1 Link to Purple Book: https://www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/ghs.html To be continued. Till next time stay safe and God Bless!
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“Your workout with a twist” train the way you move FIREFIGHTER FITNESS Lori Ann Hodgkinson
Let’s face it. Many of us are creatures of habit, even “old school” when it comes to our workouts. I myself am a huge fan of the “basics”. They make a great foundation for a balanced fitness routine and they work! Squats, Push-ups, Crunches: They’re simple, effective and most of us include them in our workouts regularly. Once you have mastered the basics (and not before) there are some great variations to try. As much as I love the old school stuff, research is clear that we need to find new ways to perform such exercises in order to get the most out of them. We need to train the way we move and (firefighters especially) have to train the way they work. One of the positive characteristics of a basic exercise is simplicity. We love the simple stuff especially when it works. However, we must be careful not to limit ourselves. The simplicity of our favorite moves can also be their most limiting factor. When we perform squats in the gym, we certainly make sure our legs are just a little more than shoulder distance apart. We flex at the hips as opposed to the waist. We keep our hips back and align our knees over our shoelaces (ankles). Proper form is essential. We sit straight down and stand straight up. It works those thighs, those glutes and even strengthens the lower back. That strength surely is beneficial, but how can we further benefit from the squats? As humans, we rarely move in a straight forward line or straight up and down. We combine our movements through multiple planes. Visualize the way you sit into and get up from a chair. Do you do it like a robot, making razor straight movements, or do you usually favor one side over another and sort of get up with a twist in the direction of which you will begin to walk? Think about it. It’s surely the latter. Here’s a variation on the squat to get you training the way you move. Hold a dumbbell or medicine ball at your chest. Place your feet just a bit wider than shoulder width apart and turned slightly outward (there is hip rotation in
this movement, so pointing the toes ever so slightly outward and more importantly pivoting on the balls of both feet will prevent any twisting of the knee during the hip rotation). Lower into a squat, (going no lower than 90 degrees) and bringing the elbows towards the inside of the thighs. As you stand up, take the weight overhead and rotate to the right, pivoting on both feet. Lower and repeat for 1-3 sets of 8-16 reps, alternating sides. You don’t have to give up straight squats altogether. For a more rounded set of squats you can start with straight up and down reps, do the alternating twists and then finish up with straight up and downs. Push-ups? Love ‘em! But you can add a twist to your pushups as well. Picture this. You are lying on your stomach watching TV (Hey – how come that was so easy to picture????). The doorbell rings and you get up to answer it. Are you robotic? Do you push straight up equally with both arms, tuck both legs simultaneously and stand straight up and then do a perfect right or left face? (Oh, that reminds me, we surely have to vary our squatthrusts, but that’s a conversation for another day). You certainly are not robotic here either. You pushup, rotate slightly to one side and get up from there. Try to simulate that with this variation on the push-up. From a pushup position, lower yourself as usual then as you push up rotate your body so your right arm lifts up and extends overhead. Your arms and torso should form the letter “T”. Return to the starting position, lower yourself, then push up and rotate till your left hand points toward the ceiling. Yes, this is a somewhat exaggerated movement, but the rotational twist is more closely tied to the way you move in life and at work than perpetually training in a straight and linear plane. The abdominals: The core of so many of our movements. We are crunching like mad and that works. We even crunch with a twist and that’s great! I know we have discussed this one and a number of variations using a medicine and/or Swiss ball. We are more evolved than ever with our abdominal training. With that in mind, think about the movement and the muscles that engage when you do a door push. It taxes your core and if not properly trained, can fatigue you in a hurry. The “Russian Twist” is a great way to train that movement and those muscles. - continued at www.1rbn.com
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Three Rivers Fire District battles house blaze Coshocton, OH. On July 14, 2013, at approximately 4:40 p.m., Coshocton County dispatchers sent the Three Rivers Fire District to a South Ninth Street address for a house filling up with smoke. This home was not far from the fire station and first units on scene found heavy fire at the front of the house. A request for a second alarm was quickly asked for and central dispatch toned out Conesville, Coshocton, and Jackson Township Fire Departments for extra manpower on this very
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hot day. Hand lines were put into operation to knock down the fire, as second alarm units arrived on scene. Two firefighters were sent to the roof to cut a vent hole. Overhaul operations were the name of the game as the fire had extended from the basement to the attic. Walls were opened up on the outside of the home as well, to
look for extension. Because of the extreme heat of the day it was quite an issue, and Tom Dile from the Salvation Army was a welcome sight to all personnel involved. Tom brought cold drinks to the scene and helped with the hydration issue. Assisting on scene was the Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office, Coshocton County EMS, and Coshocton County R.E.A.C.T. - JIM MCKEEVER
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Walhonding Valley battles attic fire Perry Township, OH. On Wednesday afternoon, July 10, 2013, at approximately 1:40 p.m., Coshocton County dispatchers sent the Walhonding Valley Fire District to a Perry Township Rd. 379 house fire in an attic. First fire units on scene found flames blowing out the A and D side attic areas. Hand lines were quickly advanced up the stairs as well as up a ladder on the D side. A second alarm was requested for water tankers and additional personnel.
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A water supply was established at the end of the driveway by setting up a portable water tank and starting a water tanker shuttle operation. Second alarm units arrived and were put on a rotation to enter the structure to keep firefighter fatigue to a minimum on a very hot and humid day. A large shade tree pro-
vided a cool area to rehab. Extensive damage was done to the attic and roof as well as smoke and water damage throughout the home. The probable cause was a faulty attic fan. Assisting on scene were the Coshocton County Sheriff’s office, Coshocton County EMS, as well as Three Rivers, Jackson Township, Conesville, Frazeysburg, Dresden, and Bladensburg Fire Departments. - JIM MCKEEVER
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Mineral receives mutual aid after tornado levels station Mineral City, OH. The Mineral City Volunteer Fire Department recently received a gift from their new friends in Lutherville, MD after an EF-1 tornado destroyed their station and damaged their fleet on July 10th. Their second out engine, a 1980 Ford/Pierce 1250/1000 pumper was damaged beyond repair after structural sections of the roof and attic crashed down on the hood and damaged the frame. After an inspection, it was determined that the damage and age of the truck made repairs unfeasible, which left the village without their rescuepumper. Every vehicle in their fleet sustained some degree of damage in addition to total loss of station. Within days, news of the tornado and destruction of Mineral City’s station spread like wildfire over the internet and went viral on Facebook. Four days later, that following weekend, Chief Sam Moore
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received a call from the Tuscarawas County 911 Center requesting him to respond to the station to meet a contingent from the Lutherville Volunteer Fire Company, of Lutherville, Maryland who had brought him a replacement truck. Chief Moore thought some nice folks were delivering a museum piec, but was taken aback to pull into the lot to see a pristine 1989 Mack MC/Saulsbury 1500/750 stainless-steel rescue pumper already lettered for Mineral City waiting for him. The Lutherville VFC had recently placed a new engine into service, which placed their first out engine into the second out slot and allowed the Mack to be moved from reserve to Mineral City. The membership of the Lutherville VFC
decided it would be better to donate it to a fellow volunteer fire department in need rather than to let it sit in storage collecting dust. Once the pumper hit town, it turned heads because it still sports Lutherville’s unique black and white, white, and gold paint scheme and has become a symbol of pride for the village. In the weeks since the tornado, the station has been torn down and cleared out. A construction trailer with a desk and couch are now the operations center and meeting hall for the department’s 20 plus firefighters and a fenced area is now the apparatus floor for the time being. Lutherville’s Mack has run several calls and has become an integral part of their fleet. It is also a tribute and reminder of how strong the bonds are between firefighters, and when one is in need, others will come. - DAVID SCHLOSSER
An ambulance crew consists of the minimum of a driver and an EMT or Paramedic. Each member, like a pit-crew, needs to know how to best perform their job and to be able to work with each other. Each member of the team needs to know that they can rely on their teammates and every patient needs to know that everything possible is being done to ensure the best patient care. Every crew needs to take the time to know each other and understand the individual responsibilities that are expected of each. Commonly referred to as the “forming stage”, this is the optimum time to clarify what skills are available and the tasks to be performed. If there are any disagreements about responsibilities, this is the time to get these conflicts worked out so that no quarrels or resentments keep the crew from working together effectively. Performance, the ability to successfully manage all resources, including individual skills, to provide quality pre-hospital care and transportation, is the “final stage”. Team effectiveness is defined as achieving four performance outcomes: innovation/adaptation, efficiency, quality and team member satisfaction. (Daft RL. The leadership experience) Other factors, individually, go into the total response and value of service. Each crew needs to work towards a “sterile cockpit” concept. The sterile cockpit is a term coined by the FAA in regards to pilots and the environment they work in; in ambulance response it refers to the driver’s compartment. In a sterile cockpit the distractions are kept to a minimum and only those that are vital to the successful completion of a call. No cell phones, no texting, no extraneous radio or passenger conversations and no (entertainment) radio/music during response. If a GPS is used to help find patients, program the addresses when stopped and use voice prompts if available instead of taking your eyes off of the road while driving. During times when two crew members are sitting in the cockpit (no patient on board or additional/non-essential crew), the
passenger can act as a second set of eyes, work the siren, program the GPS, or look up maps. Although a busy station and numerous jobs may prohibit regular meal times, there should never be eating food or drinking beverages while on a call; eating in an ambulance also increases the chances of crew members ingesting germs and endangering health. Playing music during a call, especially in the patient compartment detracts from the attention that should be paid to the patient. Even before a patient is on board, crews should use the time to prepare for the call and eliminate all non-essential activity. Before each shift, a crew should discuss and agree on the ways to ensure a sterile cockpit and it will become more commonplace with each call. Hierarchy at a scene and during the call can sometimes cause confusion or disruption. Generally the highest medically trained provider is in charge of patient care and the driver is in charge of transport (taking into account any requests regarding urgency or necessary stops from the EMT/Paramedic in charge). While it may be easy to understand who is in charge within one agency and one crew, problems may arise when there are more than one crew responding or more than one agency is involved, especially when different services (such as fire and police) respond. Running periodic inter-agency drills are a productive way to alleviate these issues before they impair patient care; drills should always be followed up with calm and honest assessments with the goal of determining best practices. Each drill and call should be a learning device and no one should hold on to “that’s the way we’ve always done it” if another way is found to be more successful. Finally each crew member should be held responsible for maintaining their knowledge and skills – this is equally imperative for paid as well as volunteer responders. Career emergency medical responders may put in several hours a week on calls and training whereas volunteers are usually not in service as often. Career and volunteer first responders in EMS take the same basic training, each needs to maintain that level of skill. Patients should be able to depend on the members of the ambulance crew that responds to their emergency and not worry that the EMT or other crew member only “practices” life saving skills once in a while.
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Some Labor Day fun What did you do Labor Day other than have a family fun along with a picnic? The brothers of Columbus Fire De- JUMP TO FILE # partment 1 Unit 091813133 completed a drill in downtown Columbus to include lying of dry lines and raised aerials.
The Delaware County 911 Center received multiple reports of a fire located at RCD Sales on 6700 E State Route 37 in Sunbury around 8:15 p.m. on Thursday, July 25, 2013. The security guard on duty along with other individuals at a local church discovered the blaze. The first due in companies retreated to a defensive mode after the east rear portion of the service area wall collapsed toward the interior of the structure. While the firewall held be-
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tween the show room and service area, the most significant damage was confined within the rear of the overall structure. Firefighters remarked about the lack of water hampering their ability to attack the three alarm blaze. In all, sixteen departments from Delaware, Licking and Morrow Counties provided manpower
and tankers to keep water coming to crews battling the blaze. The State Fire Marshal's office was actively participating in the investigation to determine the origin of this fire. While many customers did rush to the scene to determine if their vehicles were safe, co-owner Brad Haire did indicate that there would be an effort to rebuild the service department. - DAN MEYERSBURG
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Five firefighters transported from five alarm fire Plain City, OH. Union County 911 Center received multiple reports of a fire located at at Press Works on 351 West Bigelow Avenue at about 245 p.m. on Thursday, July 18, 2013. P r e s s JUMP TO FILE # Works is a 080713101 large manufacturing storage facility near downtown Plain City, Ohio. Employees initially reported having seen smoke coming from the ceiling and after the nearly 65 employees had safely evacuated, there were heavy smoke and flames. A total of five firefighters were transported to local hospitals, of which, three were treated for heat related issues and the other two were burned after experiencing a flashover. Fire departments who bat-
tle this blaze included Pleasant Valley Joint Fire District, Jerome Township Division of Fire, Marysville Fire Department, Liberty Township Fire Department, Concord Township Fire Department, Union Township Fire Department, Washington Township Fire Department, Central Township Fire Department, London Fire Department, Norwich Division of Fire, West Jefferson Township Fire Department and the Columbus Division of Fire. This fire was considered overall to be five alarm fire in nature due to the manpower required because of 90 plus degree temperatures. The Union County EMA established the initial rehab area, which would be later assisted by Box 15. The Union County Red Cross was assisting bystanders and local residents with water. - DAN MEYERSBURG
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