Kevin explaining to elemetary school kids how firefighters like Tony get into all the gear needed to fight a fireRussell County Elementary Chief Danny from The seale FD at the elementary schoolcar down an embankmentside view pulling the car up the hillwall cloud near Russell County Emergency Management officeKevin's truck after the wreckcherie, dana, wilson, and vinson at a structure firemobile home firemobile homemobile homemobile homea mobile home fireone of many new 2 story wood frame structures going up in fort mitchell cassie at trainingcassie at trainingtraining at fort benning galarge weather anomaly in 2007, clear day vortexdebrisdebris801 helmets and toolsHAZMAT - Fort Mitchell fire rescue recently had 6 firefighters hazmat A&O certifiedrollover wreck infront of Battalion 1wreckwreckwreckstructure fire - mutual aid from Seale FDstructure fire - mutual aid from Seale FDKevin spraying water from the deck gunKevin receiving the firefighter of the year award from VFW post 5180 rollover accidentrollover accidentbus vs carbus vs cartruck off of roadway log truck rollover and HAZMAT incident (deisel spill)log truck rollover and HAZMAT incident (deisel spill)log truck rollover and HAZMAT incident (deisel spill)station 1 battalion 1Chief cleaning a backhoeflags at the station 2008 station recordinside 801inside 801801
SEARCH AND RESCUE TRAINING AT FORT BENNING 20 JAN 2009
training, getting readygetting readythe roomcassie and justin coming in to seach a completely dark floor of the building its only lit by the camera flashcassie and justin right hand searchreach out justin......yeah just like thatsearch for the victimcassie and justinthe pink flash hood is a bold fashion statement we found the victim...is my pink flash hood on straight?lucky for justin, cassie had a nice loop of nylon webbing in her pocketdrag to safetytony and wilson entering the floortony and wilsonnow thats a big reach from a short dudebuddieshey, did you see american idol last night tony?hey, this guy looks hurt....and heavyhow do you make a monkey fist knot?tony and wilson bring the victim to safetytony pretends to be a pack muledrag tony, drag! wait not to hard.....is that around his neck?!?! say it aint so guys!captain CJ looking like he wants to go into drill sgt modejohn and cherietony schools sparky in the ways of SARwho is the victim? is it sparky?matt and brian....dont worry guys the yellow helmets are not foreveris this a window? i cant see itwhy do they always make the probies do the heavy lifting?
WILDLAND FIRE  22 JAN 2009
The crew gets ready. Brian gets "pumped" for his first fire.ok lets go!gentlemen, test your sprayers!forestry cuts a fire breakshifting wind made this fire unpredictable. putting out the fire at the heal of the blackBrian and John working the fire linethe dozer in actionvalleys act as wind tunnels, fanning the flames.roads created a natural fire barrier for usthe fire break in actionthe fire break in actiondry weather, and a good wind combine to make it a flamable daywalking the line with forestyKevin makes a bad joke, but everyone laughed anyway. dude wheres my fire truck? oh i see it.the last of the flames10+ acres of fire have been contained and extinguished. Kevin, John, Wilson, Brian and Forestry have put in a good days work. Now lets go to the next call!
DEBRIS BURN 21 MAR 2009
early morning and fire...its gonna be a good day!where is the coffee?this sign means nothing!cassie is still coldnow its goingburn babyJohn is behind a curtain of heatflamesCassie is really excited about thisBob, Dell and General Vargas (Fidel)the 3 amigos sit on 805, John, David and Wilsonthats hot!drip torchThe grey headed reticulated boa mocasinathon has been spotted in this area.....here is the grey headed boa mocasinathon coming out of his home....John and Kevin add fuel to the firewest is that way....i think...maybe thats north....no its definately east....maybeWilson and David looking for something....smolderingthe firefighter calendar photo shoot is next week, Kevin...not today
Never underestimate a captain with an axe and an attitudeyeah, its true i actually like this stuffjogging in full kit....yeah....you'll thank me if you need me!using the force, i control my breathing and start chopping again.back to the choppingthis is harder than it looksthis just doesnt get easierdell wants to get in on some choppinglet me out!Dell shows that even a battalion chief can swing an axethat log never saw it cominglittle does he know, but we are about to get a call for the jaws of life. and the jaws are not light weightafter the call, wilson shows the young bucks that old guys are tougherwilson chops while david jogsdavid takes over chopping duties while wilson goes on a jogrun wilson run! david chopping awaytime to switchwilson is back on the axechop, chop, chop.....all day long,. chop, chop, chop...while i sing this song!hey your not david! matt grabs the axe and picks up where david left off.just like cleaning chickensmatt finds out just how not fun this really ismatt chops his last chop before wilson takes over to show them how its done....
SCBA TRAINING
this was a big mess that had the hiway mostly shut down for a good portion of the day. contruction debis is heavysunny side down!the back of the messkitchen firemoving the fansearch for lost children at mount olive elm.
DUMP TRUCK WRECK, KITCHEN FIRE, LOST CHILDREN
getting ready to turn the electricity on. Josh and Jim escort the electrician while Kevin and Wilson stand by in case of an emergencymeeting of the minds. disscussing the battle plan with Chief Franklinlets get it on! Firefighters kit up for another round in the firewilson discusses what he saw inside the structure to the team going inJosh turns his air on as he gets ready to go back into the fire, you can see there isnt that much smoke showing. at this point we have it well under control
MEADWESTVACO SAW MILL MACHINE FIRE    4 OCT 09
FORT MITCHELL FIRE DEPT
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