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Description: Battalion 2, Engine
23, Squad 27arrived on scene to assist Co. 6 with a garage
fire. Upon arrival of Engine 23, Co.2 completed water
supply to Engine 63, and the remainder of the crew assisted
with defensive fire attack. Battalion 2 (203) Battalion
Chief Opie Brewington arrived on scene and was assigned
as safety officer on scene. Squad 27 arrived and assisted
with defensive fire attack. Fire was extinguished and
all units were released by command.
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Description: Engine 23 arrived
on scene and found 1 vehicle overturned in the wooded
area on the exit ramp of mile marker 199 west bound. I-26
command was established by 203; Battalion Chief Opie Brewington
as Engine 24 and Medic 2 arrived on scene. Firefighters
searched the vehicle and found no patient. Firefighters
searched surrounding area on foot and with thermal imaging
cameras, no patient was found. Highway Patrol arrived
on scene and was advised by command of situation, firefighters
stood by for tow truck to check under vehicle, no patient
found. No further need for fire or EMS, command was terminated
and scene turned over to HP.
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Description: Co 2. responded to
a structure fire with smoke coming from the roof. Upon
arrival of E-23 it was reported that heavy smoke was coming
from the roof ridgeline and eaves. At that time 601, Chief
Stephenson arrived on scene and 204; Capt. Robert Gregory
turned incident command over to him.
Entry was forced through the front door
with a halligan and an ax. Attack crew made entry and
was confronted with heavy smoke banked to the floor. As
the crew made their way into the residence fire was seen
in the kitchen area. Fire was quickly knocked down and
the rear French doors that were in the dining room were
opened to assist with visibility. The crew then made a
quick interior search and found no humans in the residence.
Three dogs were found deceased in the rear master bedroom.
The crew then made their way into the attic to check for
extension. Small amounts of extension found but were extinguished
from kitchen after ceiling was pulled. The remainder of
ceiling in kitchen and dining room were pulled down to
check for any other extension. Nothing found.
The dogs were then removed out of the
bedroom window and covered with sheets. PPV was in place
to clear residence of smoke. Homeowners arrived on scene
and were given an account of the events that took place.
Chief Stephenson and Capt. Gregory performed investigation
and determined that the cause of fire was a device that
was plugged into the electric outlet in the kitchen. Charlie
1, James Lewis arrived on scene to assist the family and
the Red Cross was notified. Scene was then turned over
to the homeowners.
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Description: On 07 Feb 2011 at
approximately 0904, "Company 2" Pine Ridge Fire/Rescue
was alerted of a single vehicle collision in the median
hitting a tree and smoke coming from the vehicle on Interstate
26 (West Bound) at mile marker 196. Engine Co. 22 responded
with a crew, Captain R. Gregory, LT. Geroulis and Firefighter
J. White, Car 2 responded with Engineer Brice-Nash and
Firefighter Paulson, and Engine 402 from C&B Fire
Department and Battalion 401 along with EMS. Upon arrival,
I-26 mile marker 196 Command was established by LT. Geroulis
(209), Engine 22's crew along with Berkeley County Emergency
Medical Services, Medic 2, and members of C&B Fire
Department determined that the patient was deceased and
severely trapped inside. As the crew secured the scene
and hazards, command requested that additional manpower
was needed for the extrication. Emergency Medical Services,
Medic 2 requested that (C-1) Berkeley County Coroner respond
to the scene. The South Carolina Highway Patrol responded
to the scene and began their investigation. The Crew of
Engine 22 utilized (2) rescue rams, spreaders, cutters
as well cribbing and performed an A post cut with a dash
roll. The crew also cut and removed the rear seats as
well as the side doors and then cut the driver seat at
which time the patient was extricated from the vehicle.
Squad 27 responded with Engineer T. Junkin
and Engineer R. White, Squad 27 was responding to the
I-26 mile marker 196, when they merged onto I-26, as Squad
27 was traveling west bound they observed traffic ahead
beginning to slow and merge to the right. As Squad 27
passed I-26 mile marker 198 and was approaching mile marker
197, they observed a semi truck with a dump trailer begin
to brake and swerve. As the semi truck continued to swerve
it jack knifed and struck numerous vehicles and another
semi truck then veered off to the left striking numerous
trees in the median on I-26 at mile marker 197 where the
trees fell onto an SUV which was heading west bound. The
crew of Squad 27 stopped and advised Central dispatch
of the collision that just occurred at mile marker 197.
Engineer T. Junkin (219) established I-26, 197 mile marker
command. Engineer R. White and Engineer T. Junkin immediately
began to evaluate the scene to determine how many vehicles
were involved, how many patients there were along with
their injury status and hazards. I-26 mile marker 197
Command requested additional units as well as Emergency
Medical Services and Law Enforcement to respond. Engine
402 left the collision at mile marker 196 and responded
to the 197 to assist with patient care/evaluation. The
Interstate was then closed to west bound traffic at mile
marker 199, North Main Street exit, where it was then
diverted around the closed portion of the interstate due
to the two collisions that occurred within a mile of each
other. Traffic cones and Emergency signs were put in place
as well as South Carolina Highway Emergency Response Units
assisted with detour signs and traffic cones. Engineer
R. White and Engineer T. Junkin determined that the truck
driver self extricated himself from his truck with minor
injuries and he was then transported by EMS to a local
Medical Center. Engineer R. White and Engineer T. Junkin
put in service (2) chain saws and electric saws to cut
and remove the down trees. The occupants of the first
vehicle that was struck was 2 adults and 1 teenager of
which all 3 of them were transported by Berkeley County
Emergency Medical Services with non-life threatening injuries.
The occupant of the other semi truck was not injured,
the occupant 1 adult, of the second vehicle also self
extricated himself from his vehicle and was transported
to a local Medical Center by Berkeley County Medical Services
with non-life threatening injuries for further care. The
occupants 2 adults and 1 pet, of the SUV where the trees
had landed on top of them were trapped inside until the
trees could be cut from around them at which time they
were able to exit the vehicle with no injuries. A Charleston
City off duty Police Officer arrived on scene and assisted
with keeping by-standers at a safe distance until Troopers
from the South Carolina Highway Patrol and Berkeley County
Sheriff's Office Deputies arrived. Captain Hedman (207)
arrived on scene and assumed I-26, 197 mile marker command.
Pine Ridge Fire/Rescue Public Information Photographer
Teri Axson arrived on scene, Ashley River Fire Department
(Chief 150) S. Inabinet also arrived on scene along with
members of Dorchester County Fire/Rescue and assisted
with patient care and evaluation. All patients that requested
and or needed transport to a local Medical Center were
packaged and transported for further evaluation and care.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol requested wreckers for
the vehicles. Once the extrication/recovery of the victim
from the collision at mile marker 196 was completed one
lane of traffic was able to be opened to allow all the
vehicles stopped between the 199 and 196 mile markers
to pass. Once all the traffic cleared the collision scenes,
Heavy wreckers and Heavy equipment was brought in from
Elite Towing and the South Carolina Highway Department
of Transportation along with a sand truck for the semi
truck and dump trailer. Engineer R. White and Engineer
T. Junkin assisted the wrecker crews in cutting away the
down trees from the semi truck and trailer. Once the semi
truck and dump trailer were removed from the median and
sand was spread on the interstate to absorb the spilled
fuel, the scene was then turned over to the South Carolina
Highway Patrol and State Transport Police with Fire Command
being terminated and all members of Company 2 and assisting
agencies clearing the scene without further incident.
The Interstate was closed from approximately 0920 until
around 145 pm at which time, Interstate I-26 was cleared
of all vehicles, debris and Heavy Equipment.
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