Thursday, April 25, 2013 Are you tired and lack motivation? Do you complain about having to get up and go to work? Well – take a moment and think about this…pictured is Fire Fighter/EMT Jeff Reid. Jeff has been a Fire fighter with us for over 30 yrs. Jeff has Leukemia and he gets a Chemo shot every week. Jeff is currently on the waiting list for a bone marrow transplant – YET, he continues to come to work every day and eagerly responds to those in need, no matter how tired or bad he feels…so I guess the real question is – what’s your excuse? Get out there and make a difference, everyday, like our brother Jeff!! Keep The Faith!
Sunday, April 21, 2013 Huntersville Station 1’s crew made a new friend during their fire hydrant checks this morning. As Engine 1 was out checking and flowing hydrants (an annual requirement this time of year) they came across a young man who loves fire trucks. The crew took a few minutes and spoke with the young Huntersville citizen and then departed, sounding the sirens for him as he left. The young man’s mom posted two pictures on Twitter. Thank-you to FF/EMTs B. Irvin, CJ Auten and A. Duckworth for their hard work and dedication to the Huntersville community. Check out the picture that was posted on Twitter by @mamacavy
Saturday, April 20, 2013 Huntersville Station 3’s crew hosted 15 Mecklenburg County home-schooled JROTC Cadets for an American Heart Association (AHA) / Rowan Cabarrus Community College (RCCC) Healthcare provider / CPR certification class. At around noon on Saturday, the highly motivated and professional JROTC cadets arrived, in uniform, ready to learn how they could save a life. All 15 were put through 5 hrs of hands on intensive training in recognizing several life-threatening emergencies, provide Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) , use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner At the conclusion of the class and testing, all of the cadets received an AHA Healthcare Provider Certification card which is good for two years. Several members of the Huntersville Fire Department are qualified to complete the AHA/CPR certification course...are YOU certified? Thank-you to FF/EMTs: J. Gonzalez, D. Gonzalez and A. Ely for conducting the training. Click below for pictures from the training class.
Friday, April 19, 2013 Huntersville Firefighter/EMT Matt Bandieramonte (you can just call him Dude…that’s what we call him) graduated from the Charlotte Fire Academy today as a member of CFD Recruit Class #90. Dude, a former member with the Gilead Volunteer fire department and now serving as a Captain with the Huntersville Fire Department is a dedicated and hard working member that we’ve missed around the station for quite some time while he was away attending the training academy. As a token of appreciation, Dude (an accomplished leather worker on the side) created an old fashioned fire bucket for his training Captain and then presented it, on behalf of Class 90, to his Captain during graduation. Dude has been assigned to Station #41 (the Airport) in Charlotte where he will be assigned to the A shift. As Matt enjoys his new career and assignment he will also be enjoying some quality time in his new home in Huntersville and preparing for his upcoming marriage (November of 2013) to Chrissy Poore. Congratulations Matt (Dude)! We’ve really missed you around the station and we are all proud of you here at HFD. We can’t wait to see you back on the schedule.Click below for pictures.
Dude receives his badge.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 At 4:11am Huntersville Station 1 and North Meck Rescue were dispatched to assist Cornelius Fire Department with an accident on North Bound I77; south of exit 28 (West Catawba Ave). Huntersville Engine 1 quickly checked in route. Shortly thereafter Cornelius Engine 2 arrived on scene reporting a two tractor trailer collision with the driver of one truck pinned inside the wreckage of one of the trucks. Cornelius Fire assumed scene command and also reported that the second tractor trailer had a large leak of yellow paint-like fluid and requested an additional Engine Company to respond to help identify and secure the load while crews worked on freeing the other driver. Cornelius Heavy Rescue 4 along with Huntersville Engine 1 and North Meck Rescue’s crews arrived on scene and began working on gaining access to and freeing the driver. Using hydraulic cutters, the driver’s door was removed from the cab. Hydraulic rams and spreaders were then used to open the driver’s compartment area and free the driver’s lower extremities. The driver, suffering from serious lower extremity injuries was carefully removed from the cab and packaged for transport by MEDIC to CMC-Main. The driver and passenger of the second truck were not injured and refused medical treatment. Fire crews then focused on securing the leaking load of the second truck. Further inspection revealed that the truck was transporting 55gal drums containing yellow paint. Some the drums ruptured during the collision and leaked onto the interstate. Fire crews placed a small inflatable pool under the trailer to collect leaking paint and laid down absorbent along the road to stop the spread and start coagulating the paint for clean-up. Crews also found a lot of engine oil had spilled along the interstate following the collision. Command requested an environmental clean-up team to the scene to off load the trailer and clean up the spilled paint. At 5:30am Huntersville Fire, MEDIC and North Meck Rescue cleared the scene and Cornelius Fire remained on scene awaiting the arrival of the clean-up teams. The left lane of I77 North Bound was opened to traffic to begin relieving the extensive North Bound traffic back-up that had collected. At 8:30am traffic was still slow in both North and South Bound sides while clean-up crews continued work on removing all of the wreckage.The collision occurred when a FedEx Bobtail (tractor trailer without a trailer attached) traveling North on the interstate collided with the rear of another tractor trailer. The NC State Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the accident. All Huntersville crews were clear the scene by 5:30am. Units on scene: Huntersville Engine 1, Cornelius Engines 2, 5 and Heavy Rescue 5; North Meck Rescue 8, 2; MEDIC, MEDIC Supervisor; Huntersville Police Department; Cornelius Police Department and the State Highway Patrol. Click below for pictures.
Friday, April 12, 2013 At 11:51am Huntersville Station 1 and North Meck Rescue were dispatched for a motor vehicle accident into a building at Keffer VW located at 13651 Statesville Road. Huntersville Engine 1, along with North Meck Rescue quickly checked in route. North Meck units arrived on scene to find a single pick-up truck into the side of the building with the driver still behind the wheel. North Meck Rescue initiated patient care, finding the driver with no injuries and a sore shoulder. Engine 1 arrived on scene and began assessing the safety of the building. A building inspector was summoned to the scene and Engine 1 secured the power to that portion of the building. The truck, after passing through the outside wall, entered an interior office, pushing office furniture, moving and shattering the large tempered glass office walls. The building inspector arrived and determined the building to be secure; however also determined the office area was unsafe due the large tempered glass hanging precariously after the collision. Engine 1’s crew placed scene tape up blocking access until clean-up contractor’s arrived and turned the scene over to the inspector. Huntersville Police are investigating the cause of the accident and the driver refused Medical Treatment. All Huntersville units were clear of the scene by 12:50pm. Units on scene: Huntersville Engines 1; North Meck Rescue 7; 1 MEDIC Unit and the Huntersville Police Department. News Coverage: http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/truck-crashes-huntersville-car-dealership/nXJy4/ Click below for pictures.
Sunday, April 7, 2013 At 6:18pm, Huntersville Station 2 was requested to provide mutual aid assistance to the East Lincoln Fire Department for a residential construction site collapse on Cedarbrook Court involving 2 children. Huntersville Engine 2 quickly checked in route to the scene in Lincoln County. Receiving updates in route to the call, they learned that two young children were trapped under a wall of dirt that had collapsed on them. Arriving on scene they immediately began working with other fire crews, using hand tools to dig down, locate and rescue the victims. The pit (a reported home construction project) was approximately 20-25’ deep and 20-30’ wide. It was estimated that approximately 10-20’ of dirt was on top of the children. Additional Fire Crews from various Lincoln County Agencies arrived and joined the search. Med Center Air arrived on station and orbited the scene awaiting word. At 6:30pm The Charlotte Fire Department was called and requested that they respond with their Urban Search and Rescue Team (USAR). After three hours of intense searching, the walls surrounding the pit began to fall in again and rescuers were removed from the hole and the search transitioned to a recovery effort. Heavy excavating equipment was brought in to help stabilize the walls and remove some of the dirt that had fallen back in. Just after midnight the crews began working in the hole again using hand tools, probes and large industrial vacuums to remove dirt and search for the victims. Crews continued through the night, searching in teams, rotating in and out of the hole. At around 5am agencies began to relieve and switch out their work crews on scene. Mecklenburg County Units (including Charlotte Fire) began to pack up and clear the scene as well. At 6am the first victim was located and recovered, the second victim was recovered approximately an hour later. Huntersville Fire Department provided an Engine Company with Crew, an Assistant Chief and a Public Information Officer. All Huntersville units were clear of the scene by 4:49am. Agencies on scene: East Lincoln Fire Department, Denver Fire Department, Alexis Fire Department, Lincolnton Fire Department, Huntersville Fire Department, Charlotte Fire Department, Lucia-Riverbend Fire Department, Lincoln County EMS, Lincoln County Emergency Management, Lincoln County Fire Marshal’s Office, Lincoln County Chaplains, American Red Cross . Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department and the State Highway Patrol. Click below for pictures.
Saturday, April 6, 2013 The drive hosted at Huntersville Station 1 was a huge success! We EXCEEDED every goal that we established for the drive. In the end we collected enough blood to help 177 local patients and we bolstered the Marrow database that Jeff’s doctors our constantly reviewing – looking for a match for Jeff. The community, surrounding fire department agencies, friends and family of Jeff gathered from 10:30 – 4pm in honor of Jeff. The goal of the event was to collect financial donations, blood donations and type as many people as possible for bone marrow. We established the goal of 35 blood donations and 35 marrow typing to justify the event and obtain supporting resources from the Community Blood Center and Be The Match. By the end of the day we had to extend the event (planned completion time was 2:30pm) almost 2 additional hours. We registered 82 blood donations and typed 99 people for Bone Marrow. Additionally we sold out of t-shirts within 2 hours and raised over 3 times the funds we expected; all of the money went straight to Jeff to help off-set his healthcare expenses. We presented Jeff with a ‘brotherhood shield’ created by Fireline Shields of Huntersville (http://firelineshields.com/) as a token of our support and to make sure that Jeff knows he is our brother and that we are ALL behind him and will help him through this fight. We’d like to thank those who helped us with this event and appreciate the support for Jeff: Donato’s Pizza of Huntersville, Fireline Shields, FOX News Rising, The Tanner in the Morning Show (103.7), News Channel 14, The Lake Norman Citizen, The Charlotte Observer, NASCAR Driver Joey Logano, We’d also like to thank the following Agencies that sent people to donate and helped us exceed our goals: The Charlotte Fire Department, Huntersville Police Department, Cornelius Fire Department and the Steele Creek Fire Department. At the end of the day, after everyone had departed; Huntersville Firefighters with their wives along with Jeff and Vickie stood around discussing the day. The weather was beautiful, the turn-out was amazing and Jeff had a big smile on his face. That alone made everything a success. Jeff had to hurry home to get ready for dinner with another Bone Marrow Transplant Patient to discuss the process and fellowship. If you’d like to learn how to register for the Bone Marrow Donation visit: marrow.org/Home.aspx If you like to donate blood, contact CBC at: www.cbcc.us Click below for pictures from the event.
Saturday, April 6, 2013 At 10:44am, while the Department was celebrating FF Jeff Reid’s service with a blood and Marrow Drive at Station 1 - Station 2 was dispatched for a motor vehicle accident on Hwy 73 near the McGuire Nuclear Station. Huntersville Engine 2 quickly checked in route arriving on scene shortly thereafter to find a head-on collision involving a passenger car and a pick-up truck pulling a large horse trailer. Engine 2’s crew quickly assessed the scene and found the driver of the passenger vehicle unresponsive and pinned inside. Station 1 and Cornelius Fire were added to the call to assist with extrication. Huntersville Engine 1, Chief 902 and Cornelius Rescue 4 responded to the scene. Crews assessed and determined the driver of the truck had minor injuries; it was also discovered that a 5 month old child had also been inside the car during the collision but was removed prior to the arrival of fire units by a passer-by. The child was quickly assessed and transferred to MEDIC for rapid transport to CMC-Main. A firefighter from station 1 accompanied the child to the hospital assisting MEDIC. MEDIC determined that the driver of the passenger car was deceased. Units remained on scene while the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department ‘HITS Unit’ responded to the scene and conducted an investigation. Huntersville crews eventually extricated the driver when CMPD was complete with their investigation. The road was closed for close to four hours. All Huntersville units were clear of the scene by 12:39pm. Units on scene: Huntersville Engines 1 and 2; Cornelius Heavy Rescue 4; 2 MEDIC Units, The Huntersville Police Department and The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department.Click below for pictures (photos courtesy of local Media reports)
Saturday, April 6, 2013 "TO HIM WHO IS DETERMINED IT ONLY REMAINS TO ACT" TODAY IS THE DAY! It's time for our Blood Donation and Marrow Typing event at Huntersville Station #1 - in honor of our veteran Firefighter and brother Jeff Reid. This event is in partnership with the Community Blood Center (for blood donations) and the Be the Match Foundation (for Bone Marrow Donor registry - a simple swab of the cheek). We will begin promptly at 10:30am. Blood Donations and Bone Marrow Typing will occur through the day until 2:30pm. Many have already made appointments; but walk-ins will also be welcome. Parking for the event will be in the parking garage located between the Discovery Place Kids Museum and the fire station - parking is free. To raise funds to help off-set medical expenses Jeff will incur we will be selling t-shirts with 100% of the proceeds going directly to Jeff. We will also have a collection jar available with 100% of those donations going straight to Jeff. A local Huntersville Restaurant - DONATOS PIZZA - is donating 20% of their total sales on Saturday (the 6th) to Jeff as well, so after the event - please visit Donatos and tell them you want to help Jeff. Menus and coupons will be available for attendees. About Jeff: Jeff has served the Huntersville community for the majority of his adult life (31yrs). Jeff is a Huntersville Firefighter working out of Station 2 which is located on Beatties Ford Rd. A tireless public servant, Jeff is also a Charlotte Firefighter assigned to Station 33. Jeff was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia back in 2007. He has undergone 2 rounds of chemo and now needs a bone marrow transplant to survive. WCCB, Fox News Rising Segment about the drive: www.wccbcharlotte.com/news/top-stories/Huntersville-Fire-Department-Needs-YOUR-Help-201607961.htmlWCNC Story on Jeff and the Hockey game on Sunday: www.wcnc.com/news/neighborhood-news/Charlotte-police-and-fire-face-off-for-a-good-cause-201502871.html
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