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DEPARTMENT NEWS
August 16, 2008 Vehicle Fire
Volunteer Captains Joel Galloway (L) and Larry Pruss stretch a hose line to extinguish a piece of heavy machinery Saturday (August 16) along a stretch of Lake Valley Drive under construction.

MFD extinguishs machinery fire despite roadblock
    Maumelle career and volunteer firefighters were dispatched shortly before 6:30 pm Saturday evening (August 16) to a report of construction equipment burning near the intersection of Lake Valley Drive & Breckenridge Lane.
    Firefighters, who saw the column of smoke while reroute, arrived to find the fire on a portion of Lake Valley Drive under construction with access for the fire engine blocked by construction vehicles. Volunteer firefighters returned to the station and responded with Brush 1, which has a pick-up chassis and has four-wheel drive capability.
    Once Brush 1 arrived on scene, firefighters made quick work of the remaining fire in the engine compartment and the burning tires. After extinguishment, the scene was turned over to a representative of the construction company. In all, four career and six volunteer firefighters responded to the incident with Engine 1 and Brush 1.


AUGUST 12, 2008:
Pulaski County burn ban lifted after weekend rain
     After three days of consistent rain, Judge Buddy Villines lifted the Pulaski County burn ban Monday morning (August 12). The ban has been in place since August 1 due to hot, dry conditions that worsened throughout the month of July.
     The Maumelle Fire Department has resumed approval of burn permits. Permits that expired while the ban was in effect must be renewed by the fire department before burning. As always, all permit holders must call the fire department receive permission each day before burning.

AUGUST 1, 2008:
Villines issues burn ban for Pulaski County
     County Judge Buddy Villines issued a burn ban for all of Pulaski County Friday (August 1). Pulaski County became the 19th county in the state to enact such a ban this summer, which prohibits all open burning of trash, grass, brush or other materials throughout the county -- including those holding valid City of Maumelle burn permits.
     Currently, Pulaski County is considered to have moderate risk of wildfire by the Arkansas Forestry Commission and the burn ban will remain in effect until the county receives sufficient rainfall to lower that threat.
     Burn permits that expire during while the ban is in effect will have to be renewed by the fire department once the ban is lifted.

JULY 31, 2008:
Firefighters set new monthly record with 122 runs
     Exactly one year after establishing their previous record for runs in a single month, Maumelle firefighters nudged the high water mark up by one in July by responding to 122 requests for service.
     July marked the sixth consecutive month of triple-digit run numbers for the department. Through July 31, Maumelle firefighters were averaging 107 runs per month and were 67 runs ahead of last year's pace.

JULY 25, 2008:

Resident gets wake up call from Maumelle Fire Dept.
    A Maumelle resident received an unusual wake-up call early Friday morning (July 25) as firefighters awoke her from sleep after forcing entry into the house and finding the residence full of smoke.
    Maumelle career and volunteer firefighters were dispatched to a report of an automatic residential fire alarm at approximately 1:17 a.m. at 7 Parkridge Drive. The four on-duty career firefighters responded with Engine 1, arriving to find no smoke or fire visible and unable to summon anyone to answer the door. During their investigation of the exterior of the structure, firefighters detected the odor of something burning and forced entry into the house.
    According to reports, smoke was present from floor to ceiling and there was an odor of a cooking fire present. Firefighters traced the smoke to a burned pot on the stove, which was still on. After turning off the stove to prevent a fire, firefighters and police officers searched the residence for occupants, finding one asleep in a bedroom and unaware of the smoke conditions in the house. Metropolitan EMS (MEMS) responded to the scene and evaluated the resident for smoke inhalation.
    Although the alarm company's detectors inside the home prompted the response from Maumelle firefighters, the regular smoke detectors inside the house did not function.
    Also responding to the incident was Fire Chief George Glenn and one volunteer firefighter.

JULY 15, 2008

Firefighters respond to simultaneous building fires
    In fire service circles, it's often said that the job entails long periods of boredom with sudden bursts of intensity. Such was the case for Maumelle firefighters in the early morning hours of July 15th.
    Maumelle Police & Fire Communications dispatched career and volunteer firefighters to a fire alarm in the Cintas facility at 102 Champs Blvd. at approximately 1:13 am. Although no smoke or fire was visible when the three on-duty firefighters arrived on scene four minutes later, they found a burning clothes hopper inside the building while investigating the source of the alarm.
    Even without the aid of backup -- no volunteer firefighters had yet responded to the scene -- the three members of Engine 1 (C-Shift) went to work. After removing the burning hopper from the structure, it was realized that fire had extended to other hoppers and bags of clothes inside the building. Firefighters stretched a handline inside the structure to begin extinguishing the fire.
    At approximately 1:29 a.m., some 12 minutes after firefighters had been operating at the fire on Champs Blvd., a second fire was reported in a house at 181 Diamond Pointe Drive. With all three of the career firefighters committed and working alone at Cintas, volunteer firefighters began responding to the second fire.
    The first arriving volunteer at Diamond Pointe reported finding heavy smoke from the garage and fire coming from a laundry room inside the residence. An engine company was requested  as mutual aid from North Little Rock and off-duty career personnel were recalled to duty.
    Engine 2 responded to the call initially, with firefighters stretching their first handline in through the garage to knock down the main body of fire in the home's laundry room. They later stretched a second line to prevent extension of the fire into the rest of the home. In all, volunteers responded with Engine 2, Truck 1, Brush 1 and the Mobile Air Unit.
    Firefighters at both scenes reported their fires under control at almost the same time -- 1:59 am on Champs Blvd. and 1:57 am on Diamond Point Dr. Fire damage to the structure was prevented at Cintas, although a number of fabric items were damaged or destroyed. The fire at Diamond Point caused fire damage to the laundry room near the garage with the remainder of the residence sustaining heat and smoke damage.

JULY 7, 2008

2008 Rookie Class
Probationary firefighters Patrick McIntire (L) and Brett Burris wash Engine 2 Tuesday (July 8) afternoon. McIntire and Burris are two of five probationary firefighters that began work July 7. Four of the five positions are being partially funded by a federal grant.

Five new career firefighters start work at MFD
    The Maumelle Fire Department took a significant step towards operating two separate companies as five new career firefighters joined their ranks on Monday (July 7).
    The hires represent four new positions for the department funded by a $377,053 federal SAFER Act grant in March. The fifth probationary firefighter fills a vacancy created by a resignation in June.
   New to the department are Probationary Firefighters Brett Burris, Russell Barker, Travis Foreman, Patrick McIntire and Dustin Worlow.
   After three weeks of departmental orientation, all five will report to "Rookie School" at the Arkansas Fire Academy in East Camden for three months of training in firefighting, emergency medical skills, hazardous materials response and emergency vehicle driving.
   The successful completion of Rookie School paired with the planned promotions of existing members to captain and engineer will allow the department to consistently staff -- albeit minimally -- two pieces of apparatus around the clock.


RUNS IN 2008:

804
As Of 0700, 17 August 2008


January

98*

February

104

March

115

April

104

May

104

June

108

July

122

August

49


RUNS IN 2007:

1,212

Fire Runs

227

 Fire in a structure

15

 Chimney / flue fire

5

 Brush / grass fire

17

 Trash / rubbish fire

11

 Vehicle fire

9

 Other-type fire

22

 Good Intent

35

 Res. fire alarm

32

 Comm. fire alarm

61

 Elect. malfunction

20

 Stand-by

0

  
EMS Runs

859

 Medical emergency

580

 Traumatic injury

222

 Injury accident

35

 Good intent

22

  
Other Runs

126

 Non-injury accident

15

 Extrication accident

3

 Elevator rescue

1

 Search & rescue

0

 Lock-In

2

 Other rescue

6

 CO alarm

5

 Odor investigation

10

 Spill or leak

12

 Storm damage

5

 Lifting assistance

37

 Lock-Out

2

 Service call

21

 Assist police

7

 Stand-by

0


2007 Runs By Shift
 A Shift

351

 B Shift

410

 C Shift

451

2007 Runs By Unit
 Engine 1

901

 Engine 2 *

79

 Engine 3

53

 Truck 1

88

 Brush 1

274

 Volunteers Paged

137


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