Sometimes you just need a story with a happy ending, and Saturday’s saga of Coonhound “Tramp” was a perfect example of cooperation and tenaciousness as FVFD, the Madison County Sheriff’s Department, County Highway Department and three local businesses — A-1 Whitaker’s Sewer & Septic of Alexandria, Watson’s Excavating and Delmolino Plumbing, both of Anderson — came together to rescue one very stuck dog.
The story started on Friday evening when Gordon Mott’s Tramp, a Treeing Walker Coonhound, was so intent on following a raccoon that she followed it right into one of the field drainage tiles that run under much of the county. She wriggled so far into the 10-inch clay pipe that she got stuck, leading Mott to spend most of the… Read the rest
FVFD recently voted to bring two new firefighters and a recruit into the department. At the February meeting, Jeff DeLong was voted onto the department as a probationary firefighter and John Lakas was approved as a trainee awaiting training. During the March meeting, Brandon Leisure was also voted in as a probationary firefighter. DeLong and Leisure come to FVFD as trained, experienced firefighters and have already been making a positive contribution to the department during recent runs and training exercises.
Frankton High School’s annual Drive Your Tractor to School Day got off to a rocky start Friday morning, when a John Deere 3020 tractor driven by two students was involved in an accident with a Chevy Silverado at the intersection of Sigler and Washington Street. The students jumped clear as the tractor rolled, and were checked out by Frankton Ambulance 1. The truck’s airbag deployed, but the driver stated that he was only shaken up.
Overview of the Scene
Closer View of Tractor
FVFD was dispatched at 6:26 a.m. and on-scene at 6:32, responding with Battalion 30, Rescue 35 and Grass 36, and arriving to find the tractor inverted and leaking fuel in the middle of the street. Station 30… Read the rest
At 1:16 a.m. on Thursday, April 19, while on the scene of an earlier structure fire, FVFD was dispatched to a second house fire on W 300N. While en route from the Tanglewood fire to W 300N, Asst. Chief Josh Hendrick called for mutual aid, requesting a full response from Richland Township, and engine from Anderson FD, and Pipe Creek FD to respond from their standby position covering Station 1 for FVFD.
Rescue 35 was first on-scene, finding a single story residence with heavy smoke showing from all sides and flames visible from the rear of the structure. A walk-around found heavy flames on the rear exterior wall near the back porch. Power couldn’t be disconnected at the house… Read the rest
At 11:07 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18th, Station 30 was dispatched to a garage/dryer fire at 118 Tanglewood in Anderson. The homeowner advised that they were evacuating the home, and Chief Rob Amick arrived on scene to find a working residential attic and garage fire with heavy smoke showing on all sides of the building coming from the eaves. Full mutual aid response was requested from Alexandria, as well as tanker support from Richland Township. Madison County EMA was requested to manage traffic in the area. Assistant Chief Josh Hendrick pulled the electrical meter to cut power to the residence and did a size-up, finding visible flames inside the sliding door on the rear of the residence.
Engine 31 arrived and started exterior suppression at… Read the rest
2012 To-Date Runs: 72 thru April 24
Average Runs Per Day: .63
| 2012 to-date |
Total |
Percentage |
| Structure Fire |
11 |
15% |
| Trash Fire |
2 |
3% |
| Grass/Field/Forest Fire |
6 |
8% |
| Vehicle Fire |
0 |
0% |
| Fire, Other |
0 |
0% |
| Hazardous Material |
0 |
0% |
| Rupture/Explosion/Overheating |
0 |
0% |
| Investigation |
4 |
6% |
| EMS Assist |
15 |
21% |
| Motor Vehicle Accident |
8 |
11% |
| Building Collapse |
0 |
0% |
| Water/Ice Search & Rescue |
0 |
0% |
| Rescue |
0 |
0% |
| Public Service |
1 |
1% |
| False Alarm |
7 |
10% |
| Standby |
2 |
3% |
| Other |
16 |
22% |
Tuesday, April 10, turned out to be an extremely busy day for FVFD, starting with a mutual aid call in the morning which was immediately followed by a vehicle rollover, and ending with a house fire and a utility pole fire late in the day. Response times were fast for all four incidents, and 19 total FVFD personnel responded to the structure fire that evening.
The day started with a mutual aid call to assist Pipe Creek with a barn fire at 9630 W 1000N. FVFD was dispatched at 5:08 a.m. and arrived at 5:22. Engine 32, Battalion 30 and tankers 33 and 37 responded to provide manpower and water supply. FVFD personnel assisted with controlling the fire and returned to service when released by… Read the rest
At 7:07 p.m. on April 9, FVFD was dispatched to a multi-vehicle accident at CR 200W and CR 250N. Rescue 35 and Battalion 30 responded along with Frankton EMS and Alexandria Medic. Enroute at 7:10, FVFD personnel arrived on-scene at 7:19 to find a two-vehicle accident with heavy damage and five total patients. Rescue 35 personnel performed an extrication of one patient from one of the vehicles and all units provided EMS care while awaiting additional transporting ambulances. Five patients were transported to the emergency room by Frankton Ambulance 1, 2 & 3, and Station 30 personnel returned to service at 8:02 p.m.
