August 28th 2010 – Just before 1400 hours communications alerted (Audio Below) Engine 51, Engine 43, Ladder 53, Rescue 51, Battalion Chief 50, and Medic 21 to respond to a report of a garage fire in an attached row of townhouses on Brickstone Loop in the Timberwalk at Three Oaks development just south of Alico Road.
Engine 51 and Battalion Chief 50 arrived on the scene and established the San Carlos Command with nothing showing. Upon further investigation a working fire was discovered inside the garage with an inoperable garage door. Engine 51 stretched a 1.75″ line, advanced into the townhouse extinguished the fire in the garage from the interior access door.
Crews operated for nearly two hours to completely extinguish and overhaul the area where the fire started.
July 27th 2010 – Just after 1800 hours communications alerted Engine 52, Engine 51, Ladder 63, Battalion Chief 50, and Medic 9 to respond to a report of a mobile home fire in the area of Alico Road at James Whitehead Road. Upon arrival on the scene Engine 52 reported a working fire involving multiple modular construction trailers.
Battalion Chief 50 established the San Carlos Command requesting Rescue 51 and Ladder 53 into the scene while Engine 62 and Ladder 41 were moved up to cover the 50th Battalion. The crews on scene laid over 1500’ of 5” hose and placed several handlines, exposure lines, and two ladder pipes into operation during the incident. Ladder 41 and Engine 71 were alerted to respond into the scene while Engine 24 was relocated to the 50th Battalion for coverage.
As the incident progressed Battalion Chief 40, Estero Chief 2, South Trail Chief 3, San Carlos Chief 5, Engine 62, Estero PIO, Rehab 43, Tanker 44, Engine 75, Engine 24, Medic 8, and the West MEDCOM all responded into the scene for work.
Crews operated for nearly four hours to extinguish and overhaul the multiple construction trailers. Over 20 neighboring trailers were saved by the quick actions of all on scene. Most units returned to service by 2200 hours while a few units remained on the scene overnight to monitor the scene. Battalion Chief 20 and Bonita Chief 3 provided south area command for Battalion’s 20, 40, and 50 throughout the incident.
Special thanks to Southwest Florida Board Up for responding and providing refreshments.
July 25th, 2010 – Just after 1800 hours communications alerted Engine 51 and Medic 9 to respond to the 19000 block of Murcott Drive E for a motor vehicle crash rollover that was on fire. Rescue 51 and Battalion 50 were also added onto the assignment.
Upon arrival the responding units found a vehicle well involved in fire. Engine 51 stretched the line, performed a primary search, and extinguished the vehicle fire.
NBC-2.com reported witnesses saw the driver crawl out of the car and dart down the street. A neighbor began chasing after him and saw the driver run into a wooded area behind his home, enter the residence, change his clothes and come back out, according to a sheriff’s report.
NBC-2.com further reported from the same sheriff’s office report that the Lee County Sheriff’s Office received a call reporting that the car had been stolen and when deputies arrived, several neighbors identified the reckless driver despite his change in attire.
NBC-2.com reported that the subjects involved were arrested and taken to jail charged with Hit and Run Leaving the Scene of an Accident and Making a False Report.
July 18th, 2010 – Just after 1800 hours communications transmitted an alarm for a building fire Summerlin Trace Condominiums in the 14000 block of Cypress Trace Court. Units from the 70th Battalion responded and reported a working fire upon arrival with multiple exposures.
Command requested additional companies to be relocated into the 70th Battalion for coverage. Engine 52 transferred to Station 73 and while en route Command requested multiple additional companies to respond to the scene for work.
Engine 52 operated for just over three hours before returning to service.
Posted in C - Shift on April 9, 2010 by local1826d9
April 9th, 2010 – At 0808 hours communications transmitted an alarm for a house fire with flames showing at 18616 Flamingo Road. Engine 51, Engine 52, Ladder 41, Truck 42, Rescue 51 and Battalion 50 responded on the assignment.
Battalion 50 arrived on the scene within minutes of the initial dispatch reporting heavy fire and smoke showing from the residence. Engine 51 stretched and Rescue 51 established RIT while Ladder 41 dropped a 600 ft. supply line to Engine 51. Engine 52 and Truck 42 arrived on the scene and starting ventilating, opening up, checking for extension and completed the secondary search.
Engine 51 made a good stop confining the spread of the fire to the room of origin and the adjacent room. Crews remained on the scene for most of the morning while the State Fire Marshall’s Office completed their investigation.
According to a news interview given to the Fort Myers News Press:
“The state fire marshal has ruled the fire that erupted this morning at 16816 Flamingo Rd. in San Carlos Park as accidental. “They believe the fire was started by a child playing with matches on top of the bed on the north side bedroom,” San Carlos Park Fire spokeswoman Alexis Rothring said. “The youngest boy did not call 911,” she clarified. “I do not know who called 911. “He did get them up and get them out of the house.” She said it’s believed the youngest boy was playing with matches.”
January 3rd, 2010 – At 1406 hours communications transmitted an alarm for a house fire possibly fully involved at 8400 block of San Carlos Blvd. Engine 51, Engine 43, Truck 42, Rescue 51, Battalion 50, and Medic 9 responded on the assignment.
Units arrived to find a fire in the kitchen that was quickly knocked down. Battalion 50 then canceled Engine 43 and Truck 42. Units remained on the scene checking for extension, ventilating, and investigating the cause of the fire.
January 2nd, 2010 – At 1215 hours communications transmitted an alarm for a building fire at Miromar Outlets. Communications advised the caller reported a fire in the bathroom at the La Bamba Mexican Restaurant 10801 Corkscrew Rd. Engine 44, Engine 43, Engine 53, Ladder 53, Battalion 40, and Medic 9 responded on the assignment.
Units arrived to find smoke in the restaurant and a fire in the bathroom extending into the walls and ceiling. The fire was extinguished and units went to work overhauling, checking for extension, ventilating, and investigating the cause of the fire. Battalion 40 requested the Arson Investigator due to the suspicious nature of the fire.
January 2nd, 2010 – At 0710 hours communications transmitted an alarm for a house fire on the 8300 block of Robin Road. Communications reported the house was filling with smoke and the smoke detectors were ringing. Engine 51, Engine 43, Ladder 41, Rescue 51, Battalion 50, and Medic 9 responded on the assignment.
Units arrived to find smoke in the residence and after investigating it was determined the air handler heater in the garage burned up. Weather conditions had temperatures dipping into the 40′s during the overnight hours. Battalion 50 then released Engine 43 and Ladder 41 who were staged on the scene. Engine 51 and Rescue 51 remained on the scene ventilating, and controlling the utilities.
December 27th, 2009 – At 1940 hours communications transmitted a Haz-Mat alarm for a gas leak in a group home in the 7400 block of Carrier Road. Engine 51, Engine 52, Rescue 51, Battalion 50, and Medic 9 responded on the assignment.
Units arrived and staged away from the scene establishing a safety perimeter. Engine 51 investigated and located a malfunctioning gas stove and a residence charged with gas. Units isolated the source and then ventilated the residence. Command held all units for approximately one hour prior to returning to service.
December 26th, 2009 – At 1524 hours communications transmitted an alarm for a building fire and explosion at the Miromar Outlet Mall 10801 Corkscrew Road Estero FL in the vicinity of Neiman Marcus, Godiva Chocolatier and Le Gourmet Chefand. Engine 44, Engine 43, Ladder 53, Battalion 40, and Medic 25 responded on the assignment.
Units arrived to find a large pad mount transformer fully involved in fire outside the building and fire that had extended inside the building. The building’s sprinkler system helped extinguish the fire, but not before it could cause an estimated $150,000 damage according to news reports.
December 8th, 2009 – At 0515 hours communications transmitted an alarm for a building fire with flames showing at 8024 Alico Road between US 41 & I-75. Engine 51, Engine 512, Engine 52, Engine 53, Rescue 51 and Battalion 50 responded on the assignment. (Click the play button above to listen to the dispatch and initial scene audio. Dead air has been deleted providing continuous listening.)
Battalion 50 arrived on the scene within minutes of the initial dispatch reporting heavy fire throughout the plaza initiating a defensive operation.
Units from Battalion 60 and Battalion 40 were relocated into Station 51 and Station 52 for coverage throughout the fire.
The building was a total loss upon arrival and crews on the scene kept the fire from spreading into the two adjoining exposure occupancies in the same building, and the delta exposure. Crews remained on the scene till the afternoon hours while the State Fire Marshall’s Office completed their investigation.
October 25th, 2009 – At 1542 hours while Engine 51, Ladder 53, and Battalion 50 were on the scene of an MVA at Alico Road & I-75 a passerby reported a serious rollover MVA with ejection on I-75 north of Alico Road.
Battalion 50 responded along with Ladder 53, Engine 62, and Engine 64. Units arrived on scene to find one ejected and one trapped in a single vehicle crash. The subject was trapped for just over 30 minutes.
October 18th, 2009 Today a group of Laid Off Firefighters and Firefighters from other area agencies joined together at City of Fort Myers Station # 16 on Veronica Shoemaker Blvd.
It is also the start of Florida City Government Week. The City of Fort Myers decided to kick off this week with an open house at Fire Station #16. The city wants to spread the word that it’s residents can shape and influence city government.
Join us in re-shaping and influencing the City of Fort Myers to “Re Hire The Fire” the laid off Firefighters. Contact the city politicians and express your feelings and influence city politicians as they have asked to return to NFPA 1710 company staffing levels (recommended by the International City Managers Association), re-open the closed Ladder Co. and two Rescue Co.’s, and restore the employment and Re-Hire the 17 laid off Firefighters.
Contact City Politicians at the following contact information below:
Saturday, October 17, 2009 – At 0144 hours the alarm was transmitted for the house fire on Huckleberry Road just north of San Carlos Blvd. Engine 51, Engine 43, Ladder 41, Rescue 51, and Battalion 50 responded on the assignment.
Engine 51, Battalion 50 and Rescue 51 arrived on the scene within minutes of the initial dispatch reporting heavy fire conditions from the alpha side of the structure.
Engine 51 was advised by a Lee County Sheriff’s Deputy on the scene that they could hear someone crying inside the residence. Command was advised of the possibility of persons trapped inside the residence. Engine 51 stretched the pre-connect and put a quick knockdown on the visible fire as the front door was being forced.
With the front door forced Engine 51 and Rescue 51 entered the residence and began a primary search of both sides of the home. Command then pulled all crews from the residence as the fire had vented through the roof.
The primary attack line and backup line were then directed into the converted garage bedroom and the attic space to extinguish the remaining fire. The fire was put out in about 10 minutes. Engine 51, Rescue 51 and Engine 43 then regained access to the residence, began opening up walls, knocked down the remaining fire in the attic space above the bravo side of the home, and completed a secondary search revealing an english bulldog and a pitbull in a small enclosed room on the rear of the structure.
The home had heat and smoke damage throughout but the only fire damage was contained to the area above the garage and hallway just inside the home. Engine 53 was special called to the scene to assist with restoring Engine 51 and the 900 feet of 5″ hose laid by Engine 43. The fire was declared out at approximately 0300 hours Crews remained on the scene till 0545 hours till the State Fire Marshall’s Office completed their investigation.
San Carlos Park Firefighters were then dispatched 30 minutes later to a report of a house fire on Phlox Drive that turned out to be a neighbors car alarm going off and a smell of smoke from the Huckleberry Road fire several blocks to the east.
17 City of Fort Myers Firefighters were laid off Wednesday September 23rd 2009. Jeopardizing the lives and property of the residents, employees, and visitors to the City of Fort Myers.
The City of Fort Myers Firefighters respond to almost 18,000 alarms/responses annually. This is close to 50 alarms/responses per day placing these professionals as one of the busiest fire rescue agencies in Lee County FL.
In their infinite wisdom the Fort Myers City Council finalized its budget and that means Firefighter layoffs. What does this mean for you?
Watch this short YouTube Video and then finish reading the additional information below.
So will you, the citizen, notice a difference? Fort Myers Deputy Fire Chief Trenton Bowen says you can bet on it. He says two rescue trucks and a ladder truck will now be pulled from service because of the decision. “We’re shutting down apparatuses and we’re going to have to pick and choose some calls,” he said.
Fort Myers City Councilman Warren Wright voted to approve the budget, but says the city should have cut elsewhere. “When I see that we’re keeping open a museum and we’re losing firefighters, to me that borders on insane,” he said. “I’m absolutely frustrated.”
Mayor Randall Henderson says he’ll work to bring the firefighters back. “It’s just going to take time,” he said. “This is going on across our nation. This is not a surprise.”
FIREFIGHTER LAYOFF’S AND CUTS TO PUBLIC SAFETY ARE NOT SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE DOES IT – FORT MYERS ALSO IS SHORT CLOSE TO 40 POLICE OFFICERS !!!
The only way to right this wrong is by contacting the elected officials and telling them of your unwillingness to accept their decision to gamble with the public’s lives.
If you don’t voice your opinion, the city will remain with a gutted fire department! Please help us protect the city! Call them all, send emails, and send faxes! Tell them to REHIRE THE FIRE !!!
Here is a GUIDELINE of what you can say, fax and e-mail. Tell them what means the most to you:
Dear XXXXX,
I am seriously disappointed with the budget that was approved on September 23rd. It has severely weakened the fire department’s effectiveness. The city’s policy statement says that you want to preserve and enrich the quality of life, deliver critical public services in a timely and efficient manner, and that the key to doing that is by retaining highly qualified city employees.
But the highly trained firefighters that protect this city were not retained! So how can the city assure it’s citizens of the other aspects of it’s policy? How can the quality of life be enriched in a city where houses are now more likely to be burned down and people are more likely to die in a serious car accident?
Don’t let a Civilian or Firefighters death be what it takes to finally move you to rehire the fire !!!
Concerned for my Safety,
XXXXXXXXX
Contact City Politicians at the following contact information below:
The Florida Professional Fire Fighters are proud to announce their support for Alex Sink, who is running for Governor of our great state.
After serving as the CFO/State of Florida Fire Marshal for the past 3 years, Florida’s professional fire fighters have come to respect Alex Sink for who she is and the job she has done serving the citizens of Florida.
The Fire Fighters For Sink website has been created as a one stop center for fire fighter resources as they plan events in support of Alex Sink. www.FireFightersForSink.com
If you have a resource or event you would like to add to the effort to elect Alex Sink, please contact us.
Visit the OFFICIAL Alex Sink For Governor Web Page
The one place to find out everything you need to know about the CFO and why she wants to be your next governor
Tuesday October 13 2009 Chief 1, Engine 51 and Battalion 50 attended an evening ribbon cutting event for a 5k race over the new Estero Parkway / I-75 Flyover Bridge that will connect U.S. 41 to Ben Hill Griffin Pkwy via Estero Parkway.
The bridge will add another much needed east to west corridor in South Lee County that will provide drivers quicker access to U.S. 41 from points of interest such as FGCU, Germain Arena, Miromar Outlets, and the Gulf Coast Town Center Mall. This new roadway will most likely reduce traffic flow on Alico Road and Corkscrew Road.
The most positive benefit comes in the way of reducing response times for emergency services to neighborhoods on both sides of the interstate.
San Carlos Park Fire Rescue Station # 53 located at 19591 Ben Hill Griffin Parkway will see their response distances to San Carlos Park, Three Oaks, and Estero Parkway decrease 5.5 miles.
San Carlos Park Fire Rescue Station # 51 will see their responses distances to Miromar Lakes, and FGCU decrease 1.5 miles.
The greater benefit for Station 51 and Station 53 will be the ability to avoid the highly congested Alico Road and Corkscrew Road corridors.
The National Labor College formerly known as the George Meaney Center for Labor Studies in Silver Spring MD is the educational arm of the AFL-CIO.
If you have been considering returning to school to pursue higher education the National Labor College may just have the program you’ve been seeking.
The Administration, Faculty and Staff are extremely positive and want you to succeed in your educational goals.
The NLC focuses on the learning needs of unionists, so the courses are organized around your busy schedule. You can choose classes that meet entirely in the classroom, those that blend face-to-face and online learning or fully online courses—all designed to fulfill your learning needs and scheduled to make your degree achievable. As you study and learn, you will interact with unionists from all over North America in an atmosphere designed for your success.
The National Labor College will assist you in retrieving credits you may have earned from previous institutions of higher learning, military credits, or apprenticeship work. You have the opportunity to transfer up to 90 credits for the BA program and 69 credits for the BTPS program, including many apprenticeships, partnerships, training, and safety classes.
The Southwest Florida Professional Firefighters & Paramedics IAFF Local 1826 Inc. have just released a first ever “NEW” Challenge Coin to Benefit the Member’s Assistance Fund.
These coins will be sold for $5.00 with all profits (approximately $1.50 ea.) being donated to the Local 1826 Member’s Assistance Fund. This is the fund that the $17,500.00 came from to support our “laid-off” employees and other employees past and present experiencing hardships.
Show your support and purchase a challenge coin by stopping in the IAFF Local 1826 Union Hall at 2030 West First Street Fort Myers FL 33901.
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