Apparatus

2 days ago

When the weather gets unusually cold, fire dangers increase.

Buildings burn easier because the wood is drier due to heating of living spaces. Supplemental heating, space heaters, wood stoves/fireplace ash disposal, use of torches to that frozen pipes are frequent causes of fires. Sometimes electrical extension cords are overloaded. Those things mean more residential fires during winter months.

Firefighting is more hazardous during cold weather. Firefighters have to bundle up, but that constricts movement. All the water we spray creates icy walking conditions, even on our ladders. And we see equipment failures more often during cold weather.

When firefighters get soaked while making an interior fire attack, they come outside and become frozen creatures. So it typically takes extra firefighters to deal with winter fires. Hypothermia and frostbite are worries for incident commanders. Add iced-up equipment, frozen hoses and so on means more time to be ready for another fire.

Night time temperatures are forecast to be below zero for the next several weeks. Night time fires are very common and they tend to be the worst.

So please be mindful and continue to exercise caution! ... See MoreSee Less

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Thank you for your service and be careful out there!!

Zoneton Fire Protection District

4 days ago

Zoneton Firefighters have responded to many structure fires over the past several weeks. Some were major losses, others were caught early thanks to observant neighbors seeing smoke.

Two fires stood out to us. Both resulted from combustible materials being too close to heat lamps. Tragically, one family lost pets.

If you use heat lamps, or any other supplemental heating, please be sure you leave sufficient clearance between the heater and stuff that can burn. Usually the manufacturer will say how much clearance in the instructions. If you have mislaid the instructions, three (3) feet is a good rule to go by.

Please check often, especially if you have small children or pets. Sometimes combustibles can get pushed closer and closer.

There is never a good time for a fire, and cold weather is the worst time. ... See MoreSee Less

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Zoneton Fire Protection District

2 weeks ago

Two important messages: "Working Smoke Detectors Save Lives" and "Get Out, Stay Out".

This video is from the first arriving fire apparatus at a house fire earlier this week. The occupants did the right things: They heard the alarm, noticed the smoke and safely evacuated the structure. This fire was wind-intensified, as the smoke is laying on its side. You can also see what is called a flash-over coming from a second floor window. All this happened in just a matter of minutes. ... See MoreSee Less

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Thankful for you guys. Even though it was a total loss we were so grateful for the danger you guys put yourselves in to try and keep everyone and as many things safe as possible.

Thank God for firefighters. No way I would be getting near that. Super scary. I can't believe how black it was and the flames are so bad. Thank you all for what you do.

Wow , so glad for you all & thankful no one was hurt! This is close to my home! So sorry for the family losing their home!

Was it too far gone for a interior attack?

What is a flash over? What causes it?

Michael Fitzner

Connie Hubbard Tonya Taylor

Jaque Beaudoin Tara Satterly

Any finding on what caused it? It seemed to go super fast

Lyndsey Henon

Prayers

So thankful everyone was safe so sorry for the loss of their home

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2021	Fire	EMS	MVA
Jan	43	99	12
Feb	57	57	11
Mar	61	63	17
Apr	68	45	23
May	50	48	17
Jun	44	69	18
Jul	59	52	9
Aug	60	68	20
Sep	56	53	7
Oct	59	36	12
Nov	53	35	18
Dec	66	39	17
Total	676	664	181

2020	Fire	EMS	MVA
Jan	52	47	8
Feb	71	35	11
Mar	66	38	14
Apr	45	31	12
May	63	40	13
Jun	70	51	16
Jul	68	53	16
Aug	57	69	7
Sep	58	59	10
Oct	78	77	20
Nov	61	121	7
Dec	60	87	13
Total	749	708	147

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