Here is a summary of Brentwood Fire and Rescue’s emergency
responses for the period of October 27 through November 1, 2013.
We responded to 63 emergency calls for service.
These calls can be broken down into the following
categories:
Fire: 4
EMS/Rescue: 27
Hazardous Condition: 2
Service Call: 8
Good Intent: 10
False Call: 12
Here is an overview of significant events from this period’s
activities:
Wednesday, October
30 at approximately 3:27 pm:
All BFR units were dispatched on a report of a residential
structure fire. E4 arrived on scene to
find a two story home with no smoke or flames visible. E4 established command and met the occupant
of the residence in the driveway. The
occupant indicated that there had been a small fire in the engine compartment
of their vehicle located in the garage. The
occupant said they had poured some water on the fire before evacuating the
structure. E4 crew members made access
to the garage and found a vehicle with light smoke around it. Damage was found in the vehicles engine
compartment but no flames were visible.
Command cancelled all responding units except E2. BFR personnel checked the vehicle and
structure for any possible fire extension.
Once all hazards were addressed, command was terminated and all BFR
units returned to service.
Thursday, October
31 from approximately 6:23 pm to 10:00 pm:
BFR units from all stations responded to several calls for
tree limbs and power lines down. Crew
members checked each area for hazards and notified the power company of
location of the downed lines. On two
occasions damaged trees came into contact with power lines and ignited. BFR personnel were able to safely extinguish
the fires before they could spread to other trees or vegetation.
Friday, November 1
at approximately 8:27 pm:
E1 was dispatched on a medical call for a report of injuries
from a fall. E1 arrived on scene to find
a patient with an obvious leg injury.
Crew members immediately immobilized the injured extremity and checked
for further injuries. EMS arrived on
scene and BFR personnel assisted with immobilizing the limb using a vacuum splint
and gaining IV access. The patient was
secured to a backboard to protect the patient’s spine from possible injury and
moved to ambulance. Once the patient had
been transported E1 cleared the scene and returned to quarters.
