Here is a summary of Brentwood
Fire and Rescue’s emergency activities for the period of November 9 through
November 14, 2014.
We responded to 46 emergency
calls for service.
These calls can be broken down
into the following categories:
Fire: 1
EMS/Rescue: 32
Service Call: 3
Good Intent: 3
False Call: 6
Other: 1
E1 was dispatched to a resident’s
house to assist with an animal problem.
Initial dispatch information indicated a bat was stuck in a resident’s
living room. E1 crew members arrived on
scene and surveyed the situation to determine how best to remove the bat. E1’s firefighter climbed a ladder and scooped
the bat into a bucket before releasing the bat outside of the home where it flew
away uninjured. With the bat removed, E1
returned to service and quarters.
Monday, November 10 at approximately 3:41 pm:
E1, R1 and C3 were dispatched on
a report of a suspicious package in a mailbox.
BFR and BPD units arrived in the area and staged a safe distance from
the residence. BFR personnel used a
thermal imaging camera to examine the package but no abnormal temperatures were
found. BPD requested the Metro-Nashville
bomb squad to respond to the scene for further investigation. As BFR and BPD secured the area, 3 more
suspicious packages were located in other mailboxes. The secured area was expanded and residents
were informed of the situation. The
Metro-Nashville bomb squad arrived on scene and examined the packages using
specialized equipment. After inspection
the packages were determined to be improperly wrapped gifts that were not
delivered via the postal service. Once
it was determined that the packages presented no threat control of the scene
was transferred to BPD and all BFR units returned to service.