Calls for March
2008
Total of 53 calls
• March 1st – Medical
call
• March 1st – Medical call
• March 1st – Medical call
• March 2nd – Medical call
• March 2nd – Medical call
• March 3rd – Medical call
• March 3rd – Medical call
• March 4th – Fire call(Automatic mutual aid)
• March 4th – Medical call
In early March there were multiple
heavy snow falls. The county was hit hard and all the fire departments
were kept busy with preventing roof collapses and clearing accesses
to buildings. Hudson fire received a lot of calls for public
assistance and verifications for structural integrity.
• March 5th – Fire
call(Public assist call)
• March 5th – Fire call (Automatic mutual aid)
• March 5th – Fire call (Automatic mutual aid)
E202 responded in 8’s district
for a smell of smoke in a basement. E202’s crew took the
thermal imaging camera and verified the basement.
• March 5th – Medical call
• March 6th – Fire call (Automatic mutual aid)
• March 6th – Fire call (Residential fire alarm)
E202 and T302 responded to alarms
sounding. The cause of the alarm was over cooked food.
• March 7th – Medical call
• March 7th – Fire call
• March 10th – Medical call
• March 10th – Fire call(Verification call)
All trucks responded to verify
a house with a lot of snow on the roof. The owner had heard
a loud bang and noticed cracks on the ceiling. Crews spent about
an hour shoveling the roof and the owner was advised to have
the rest removed and inspected.
• March 13th – Medical call
• March 13th – Fire call(Verification call)
E202 and L402 were dispatched to
a 2 storey daycare for cracks on the ceiling. As a preventative
measure, all the children were evacuated to the nearby community
center. The bulk of the snow was removed by the firefighters
and the building remained closed pending a structural inspection.
• March 13th – Fire call
• March 13th – Fire call (Verification call)
Another call for excessive snow
on a roof. The building was checked and no visible signs were
noticed. 2 fire escapes were shoveled out as doors would not
open.
• March 13th – Medical call
• March 14th – Medical call
• March 15th – Fire call
• March 15th – Fire call(Verification call)
E202 was dispatched to a house
for concerns of the snow load on the roof and cracking sounds.
No visible signs were detected and the owner was advised to
have the snow removed.
• March 15th – Fire call(MVC)
E202, T302 and R502 were called
for a snowmobile accident. The area was checked and nothing
was found.
• March 16th – Medical call
• March 17th – Fire call(Verification call)
E202 and L402 responded to an apartment
building for cracks in the plaster on the top floor. The incident
was deemed safe and a snow removal company was contacted.
• March 17th – Fire call(Verification call)
E202 received another call for
cracks in the ceiling and walls of a house. This call did not
require our services.
• March 17th – Medical call
• March 18th – Fire call(Verification call)
E202 and L402 were dispatched to
yet another call for cracks on the ceiling. The house was evacuated
due to structural members starting to show inside the house.
• March 18th – Medical call
• March 19th – Fire call(Verification call)
E202 and L402 were called to a
senior’s residence to verify the snow load on the roof.
There was no emergency and a snow clearing crew was contacted.
• March 19th – Fire call(Verification call)
M902 also got called to verify
a garage with cracks on the ceiling. The structure was deemed
unsafe to enter until all the snow was removed.
• March 19th – Fire call(Verification call)
• Shortly after clearing the previous call, M902 got re-routed
to another verification call.
• March 19th – Fire call(Verification call)
After being placed back in service,
E202 and L402 were dispatched to house with water leaking inside
from the ceiling.
• March 20th – Medical call
• March 20th – Fire call(MVC)
E202, R502 along with E212 and
R507 responded to a 2 car MVC with 1 person trapped. The second
vehicle had 1 patient that was already out of the vehicle. R502
started to extricate the first victim by doing a roof removal
while E202 secured the scene. The patient was transferred to
ems.
• March 20th – Fire call
• March 20th – Fire call(structural collapse call)
E202 and L402 responded to a detached
garage for a collapse. The owner confirmed that no one was inside
prior to the collapse. The scene was secured and the utilities
were disconnected.
• March 22nd – Fire call(Verification call)
E202 and L402 were called to a
semi-detached house for a large amount of snow on the roof.
Upon our arrival, we found three other semi-detached houses
with the same problem.
• March 22nd – Fire call(Verification call)
• March 22nd – Fire call(Tree down)
• March 25th – Medical call
• March 30th – Fire call(Fire alarm)
All trucks responded to a senior’s
residence for alarms. Due to the sprinkler system’s heater
not working, the sprinkler system froze and, over time, water
activated the gong sending a signal to the alarm company.
• March 30th – Fire call(Residential fire alarm)
• March 30th – Fire call(Commercial fire alarm)
• The alarm was set off by someone activating the pull
station in a restaurant. All ok.
• March 30th – Medical call
• March 31st – Medical call
• March 31st – Medical call
• March 31st – Medical call
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