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  • ROTW 09012006: Hazards of entanglement. (05-276)
    		•  35 KB My crew was extinguishing a fire in a second story apartment unit that had originated in a downstairs unit.
  • ROTW 08252006: Pike poles from above. (06-414)
    		•  35 KB Pike pole falls from tip of aerial.
  • ROTW 08182006: Predictable behavior by unpredictable driver. (06-397)
    		•  36 KB Following too closely reported.
  • ROTW 08112006: Weather saps strength of responders. (06-354)
    		•  36 KB Firefighters suffer exhaustion when they respond after a stenuous drill.
  • ROTW 08042006: Advancing firefighter falls through window. (06-384)
    		•  36 KB Firefighter advances line on fire, falls two stories.
  • ROTW 07282006: Apparatus check proves hazardous. (06-305)
    		•  35 KB Driver injured when equipment falls from compartment.
  • ROTW 07212006: Heed cardiac warning signs. (06-287)
    		•  39 KB I suffered a cardiac arrest while on duty; nor previous symptoms.
  • ROTW 07142006: Alert weather watch prevents injury. (06-260)
    		•  46 KB Raised aerial platform hit by lightning during thunderstorm.
  • ROTW 07072006: Hazards of tunnel vision. (06-312)
    		•  49 KB Crews endangered by false reading from uncalibrated CO monitor.
  • ROTW 06232006: Engine and ladder nearly collide at intersection. (05-574)
    		•  41 KB Apparatus responding from two different directions nearly collide in intersection.
  • ROTW 06162006: Lack of backer causes near-miss. (06-232)
    		•  34 KB Apparatus pulls out into traffic without spotters.
  • ROTW 06092006: Out of air in basement. (06-279)
    		•  35 KB Firefighter runs out of air when he ignores low air alarm while fighting fire and searching for lost child.
  • ROTW 06022006: Intersection encounter nearly tragic. (05-399)
    		•  35 KB Civilian driver stops in path of responding ladder truck. Truck starts sliding and car drives into path of truck.
  • ROTW 05262006: Short-staffed training leads to property damage. (05-500)
    		•  36 KB Live fire drills with two mutual aid towns all morning long without incident.
  • ROTW 05192006: Medical screening process saves lives. (06-255)
    		•  35 KB Positive colon cancer detected at annual physical.
  • ROTW 05122006: Saw blade flies off rotary saw. (06-248)
    		•  35 KB Saw blade flies off during morning check.
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