| House Fire On Sires Street |
| Fri. Jul 18th 2008 |
At 0327 hrs. a fire call came in for a home on Sires St. in mid-town Charleston. Arriving companies found a well involved 2 story wood frame house, 1 exposure of the same construction and 2 cars across the street involved.
1st Alarm Assignments
Engines 15 & 6
Ladder 4, Battalion 3
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| Company T-Shirt Sales |
| Mon. Jul 14th 2008 |
Please go to the online store and check out the new t-shirts for sale. There's more on the way!...
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| Multi Departmental Training |
| Fri. Jul 11th 2008 |
Thursday Morning companies from the CFD and the St. Andrews FD joined up at the St. Andrews Shopping Center for some hands on forcible entry training. Two of the buildings there are being demolished to make way for a new Harris Teeter Supermarket and the attendees were given permission to do s...
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| Fire at Anchor Sign |
| Fri. Jul 11th 2008 |
Early Friday morning companies responded to a fire at Anchor sign co. in Charleston. Almost every station on the peninsula was emptied and there was a special call for Ladder 5. Photos by M. McCoy...
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| Ramey Reeves |
| Thu. Jul 10th 2008 |
Our heartfelt regrets go out to the family of Mrs. Ramey Reeves, wife of Police Officer Reeves of the CPD, who passed on yesterday after a valient battle with cancer. As far as we know the softball game is still going on in memory of her and we will never forget her heroic fight against ...
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| Saint Andrews Fire Department Replaces Fleet |
| Thu. Jul 10th 2008 |
The Saint Andrew's Fre Department replaced their entire fleet with brand new Seagrave apparatus. The deliveries include three pumpers with rescue type bodies, a 75' quint and a medium duty rescue truck. The pumpers, as well as the quint, incude auxilliary foam tanks for F.L.A.G. responses. The quint...
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| The Finest Vs. The Bravest |
| Wed. Jul 2nd 2008 |
Please join us at 5:00pm on
Saturday July 12th @ Joe RileyPark
For: "The Finest vs. The Bravest"
Softball Game.
This is charity event to be followed by a
Riverdog game.
All proceeds will go to the family of
the late Captain Ronnie Campbell
of the Charleston FD wh...
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| House Fire on the West Side |
| Sat. Jun 28th 2008 |
Early Thursday morning, companies responded to a well involved house fire off of Sam Rittenburg Blvd. The first arriving company was Engine 12. They made the initial attack with 2 - 1.5 inch hoselines. Engine 12 was driven in by Thomas Tallent who had just been promoted to Driver/Operator earlier in...
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| Charleston 9 Monument For Station 10 |
| Wed. Jun 18th 2008 |
Yesterday a monument was placed in the breezeway of station 10. This monument in honor of the Charleston 9 was purchased with money donated by local residents for that purpose. The firefighters of Engine 10 and Ladder 5 spent several months coming up with just the right design and turned it ov...
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| One Year Ago Today( Written by Cristie McCormick) |
| Wed. Jun 18th 2008 |
A year ago this morning, a new shift went to work. B-Shift
was just starting their day. It appeared to be a normal day, just like
any other. The guys were chatting and joking like they do every
morning. Catching up on what they had done their last two days since they had
worked and seen their &q...
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