


Area Chiefs Meet With
ArcelorMittal USA
March 18 - On Wednesday morning Chief Dowlin
from Modena, Chief Mcwilliams from Westwood, and Chief
Johnson from Coatesville met to have an opportunity to meet
the President and CEO of ArcelorMittal..(Full Story & Photos)


Investigation at
Building 54
March 18 -
The Safety Department
received a call from a concerned employee that a fire had
damaged a diesel pump at Building 54. The employee
advised that while reporting to work he noticed that the
area was damaged by what appeared to have been a fire.
The Fire Chief and Safety reported to the area to find that
a fire had occurred...(Full Story & Photos)


Trash Fire Inside
Building
March 17 -
C shift was alerted for a
reported large trash fire inside of building 50. Security
arrived and reported that a large pile of wooden pallets...(Full Story & Photos)

March 17 - Flume Fire's
at Building 20 -
B
shift was alerted for a reported fire in Building 20 and
upon arriving, E-75 found a fire in the flume and rolls at
the 140 mill. The fire was a result of a hot plate that had
fallen from the run and into the flume. While extinguishing
this fire a second fire broke along the flume approximately
100' from the original fire. This too was a result of a hot
plate falling off the run. Both fires were extinguished in a
timely fashion and resulted in no damage.


Machine Fire
January 15-
Just after 5:30
PM C shift was alerted for a reported "pit cover" fire in
Building # 20. Engine 75 arrived and found that the pit
cover, which is used to cover the large heating pits, had
malfunctioned and fell in. An area crane was used
....
(Full Story & Photos)

January 12 -
Units assist the City
While the City fire units
and other area fire companies were responding to a second
alarm structure fire on North Church Street, a second
suspicious fire broke out on Madison Street just 1 block
away from the Mill. Initially Patrol Officer/EMT Keiper
arrived to find a couch and chair on the front porch of a
row dwelling involved and knocked down the bulk of the
fire with an extinguisher. U-75 (Good) arrived and used a
water can to douse the remaining fire before it could
extend into the home and then made the proper
notifications to the fire board.

January 7 - The
Mill Rat family continues to grow!
FF/EMT BJ March is
currently awaiting the arrival of he and his wife
,Alyssa's, first child. The baby is due on January 26th
and we wish the best for both he and Alyssa!
FF/EMT Good, better known
as Goody, made his announcement that he and his wife
Jessica are officially expecting! Congratulations to Goody
and Jessica and we wish you all the best!

Year End Reports And
Statistics
January 06-
Another year has come to a
close and the yearend report shows an increase in incidents
and responses for the Mill Rats. In 2008 the station ran a
total of 485 Emergency response with....
(Full Story & Photos)

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