Two bodies found at Tranquil Road fire scene

 

NISSWA — Two bodies were discovered Monday morning at a residence after firefighters responded to a call of a garage fire in Lake Edward Township near Nisswa, said Crow Wing County Sheriff Todd Dahl.
The Nisswa Fire Department were first called to the scene about 10:35 a.m. to a garage at 1562 Tranquil Road, off Crow Wing County Road 4, just north of Crow Wing County Road 3 in Merrifield. The residence and the unattached garage were on fire.
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You want fries with that?

 

At a McDonald's in Coachella (California), a truck with propane tanks in the bed catch on fire and end with a BOOM. Luckily, everyone made it out of the truck in time. They are, however, experiencing second degree burns.

COACHELLA, CA (KPTV) -

A video on YouTube shows a massive pickup truck explosion at a McDonald's drive-thru in California.

The blast cause the truck’s roof to buckle and the tailgate to fly off and hit another vehicle. The fire engulfed the truck, scorched part of the drive-thru and damaged the restaurant’s roof.

So True

Got this as an email, just had to post it here. These examples are so true,

The older we get....

Recently, when I went to McDonald's I saw on the menu that you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets .

I asked for a half dozen nuggets.

'We don't have half dozen nuggets,' said the teenager at the counter.

'You don't?' I replied.

'We only have six, nine, or twelve,' was the reply.

'So I can't order a half dozen nuggets, but I can order six?'

'That's right.'

So I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets

(Unbelievable but sadly true...)

TWO

I was checking out at the local Walmart with just a few items and the lady behind me put her things on the belt close to mine. I picked up one of those 'dividers' that they keep by the cash register and placed it between our things so they wouldn't get mixed.

After the girl had scanned all of my items, she picked up the 'divider', looking it all over for the bar code so she could scan it.

Not finding the bar code, she said to me, 'Do you know how much this is?'

I said to her 'I've changed my mind; I don't think I'll buy that today.'

She said 'OK,' and I paid her for the things and left.

She had no clue to what had just happened.

THREE

A woman at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy drive and pulling it out very quickly.

When I inquired as to what she was doing, she said she was shopping on the Internet and they kept asking for a credit card number, so she was using the ATM 'thingy.'

(keep shuddering!!)

FOUR

I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside her car. 'Do you need some help?' I asked.

She replied, 'I knew I should have replaced the battery to this remote door unlocker. Now I can't get into my car. Do you think they (pointing to a distant convenience store) would have a battery to fit this?'

'Hmmm, I don't know. Do you have an alarm, too?' I asked.

'No, just this remote thingy,' she answered, handing it and the car keys to me. As I took the key and manually unlocked the door, I replied, 'Why don't you drive over there and check about the batteries. It's a long walk....'

PLEASE just lay down before you hurt yourself !!!

FIVE

Several years ago, we had an Intern who was none too swift. One day she was typing and turned to a secretary and said, 'I'm almost out of typing paper. What do I do?'

'Just use paper from the photocopier', the secretary told her. With that, the intern took her last remaining blank piece of paper, put it on the photocopier and proceeded to make five blank copies.

SIX

A mother calls 911 very worried asking the dispatcher if she needs to take her kid to the emergency room, the kid had eaten ants. The dispatcher tells her to give the kid some Benadryl and he should be fine. Then the mother says, 'I just gave him some ant killer......'

Dispatcher : 'Rush him in to emergency!'

Life is tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid!!!!

News from the net

Feds prepare for another busy US fire season
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN AP TIJERAS, NM — More than 100 large fires have swept across parts of the nation already this year, and the head of the US ForestService said Thursday the rest of the 2012 fire season is expected to be just as active as last ...
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Feds say they're ready for Northland wildfire season
Duluth News Tribune
The army of firefighters that Minnesota has counted on in recent years to battle big forest fires is ready again this year as the national wildfire season begins, federal officials said Thursday. More than 15000 firefighters from across the US will be ...
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Lighting strike fires burn more than 17700 acres
Rapid City Journal
Volunteer and BIA firefighters spent Tuesday night and Wednesday battling both blazes, according to Beth Hermanson, a spokesperson for the South Dakota Division of Wildland Fire Suppression. The Hay Canyon Fire burned approximately 10000 acres between ...
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Potatoes Cause $200000 Damage in Downtown Bellevue Apartment Fire
Patch.com
The fast response by firefighters limited damage from the fire, but officials say that it could have prevented by following one simple rule: don't leave food cooking unattended. "More than 42 percent of all residential fires are caused by unattended ...
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You never know–Cyanide Exposure From FF Close Calls

EMS crew, 4 officers quarantined after cyanide suicide - Massachusetts

By Travis Andersen, Globe StaffTwelve people were evacuated from a South End apartment building and four Boston police officers and an ambulance crew were taken to a hospital after a woman committed suicide Monday night inside an apartment by ingesting a toxic chemical, fire officials said.Boston Deputy Fire Chief Steve Dunbar said at the hazmat scene that the woman ingested the chemical on the first floor of 676 Mass. Ave. at about 9 p.m. and was later pronounced dead at Boston Medical Center.He said four police officers and the ambulance team of two EMS workers were being quarantined at BMC to determine whether they were affected by the substance.Dunbar said a relative of the woman, whose name and age he did not know, reported that the victim told her she ingested a chemical and asked that her cats be taken care of.The deputy fire chief said the victim appeared to be young, but he could not be more specific.He said the woman is believed to have ingested sodium azide, a chemical used to make airbags. “But it can metabolize into some kind of cyanide,†Dunbar said, adding that the woman died about an hour or two after ingesting the substance.He said at about 12:20 a.m. Tuesday that crews were preparing to reenter the apartment building to see if it presented a safety risk, a process expected to take a few hours.Dunbar also said the officers and EMS workers who were quarantined did not appear to be showing signs of being adversely affected by the chemical.Travis Andersen can be reached at tandersen@globe.com.

Spring time is fire time

With all the reports in the news about a lot of active wildland fires  this spring, here is  some links that I check once and a while. Pretty interesting stuff.

Active fire mapping

National Interagency Fire Center

US Forest Service

LODD Reports from USFA

Notice of Firefighter Fatality: Birchwood, WI

John "Jack" Colbert of the Birchwood Fire Department in Birchwood, WI has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2012-04-06 .

Notice of Firefighter Fatality: Philadelphia, PA

Robert Neary of the Philadelphia Fire Department in Philadelphia, PA has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2012-04-09

Notice of Firefighter Fatality: Philadelphia, PA

Daniel Sweeney of the Philadelphia Fire Department in Philadelphia, PA has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2012-04-09

Notice of Firefighter Fatality: Decaturville, TN

Kenny Fox of the Decatur County Volunteer Fire Department Station 3 in Decaturville, TN has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2012-04-07

2012 Arson Awareness Week Theme

USFA Announces the 2012 Arson Awareness Week Theme

The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) is pleased to partner with the International Association of Arson Investigators; Safe Kids USA; USAonWatch; the National Volunteer Fire Council; and the National Association of State Fire Marshals to announce the theme for the 2012 Arson Awareness Week: Prevent Youth Firesetting.

Wildland fire risk reduction Guide from USFA

USFA Releases Your Role in Fire-Adapted Communities Guide

The U. S. Fire Administration (USFA), in partnership with the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service and the International Association of Fire Chiefs, announces the release of "Your Role in Fire-Adapted Communities". This new guide promotes a holistic approach to wildland fire risk reduction in the wildland urban interface and addresses actions to improve individual and community safety.

Your Role in Fire-Adapted Communities (PDF, 772 Kb).

LODD Notices

Notice of Firefighter Fatality: Los Angeles, CA

David Bailey of the Los Angeles County Fire Department in Los Angeles, CA has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2012-04-03 00:00:00.0.

Notice of Firefighter Fatality: Adena, OH

Edward Richard Bernosky of the Adena Volunteer Fire Company in Adena, OH has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2012-03-20 00:00:00.0.

Notice of Firefighter Fatality: Jacksonville, AR

Donald L. Jones of the Jacksonville Fire Department in Jacksonville, AR has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2012-03-19 00:00:00.0.

Notice of Firefighter Fatality: Norfolk, VA

Jonathan D. Myers of the Norfolk Fire-Rescue in Norfolk, VA has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2012-03-19 00:00:00.0.

Repost from Wirecutter

Only seem to see her in a year that there is an election. What’s all this travel costing YOU!

Using kids as campaign tools. Real Classy.

by wirecutter Knuckledraggin My Life Away Blog

Until a couple of months ago Mooch-elle wouldn't be caught dead with a white child. As soon as the campaign gets serious, them pinkies are in every picture with her.
Fuck, now she's even trying to talk the kiddies into asking their mommies and daddies to vote for that communist piece of garbage.

The first lady tried to enlist “Families for Obama” at an event with tickets starting at $500 a pop at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on Friday.
The pool reporter estimated that there were a couple dozen kids in the audience of about 350, and Michelle Obama spent much of her speech talking to them.
“I mean, I can’t tell you in the last election how many grandparents I ran into who said, I wasn’t going to vote for Barack Obama until my grandson talked to me, until my great-grandson talked to me, and talked about the future he wanted for this country,” she said.
“You can get out there with your parents. You guys can knock on doors. I had one young lady who brought me a petition — she’s already working. You can convince wrong people. Sometimes we don’t listen to ourselves, but we will listen to our children.”
- www.weaselzippers.us

Good Helmet Cam–Rescue involved structure

The San Bernardino City Fire Department responds to a structure fire with a victim trapped. This is a first hand look at how the engine company made the rescue. The footage was taken from both the engine captain's helmet camera as well as a local news reporter. Posted on You Tube