Warehouse Fire Update

8/31/07 — The warehouse fire which occurred this morning has been ruled accidental by the SLCFD Fire Prevention Bureau.  The estimated loss is $5,000.  (The building is estimated at $1,000,000.)  The warehouse is being remodeled, and cutting of steel from the previous day produced embers which smoldered in the wood subfloor area. 

(posted 3:38 p.m.) 

Please note, a new Safety Tip on BBQ grilling has been added to this blog.  (See tabs above) 

Also, I will be off on Monday.  However, if there are any major incidents over the long weekend this blog will be updated.   

Friday Morning Update

8/31/07 at 6:15 a.m. – SLCFD responded to a structure fire at 1000 Harbor Street in Ft. Pierce.  (At the corner of 2nd Street and Fisherman’s Wharf.)  The building is a port warehouse, which is currently empty.  An interior sprinkler system contained the fire to an area on the second-story.  SLCFD called the fire under control after approximately 15 minutes on the scene.  Units stayed on the scene to search for any extensions of the fire between floors.  No one was injured in the incident.  The fire is under investigation. 

(posted 9:30 a.m.)   

Swimmers Pulled from Rocks

8/30/07 at 12:19 — SLCFD was called to Inlet State Park after a group of swimmers were pushed onto rocks by rough surf.  The Coast Guard picked up two swimmers, male child and a female in her early 20s, and brought them to the Coast Guard Station on Hutchinson Island.  From there SLCFD ground transported them to a local hospital.  Neither suffered life threatening injuries. 

This had originally been called a “possible drowning.”  See postings below.   

(posted 2:40 p.m.) 

Possible Drowning

Update — patient was injured by rocks while in rough surf, this is not a possible drowning.   (posted 12:54) 

Update — one patient is being transported by the Coast Guard to the Coast Guard Station.  SLCFD is at the Coast Guard Station to respond.  (posted 12:43) 

8/30/07 at 12:19 — SLCFD was called to a possible drowning at Inlet State Park on the inlet side.  (The address given was 905 Shorewinds Drive, which is the entrance to the park.)  Coast Guard is also responding to the scene.  Units just arrived on the scene — 12:27.  Will update when more information is available. 

(posted 12:30) 

MVC at Snow Road and South Bend

Correction, the vehicle hit a power pole, not a tree. — posted 8:50 a.m. 

08/29/07 at 10:15 p.m.  — SLCFD responded to a single vehicle accident at Snow Road and South Bend in PSL.  A car had hit a tree power pole and caught on fire.  A male in his mid-30s was ground transported to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.  No others were in the car. 

(posted 8:20 a.m.) 

MVC at Village and Meeting

8/29/07 at 8:45 a.m. — SLCFD responded to a single vehicle accident at SW Village Pkwy and SW Meeting St. in PSL.  The vehicle, an SUV, hit a transformer.  SLCFD transported two females, both teenagers, to a local hospital with minor injuries. 

(posted 10 a.m.) 

Wednesday Morning Update

8/29/07 a.m. — Nothing to report from last night or this morning

(posted 8 a.m.)

Remember, training continues at Jensen Beach.  You will continue to hear them over the scanners in the afternoon and evening. 

Tuesday Morning Update

8/28/07 a.m. — Nothing to report from last night or this morning. 

(posted 7:55 a.m.) 

Monday Morning Update

8/26/07 at 20:09 hours/8:09 p.m. — The SLCFD responded to a single vehicle rollover at Gatlin and SW East Louise Circle, PSL.  A female, in her early teens, was transported by Air Rescue to an area trauma center in stable-serious condition.  Her father was the only other person in the vehicle and he was not transported.  PSLPD was also on the scene.   

(posted 8:16 a.m.) 

Saturday Morning Update

8/25/07 at 3:56 a.m. — The SLCFD responded to a structure fire on the 3000 block of Collings Drive, PSL.  When units arrived they found a single-story residence fully involved.  It took approximately 30-40 minutes to call the fire under control.  There were no injuries, no one was in the house at the time of the fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation.  PSLPD was also on the scene. 

(posted 10:30 a.m.)