1999 Activity Report

Date

 Time

Type

Location

Cause/Comments
01-12 13:55 Grass/Woods Main St See note (1) at bottom
01-12 14:07 Grass/Woods Robinson Rd See note (1)
01-18 11:08 Grass/Woods South Ann St See note (1)
01-18 14:46 Grass/Woods Chana Creek Rd See note (1)
01-18 15:56 Structure Main St Kwik Shop.  Fire caused by electrical short.  Fire and water damage confined to rear of store, heavy smoke damage throughout.
01-19 10:28 Structure Kowaliga Rd Grease fire, very light damage.
01-31 00:58 Structure Sunny Lane Mobile home.  Structure fully involved on arrival.    Cause of fire unknown, suspicious in nature.  Total loss.
02-13 07:16 Washdown Main St & Ann St Car Accident
02-13 14:50 Washdown Kowaliga Rd Car Accident
02-15 19:31 Structure Kowaliga Rd Food cooking on stove, damage confined to stove area.
02-17 14:53 Grass/Woods Tallassee Hwy See note (1)
02-19 13:55 Grass/Woods Claud Rd See note (1)
02-20 12:36 Grass/Woods Mullins Rd See note (1)
03-06 10:41 Car Claud Rd Fire extingushed by bystander before EFD arrival.
03-06 18:55 Structure Mullins Rd See Note (2) at bottom
03-09 07:33 Washdown North Ann St Car Accident
03-09 16:29 Structure Kowaliga Rd Heaven's Little Angels Daycare, no fire but smoke from electrical problem.
03-12 00:01 Grass/Woods Mt. Zion Rd Origin unknown, suspicious
03-19 18:47 Grass/Woods Central Rd See note (1)
03-22 10:51 Structure Chana Creek Rd False Alarm
03-28 15:39 Extrication Nichols St See Note (3) at botom
04-07 05:31 Washdown Georgia Rd & W. Collins Car Accident
04-12 00:14 Structure Luke Pascal Rd Electrical problem in an extension cord caused moderate smoke and small scorching to exterior of mobile home.  The home's Smoke detector was inoperable because the battery was disconnected.  EFD personnel reconnected the battery before leaving the scene.
04-12 16:28 Structure Georgia Rd House heavily damaged.
04-12 18:08 Structure Claud Rd Light smoke from malfunctioning light fixture. No fire.
04-17 01:05 Structure Luke Pascal Rd Same location as 4-12 Luke Pascal Rd fire call.  Structure fully involved upon EFD arrival.  Family stated that when awakened by smoke alarm (see comments on 4-12), the front area of the mobile home was already heavily involved in fire.  Cause assumed to be electricial problem.
05-01 14:19 Grass/Woods Chana Creek Rd See note (1)
05-02 16:09 Structure Kent Rd Mutual aid call from Red Hill FD.  Fire in rear part and roof of a house converted to a day care center.  Heavy damage to rear and roof of structure.
05-03 16:37 Structure Main St Lightning strike.  Structure involved was a barn that was divided into three sections.  The section struck was destroyed and the adjoining section was very heavily damaged.  The third section was saved intact.  The nearby residence suffered heat damage to it's vinyl siding.
05-05 18:18 Washdown Nichols St & E. Collins Car Accident
05-07 15:33 Power Lines Down College Ave & Jean St High winds from a severe thunderstorm.
05-08 15:09 Woods Townsend Creed Rd See note (1)
05-09 14:52 Grass Fleahop Rd See note (1)
05-20 14:30 Grass/Woods Mt. Zion Rd See note (1)
05-22 08:53 Structure Georgia Rd Food cooking on stove. 
05-22 21:15 Woods/Structure Culpeppers Rd EFD responded to a woods fire.  Upon arrival, personnel discovered not only a woods fire, but also a structure fire involving a treehouse.  
05-24 23:10 Car Chana Creek Rd Car found burning in highway.  Cause unknown but the car had been observed driving on the rim shortly before the fire was reported.  The driver fled the scene prior to EFD and law enforcement arrival.
06-05 06:45 Power Lines Down Ann St Thunderstorm winds
06-13 12:21 Structure Chana Creek Rd False Alarm
6-25 22:19 Structure Highway 9 Mutual Aid call from Real Island FD. 
07-10 16:56 Grass West Collins St Small fire already contained inside break, allowed to burn out
07-17 10:08 Rescue County Rd 80 A construction worker fell into a hole at the Central Elmore Water facility.
07-17 15:00 Structure Chana Creek Rd False Alarm
07-26 05:10 Structure Robinson Rd House fully involved upon arrival.  Family escaped injury but the structure was a total loss.  Cause unknown.
08-07 16:20 Structure Georgia Rd Food cooking on stove.
08-18 12:53 Grass/Woods Double Bridge Ferry Rd Unknown
08-25 12:37 Structure Chana Creek Rd Electrical malfunction in new stove
09-11 16:00 Extrication Sunny Lane Car accident with entrapment
09-20 07:43 Power Transformer Elmore County High School Transformer on fire
10-23 14:06 Extrication Fleahop Rd Car accident.  Driver was pinned under a small car.  Several bystanders lifted the car off the victim prior to EFD arrival.
10-30 17:26 Grass/Woods Old Salem Rd Landowner burning a stump ignited pine straw
10-31 16:08 Washdown Claud Rd Car accident
12-2 08:38 Structure Old Barn Rd Mutual Aid call from Friendship FD.  EFD Provided a tanker for water shuttle operations.  In addition, EFD Cheif David Ingram rescued a dog from the structure.
12-6 18:48 Structure Main St Occupants reported somke odor.  Problem determined to be a manfunctioning light balast.
12-26 12:45 Grass Kowaliga Rd Fireworks
12-27 15:52 Grass Sunny Lane Loop Fireworks
12-28 15:40 Grasss, Woods, Structure, and Vehicle Dopson Pt Rd Mutual aid call from Red Hill FD.  Unknown cause.  Fire burning along entire lake point involving a structure, a boat, several acres of land and directly threatening several additional structures
12-29 10:40 Grass Nichols St Fireworks
12-30 12:09 Grass/Structure West Collins St Burning trash ignited a pasture and a mobile home being used as a workshop.
12-30 12:39 Grass/Woods Double Bridge Ferry Rd Burning Trash.  Occured while EFD was battling the above structure fire.  EFD responded from West Collins with one brush truck and two personnel.   Red Hill FD provided much needed assistance in controlling this fire.

 

Notes:

(1)  Grass and Woods fires make up most of our calls.  Almost without exception, these fires are caused by people burning some form of debris. 

(2)  The family in this fire is truly fortunate.  The fire was caused by a 14 year old boy playing with fireworks in the house.  He succeeded in igniting a mattress located in a room at the rear of the wood frame structure.  The family ran across the road to a neighbor's home to call for help.  The home they chose was the residence of an Eclectic firefighter.  The family's good fortune was further evidenced by the fact the the firefighter had his turnout gear in his truck.  The firefighter phoned in the fire, used his radio to describe the situation to units en route, donned his gear, and attacked the growing fire using a garden hose.  Eclectic Fire Department units arrived on scene to find the home filled with smoke but the fire limited to the bedroom where it started. 

(3)  Four member of our department returned from a weekend of extrication training in Athens, Ga. at 3:30 pm.  At 3:39, the EFD was dispatched to an auto accident with entrapment.  The driver had left the roadway and struck a tree.  He was ejected from the vehicle via the passenger's window and the vehicle overturned, trapping him under the roof.  Our VERY recent training was put to use and the victim was freed in a matter of minutes.  Despite the violent nature of the accident, the driver's only injury was a small facial laceration.