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Posted: 1:25 PM Sep 17, 2007
Montgomery County Fire Station Catches Fire
Montgomery County Firefighters worked a fire at Fire Station One in Mt. Sterling this morning.
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A massive fire kept crews busy on Monday morning in Montgomery County after the main fire station caught fire.
Several firefighters were sleeping inside the building at around seven in the morning when they woke up to the sound and smell of fire.
The fire started in the roof of the building and quickly spread.
Main Street in Mt. Sterling was shut down for much of the morning as crews worked to battle the flames.
Firefighters used a backhoe to get trucks and equipment out of the burning fire station.
Station One was heavily damaged and will likely have to be rebuilt. There were no injuries reported.
There are six other fire stations in Montgomery County which will handle all the fires until the main station can be rebuilt.
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Posted by: KYFF
on Sep 27, 2007 at 11:11 AM
Most fire stations across this state do not have sprinklers or hard wired alarm systems.Yes we as the fire service need to do a better job of protection of our own stations with fire systems that give us early warning.Thank god the crew was awaken by the smell of smoke.The fire service as a whole needs to push for alarm and sprinklers systems in our homes.We sleep,eat and work in most case for 24 hours and in general need what sleep we are able to get while on duty.Volunteer stations are even more at risk due to no full time staffing which will allow for a fire to extend quickly throughout the station.The fire embarresment but not learning from this case could be.This is not the first fire station to burn.It is a nation problem.It time to mandate sprinklers and fire alram systems in fire stations across the state and the nation.We cannot protect others if we cant protect ourself!
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Posted by: Bob
Location: Connecticut
on Sep 27, 2007 at 10:40 AM
The article doesn't mention if the building had an alarm system or fire sprinklers. The only potential for "embarrasment" would be if it were rebuilt without both.
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Posted by: Brent
Location: In this fire
on Sep 24, 2007 at 11:22 PM
I would like to take a moment to respond to Mr. Sanders’ comment regarding this fire at Montgomery Co Fire Station 1. Mr. Sanders stated that this was an “embarrassment” for the Fire Department. As one of the crew that was inside of Station 1, at the time of the fire, I can attest that I have no embarrassment. I know that our crew did everything possible, after waking up to a smoke filled bedroom, to save our home away from home. We accomplished getting every piece of apparatus and equipment out unharmed. To me this was a major feat due to the fact that the fire had consumed so much of the attic space by the time we were awakened. We are Fire Fighters; we are not construction workers or contractors. We do not design nor build our fire stations, just as the average citizen does not build their own house. Would it be an embarrassment for a Health Care Professional to suffer a heart attack? Would it be an embarrassment for a Police Officer to have their vehicle broken into
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