Firefighter Rescues 3 from Wreck in LA

From thenewsstar.com:

Jeff Tarver is a professional firefighter, but he received some commendable assistance from four untrained helpers — his wife, his teenage son and two of his son's friends — during a dramatic rescue.

Tarver said the helpers came through with flying colors, assisting in the rescue of three badly injured victims of a traffic accident in which a vehicle hit a tree and caught fire on La. Highway 457 in the Poland community of Rapides Parish.

Jeff Tarver and his wife, Terri, their son, Payten, and Payten's friends, Mason Guillory and Tyler Hyde, all of the Poland community, helped save a man, a woman and 5-year-old child from the burning vehicle in late May.

The man saved from the accident was Poland resident David Barrios, according to Jeff Tarver. Barrios could not be contacted by The Town Talk.

Two Firefighters, Worker Injured in New Orleans (LA) Fire

From WWLTV.com:

Three people were injured, including two firefighters, after a worker cut a gas line to a home in Mid-City sparking a flash fire, according to the New Orleans Fire Department.

Around 8:15 a.m., firefighters were called to the 2100 block of Bienville Street, according to the NOFD.

Three contractors were renovating a home when one worker cut the gas line from the supply side, causing a flash fire and burning his face and his upper body, according to the NOFD. He suffered first- and second-degree burns and was airlifted to a burn center in Baton Rouge.

Read more HERE.

What's your opinion on the use of the term "flash fire"? Hear it often? Use it often? Not one we hear much of in the Fair Lawn office of Fire Engineering.

Off-Duty LA Firefighters Rescue Children from Lake

From thetowntalk.com, a story about a Mother's Day resuce in Pollock, Louisiana:

Ryan Davies heard a call for help and jumped into Stuart Lake to rescue a child.

To his surprise, the Alexandria firefighter found there were two other children in the water who needed help as well.

Davies, Ball Assistant Fire Chief Lee Hickman and Ball firefighter Don Kerry -- all off-duty while visiting the lake near Pollock on Mother's Day -- teamed up to save three "special-needs" boys from drowning.

The three boys were from Evergreen Presbyterian Ministries Inc., Pineville. One child was 6, and another was 14. The firefighters didn't know the age of the third child.

Read more HERE.

Worker Killed in Unusual House Collapse in NOLA

From WDSU.com:

A house in New Orleans East collapsed as contractors worked to elevate it, and one person was killed, according to the New Orleans Fire Department.

It happened in the 8000 block of Mercier Street at 1:30 p.m. Monday, according to the New Orleans Fire Department. Contractors from Fusion Shoring were working to elevate the home when it collapsed.

A 32-year-old worker was killed, and fire officials were able to remove his body around 3 p.m., fire officials said.

An engineer reported that the unusual thing about the collapse was that the house moved five feet horizontally. Read the rest of the circumstances HERE.