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 	<title>CREWS BATTLE APARTMENT FIRE IN MOUNT HOLLY</title>
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 <![CDATA[The RV taskforce was dispatched to the Village Square apts on Garden St in district 50 for a reported fire in an apartment. Chief 1300 (Pearson) arrived first due to find smoke coming from a third story apartment and assumed command. SQ2723 arrived first due and positioned on the "C" side and stretched a 2" attack line to the "A" side interior stairwell to the third floor apartment. The crew found an active fire in the kitchen extending down the hallway. Crews made a quick knock down then the crew split and performed a primary search. The outside vent crew threw a ladder to "C" side balcony. The crew from E5013 laddered the "A" side and controlled utilities then performed overhaul. Other units from Eastampton, hainesport, Lumberton, and America EMS were also on scene. The cause is under investigation by District 50 fire officials office....]]>
 
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    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:01:51 -0500</pubDate>
  
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 	<title>RV DEPARTMENTS GET TOGETHER FOR ANNUAL MANDATORY TRAINING</title>
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 <![CDATA[On Tuesday January 24, 2012 the Rancocas Valley Fire Departments got together for their annual mandatory refresher training. This is the third year the the departments performed their training together. Once again it was a great success and over 80 members were present. The training was led by Training Officer Bryan Iannacone and Burlington County Chief Fire Coordinator and WTES member David Constantine. Thanks to all the Chiefs and their crews for helping make this another great training session together. These crews train together every other month on various topics. It has been a great asset on incidents due to the hard work these crews put in together....]]>
 
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    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:01:46 -0500</pubDate>
  
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 	<title>DAVID FURTADO FINISHES UP 17 DAYS OF ACTION WITH WTES</title>
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 <![CDATA[On January 22, 2012 David Furtado of Tule Fog Productions and www.thebattalion.tv finished up 17 days of filming with the WTES. During his stay the WTES conducted live fire training, Airbag Training with surrounding departments, and worked to put our &amp;quot;Rookie Book&amp;quot; to video for new members to learn &amp;quot;Our Way&amp;quot;. We also had several live feeds that included live chats with firefighters from all over the country. We held a live feed sessions with Meet the Chief, Tuesday night refresher training, live responses, Meet the Training Officer, and during our Airbag Training. Thanks to David for helping us get our messages out&nbsp;about safety and for helping us show the world how hard we work! Hopefully some our community members were able to catch some of the live feeds. Webisodes of our department can be seen at www.thebattalion.tv and click on the East Coast tab. Thanks David!!...]]>
 
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    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:01:53 -0500</pubDate>
  
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 	<title>First Due Dwelling</title>
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 <![CDATA[Around 0945 Hrs. Crews from Westampton, Willingboro, Mt. Laurel, Lumberton, and Mount Holly were dispatched to 63 Westwind Way in the Spring Meadows section of town for a reported dwelling fire.&nbsp; Engine 2721 arrived to find a vent fan in the bathroom that was on fire and had dropped down and caught a large pile of clothes on fire.&nbsp; The interior crew quickly knocked down the fire as the exterior crew threw ladders and set up for ventillation.&nbsp; Engine 1611 and Engine 3611 arrived and assisted the crews on the interior.&nbsp; Fire Police 2729 and Ambulance 2783 also operated on location.&nbsp; The fire was under control in 5 minutes.&nbsp; No injuries were reported.&nbsp; FM27 was on location to investigate.&nbsp; Units cleared in just over an hour.&nbsp;...]]>
 
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    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:01:33 -0500</pubDate>
  
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 	<title>DAVID FURTADO IS WITH WTES FOR A FEW WEEKS</title>
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 <![CDATA[WTES&nbsp;member David Furtado of Tule Fog Pproductions and www.thebattalion.tv is back to ride with the members. David does great work for emergency services to capture the daily life of the crews and pass that experience onto the world through the webisodes on his site. You can check out the previous webisodes about WTES at www.thebattalion.tv and click on the East Coast and then the WTES banner. There will be more webisodes coming in the future. Also, if you join as a Battalion member you will get updates about live webcasts and other great information. There will be several live webcasts during his visit&nbsp;as well as a training session with Matjack Airbag Systems. So, Check us out on his site and hopefully you become a member and get in on the live webcasts to see your WTES members in action....]]>
 
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    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:01:34 -0500</pubDate>
  
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 	<title>CREWS HANDLE TWO VEHICLE MVC WITH EXTRICATION</title>
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 <![CDATA[At approximately 1800hours the crews from WTES were dispatched to Springside Road and Rolling Hills Drive for a motor vehicle collision. BLS 2782, SQ2723, and FP2729 were en route quickly. Upon arrival on scene BLS 2782 reported a two vehicle MVC with entrapment and ordered SQ2723 to go into service with extrication upon arrival and requested a second BLS. BLS2781 responded at that time. BLS2782 crew took patient care and SQ2723 extricated a victim from one of the vehicles. BLS2781 arrived and the two BLS units transported patients to local hospitals. FP2729 worked with WTPD to&nbsp;handle the traffic control during the incident. Crews were clear in about an hour....]]>
 
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    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:01:43 -0500</pubDate>
  
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 	<title>ENGINE 2723 1ST ON SCENE TO FIRST FIRE IN BURLINGTON COUNTY 2012.</title>
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 <![CDATA[&nbsp;Shortly after celebrating the new year 2012. Crews from the WTES responded to Mount Holly Township for the first fire in Burlington County. While arriving on location they found a vacant house in the Gardens section of town fully involved. Crews took down the boarded up windows and door to make access to the home. Next, they initiated fire attack with a 1 3/4 inch handline. Crews from Mount Holly, Eastampton, Lumberton and Hainesport also responded to the fi...]]>
 
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    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:01:31 -0500</pubDate>
  
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 	<title>WTES WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY AND SAFE 2012</title>
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 <![CDATA[WTES WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! WE WILL BE STARTING OUT THE YEAR WELCOMING OUR FRIEND DAVID FURTADO FROM www.thebattalion.tv BACK TO WORK WITH US FOR A COUPLE WEEKS. WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE 2012 ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR OUR PROGRAM AND THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE.&nbsp;TO ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES FAMILY, BE SAFE AND BE SURE EVERYONE GOES HOME!...]]>
 
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    <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:01:51 -0500</pubDate>
  
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 	<title>NEXT TWO WEEKS MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR HOUSE FIRES</title>
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 <![CDATA[Below is an excerpt from a recent ABC News article. Please take the time to read.&nbsp;Holidays Most Dangerous Time for House FiresThe next two weeks are the most dangerous time of the year for house fires, according to fire safety experts. From Dec.23 through Dec. 25, and Dec. 26&nbsp;through New Yearâs, the chances of a candlelit fire soar more than 300 percent.According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, new homes â built with and stuffed full of synthetic materials â burn up six times faster than older homes built 50 years ago.âUltimately [these products] are made of crude oil,â&nbsp; Tom Chapin, vice president of corporate research for Underwriters Lab,&nbsp;&nbsp;said of &nbsp;most modern furniture and construction. âCrude oil makes products easier to make, but in a fire they revert back&nbsp; to their liquid state.âAccording to FEMA, fire deaths&nbsp;have been&nbsp;down 2 percent in the past five years, but deaths&nbsp;from accidental fires have gone up 18 percent. Cooking fires are up 16 percent.&nbsp;As part of a demonstration for ABC News, Underwriters Lab in Chicago constructed a full modern living room in a warehouse, replete with plush couch, wide-screen TV, books and even kidsâ toys.âEverything â¦ eventually everything will burn,â said Chapin. âWe are surrounded by many synthetic materials, plastic&nbsp;â¦ toys. â¦ A lot of it is in the details of what is in the fabric, the foams, the cushioning. â¦ This whole room is fuel, and the appearance is deceptive.âThe&nbsp;I-beams&nbsp;that &nbsp;form the superstructure of most newer homes are also susceptible to fire and heat. They tend to be stronger, lighter and more durable than traditional two-by-fours.&nbsp;But because they are composed of pressed wood&nbsp;â essentially woodchips glued together â they weaken at a rate of three times faster than traditional lumber. Those weakened floor beams cause floors to cave in and are among the leading cause of death among firefighters.âThat strength rapidly changes, and we see surprising changes in that structure,â Chapin said. âYou wouldnât want to be upstairs in just a little while.â,As part of&nbsp; the demonstration staged for ABC News at the Underwriterâs Lab, a fleece blanket was&nbsp; ignited â rather easily by placing it near a candle. Within a minute the fleece caught fire and about a minute later later the couch was ablaze, spewing noxious gases. Roughly four minutes after the fleece caught fire, &nbsp;the warehouse room became an inferno, with flames spewing 8 feet out and dozens of feet high. The temperature in the demo area spiked quickly to nearly 1000 degrees.While synthetic materials have made household construction and products sturdier and cheaper, theyâre also more flammable.&nbsp;And technology has been slow to respond. Mattresses, however, once the chief killer in fires, seem to be an exception. They are now designed to burn more slowly. &nbsp;Some mattresses ABC News tested at the Underwriters Labs were nearly self-extinguishing.But the real lifesaver in a fire, said Chapin, is awareness. &nbsp;A &nbsp;smoke detector with working batteries is likely the best bet.âThatâs the sound,â he said of the âbeep, beep....]]>
 
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    <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:12:47 -0500</pubDate>
  
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 	<title>CREWS MAKE QUICK WORK OF DWELLING FIRE</title>
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 <![CDATA[At approximately 2300 hours, the RV structure taskforce was dispatched to Washington Street in District 50's local for a reported basement fire. The incident was called in by FF Rob Henry who happened to come across the fire while traveling down the street. FF Henry quickly alerted the residents and used a fire extinguisher to knock down some of the fire. Chief 5000 (Hoff) was on scene, established command&nbsp;and reported a basement fire with smoke showing. SQ2723 was first due and led off with the attack line to the basement. The crew then proceeded to the first floor and extinguished the extension. L5015 was second due and took care of the truck duties. Crews made a good stop and quick work of the fire. Other units on location that assisted with the incident were E1314, RE3411, E5012,&nbsp;E2721, BLS 509, FP5019, Chief 1300, AC 1310....]]>
 
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    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:12:09 -0500</pubDate>
  
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