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Tuesday, October 7, 2008: Often times as communities we over look what our firefighters do for us. Tonight at the Kaysville City Council Meeting it was a chance for Kaysville residents to join in as we honored our firefighters for what they do, even as they received a call to a fire at the beginning of the meeting (which was cancelled minutes later). In February of 2005 a tanker carrying Butane was involved in a Motor Vehicle Accident with a van on Highway 89. The Ambulance 61 crew was dispatched code Alpha to the call, but upon arrival realized a much larger event had taken place. Heavy Rescue 61 was dispatched to the scene and extricated a victim from the van, usually extrication takes 5 to 10 minutes, but Kaysville crews removed the victim in just 3 minutes. Fire crews placed their lives on the line to save another, even with the chance of an explosion at any minute. Within minutes Engine 62, Truck 61, and Brush 61, along with other Kaysville Fire apparatus arrived on the scene to assist. Crews from other neighboring Fire Departments arrived to offer mutual-aid. Crews monitored heat levels and Butane activity with thermal imaging cameras. Within hours fire crews smelt a large amount of Butane in a neighborhood close to the incident and minutes later there was an explosion in a house. Once again crews put their own lives on the line and entered the structure to check for any fires and to clear the home. Eventually the tanker had caught fire and crews battled large amounts of flames for hours. Kaysville crews (and our neighboring departments) handled the incident so well, that crews around the United States are now using Kaysville's techniques today to handle incidents like this. Our firefighters were given many specialty awards tonight honoring them for their service to the community and recognizing their manner of handling the situation at the tanker fire. Other awards included adding a new firefighter to the staff. Jared has been actively involved with the Fire Department and attends training with his dad almost every Wednesday. Jared was made an honorary firefighter tonight. Kaysville Fire Department Deputy Chief/Fire Marshal Jim Dotson Sr., Assistant Chief Mike Egginton, and Assistant Chief Brad Lee were also honored for their years of service with the Department. Jim has held many posistions in the Department including firefighter and the actual Chief posistion. Mike heads the Operations Division of the Department and is believed to have responded to the most calls out of any Kaysville Firefighter in the Department's history. Brad heads the Training Division and has kept our firefighters up to date on their firefighter and EMT training. I would personally like to thank our firefighters for the amazing job they do in our community and the countless hours they have put forth to protect the cities of Kaysville and Fruit Heights. If anyone from our community or anyone else who may be viewing the site would like to thank the Kaysville Firefighters or firefighters in general, please sign our guestbook. We have pictures coming soon from tonight's event! Remember that tomorrow (Wednesday, October 8) is the Kaysville City Fire Department's open house for Fire Prevention Week and runs from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. |
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