All Entries Tagged With: "carbon monoxide"
Fire Department Incident Reports March 11, 2014
March 10, 2014 At 1:01 pm on March 10, fire personnel were dispatched to CR 8.5 and CR DD.8 in Lamar on report of an authorized controlled burn. The fire crew was called by the water department to burn a pile of tumble weeds that had blown into an open reservoir. The site was evaluated […]
Fire Department Incident Reports February 14, 2014
Saturday, February 8 At 5:18 pm on February 8, fire personnel were dispatched to a carbon monoxide incident located at 811 South 13th Street in Lamar. Upon arrival at the scene, Engineer Kemp investigated the area with the 4-gas monitor. The occupants stated that the alarm had been activated approximately three minutes before calling emergency […]
Fire Department Incident Reports January 24, 2014
Saturday, January 18 At 1:55 am on January 18, fire personnel were dispatched to a possible CO alarm sounding at 1212 South 7th Street in Lamar. Dispatched notified fire crew that all occupants were out of the home and in a safe location. On arrival, crew members found the home owner in a car on […]
Fire Department Incident Reports January 3, 2014
Friday, December 20 At 12:28pm on December 20, fire personnel were dispatched to 501 North 9th Street in Lamar on report of a gas leak. Upon arrival at the location, fire personnel found a 100 lb propane tank that was venting. The cap was still on the tank and it was wretched strapped to the […]
Maintain Alarm System Peak Performance with New Power Supplies
Residents check the power supplies on their cell phones, ipods, digital cameras and lap top computers. They can save a lot of time and trouble for area First Responders when they also check out the battery life of their smoke or carbon monoxide detectors in their home or business. The Lamar Fire Department has been responding […]
Three Calls, No Fires for Lamar F.D.
The Lamar Fire Department was kept busy with responses over the weekend, and fortunately there were no fires or injuries. The first call came shortly after midnight, Saturday, March 26 to a Lamar Community College dorm for a heat sensor alert in a basement. An investigation showed the sensor was activated due to a system […]