All,

Charlotte. (North Carolina) Ladder 32 overturned last night but thankfully, the only in jury was the driver who has a hand injury. No one else was hurt. Ladder 32 was the company that overturned and caught fire this past summer-but this was a different shift. This truck was a reserve truck they have been using.

Initial reports are that a mechanical failure may have caused the driver to lose control while they were responding to a fire alarm activation around 0330 hours.

HERE are photos of the apparatus crash.

http://www.wsoctv.com/gallery/news/local/images-fire-truck-overturns-south-charlotte/gCQCT/

OUR CONDOLENCES:
While not fire related, we-as you-remain beyond shocked at the assassination of two NYPD Officers yesterday afternoon by a career murderer/criminal. Additionally, when we woke this morning, we learned that another Police Officer was gun downed and murdered in Tarpon Springs, Florida.

NYPD SHOOTING-RADIO TRAFFIC (Special Operations Radio)

(MOS=Member of the Service)

(Adam 8=an NYPD Emergency Services Unit patrol unit for that area)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJOPOpmAPz0

Our condolences to the friends and family of NYPD Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos as well as Tarpon Springs Police Officer Charles "Charlie K" Kondek.

JUST A REMINDER..IF YOU CAN SPARE A FEW BUCKS:

THANKS for your response to TSL request-donations form all over the USA hit that site hard yesterday-which is great. As you know, Inwood (Long Island, NY) Firefighter Joe Sanford continues to fight for his life after being critically injured at that house fire in Woodmere on Friday.
Some friends set up a fundraiser to help cover the astronomical medical costs, provide for his family-etc. He is a veteran Volunteer Firefighter-he was injured as a Volunteer-not his source of income.
If you can afford it, please click below and donate to help FF Sanford and his family.
Any amount matters.
http://www.gofundme.com/j3zi6k

Take Care. Be Careful. Pass It On.

BillyG

The Secret List 12/21/2014-1200 Hours