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Jackman Moose River Fire
Department
2007
Emergency Calls
Call #14: March 17, 2007
Structure Fire. This photo shows the
south side of the home not long after the fire department arrived on scene.
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* 2007 EMERGENCY CALLS TO
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50.
12/04/2007 Tractor Trailer Truck/Utility Pole Long Pond Road (Route 15), Jackman. A west bound truck loaded with spruce
logs drifted off the right side of the road striking several trees, the
driver overcorrected back to the left and the truck went off the left side
of the road in to the ditch. The
truck sheared off a utility pole knocking out power for a large area for 5
hours. The tractor portion of the
truck sustained heavy damage. The
driver was very lucky he was not hurt.
49.
11/23/2007 Overheated Circuit Breaker Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. There was no damage.
48.
11/20/2007 Tractor Trailer Truck/Utility Pole Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. An empty tractor-trailer truck coming
down a hill in a 55mph zone was going too fast for the snow-covered roads,
and when the road curved to the left the truck went off the road to the
right. The truck sheared off a pole
of the main electrical transmission line for the region knocking out power
for several hours until equipment could arrive to remove the truck and then
the power company could install a new pole.
The driver of the truck was not hurt.
47.
11/17/2007 Chimney Fire Heald Stream Road, Jackman. The fire was contained to the chimney
there was no damage to the house.
46.
11/16/2007 Pickup Rollover Route 201, Parlin Pond Township.
During a snowstorm the driver of the pickup lost control, the pickup
swerved to the right and rolled over two times. Although the pickup sustained heavy
damage, fortunately the driver was wearing his seat belt and was not
injured.
45.
11/13/2007 Fire Alarm Activation Main Street (Route 201), Sandy Bay.
For unknown reasons the alarm system activated. When the alarm was reset it did not
reactivate and seems to be ok.
44.
11/04/2007 Pickup Rollover Main Street (Route 201), Moose River.
Local young people out horsing around late at night rolled a pickup
over in the road while doing donuts.
One of the four occupants of the vehicle was ejected from the
vehicle during the rollover and sustained head injuries. All were very lucky that they were not
killed.
43. 10/31/2007 Pickup-Pole Main Street (Route
201), Moose
River. The driver of the pickup swerved to avoid
two deer in the road. The pickup
sideswiped a utility pole (the pole is broken and will have to be replaced)
went in to the ditch and came up into the access road to the local sawmill
where the pickup struck a large log.
The driver was not hurt.
42.
09/27/2007 Vehicle Rollover U.S. Route 201, Johnson Mountain Township.
For whatever reason, the driver of the unregistered, uninsured
vehicle went off the road and rolled over.
Both the driver and the passenger were injured.
41.
09/13/2007 Rescue Injured Hiker Sally Mountain, Attean Township.
A female hiker fell on the Sally Mountain hiking trail and broke her
ankle. In all 12 rescuers were involved
in carrying the patient off the mountain.
40.
09/10/2007 SUV Rollover Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. For unknown reasons the driver lost
control of the vehicle, it crossed the road and went down the bank rolling
on to its side. The driver sustained
a broken arm.
39.
08/15/2007 Car-Moose Accident Route 201, Johnson Mountain Township.
A passer by using a cell phone drove by a car badly damaged in a
collision with a moose but the passer by did not stop to check out the
situation. The passer by called but
had no way of knowing if anyone was hurt or even at the scene. The fire department was dispatched, and
within a couple of minutes the dispatchers found out that the state police
had been informed about the accident two hours before and no one was
injured. IF YOU THINK YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT REQUIRE YOU TO
DIAL 911 ON YOUR CELL PHONE, CHECK OUT THE SITUAION FIRST. SOME AREAS ARE NOW REPORTING THAT OVER HALF OF ALL CELL PHONE 911 CALLS ARE NOT REAL EMERGENCIES; THE CALLERS ONLY PERCEIVE
THAT THERE IS AN EMERGENCY BUT DID NOT STOP TO INVESTIGATE.
38.
08/08/2007 Tree Down Blocking the Road Main Street (Route 201), Dennistown. The caller reported a large tree down
blocking the road, with wires possibly taken down by the tree. When the fire department arrived on scene
we found two truck drivers cutting up the tree and removing it from the
road. There were no wires involved.
NOTE: Just after 10am on August 3rd, a severe
thunderstorm hit the region with very high winds, heavy rain, and lots of
lightning. Water spouts were spotted
on the lake and funnel clouds were reported near the airport. Numerous trees and wires came down
throughout the region. Calls #34
through #37 all came in within about a half hour.
37.
08/03/2007 Reported Forest Fire Somewhere in the Moose River Valley.
Someone fairly high up on the southern end of the valley could see
smoke in the northern portion of the valley. Firefighters looked but could not find
anything. A severe thunderstorm had
just come through the area and there were numerous lightning strikes. Fortunately, there was also heavy rain so
any fire started by a lightning strike was probably extinguished.
36.
08/03/2007 Tree & Power Line Down Henderson Road, Jackman. The fire department was just arriving on
scene of #35 when this call came in 5 miles away. A tree fell down in high winds and
knocked down the power line. The
breaker on the pole did not trip, so the wire on the ground was
energized. Firefighters blocked off
the road until the power company arrived to disconnect the breaker and
remove the power line from the road.
35.
08/03/2007 Lightning Struck Tree on Fire Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. The fire department was on scene of #34
when this call came in 7 miles away.
Heavy rain put out the fire prior to the fire departments arrival
on scene.
34.
08/03/2007 Trees down in the Road Main Street (Route 201), Moose River.
High winds with a thunderstorm blew two large trees down in the road,
one of which completely blocked the road.
The trees were pulled out of the road and traffic flow resumed.
33.
07/31/2007 Reported Car-Moose Accident. A caller who could speak very few words
of English reported a car-moose accident with someone injured. After several minutes of talking with the
caller, the dispatchers believed that the accident was north of Jackman and
toned out JMRFD. While out looking
for the accident north of Jackman, someone who speaks English called to
report the accident just north of the Forks.
32.
07/31/2007 Lift Assist Last Resort Lane, Jackman. Firefighters provided assistance to the
local ambulance crew with a man who had fallen off ledge and was seriously
injured.
31.
07/08/2007 Pickup-Moose Accident Main Street (Route 201), Sandy Bay Township.
The moose suddenly came up in to the road and the driver was unable
to avoid a collision. The driver and
passenger of the pickup were not injured.
The new pickup sustained extensive damage. The moose was killed.
30.
07/05/2007 Car-Deer Accident Long Pond Road (Route 15), Long
Pond Township. The driver and his
two passengers were not hurt.
29.
07/01/2007 Vehicle Rollover Long Pond Road (Route 15), Jackman. The driver of the vehicle fell asleep at
the wheel. The vehicle went off the
road, rolled over one and a half times and came to rest on its roof. The driver managed to get out of the
vehicle and walk over a mile to a set of sporting camps to get help. The driver was injured. There were no passengers.
28.
06/25/2007 Bark and brush pile fire near ATV trail,
Jackman. For unknown reasons the
bark and brush pile caught on fire.
There was no damage to any structure.
27.
06/23/2007 Vehicle Rollover Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. For unknown reasons the south bound
driver lost control of the vehicle going up hill, the vehicle skidded
across the north bound lane, rolled over and landed on its wheels. The driver was hurt. There were no passengers.
26.
06/07/2007 Fire Alarm Activation Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. For no apparent reason a smoke detector
activated and set off the alarm system.
25.
05/11/2007 Wildland Fire Giroux Street, Moose River.
The homeowners put cardboard in their burn barrel, believing that
the burn barrel no longer had any embers in it from trash that they had
burned the day before. The cardboard
ignited and the fire spread to grass, brush, some firewood, etc. NOTE: BURNING TRASH IS NOT LEGAL IN MAINE.
BURN BARRELS ARE NOT LEGAL. YOU
CAN ONLY LEGALLY BURN BRUSH AND CLEAN LUMBER AND YOU MUST HAVE A BURNING PERMIT TO
BURN THESE ITEMS.
24.
05/10/2007 Wildland Fire U.S. Route 201, Sandy Bay Township.
The fire, confined to a relatively small area, was caused by the
illegal use of fireworks.
23.
05/09/2007 Wildland Fire Talpey Road, Moose River.
Due to a cause yet to be determined, a wildfire broke out and burned
an acre. Three homes were threatened
by the fire. One camper trailer that
a man was living in was destroyed in the fire. Also destroyed was an old mobile home
that no one was living in, a shed with tools, and other items scattered
throughout the property.
22.
04/24/2007 Non-permitted burn Talpey Road, Moose River.
Neighbors could see high flames so they called 911 to report a fire. Four men were burning old lumber that was
torn off a trailer. They did not
obtain a permit for the fire.
OUTDOOR BURNING REQUIRES A
PERMIT. AND ONLY BRUSH AND CLEAN LUMBER CAN BE BURNED.
21.
04/06/2007 Fire in Oven Long Pond Road (Route 15), Jackman. The homeowner preheated the oven to bake
something, and when she opened the oven door grease inside the oven caught
on fire. She quickly closed the oven
door and called 911. The fire was
out before the fire department arrived on scene a few minutes later.
20.
04/05/2007 Chemical Tank Truck blocking the road Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. During a snowstorm when the roads were
very slippery, a tank truck hauling caustic soda slid back on a hill,
partially jackknifed, and got stuck in the snowbank. The trailer was completely blocking 2 of
the 3 lanes, and partially blocking the third lane at the bottom of a very
dangerous hill. Firefighters had to
stop the traffic, and firefighters recruited a fully loaded pulp truck to
pull the tank truck back on to the road.
19.
04/04/2007 Pickup-Pole Main Street (Route 201), Moose River.
During a snow storm with very poor road conditions, a pickup went
off the road and struck a utility pole.
The pickup sustained substantial damage, and the pole was broken and
will need to be replaced. Before the
arrival of the fire department on scene, the driver got out of the vehicle,
locked it up, and left. A while
later the owner called from a local bar to report the vehicle as being
stolen.
18.
03/31/2007 Snowmobile Fire Old Canada Road, Sandy Bay Township.
Two snowmobilers parked to off-load their sleds from their
snowmobile trailer, and when the first sled was started it caught
fire. Both snowmobiles were
destroyed and the trailer was extensively damaged.
17.
03/28/2007 Rescue Assist with Rescue Sled On the shore of Big Wood
Pond, Jackman. A man clearing trees
by a camp suffered an apparent stroke.
JMRFD firefighters used our snowmobile and rescue sled to transport
the man over the ice to the ambulance waiting at the Jackman town boat
landing.
16.
03/18/2007 Structure Fire rekindle Main Street (Route 201),
Jackman. There had been a little bit
of smoldering in the remnants of the basement, and at about 5:30pm some
firewood and other material ignited.
Firefighters easily extinguished what is hoped to be the last hot
spot of this fire.
15.
03/18/2007 Structure Fire rekindle Main Street (Route 201),
Jackman. At 3am a passing Border
Patrol agent noticed that one of the piles of debris was burning the pile
closest to an adjacent home.
Although all of the material pulled out by the crane and piled up
had been thoroughly wet down, apparently some burning material in the pile
never got wet down and after smoldering for many hours finally ignited.
14.
03/17/2007 Structure Fire Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. None of the family of 5 that lived in
the home was at home when other people in the area noticed fire in the
house. Within a couple of minutes
fire was rolling out of several windows and was spreading rapidly
throughout the large home.
Firefighters had no chance to save the home it was quite a battle
for firefighters to get the upper hand on the fire to keep if from
spreading to adjacent structures.
Many hours after the fire began a crane had to be brought in to rip
the heavily damaged structure apart so that firefighters could extinguish
the blaze. The home and contents
were a total loss. No one was
injured.
13.
03/16/2007 - Fire Alarm Activation Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. A popcorn maker started smoking and
activated the fire alarm system.
12. 03/14/2007 Mutual Aid Call Went to a
structure fire in Caratunk to assist West Forks Fire Department.
11.
03/03/2007 Snowmobile Accident ITS 89, Moose River. A snowmobiler flipped his snowmobile end
over end and broke his ankle. (He
was very lucky that he was not more seriously injured.) JMRFD firefighters used our snowmobile
and rescue sled to retrieve the injured man from the trail and transport
him to the waiting ambulance.
10.
02/28/2007 Fire Alarm Activation Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. A floor buffer in use apparently set off
a smoke detector which activated the fire alarm system.
9.
02/20/2007 Cargo Van off the road Route 201, Johnson Mountain
Township. The driver of the
southbound van drifted off the right side of the road, hit the snowbank,
and the van spun around facing back to the north. There was a fair amount of damage to the
front of the van. The driver was not
hurt.
8.
02/19/2007 Chimney Fire Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. A build up of creosote near the top of
the chimney ignited. There was no
damage to the house. Weather in the
first part of the winter was prime for building creosote warm wet weather
spells mixed in with some cool weather.
If you burn wood for heat, HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR CHIMNEY RECENTLY?
7.
02/18/2007 SUV off the road Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. The SUV pulling a snowmobile trailer
coming down a big hill lost traction and spun around in the road and
slammed in to the snow bank on the opposite side of the road. The top of the snowmobile trailer broke
off and the snowmobile came off the trailer. There was also some damage to the
SUV. The driver was not hurt.
6.
02/16/2007 SUV Rollover US Route 201, Parlin Pond Township. The roads were snow covered from a recent
snow storm. The vehicle slid off the
road and rolled over. The driver was
not hurt.
5.
01/29/2006 Chimney Fire Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. Although the homeowner had cleaned the
chimney prior to the winter heating season, a fair amount of creosote had
built up and ignited. The neighbor
who reported the fire stated that flames at least a foot high were coming
out of the chimney.
4.
01/25/2006 Single Vehicle Accident Main Street (Route 201),
Jackman. The vehicle drifted off the
right edge of the road and then veered back to the left too quickly. The vehicle skidded around and slid
sideways across the road and in to the woods. The driver was injured. The passenger was ejected from the
vehicle and died a short time later.
3.
01/16/2007 Plugged chimney Giroux Street, Moose River. Smoke started backing up in to the house,
so the owner called 911 to report a chimney fire. In actuality, there was no fire. Creosote inside the chimney fell off the
inside walls of the chimney and partially blocked the chimney causing the
smoke to back up.
2. 01/09/2007 Pickup-Tractor trailer truck
collision Main Street (Route 201), Dennistown. Snow early yesterday morning made for
sloppy driving conditions. The
pickup (pulling a trailer) started to fish tail in the road and slid
sideways in to the trailer of the truck.
The pickup was extensively damaged and four wheels on the truck were
damaged. Fortunately no one was
injured.
1. 01/06/2007 Tree on Power Line on Fire
Main Street (Route 201), Dennistown.
High winds brought down numerous trees in the region. In this location a tree fell over on the
power line, burned, and the power line broke and fell to the ground.
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