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April.  As you may or may not know, our turnout gear is slowly aging away.  We have attempted to obtain numerous grants in the past 3 years to replace it, but have had no success.  Recently, one of our members located the Hometown Helper grant.  The Hometown Helper grant is sponsored by Hamburger Helper and is available to any not-for-profit organization.  It is an amazing grant and, without hesitation, we started the application process.  Receiving the grant is dependant upon how many people we are able to get to post comments in support of the grant.  Here's where you come in!!!  All you need to do is logon to the Hometown Helper website and post a comment in support of our grant!  Anyone over the age of 13 can do it and all it takes is an internet connection.  So, please, take 30 seconds of your time and support our grant!  Have your entire family support our grant!!  Tell everyone you know to support our grant!!!  Here's the link:

The Wellston Fire Department, and the citizens we protect, thank you for your support!!!

February 12.  The tones dropped at 1506hrs this afternoon for a trailer fire at 16934 St Rt 124.  E1905 arrived on scene 5 minutes later to find a 14' x 60' mobile home with fire showing from the front door.  The officer & nozzleman stretched a 1 3/4" preconnect while the OVM started taking out windows on the Delta side.  The fire at the door was quickly knocked down and the crew moved in to extinguish the fire in the kitchen/bedroom on the Delta side.  Once that fire was knocked down, E1905's crew performed a primary search, which proved to be negative.  Command marked the fire under control, and the primary negative, in less than 7 minutes.  The units not already on scene were advised to respond at a reduced rate and the Box was held to Wellston units only 20 minutes later.  1 firefighter was checked on the scene by Medic 081 and all crews cleared the scene at 1619hrs.

 

 

Box - Engines 1905, 1907, 1204, 1411; Tankers 1411, 2302; Medic 081

E1905 - Lt Roman Brandau, FF Ben Matthews, FF Devry McGlaughlin, FF Ethan Pariseau

E1907 - A/C Tom Helm, Capt Randy Dupree, FF Cory Ireland

February 28.  At 0917hrs, units were alerted to 370 Comet Rd for the house on fire. This is the 3rd time that crews have responded to this location for a working fire.  E1906 arrived on scene to find smoke & fire showing from the C/D corner of a burned out 1 story single family dwelling.  They pulled a 1 3/4" crosslay and made entry.  The fire was quickly knocked down and Command held the call to the street assignment (E1906, E1204, R1908).  Units overhauled for about 20 minutes before returning to service.

 

E1906 - A/C Ryan Pelletier, FF Cory Ireland, FF Nathan Pariseau

R1908 - Lt Roman Brandau, FF Jason Holzapfel, FF Joe Ortman, FF Gary Hagen

March 11.  At 2007hrs, Box 191 was filled for a structure fire at 1136 South Ohio Avenue.  PD arrived on scene seconds later and reported a fully-involved house with 2 children reported still inside.  E1905 & E1906, staffed with 8 firefighters that were on station, arrived 2 minutes later to find a 2 story, wood framed, single family dwelling with heavy fire showing from Side Alpha.  They immediately stretched a preconnect and prepared for fire attack.  R1908, staffed with 4, arrived on scene 1 minute after that.  The 2 children were located next door and R1908's crew put the deck gun in service to knock the fire down.  At that time, information came in reporting a 3rd child unaccounted for.  Crews made entry and started searching and knocking down fire as they went.  A quick primary was completed, with negative results, and the crews were evacuated from the structure.  All units on scene then went to a defensive mode until the fire was brought under control.  The last Wellston units cleared the scene just after midnight.

 

 

 

Box - Engines 1905, 1906, 2304, 1204; Rescue 1908; Ladder 1406; Medic 081

Extra - Engine 1203, Tanker 2302, Special Response Unit 1910

 

E1905 - Capt Bill Denney, SO Chris Waugh, FF Joe Ortman, FF Gary Hagen

E1906 - A/C Tom Helm, FF Dustin Coffman, FF Ben Matthews, FF Devry McGlaughlin

R1908 - Lt Roman Brandau, FF Jason Holzapfel, FF Barry Lambert, FF Ashley Phillips

SRU1910 - A/C Ryan Pelletier, Capt Dennis Dupree, FF Brian Dunn, FF Nathan Pariseau

Photos by Nick Warrington

March 12.  At 0053 hrs, weary firefighters were called back to 1136 S Ohio for another fire.  E1906 arrived on scene to find fire showing again, this time from the rear of the house.  2 engines and a tanker were used to extinguish a good amount of fire in 2 rooms on Side Charlie of the house.  More overhaul was completed and the crews returned to service around 0230 hrs.  Crews were called back to the scene a short time later for a small rekindle, also in the back of the house.  Weary firefighters were finally able to rest around 0500 hrs.

 

Engines 1906, 1905; Tanker 2302

 

E1906 - A/C Tom Helm, SO Chris Waugh, FF Devry McGlaughlin

E1905 - FF Ben Matthews, FF Jason Holzapfel, FF Jeff Jackson

April 12.  E1905 responded 4th due, with 5 men, to a major commercial fire in Jackson.  The fire was at Cross & Son's Farm Equipment on Chillicothe Pike.  Jackson crews arrived on scene to find fire throughout a large farm equipment business.  Crews worked for several hours to gain access to and extinguish the fire.  Crews had to cut several holes through the side of the metal building to get to the seat of the fire.  Water supply in the area was poor and the hydrant system was supplemented with a tanker shuttle.  Throughout the incident, salvage operations were completed by the units on scene and a lot of equipment was saved.  The fire was contained to the building of origin by the 5 departments that were eventually called to the scene.  Wellston crews returned to service around 0130hrs on April 13.  Jackson crews remained on scene throughout the day hitting hot spots.

 

E1905 - Capt Dennis Dupree, Lt Aaron Dupree, S/O Chris Waugh, FF Jason Holzapfel, FF Ben Matthews

 

April 13.  At 1448hrs, the Rescue Assignment was alerted for an overturned car with reported entrapment on St Rt 327 North of Wellston.  1923 A/C Ryan Pelletier arrived on scene (just outside his house) a minute later and reported 1 vehicle overturned with 2 patients, both self-extricated.  Due to the mechanism of injury and the patient's conditions, all units continued in to the scene to assist.  E1905 assisted with packaging and patient care.  R1908 assisted on scene for a few minutes before being sent to set-up a landing site for MedFlight 3 on Jack Vaughn Rd.  MedFlight was landed a few minutes later and 1 patient was flown to Cabell Huntington Hospital.  The other was transported Priority 2 to Holzer Medical Center - Jackson by ground.  All units were clear and in service at 1557hrs.

 

E1905 - A/C Tom Helm, FF Cory Ireland, FF Joe Ortman (A/C Ryan Pelletier)

R1908 - Capt Dennis Dupree, Lt Roman Brandau, FF Ben Matthews, FF Gary Hagen

April 15.  At 0212hrs, the box was filled for a house fire on Hardscrapple Rd in Coalton's 1st due.  E1905, with 5 men, arrived on scene just behind Coalton's first engine.  Crews found a 1 story wood frame single family dwelling with heavy fire showing from all sides.  Both engine crews pulled lines and made an aggressive attack supplied by tankers from Jackson and Hamden.  The bulk of the fire was knocked down within 15 minutes and crews started with extensive overhaul operations.  Wellston crews returned to service at 0447hrs.  No injuries were reported.

 

Box - Engines 1204, 1203, 1905, 1405; Tankers 1411, 2302

 

E1905 - A/C Ryan Pelletier, Capt Randy Dupree, FF Cory Ireland, FF Joe Ortman, FF Nathan Pariseau

April 19.  The tones were dropped for another house fire at 1550hrs this afternoon.  This time, the Engine crew was headed to a working house fire in the 16,000 blk of Beaver Pike in 14's area.  They went on scene with fire showing from a large wood framed residence.  The fire was contained prior to our arrival and Wellston crews provided manpower to assist with salvage & overhaul operations.  Our crew was on scene for less than half an hour before being released.  There were no injuries reported and crews made in back to Wellston in time for dinner.

 

Box - Engines 1405, 1401, 1601, 1204, 1905; Tankers 1411, 1502

 

E1905 - A/C Tom Helm, FF Cory Ireland, FF Joe Ortman

April 23.  The 5 firefighters onboard Engine 1905 were on the road again tonight.  This time, they were headed to Chillicothe Pike in Jackson for another working house fire.  E1405 arrived on scene with heavy smoke showing from a large 1 story wood framed residence.  They quickly located heavy fire in the back half of the house and made an aggressive push through the front door.  As E1905 was arriving on scene, crews were evacuated as heavy fire blew out the windows on the Bravo-Charlie corner and started impinging on the neighboring house.  E1905's crew was sent to the roof for vertical ventilation and cut 2 holes on the Charlie side of the house as other crews re-entered to extinguish the fire.  The roof crew cut another hole on the Alpha side of the residence as crews were overhauling the strangely designed celing/rafter/attic area.  Wellston crews helped with clean-up and were released from the scene at 2227hrs.

 

Box - Engines 1405, 1401, 1204, 1905; Tankers 1411, 1502; Medic 091

Extra - E1501, E1203, SRU1910

 

E1905 - A/C Ryan Pelletier, Capt Randy Dupree, Lt Aaron Dupree, Lt Roman Brandau, FF Brian Dunn

SRU1910 - S/O Chris Waugh, FF Joe Ortman, FF Gary Hagen

As some of you may have noticed, WellstonFD.com has been experiencing some major problems.  My server is not functioning properly and I have been having a hard time keeping anything, other than a blue screen, displayed on the internet.  I have been working to correct the problem.  Unfortunately, the same can't be said for my web host.  They have stopped responding to my emails and will no longer contact me.  It seems as though I have the problem fixed for now, at least on most of the pages, and I am currently looking for a new, affordable, web host to take over WellstonFD.com.  I am also currently rebuilding the entire site with a newer and much more sophisticated program.  All of these things take time and with our activity lately, I haven't had much of that.  So, please bear with me.  The site will be much improved in the near future!!!  Thank you, from the Webmaster of WellstonFD.com!

February 7.  As crews were still working in Wellston, County Fire Control advised Coalton FD of a 2nd structure fire in their 1st due.  At 2203hrs, the assignment was toned out for a working house fire at 887 Hardscrapple Rd.  Units were released from Wellston and marked enroute to the scene within a minute.  E1203 arrived on scene to find a large 2 story wood framed residence with heavy fire showing from both floors.  Command 1221 Chief John Frisby quickly requested addtional units for water and manpower.  Crews stretched multiple lines and had the fire knocked down within 30 minutes.  Multiple units remained on scene for several hours overhauling and hitting hot spots.  No injuries were reported.  Addtional Wellston crews from the station handled a CO check and a medical call in our first due while this fire was being contained.  Wellston units finally returned to station at 0133hrs.  1 more medical call was handled for the shift, bringing the day's total to 6.

 

Box - Engine 1203, 1906, 1204, 2304; Rescue 1217; Tanker 1411.

Additional - E1501, Tanker 1502

 

E1906 - FF Dustin Coffman, FF Billy Witt, FF Barry Lambert & 2 Coalton FFs

February 10.  The retirement of Chief Gill brought the hiring of 2 more firefighter's to Wellston's ranks.  FF Nathan Pariseau was re-hired with the department.  He was on for awhile before taking up a traveling nurses position.  After spending some time in major ERs in California and Columbus, Ohio, he has returned to Wellston.  He will, as before, be a very valuable asset to the department.  We also hired FF Joe Ortman.  He comes here with prior fire training and will be able to make an impact immediately within the department.  As the run volume continues to grow, so does our department and their training.  As always, the Wellston Fire Department is dedicated to providing the best service to its residents!!!