4192007 Hazelton Firefighter caught in Flashover

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4-19-2007Hazelton Firefighter caught in
Flashover

• 598-600 Manhattan Court
• Two children Killed

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The following information has been provided by
Joel MumieFirefighter with Pioneer Fire co.
Ladder 1Firefighter Mumie was caught in the
flashover while searching for the trapped victims.
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The fire was a 1/2 block from my house, I went
out my front door and heard terrible screaming
and knew we had a bad one. I drove down the
block and radioed County of the working fire with
entrapment. There was fire showing side "D, I
geared up and awaited for E-2 to arrived. When
E-2 arrived, I grabbed the 16 foot roof ladder,
and threw it on side "A. I found a mother in
the window, grabbed her and pulled her out and
she said her kids were in their room and begged
me to get them, as my partner moved her down the
side of the roof to a safe area, and I entered
the room, searched in about 5-6 feet area, and
found the crib, but no child.
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I than attempted to continue searching, when in
seconds the conditions became unbearable and I
made my way back to the window. As I exited,
the 2nd floor flashed. I thought for sure I was
burned but lucked out, I had all my PPE in place
and it did it's job and I am still here to talk
about it. I can't stress enough the importance
of wearing it and wearing it properly. I know
you guys feel the same way about it and this may
seem like I am "preaching to the choir, but I
figured I would send the pictures of it and the
damage so you can use it for training and
stressing the importance to other Members of you
Departments or future students you will teach.
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Sad to say that we could not reach the 2 boys in
time, but I was able to get the mother who by the
way is 6 months pregnant with another child and
is expected to make it through ok, so not all was
totally lost. Be careful out
there!
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entering to search for the children after
removing the mother
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The 2nd floor as it flashed, and if you look
close under the window venting fire on the left
you can see the outline of Firefighter Mumie as
he exited
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Firefighter Mumies PPE
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Miscellaneous information

• It has been reported that the fire started with
  an unattended pot of oil on the stove.
• There were also two smoke detectors without
  batteries.

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A Special Thank You to Firefighter Mumie for
sharing his pictures so we can reinforce the
importance of PPE.