WVFD was dispatched for a major motor vehicle accident on Gulf Stream Monday evening. Engine 2 arrived on scene to find a two vehicle accident involving a police vehicle and a motorcycle. Acadian was on scene with all patient care while WVFD ensured there were no hazards with the vehicles. The patient suffered no major injuries, refused transport and was thus transported POV (police operated vehicle) to the downtown area.

Windcrest VFD was dispatched to assist Camelot with a structure fire in the 6800 block of Avila on Saturday evening. Converse Engine 1 arrived on scene to find a dryer fire that had extended into the kitchen and living area of a single family dwelling.  Converse was able to get a knock on the fire while Windcrest Engine 2 grabbed the plug and assisted in checking for extension in the residence. Other departments on scene included Ft. Sam, Kirby, and Gardendale.

Tim V. has produced a video of WVFD in action during the first 6 months of 2010. The video is still being worked on, but we wanted to release "version 1.1" to have some viewer comments on the music and content. The video is a little grainy due to a software issue that is currently being addressed.

We will keep you posted for the final version of this summer's hottest video release.....

Video 1.1 Here

Attached are some videos and a story from Statter911 about a CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) powered bus fire in Anne Arundel County MD (Washington DC suburb). You’ll see the natural gas venting and the flame column that is produced by the venting gas to prevent a BLEVE. The question has come up on the tactics used by AAFD for this fire. As far as we can find out the call came out a bus fire in the parking lot, no mention of CNG or exposures. Would your dispatch or department sent more than one Engine Company or upgrade the assignment? Once on scene with one Engine Company and 500-750 gallons of tank water what would you do? The final assignment was 10 Engines, 4 Aerials and 5 Tankers (Tenders).
Check out the comments section of Statter911’s story for some “heated” debate on the tactics.
Full Video Here    Story & Comments Here

This weeks weekly training centered around Mega-Code/CPR training. Lt. Marsh had three stations set up for members refresher training. The first station covered Combi-Tube skills, the second was CPR compression timing and the last was working a full-code on a Laerdal ALS simulator.

The CESO Trench Team held its first team training exersice at Windcrest. The training involved shoring an "L" Trench with SpeedShores and walers. Windcrest had 8 members on hand along with members from Selma, Converse, Schertz, Universal City and Cibolo Fire Departments.

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With storm that blew in Wednesday afternoon, WVFD was toned out to clear a fallen tree from the roadway on Galewind.

There are two new construction projects in the Glen (Camelot's area) that Windcrest members should be aware of. The first being The ARC (Army Residence Community) is building a second campus off of Miller Road at Glenmont. There are 16 wood frame Quadplex residential buildings under construction along with a 2-story Type-II nursing home. There are NO working hydrants on the campus....the closest hydrants are at the back gate of the main ARC campus and on Glen Heights. Most of the Gates have County keyed Knox Locks for access...the Windcrest Knox Key will NOT work on County Locks

The second project that Windcrest may respond to is a four story Charter School at Montgomery and Glenmont.

Windcrest dispatched for a possible structure fire in the 6800 block of Stockport in Camelot's area. With Camelot out-of-service Windcrest was first-due to the fire. Windcrest Chief in Rescue-2 added Live Oak and Gardendale to the call, Windcrest Engine-2, Tower-1 and Rescue-1 responded with a total of 7 firefighters. Chief set up Command and advised of a oven fire, Engine-2 took the A-side with the Tower nosing into the Engine. Converse was assigned to the hydrant while the interior crew found a small fire contained to the oven with no extension to the cabinets. Live Oak and Gardendale were placed in service and Converse was released as WVFD crews vented the apartment with PPV.

This week's weekly training finished up the last section of the SFFMA Technical Rescue Apprentice Certification. This certification covers Helicopter Operations, Landing Zones, Victim rescues, & Ropes & Rigging. This weeks training covered Haul Systems for stokes basket operations. Members worked on 3:1 and 4:1 systems and had a refresher in securing patients into stokes baskets.