Stanley, NC - East Lincoln Fire Department is currently accepting applications for an 8-5 firefighter, Monday thru Friday.
The application period is open until August 8th @ 5:00 p.m. Interested applicants may go by the fire station to pick up an application.
The station is located at 7654 Highway 73 East, Stanley, NC 28164.
Stanley, NC - The East Lincoln Fire Department held their regular membership training meeting on Monday, June 25, 2007.
Assistant Chief Ken Hogue conducted the training meeting which covered the topic of Rapid Intervention Teams in light of the recent tragedy in Charleston, SC where nine firefighters lost their lives in the line of duty.
ELFD firefighters were reminded that every scenario is different and that every amount of pre-planning does not negate the seriousness nor danger at every call.
The East Lincoln Fire Department conducts at least one training meeting every month for its members as well as utilizes educational opportunities at area community colleges.
Stanley, NC - We would like to congratulate Chief Timothy Tench, Assistant Chief Kenneth Hogue, and FF Eric Doolittle for graduating with an Associates Degree in Applied Science (Fire Protection Technology) from Gaston College.
At ELFD we provide our members and full time staff the opportunity to further their education with financial support. We are one of the few Fire Departments in the state that require an Associate’s degree for employment. Note: Chief Tench also possess’ a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
Responses for the week of June 18 through June 25, 2007
2- Passenger vehicle fires
12- EMS call, excluding vehicle accidents
1- EMS call on Lake Norman
1- Animal Rescue
1-Public Service Assistance, installation of smoke detectors
1- Reported Structure Fire, no incident found; misuse of 911
1- Fire Alarm sounding due to malfunction
2- Motor Vehicle Accident, with injuries
21- Total responses
• ELFD members will be performing required hydrant maintenance this week, FD apparatus and members will be on the side of roadways so please be careful while driving when these units are performing these tasks. Reminder, it is against county regulation to block any fire hydrant with plants, mailboxes, etc. Any of these items must be at least three feet from any hydrant.
Flags at ELFD, other departments lowered to half staff
By Jon Mayhew, Editor
Lincoln Tribune
Denver -- While it's business as usual at fire departments across Lincoln County, firefighter's minds are on nine Charleston firefighters who lost their lives while battling a furniture store fire Monday night.
The heroes were inside the store at the time the roof collapsed, putting their lives on the line to save two people who were trapped inside at the time of the blaze.
According to East Lincoln Fire Department chief Tim Tench, the tragedy is something to think about.
(Left photo: The flag at East Lincoln Fire Department on N.C. 73 is at half staff following the death of nine firefighters in Charleston, SC. Right photo: The sign outside ELFD says it all.)
Complete Story at the Lincoln Tribune
The members of East Lincoln Fire Dept would like to send out our condolences to the City of Charleston Fire Department, along with all of the families of the fallen brothers.
Iron Station - Firefighters from Alexis, East Lincoln and Pumpkin Center responded to a fully involved structure fire on Saturday evening around 9:30 p.m. Other emergency personnel were also dispatched to the scene.
The residence, located at 1242 Hilldale Lane, was engulfed in flames when fire personnel arrived. The home was located off of a long dirt road without hydrant access which necessitated the call for extra fire equipment to feed water to the scene.
Firefighters from the area departments were able to salvage a portion of the home and the family’s fire safe was salvaged along with other items from the home.
The structure was a trailer that had additional living areas added onto the home.
No immediate reason for the fire had been determined at the time of this report but the cause of the fire was believed to be electrical.
Iron Station - East Lincoln Firefighters responded today to a call at 4921 Old Plank Road at Catfish/Carp Country when a equestrian was thrown from a horse.
On duty firefighters Eric Doolittle and Casey Noles responded to the emergency along with other volunteers that included: Mason Caudle, Frank Henkle, Kenny Henkle, Lee Keever, and Brandon McAlpine.
ELFD provided medical assistance and assisted in calming the rider.
by: Jon Mayhew, Lincoln Times-News, www.lincolntimesnews.com
(12/11/2006)
Firefighters from two departments survey the scene following a head-on collision N.C. 16 at the Lincoln-Gaston county border. Jon Mayhew / LTN Photo
DENVER – East Lincoln emergency workers remained busy into the wee hours of Saturday morning working a pair of separate accidents that sent three people to area hospitals.
One victim was also airlifted to a Spartanburg, S.C., hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
In the first accident, N.C. 16 at the Gaston/Lincoln County line was closed for over an hour as authorities from both East Lincoln Fire Department and Lucia-Riverbend Fire Department responded just before midnight to a head-on collision.
According to ELFD Captain Lee Keever, there was massive damage to both vehicles from the wreck.
“Once getting to the scene, we did an initial assessment and discovered one person was pinned in the wreckage,” said Keever.
East Lincoln - Emergency personnel from a number of agencies joined in search late Wednesday evening looking for a young teen who had wandered away from his residence. Because the missing person was an adolescent, few details have been made to the public.
A missing persons call was issued from the Lincoln County Communications Center around 9:30 p.m. Shortly thereafter a helicopter could be seen in the air over eastern Lincoln County with a search light.
The East Lincoln Fire Department was the first to arrive on the scene and established a command center just off of Highway 16. Emergency personnel from other departments arrived shortly after to assist in locating the missing person.
East Lincoln Fire Chief, Tim Tench, oversaw the initial operations as the many different agencies arrived to the scene.
(Picture: Members of the East Lincoln Fire Department organize before beginning their search on Wednesday for a missing teen.)
