Panguitch Fire

The Panguitch City Fire Department responded this evening to a one-vehicle rollover on Highway 143, about 25 miles South of Panguitch past Panguitch Lake, almost to Brian Head.

On arrival the ambulance crew had already begun to work with the patient to package him for transport to the hospital. Below are a few pictures of the truck and the scene as well as a google image of the location and map showing where this occured.

As part of the Fire I and Fire II certification we are required to also be certified in Hazmat Awareness and Operations.

This week we learned how to put on Hazmat Class B protective suits as well as set up a decontamination area.

Setup is a timed skill that we will be required to pass on test day in a couple of weeks. Here are three videos showing our three class teams setting up the Decon area. For the test, we will only have 2 people setting it up at a time. But this gave us a taste of what it's all about.

Panguitch Team One

This past Saturday a cabin past the fish hatchery in Hatch was struck by lightning just after 8 am. Panguitch Fire and Hatch Fire responded to the fire.

Lack of water supply was responsible for the lost of the cabin. Water shuttling could not supply the firefighters with enough water, fast enough to extinguish the fire. On arrival the basement of the cabin was fully involved.

More than a dozen members of the Panguitch Fire Department and Hatch Fire
Department participated in Utah Fire & Rescue Acadmy's (UFRA) flashover
training as part of the Firefighter I and Firefighter II certification
classes.

The department gathered tonight to celebrate Chief Dodd's birthday. The
guys gathered at the station, with the lights out, and asked dispatch to page the department for a "fire" in an undisclosed location. (Hear the page)

When the chief got there, he was dismayed that he was the first to arrive and that no one else had made it to the station before him. As he opened