Brother Burned in Alabama

The following was sent out on the Secret List, and can be found on the Firefighter Close Calls website.

"Hey,
A Duncanville (Alabama) Volunteer Firefighter is in the burn unit following serious injuries he received while operating at a dwelling fire Wednesday night. Firefighter Casey Hinsey, 29, was burned on his hands, arm, neck and face and remains at the UAB Burn Center in Birmingham as of this morning. Smoke was showing when Firefighters entered the house around 1800 (Wednesday night) and it reportedly flashed over while members were operating inside. FF Hinsey became disoriented and had to be pulled out of the house by other firefighters. Updates to follow on our home page."

Once again, this is a preliminary report, but if it is accurate it highlights again that we need to control the environment of a fire building or it is going to kill us. I live in Cook County so I like to follow the philosophy of "Vent Early, Vent Often." I'll be talking about this a bit more in the future.

Be safe.