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1's Heavy Rescue en route to Jacksonville, Al to assist in post-storm search and rescue efforts.
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Birmingham Fire and Rescue mourns the loss of Firefighter Jordan Melton, who passed away this evening.
The following is a statement from Mayor Randall L. Woodfin.
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Thank you for your service Firefighter Jordan Melton. Today, we pause to honor your life and your legacy.
End of Watch: 07-17-2023
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Thanks to all who helped us celebrate the City's newest investment in your safety.
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With the power outages ongoing during morning commute, please remember: You must stop until clear at a flashing red traffic light. Proceed with caution at a flashing yellow light; you have the right of way. Treat a traffic light that is completely off as a four-way stop.
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BFRS deployment team en route to Dothan for search and rescue effort post- Hurricane Michael.
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Belle and Kate are both free and back with their owner.
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Multiple traffic signals are flashing around downtown. If your signal is flashing yellow, keep moving. If your signal is flashing red, stop until clear. If they are completely off or both directions are flashing red, it's a 4-way stop.
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8 week old puppy found on secondary search. Seems to be doing fine.
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Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service would like to announce the final arrangements for Firefighter Jordan Melton.
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Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service honors the life and legacy of Firefighter Jordan Melton.
#BFRS
#Firefighter
#BirminghamAlabama
#FirefighterJordanMelton
#EndofWatch
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Please remember: at a traffic light that's flashing, yellow has right of way, flashing red must stop until clear. Lights off? 4 way stop.
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As much as we want to give
@BhamPolice
grief for posting up at
@dunkindonuts
on
#NationalDoughnutDay
, they're raising money for
@SpecialOlympics
. So stop by!
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Please see our official statement on two Birmingham firefighters who were shot at Fire Station 9.
The names of the two firefighters injured are Firefighters Jamel Jones and Jordan Melton.
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Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service honors the life and legacy of Firefighter Jordan Melton.
We will never forget the impact that you left on our department and the City of Birmingham.
You are forever in our hearts.
#RememberingFirefighterJordanMelton
📸:
@JVJCompany
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Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service is on the scene of a large apartment fire at 3rd Street North.
Please stay tuned for details on this incident.
#BFRS
#Fire
#BreakingNews
#Firefighter
#BirminghamAlabama
📸: Official BFRS Photo (
@JVJCompany
)
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BFRS deployment team assisting incident management team with
#HurricaneMichael
damage assessment in Dothan.
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Malfunctioning lights all around town. Flashing yellow lights have right of way. Flashing red must stop until clear. Lights off? 4 way stop.
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Early this morning, Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service responded to a commercial fire at 800 block of 12th Street North.
#BFRS
#Fire
#Firefighter
#FireDepartment
#FirstResponder
#BirminghamAlabama
#Fyp
🎥:
@JVJCompany
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A Final Salute to Firefighter Jordan E. Melton. Honoring his life, legacy & service to the City of Birmingham.
#BFRS
#Firefighter
#LastCall
#FirstResponder
#RememberingFirefighterJordanMelton
🎥:
@JVJCompany
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Heavy Rescue response en route to KFC in Fairfield for a structural collapse
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Take a look at the new Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service rescue units that will carry whole blood.
#BFRS
#Firefighter
#Fyp
#reels
#ems
🎥:
@JVJCompany
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Engine and Rescue 16 using hydraulic tools to free a patient on the 20th St bridge in Ensley.
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Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service continues to honor the life and legacy of Firefighter Jordan Melton.
Today we take a look back at his time during recruit school. Battalion Chief Stan Frierson remembers Recruit Melton from his first day at the academy.
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Crews from Engine 25 and Heavy Rescue 1 working to free a horse stuck in a hole in southwest birmingham
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1 year old Cookie rescued from house fire. 1400 block 18th Way SW.
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Power is off in a significant portion of the north side of downtown due to an electrical vault fire. Traffic lights are off in the entire affected area. Traffic is incredibly congested. There is no ETA to have the problem resolved.
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Belle, one of two dogs stuck in a 12" pipe since 10pm last night, is free.
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Access throughout scrap yard delaying fire fighting. Multiple master streams are in operation. Fire has been contained. No structures in danger.
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Shift change. C shift completed 204 calls for assistance, including three house fires and commercial fire.
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Fire has been contained. Crews working to shutdown flowing sprinklers and limit water damage.
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We are currently receiving calls for people in flooded vehicles in areas that normally do not flood. Do not drive through standing water.
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The majority of fire has been extinguished. The area will be busy with activity for a while.
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Please do not park along the interstate to watch the fireworks! Move to surface streets.
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Shift change. B shift completed 226 calls for assistance over the past 24 hours.
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Quint 20, along with
@BhamPolice
officers rescuing 1 month old puppy from ductwork in Central Park.
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The current situation inside Fire Station 14 on Graymont Ave. No one hurt.
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Today Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service gathered to give Firefighter Jordan Melton one final hero’s salute. We honored his life, his service and his legacy.
First responders from all over the state gathered to help us pay tribute to Firefighter Melton.
📸:
@JVJCompany
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Blaze and Corrine are getting ready for the 35th Annual Birmingham
#StPatricksDay
Parade. Come see us on 20th St starting at 1:30.
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Captain Alma and Lieutenant Friday working a suspicious fire.
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Traffic lights are not functioning normally. If off, 4 way stop. If flashing, yellow has right of way, red stops.
3pm Update: 11,000 customers without service in metro Birmingham. 9.000 of them in the area near Fairfield/Midfield/Pratt City.
#ALwx
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Crews working a multiple vehicle accident involving an 18 wheeler and passenger car on 59/20 South just before the 65 junction. All lanes of traffic are closed.
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Quint 20 responding to a reported house fire in the 200 block of 21st St SW
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Hazmat entry teams have closed valves involved at hazmat incident at Shades Mountain Water Treatment Facility. Teams are headed to decon.
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At least 6 vehicles with significant damage in the Kirklin Clinic parking deck.
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BFRS is currently working an MVA on Finley Blvd with 150-300 gallons of diesel fuel spilled. Engine 6, Rescues 13, 2, and 16, 30's Hazmat, 12 and 13's Decon, and Truck 1 are on scene. The leak is currently being contained. Finley is closed in both directions at 17th St.
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Out visiting the neighbors on this beautiful afternoon.
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Tomorrow's 9/11 tribute will be cancelled as we prepare, along with
@BhamPolice
, for weather associated with
#Irma
.
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Day two of Junior Fire Academy is underway.
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Crews have responded from stations as far away as Huffman to four separate house fires in Ensley this morning.
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Currently working an auto fire on the 3rd floor of the Kirklin Clinic @ 6th Ave S and 20th St. Do not drive over any hose in the area.
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Victim rescued from house fire on 1st Ave W. Command requesting additional rescue unit.
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Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service responded to a commercial fire at the 800 block of 2nd Ave North.
At this time crews are still on the scene battling the fire.
Please stay tuned for updates on this incident.
#BFRS
#Fire
#Firefighter
#BirminghamAlabama
📸:
@JVJCompany
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Crews working a significant apartment fire off of Robert Jemison Dr.
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65 North on the bridge over Greensprings Hwy will be blocked entirely in a few minutes while an overturned garbage truck is righted and towed away. There is currently only one lane open.
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Hazmat crews on scene at St Vincent's hospital on an unknown possible hazmat.
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Fire is under control. Interior crews working to shut off sprinkler system to limit water damage as well as searching for fire extension.
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All Birmingham Fire units have been released from the gas explosion in Shelby County and are returning to the city.
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2nd Alarm struck on well involved house fire with exposures. Searches of left side exposure, clear. Interior fire attack in right exposure.
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It takes two to make a thing go right!
Meet twins Lieutenant Jamarcus Brown from the Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service and Sergeant Demarcus Brown from the Birmingham Police Department.
#WeAreBFRS
#BFRS
#Firefighter
#FirstResponder
#Twins
#PublicService
🎥:
@JVJCompany
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Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service is excited to announce the release of our new Rescue Units that will in the very near future carry whole blood.
These new rescue units will each have the capability to carry blood for critical patients who require it.
📸:
@JVJCompany
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Crews working a garage fire. 1800 block Alabama Ave.
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Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service would like to provide a few winter and fire safety tips during these current winter weather conditions.
Please stay safe and continue to stay warm.
#BFRS
#WinterWeather
#FireSafetyTips
#ColdWeatherTips
#BirminghamAlabama
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Engine 2 working a fuel pump fire at the Chevron on University and 9th St.
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A huge thank you to
@AlabamaRedCross
for bringing out the canteen to feed and hydrate the men and women fighting the scrap yard fire this afternoon.
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@RobinsonCarol
It looks pretty cute right where it is too! We'll come get it down if you'll hold it.
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The entire emergency lane is blocked on 65S through downtown to University. This is extremely dangerous. Please move off of the interstate.
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Battalion 1 crews responding to buildings with structural damage from possible tornado in the area of the Ensley Ave exit from I59.
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Saturn currently being evacuated and crews are working to extinguish fire on second floor.
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A final farewell to UAB Police Sgt. Parnell Guyton.
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Accident with entrapment involving overturned semi, dead-man's curve on I20 W. Heavy Rescue response en route.
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Heavily involved two story house fire. 2500 block Ave S Ensley.
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Area roads will experience flooding this evening. Please do not drive through water over roads. Turn around; don't drown!
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Scrap yard fire in progress on Vanderbilt Rd. Smoke visible across downtown. Multiple master streams in operation.
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Bessemer Rd shut down between Cullman Ave and Eufaula Ave. Accident with extrication underway.
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Large amount of fire visible from ERP Coke on 35th Ave N. Plant personnel reporting the fire is part of routine maintenance. No danger.
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Heavy Rescue response en route to 65S at the 6th Ave S bridge. A vehicle is reportedly hanging over bridge with person inside.
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We are excited to announce that the new Quint 20 will be coming to the Westside of Birmingham at Fire Station 20.
In just under two weeks, this new Quint will be in service and ready to help serve the citizens of Birmingham’s Westside neighborhood.
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After multiple suspicious fires in vacant homes around West End and Ensley last night, an arrest has been made on suspicion of arson.
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Drought Emergency Declaration for the northern 2/3 of the State. Outdoor burning is now misdemeanor with $250 minimum fine.
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Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service is excited to announce the promotion of Captain Willie Walker to the rank of Battalion Chief effective April 20, 2024.
Captain Walker has been with Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service since July of 1995.
📸:
@JVJCompany
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Battalion 1 and 2 crews working a third fire this morning. 1900 block of Alabama Ave SW.
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Please keep in mind that responses will be extremely delayed this morning. Please only call for true emergencies.
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Crews working an accident with multiple injuries and extrication at Wenonah Oxmoor Rd and Shades Crest Rd.
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Crews working a house fire in the 5400 block of Ct I, Ensley. Fire under control. One occupant being transported for minor injuries.
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Working house fire. 400 block Gene Reed Rd. Engine 19 making interior attack.
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Remaining crews are clearing the scene of an overnight warehouse fire on Center St @ St. Charles Ave SW. The building will continue to smolder. Public works has heavy equipment on scene clearing debris.
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Come have brunch/lunch in Avondale and stop by to check out the expo. Extrication demo around noon.
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Accident; 65C @ 16th St. 18 wheeler on top of SUV with multiple patients. Extrication in progress. Both Heavy Rescues on scene.
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This morning Fire Chief Cory Moon officially promoted Jackie Hicks to the position of Assistant Chief of the Birmingham Fire Department.
Join us in congratulating Assistant Chief Jackie Hicks on his promotion and thank him for his dedicated service to the City of Birmingham.
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Engines 3, 7 & 13, Quint 20 & 25, Rescue 3, Battalion 1 & 5, Devon 13, Hazmat 3, Truck 1, Safety Officer 1 and Fire Investigator 4 responded to the scene.
#BFRS
#Fire
#Firefighter
#ExcellenceThroughService
📸: Official BFRS Photo (
@JVJCompany
)
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House fire with exposures, 3000 block Prince Ave in Ensley.
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