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Hey,

A CLOSE CALL in Las Vegas today. According to veteran Las Vegas Fire

Rescue PIO

Tim Szymanski, Fire dispatchers received calls that a house was on fire on

Comstock

Drive. Engine Co 3 was first on scene with Engine Co. 203 close behind.

As Engine 3 pulled up in front of the house, flames and smoke was showing.

As the

captain radioed in his report, a male adult came from around the house

with a gun

and fired two times at the engine hitting it, one shot broke out the right

rear

cab window where two firefighters sit. The captain ordered the engine to

take off

and leave the area and he radioed that the crew was being shot at. At the

same time

Engine 203 pulled up and saw the man with a gun and proceeded to leave the

area

behind Engine 3, but not before that engine was also shot. It was hit

just under

the captain's door window and once in a window on the right rear where the

two firefighters

sit. Windows in both cabs were shot out. The two engines left the scene,

no one

was injured.

The Battalion Chief at the incident kept crews out of the area and advised

Metro

Police that firefighters were being shot at. Within minutes several

police units

from several different law enforcement agencies converged on scene. At

12:51 p.m.

Metro advised the scene was safe and fire crews could enter the scene

under escort.

While firefighters fought the fire two SWAT crews stood by to make sure

they were

safe. The suspect that shot at the firefighters was shot by police prior

to the

crews being let back in. When firefighters arrived the second time, there

was

heavy fire inside the residence. Firefighters did a quick search to see

if anyone

needed to be rescued, they could not find anyone and quickly evacuated the

building.

Because of the progress of the fire, the fire was attacked in the

defensive mode

for the remainder of the incident. Neighbors told fire investigators

that a woman

lives in the house alone, she was at work and saw the fire on the TV and

came to

scene later. She lives alone, relatives are with her. Police are working

to determine

who the suspect is and why he would be shooting at firefighters and

police. There

were no injuries of fire & rescue personnel during the incident.

Another grim reminder of the fact that " we never know " WHAT we may

encounter upon

approach and arrival at any scene.

REMEMBER:

Maplewood (MO) Fire/Medic Hummert, 22, who was shot and killed in the

Line

of Duty after he got out of his fire apparatus at the scene of that

working car

fire, last year, when a lunatic shot and killed him and targeted other

firefighters

and cops.

And in Lexington, Kentucky Lt Cowan who was shot and died in the

Line of

Duty in 2004.

On the first tour of duty after being formally promoted to Lieutenant,

Cowan was

shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call. Cowan, the

officer

of E-18 was trying to help a citizen, who had been shot in the head

outside her

home-and died on the scene. Her husband barricaded himself for nearly six

hours.

Cops said they used 15 rounds of tear gas to smoke the murderer out of the

house.

He has been charged with two counts of murder and remains incompetent to

stand for

trial.

Louis N. Molino, Sr., CET

FF/NREMT-B/FSI/EMSI

Freelance Consultant/Trainer/Author/Journalist/Fire Protection Consultant

LNMolino@...

(Cell Phone)

" A Texan with a Jersey Attitude "

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