On the Cover
Lieutenant Brian Johns of Gainesville, FL, Fire Rescue operates at the scene of an accident in which a tractor-trailer loaded with 30 tons of sand toppled onto a car. Apparently, the driver of a car drove through a stop sign. The truck smashed into the driver's side, pushing the car 40 feet before hitting a curb and rolling onto the car. Firefighters from one engine, one rescue and one truck and a district chief worked for an hour with two sets of hydraulic rescue tools to extricate the woman. The truck was stabilized with cribbing, cables and rope. The incident occurred on June 30, 1998.
Dedication
This month's Firehouse® is dedicated to Battalion Chief John Tvedten, 47, of the Kansas City, MO, Fire Department; Firefighter Paul Ezernack Jr. of the North Sabine Fire Protection District in Zwolle, LA; Firefighter Theodore A. Ferrante Jr. of the Revere, MA, Fire Department; and Assistant Chief Dave McNaley, 48; Firefighter Nate Tuck, 39 and Firefighter Jason Bidding, 29, of the Keokuk, IA, Fire Department, who died in the line of duty, December 1999.
