Bajan Fire Fighters Blog

The police are investigating an accident involving a car with false licence plates whose occupants fled the scene. The three-car accident occurred early yesterday morning. Police reports indicate two cars were involved in the initial accident, which occurred at 4:40 a.m on Mapp Hill, St Michael. One of the cars was driven was Jamal Barrow, 25. He complained of pains to the neck and back. Barrow was transporting three passengers. The most seriously injured passenger was Mark Mason, who was unconscious when emergency personnel arrived and had to be cut from the vehicle using the Jaws of Life. Mason suffered serious head injuries and a collapsed right lung. He was taken by ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where he underwent surgery and is currently in stable condition. The other passengers complained of pains about the body. The other car was driven by William Farnum, 23. He also complained of body pain. Farnum’s passenger 24-year-old Lizelle Coren, complained of body p...

A 34-year-old welder escaped injury this evening when the car he was driving caught fire at Warrens St Michael just opposite Cheffette. Mark Edghill of Cliffland St. John was driving when the incident occurred just after 6 pm. Some people rushed to Edghill's assistance. A water tender from the Arch Hall Fire station also responded to the fire which was under control when they arrived. (RL) Source: Nation News 2012/02/27

Six people were taken to hospital Sunday morning after sustaining injuries in a three car smash up along Mapp Hill. It's also being reported that the occupants of one of the cars fled the scene. Police give no age or address for Mark Mason, who appeared to have stained the most serious injuries. Mason was reportedly unconscious, when he was freed from the vehicle by a team from the Barbados Fire Service just before five in the morning. He was an occupant along with two others in a car driven by 25 year old Jamal Barrow, of Church Village, St. Philip. Also involved in the accident were 25 year old William Farnum, of Worthing, Christ Church and his passenger, 24 year old Lizelle Coren, of Frere Pilgrim, Christ Church. Source: www.cbc.bb

The severely burned fire victim Michael Albert, telling his story to police investigators on the scene. An early morning fire at a National Housing Corporation unit on Country Road, St. Michael left two men with burns about their bodies — one with potentially life-threatening injuries. Police Pubic Relations Officer, Inspector David Welch, said the worse of the two, Michael Albert, of 9D Country Towers, sustained burns to 90 per cent of his body.  Inspector Welch said that 38-year-old Albert, who was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital by ambulance in serious condition, was detained in the Intensive Care Unit.His 27-year-old brother, Greville Headley, who lived at the same residence, received burns to his neck and hands.  Police said the girlfriends of the two men escaped injury. Reports indicated that the fire was sparked by a dispute at the house.  The NHC unit, which comprised two floors received extensive damage to the living room and its con...

A wave of charged particles from an intense solar storm is pummeling the Earth right now, which may trigger stunning aurora displays and cause minor disruptions to satellites and other communications equipment over the next two days, NASA scientists say. The storm began when a powerful solar flare erupted on the sun yesterday (Jan. 23), blasting a stream of charged particles toward Earth. This electromagnetic burst, called a coronal mass ejection (CME), hit Earth at about 9:31 a.m. EST (1430 GMT), according to scientists at the Space Weather Center at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Several NASA satellites, including the Solar Dynamics Observatory, the Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), and the Stereo spacecraft observed the massive sun storm. Data from these spacecraft were combined to help scientists create models to calculate when and where the CME was going to hit Earth.

We take this opportunity to remind residents that you must NOT use the 311 emergency lines to make nuisance calls to the Fire Service. Persons in need of the correct time should call 976-8463 , if you require information on weather conditions please call 976-2376 . When you repeatedly engage our 311 lines requesting such information you deprive someone else of the opportunity to obtain urgent assistance from the Fire Service.

Rev. David Holder, Pastor Victor Roach and Fire Chief Wilfred Marshall. Rev. David Holder, Pastor Victor Roach and Chief Fire Officer Wilfred Marshall during a seminar this morning at Fire Service Headquarters in Bridgetown. Pastor Roach was addressing fire officers on the topic of Breathalyzer Testing and also urged the Fire Department to pledge its support and endorsement for its implementation in Barbados.