Firefighters received a report that a tree had fallen across East Rocky River Road as a result of Thursday’s evening storm. The overnight crew on Engine 3 assisted by cutting the tree into manageable pieces and removing it from the roadway. The same crew investigated a smoke scare shortly after responding to a medical call at The Pines.

A number of minor cooking incidents caused accidental fire alarm activations throughout the week, and Cornelius firefighters battled a vehicle fire on Interstate-77 near Exit 28 on Tuesday. An infant was extricated from a locked vehicle in an unrelated incident at Direct Furniture Connection, and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities Department had to assist a private pavement cleaning company when workers realized that their truck was connected to a fire hydrant that could not be turned off.

Details on these stories and others (as well as a tally of the week’s medical calls) may be found below.

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Firefighters this week practiced advanced hose line deployment techniques at the Mount Mourne Volunteer Fire Department training tower. Meanwhile, on the roads: Firefighters responded to a number of alarms this week and two reported traffic accidents on I-77. One call, a faulty smoke detector at the Davidson United Methodist Church Youth House, prompted a multi-engine response.

Details on these incidents and more, along with a tally of the week’s medical calls, may be found below.
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Firefighters responded to a brush fire off Davidson-Concord Road on Saturday, and found that a passerby had put it out with a fire extinguisher. They also helped the driver of a street-cleaning truck last Friday, when he  couldn’t remove a refilling hose because the hydrant refused to shut-off. Fire crews were at Davidson Elementary School Wednesday after soldering in the boiler room activated a fire alarm.  The week’s calls also included a fire scare at Davidson College’s Sentelle dorm last Thursday, April 14, that was caused by a malfunctioning HVAC motor. And Davidson units assisted neighboring fire districts with six calls throughout the week. Details on these incidents, along with a tally of the week’s medical calls, may be found below.

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Firefighters responded to a total of 29 calls over the past week, including last Friday’s multi-structure fire in Cornelius and four wrecks on I-77. Firefighters also assisted an eight-year-old stuck in a tree, and put out a brush fire caused by a burning lawnmower Wednesday in River Run. A tally of the week’s medical calls may be found below as well.

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A short-circuit in an outdoor lighting fixture started a fire in pine straw that threatened to burn a model home in the Bradford subdivision, on Davidson-Concord Road early Saturday. Firefighters from Davidson and Cornelius were able to halt the blaze. Details of that and other incidents, plus a summary of the past week’s medical calls below. Read the full story

Davidson firefighters were dispatched to a pair of automobile accidents on I-77 northbound north of Davidson Tuesday afternoon that snarled traffic and sent several people to the hospital. This week’s fire call log also has an illegal burning report, a water leak, and other false alarms. Also below, emergency medical services calls last week. Read the full story

Fire alarms triggered during late-night parties sent local volunteer firefighters to the Davidson College campus over the weekend. At one, firefighters found (and later cleaned up) a 6-foot mountain of foam in a fraternity house.

Also below, the week’s fire call log. Read the full story