THE GRANVILLE V.F.D. IS OFFERING T-SHIRTS TO THE PUBLIC TO HELP SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT. THE MONEY GENERATED WILL BE USED TO BUY RESCUE EQUIPMENT AND OTHER GEAR FOR THE DEPARTMENT. THE SHIRTS ARE MADE BY JERZEES AND ARE A HEAVYWEIGHT BLEND (50% COTTON/50% POLYESTER). THE SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE IN SIZES M-4XL. THE COST PER SHIRT IS $12.00 PLUS $6.00 S&H. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A SHIRT PLEASE SEND A CHECK OR MONEY ORDER WITH SIZE, QUANTITY, AND COLOR OF SHIRT TO THE GRANVILLE V.F.D. P.O. BOX 37 GRANVILLE, Wv. 26534

FROM FRIDAY MORNING UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND THE EAST COAST OF THE U.S. WERE SLAMED WITH ONE OF THE WORST SNOW STORMS IN RECORDED HISTORY. MONONGALIA COUNTY RECEIVED NEARLY FIFTEEN INCHES OF SNOW DURING THE HITE OF THE STORM. ALLEGHENY POWER REPORTED NEARLY 10,OOO CUSTOMERS IN MONONGALIA COUNTY AND OVER 50,000 STATE WIDE WERE WITHOUT POWER. FIRE ,EMS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES RESPONDED TO HUNDREDS OF CALLS FOR HELP DURING THE STORM. 911 DISPATCHERS WERE STILL TAKING EMERGENCY CALLS FOR HELP WELL AFTER THE STORM HAD PASSED. EMERGENCY SHELTERS WERE ESTABLISHED FOR THOSE STRANDED AND WITHOUT POWER. WE AT THE SEVENTEEN HOUSE BEG TO DIFFER WITH THE THEORY OF GLOBAL WARMING AT THIS TIME.

ON THURSDAY EVENING THE RIVER RAT GANG RESPONDED TO THE UNIVERSITY TOWN CENTRE FOR A REPORTED MVA WITH ONE CAR OVER AN EMBANKMENT. FIRST UNIT ON SCENE 17-4 REPORTED NEGATIVE ENTRAPMENT AND TWO PATIENTS FOR TRANSPORT WITH VERY MINOR INJURIES. ENGINE 173 CONTROLLED A SMALL FLUID LEAK AND REMAINED ON SCENE UNTIL ALL VEHICLES WERE REMOVED. THE GRANVILLE POLICE AND MON EMS ALSO RESPONDED.

ON FRIDAY EVENING CREWS FROM COMPANY 17 AND MON EMS WERE ALERTED FOR A MVA  AT THE UNIVERSITY TOWN CENTER. LIEUTENANTS 17-6 AND 17-7 ARRIVED ON SCENE TO REPORT ONE CAR OVER THE EMBANKMENT WITH NEGATIVE ENTRAPMENT. LADDER 176 RESPONDED AND ESTABLISHED  SCENE LIGHTING USING THE FLOOD LIGHTS ON THE AERIAL TO HELP WITH RECOVERY OPERATIONS. THE DRIVER  WAS UNINJURED AFTER JUMPING FROM THE RUN AWAY VEHICLE. THE DRIVER ADVISED THAT THE GAS PEDAL MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE  VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROL.

TWO OCCUPANTS INVOLVED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ESCAPED SERIOUS INJURY THIS MORNING ON RT. 100 NEAR THE MAIDSVILLE POST OFFICE. A FEMALE PASSENGER WAS TRANSPORTED BY MONONGALIA COUNTY EMS WITH PAIN IN MULTIPLE EXTREMITIES AND MINOR CUTS AND ABRASIONS. THE ACCIDENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE MONONGALIA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.

ON TUESDAY EVENING THE RIVER RAT GANG RESPONDED TO A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON FORT MARTIN ROAD. THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING NORTH WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN CONTROL, THE DRIVER OVER CORRECTED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL MULTIPLE TIMES BEFOR COMING TO REST ON ITS TOP. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO FREE HIMSELF PRIOR TO EMERGENCY CREWS ARRIVING ON SCENE. THE DRIVER SUFFERED ONLY A FEW SCRATCHES AND REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT. CREWS REMAINED ON SCENE UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS REMOVED.

ON WEDNESDAY EVENING THE 17 HOUSE WAS ALERTED TO A REPORTED MVA INVOLVING A PICKUP TRUCK ON BETHEL CHURCH ROAD. ENGINE 171 ARRIVED ON SCENE TO FIND ONE PICKUP TRUCK ON ITS SIDE WITH NO OCCUPANTS AROUND THE VEHICLE. A WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT ADVISED SHERIFFS DEPUTIES THAT THE DRIVER STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN DRINKING. THE DRIVER THEN FLED THE SCENE. CREWS REMAINED ON SCENE UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS REMOVED FROM THE ROADWAY.

A BLAZE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING DESTROYED A HOME AT 337 LAKE VIEW DRIVE. 911 DISPATCHER'S RECEIVED MULTIPLE CALLS AT 06:11 ADVISING OF A WORKING STRUCTURE FIRE. CREWS FROM CHEAT LAKE, BROOKHAVEN, STAR CITY, AND GRANVILLE BATTLED THE FLAMES FOR NEARLY AN HOUR TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE FIRE. THE OWNER, WHO WAS HOME AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE, WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE UNINJURED. THE OWNER STATED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE GARAGE AREA OF THE HOUSE. IT IS BELIEVED THAT A SPACE HEATER BEING USED BY WORKERS WHO WERE REMODELING MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE BLAZE. THE HOUSE AND A VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE WERE A TOTAL LOSS. CREWS REMAINED ON SCENE FOR NEARLY FIVE HOURS EXTINGUISHING HOT SPOTS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A SPECIAL THANKS GOES OUT TO THE RED CROSS FOR BRINGING THE GUYS HOT DRINKS AND FOOD.

THE RIVER RAT GANG RECENTLY COMPLETED EXTENSIVE RENOVATIONS TO THE CHIEF'S OFFICE. A NEW CEILING, WALLS, AND FLOOR WERE ADDED. THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1991 AND HAS HAD LITTLE WORK DONE TO IT SINCE. THE FIREFIGHTER'S DAY ROOM HAD IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO IT LAST YEAR. OUR DEPARTMENT IS WAITING ON WORD OF A NO MATCH GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR AS PART OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S STIMULUS PROGRAM. IF WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ACCEPTED THE DEPARTMENT WILL RECEIVE A $5,000,000.00 GRANT TO BUILD A NEW GREEN FIRE STATION. WE ARE KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED !!!!!!

CREWS FROM THE 17 HOUSE AND MCEMS RESPONDED TO EMMITT DRIVE, OFF UNIVERSITY TOWN CENTRE DRIVE, FOR A REPORTED MVA. ARRIVING UNITS FOUND ONE VEHICLE ON ITS TOP WITH ONE MALE PATIENT STILL INSIDE. THERE WAS AN ACCESS PROBLEM TO THE PATIENT WHO WAS COMPLAINING OF BACK AND LOWER EXTREMITY PAIN. THE PATIENT WAS PACKAGED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE RUBY MEMORIAL TRAUMA CENTER. CREWS REMAINED ON SCENE TO CONTROL A SMALL FLUID LEAK AND REMOVE ALL HAZARDS.