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2016 4th Annual “Above and Beyond” Awards at Cobo Hall

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From The Detroit Police Facebook Page: To learn more about Lieutenant Tonti of the Detroit Fire Department and his tremendous work, join the Detroit Public Safety Foundation as they acknowledge and celebrate the heroism of Detroit’s First Responders at the 2016 4th Annual “Above and Beyond” awards ceremony on November 30th at COBO Hall.

For tickets or sponsorship information go to www.detroitpublicsafety.org

Shooting: Westphalia & 7 Mile Northeast Detroit

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shooting1DETROIT Confirmed Shooting 10/31/2016 430PM: Detroit Police responding to Westphalia & 7 Mile on a confirmed shooting. The B/M victim was privately conveyed to St John’s Hospital suffering gunshot wounds to the back and hip. Police are currently investigating the shooting scene at 12901 E 7 Mile Rd. The shooting apparently happened @ around 2:00PM on Monday.

Update:

Precinct: 9th Precinct
Location: East Seven Mile /Westphalia
Time: 10/31/16 2:00 p.m.
CIRCUMSTANCES:
The 26 year old male victim was sitting in his friend’s vehicle when the suspect approached and tried to open the driver‘s side door that was locked. The victim then exited the vehicle and attempted to run from the scene. The suspect fired a shot, striking the victim in the body. He was treated for a non-life threatening injury.
WANTED:
Suspect – Black male, armed.
Anyone with information on this crime is encouraged to call Criminal Investigations at telephone number: 313-596-5940.

Detroit’s Devils Night 2016. 3 Nights of Gas Fumes

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4775-200DETROIT October 29 2016: Tonight is the start of the legendary Devil’s Night in Detroit. It’s had bad years and good years, relatively speaking of course. It’s started off slow tonight with only a couple of trash fires, a kitchen fire and a dead body in a basement. Not exactly what you’d expect from a legendary night. There’s a number of reasons why I’m guessing, citizens having had enough and forming groups of Angels Night volunteers, a neighborhood watch movement started a few years ago. In addition to the volunteers, the Detroit Police Department has a number of units out assigned to task forces created to stop arsons in the city. That’s all well and good, it’s better to have no fires that box alarms dropping every 2 minutes, which has happened.

Day 1 of the 2016 Devil’s Night ended kind of, what’s the word, flaccid? No, that’s probably wrong but it certainly wasn’t as bad as previous years. I was able to hold on until around 4:00am, then passed out. A couple of fires broke out but certainly nothing major. Alex over at @FireandWeather was able to post a couple of short Periscope videos while prowling Detroit streets. You can find his Periscope account here. A fire on Rochelle & Celestine and another on Maiden & Roseberry, both on Detroit’s NE side. You can hear firefighters sigh of relief all the way here. Previous Devil’s Nights saw many more fires so a breather; not unlike last years, is welcome in all the firehouses. Motor City Muckraker is reporting 11 dwellings and 2 building fires last night/this morning. On to Day/Night/Morning 2.

“The number of fires on Devils’ Night have been steadily declining since the 1990s. Last year, the city had fewer fires on Devils’ Night than any year since the 1970s.” – Motor City Muckraker

Graph via Motor City Muckraker

Graph via Motor City Muckraker

 

October 30 2016 – Day/Night 2 of Detroit’s Devil’s Night 2016

October 29 2016 – Day/Night 1 of Detroit’s Devil’s Night 2016

Detroit Fire’s Truck 18 Crashes Responding To False Alarm

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Photo via @FireandWeather WeatherandFire
Photo via @FireandWeather WeatherandFire

detroit-fireDETROIT October 27 2016: Detroit Fire Departments Ladder Truck 18 was involved in an injury motor vehicle accident today. The particulars are unknown but occupants of the civilian vehicle involved were transported by DFD DEMS Medics to Detroit Receiving Hospital. The driver of Ladder Truck 18 was also conveyed to a local hospital by DEMS Medic 16. Local Detroit Fire Photographer @FireAndWeather was on the scene and reported the injuries didn’t appear too serious, but both vehicles were out of service. Ladder Truck 18 had passenger side damage. Initial reports by companies on the scene said no firefighters were injured.

Detroit Fire’s Ladder Truck 18 was responding to a reported dwelling fire on 7 Mile & Goddard, an address known to this author as being the scene of a previous false alarm. Companies on scene reported, once again, there was no such address and reported a false alarm.

And so it goes….Stay Frosty Detroit.

Local Fire Photographer & Firefighters Attacked on Fire Scene

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photog-1-motorcity911DETROIT October 25 2016: What started off as a crazy day for Detroit Firefighters on Tuesday ended up going full-tilt nuts in the evening. Detroit Fire’s 6th & 9th Battalions were dispatched to Detroit’s east side on reports of multiple dwellings on fire. The 6th Battalion made the fire scene at Molena & Van Dyke at around 11:00PM Tuesday evening. At 11:10PM Chief 6 requested the Detroit Police Department on scene for traffic control. 14 minutes later at 11:24PM Battalion Chief 9 reported firefighters were being attacked by a knife wielding man and they needed a scout FAST!. (FULL Audio of Incident Above) Numerous requests were made until the Detroit Police had a unit available. A couple of different precincts attempted to get police units to the scene but Detroit is a busy place at night, police units come at a premium. The police eventually showed up and the scene became secure, crickets were cricketing again….for a little while anyway.

Meanwhile, a short distance away,  local Fire Photography “buff” Alex (@FireAndWeather) and a friend were enjoying the sights and sounds of the fire scene. Alex and his friend were doing what fire photographers do, taking photographs and video of Detroit firefighters in action. Unfortunately, for Alex’s friend, he caught the attention of our knife wielding homeowner on a tear and became the prey. The East Side Slasher came after “the friend” and chased him down the sidewalk, screaming obscenities as he went. The “friend” can be seen doing a pretty good “moon walk” while the knife wielding perp chased him down the sidewalk and away from the scene. The whole episode was captured on Periscope by Alex on is #Periscope account, @AlexFireChaser. Thankfully, Alex’s friend is fleet of foot and was able to extricate himself from the situation without a poke.

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Firefighters were also under attack by this East Side Slasher and throughout Alex’s video the knife wielding knucklehead can be heard yelling at anyone and anything within shouting distance. At one point, he can be heard screaming at a tree “Whatcha gonna do! Whatcha gonna do!”.  By this time, the DPD scout had left the scene to deal with something a little more pressing and the situation once again became out of control. A second request for a DPD scout was made by Battalion Chief 6 at 11:49PM and 43 minutes later the police once again saved the day, or morning as it were. A handgun was also recovered by firefighters and turned over to the DPD at that time.

It’s said the attacker was later arrested by the Detroit Police and given a nice warm bed and a cup of cocoa at the Detroit Detention Center.

Thankfully no one was hurt and everyone went home happy…except for Alex’s friend who will NEVER go on a fire scene with Alex again.

See The Video

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Stay Frosty Detroit.