A fire in a residential building killed two Toledo, Ohio firefighters on Sunday. All of the building’s residents are believed to be OK.
Toldedo firefighters responded about 2:45 p.m. Sunday to a report of an apartment fire people inside at 548 Magnolia Street. A Mayday Alert went out about 3:09 PM Sunday for two missing firefighters. Stephen A. Machcinski, 42, and James Dickman, 31, died of injuries sustained while fighting the fire at 528 Magnolia Street.
“Attention all stations and personnel stand by for a special announcement. All personnel are asked to observe a moment of silence in honor of Private Stephen A. Machcinski and Private James A. Dickman. Our brothers lost their lives this afternoon during firefighting operations at 528 Magnolia Street. Private Machcinski was assigned to Engine 3 C Platoon and had almost 16 years of dedicated service to the citizens of Toledo. Private Dickman was assigned to Engine 3 C Platoon and had almost 6 months of dedicated service to the citizens of Toledo. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Machcinski’s and the Dickman’s families. This concludes the special annoucement. Time now is 22:22. Toledo Fire and Rescue Department.” Transmitted at 10:20 PM, Sunday, January 26th, 2014.
— Toledo Fire Dispatch
Firefighters removed one firefighter from the back part of the apartment building while smoke was still showing about 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The firefighter, laid on a stretcher, was transported by Lucas County EMS.
Over the next two hours, firefighters continued to put water on the smoking apartment building with flames occasionally showing.
EMS – medic transporting 2nd fire fighter now code 3 ALS to st vincent hospital, cardiac arrest, CPR in progress
— Toledo Scanner (@ToledoScanner) January 26, 2014
TFD – battalion 1 fire command calling for two firefighters on the magnolia st fire scene by name, getting no response, RIT crews searching
— Toledo Scanner (@ToledoScanner) January 26, 2014
EMS – life squad 1 to the fire scene, 548 magnolia st, active mayday situation, two firefighters unaccounted for, two sty apt building
— Toledo Scanner (@ToledoScanner) January 26, 2014
TFD/EMS – mayday situation at fire scene, 548 magnolia st, two firefighters unaccounted for, RIT crews working, trying to get water
— Toledo Scanner (@ToledoScanner) January 26, 2014
TPD/TFD – code 3 structure fire, 500 block magnolia st near n huron st, report of a two story apt building with people inside
— Toledo Scanner (@ToledoScanner) January 26, 2014
Fire chief Luis Santiago asks media to respect their "distance." Not taking questions after statement pic.twitter.com/km2qmidykD
— Ignazio Messina (@IgnazioMessina) January 27, 2014
In memory of firefighters Stephen Machcinski and James Dickman, please fly flags at half staff.
— City of Toledo (@city_of_toledo) January 27, 2014
TFD special annoucement from just under 1 hour ago http://t.co/FRQ8zMQ7Fr full transcript to follow
— Toledo Scanner (@ToledoScanner) January 27, 2014
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