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Saturday, November 24, 2012
Arson Cause of Middle School Fire
Indianapolis, IN
The Mooresville Fire Department responded to a fire at the Paul Hadley Middle School just before 2 a.m. Saturday. After extinguishing the flames and conducting an investigation, school officials along with police and fire investigators determined the cause to be arson.
A suspect was questioned, confessed, and was taken to the Morgan County Jail.
Police arrested Matt Skylar, 19.
The school’s camera system provided enough footage to identify Skylar.
Officials say damages to the building will not create a problem for school on Monday. The building will be cleaned over the weekend.
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The Mooresville Fire Department responded to a fire at the Paul Hadley Middle School just before 2 a.m. Saturday. After extinguishing the flames and conducting an investigation, school officials along with police and fire investigators determined the cause to be arson.
A suspect was questioned, confessed, and was taken to the Morgan County Jail.
Police arrested Matt Skylar, 19.
The school’s camera system provided enough footage to identify Skylar.
Officials say damages to the building will not create a problem for school on Monday. The building will be cleaned over the weekend.
Safe Havens, International
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Middle School Students get Big Lesson on Bus Safety
Mt. Gilead, OH
Escaping from the rear emergency door on the smoke filled school bus was a scary thing for Mount Gilead Middle School student Lane Smith. “I couldn’t see a thing. I was scared.”
It was Bus Safety Week and one of the events organized by the staff was the filling of a bus with (harmless) smoke by the Mount Gilead Fire Department. Forty Middle School students who had brought letters of permission from their parents, were seated in the bus. The rest of the Middle School student body watched as smoke filled the bus. When it was filled, the emergency rear door was opened the students escaped in an orderly and rapid fashion.
Stephanie Clark, a bus driver, said 25 million kids ride buses daily in the U.S. and they travel one million miles in a day. She also said that six buses catch fire each day in the U. S.
Bus fires can be caused by at least four things; (1) power steering and transmission fluids have a flash point similar to gasoline so while engine oil and diesel fuel are less prone to ignite, these fluids dripping on the exhaust system or near the electrical spare can ignite quickly. (2) failure to refill the oil in the hub after a brake job; (3) Dual wheels can create friction and enough heat to start a fire and (4) electrical increasing due to complicated circuit breaker on today’s buses.
Safe Havens, International
Escaping from the rear emergency door on the smoke filled school bus was a scary thing for Mount Gilead Middle School student Lane Smith. “I couldn’t see a thing. I was scared.”
It was Bus Safety Week and one of the events organized by the staff was the filling of a bus with (harmless) smoke by the Mount Gilead Fire Department. Forty Middle School students who had brought letters of permission from their parents, were seated in the bus. The rest of the Middle School student body watched as smoke filled the bus. When it was filled, the emergency rear door was opened the students escaped in an orderly and rapid fashion.
Stephanie Clark, a bus driver, said 25 million kids ride buses daily in the U.S. and they travel one million miles in a day. She also said that six buses catch fire each day in the U. S.
Bus fires can be caused by at least four things; (1) power steering and transmission fluids have a flash point similar to gasoline so while engine oil and diesel fuel are less prone to ignite, these fluids dripping on the exhaust system or near the electrical spare can ignite quickly. (2) failure to refill the oil in the hub after a brake job; (3) Dual wheels can create friction and enough heat to start a fire and (4) electrical increasing due to complicated circuit breaker on today’s buses.
Safe Havens, International
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Responding to a Fire
I was at the Bus Garage, monitoring radio traffic as I usually do in the morning, when I got a phone call from Tony Strangeway. There was a fire at Sugar Creek Elementary, Tony's school.
I dropped everything and headed over to the school.
I arrived to the expected scene. There was a couple of fire trucks, command vehicles, and hundreds of children and teachers. I checked in with Chief Randy Brandlein of the Sugar Creek Township Fire Department, and he told me what he knew in between radio calls from the firefighters inside.
A fire had been set in a boys restroom. Some toilet paper had been wadded up on the floor and set on fire, and the flames ignited the toilet paper dispenser right above it. The plastic dispenser had melted, creating toxic fumes, and the flames had almost overcome the flame-retardant ceiling tiles directly above it.
As he related the details to me, he got word that all of the kids were accounted for. This was a difficult proposition as the fire had occurred right after bus drop off and right at the end of breakfast, so many teachers only had partial classes. Chief Brandlein then got a call that a school employee had suffered from smoke inhalation.
Head custodian Kim Tarplee had grabbed a fire extinguisher and had attempted to put out the fire. While she couldn't do that, she did slow the fire down enough to allow the fire department to come in and put it out, and spared the school from worse damage. In the process, she inhaled some smoke and fire extinguisher powder, and had to be checked out by paramedics. She was a true Sheepdog that morning,
In the meantime, Tony was demonstrating why he had been previously selected as the Indiana Principal of the Year. He provided great leadership for kids and teachers alike, even as he was furious that someone had set fire to his school. Jim Voelz, principal of the nearby Doe Creek Middle School, came over to assist, and I began the investigation.
After about an hour, the fire department cleared the building, and the students were allowed to return and resume classes. I had received some names of possible student suspects, and began contacting parents, as the Hancock County Sheriff's Department had sent over a couple of detectives to begin the criminal investigation.
For the next four hours, Tony and I interviewed students, spoke with parents, and coordinated with the detectives, to no avail. We could not identify who had set the fire, so we had to console ourselves with the knowledge that kids would talk, and we might yet find out who had done it.
The very next day, we did find out. Some kids did talk, and when confronted the perpetrator admitted his guilt. The young man faces expulsion, and criminal charges. I happen to know a bit of background on the youngster, and this was the latest problem to beset his family. He did not intend to harm anyone, but just wanted to get rid of the school. Kids frequently laughed at him, and school had become such an unhappy place that he wanted it out of his life.
All in all, it was a sad day for one young boy and his family, but it was also a chance for the staff of Sugar Creek Elementary to shine, and shine they did. It always makes me proud when I see fellow educators rise up and excel in the protection of their charges.
Well done, Sugar Creek Sheepdogs!
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I dropped everything and headed over to the school.
I arrived to the expected scene. There was a couple of fire trucks, command vehicles, and hundreds of children and teachers. I checked in with Chief Randy Brandlein of the Sugar Creek Township Fire Department, and he told me what he knew in between radio calls from the firefighters inside.
A fire had been set in a boys restroom. Some toilet paper had been wadded up on the floor and set on fire, and the flames ignited the toilet paper dispenser right above it. The plastic dispenser had melted, creating toxic fumes, and the flames had almost overcome the flame-retardant ceiling tiles directly above it.
As he related the details to me, he got word that all of the kids were accounted for. This was a difficult proposition as the fire had occurred right after bus drop off and right at the end of breakfast, so many teachers only had partial classes. Chief Brandlein then got a call that a school employee had suffered from smoke inhalation.
Head custodian Kim Tarplee had grabbed a fire extinguisher and had attempted to put out the fire. While she couldn't do that, she did slow the fire down enough to allow the fire department to come in and put it out, and spared the school from worse damage. In the process, she inhaled some smoke and fire extinguisher powder, and had to be checked out by paramedics. She was a true Sheepdog that morning,
In the meantime, Tony was demonstrating why he had been previously selected as the Indiana Principal of the Year. He provided great leadership for kids and teachers alike, even as he was furious that someone had set fire to his school. Jim Voelz, principal of the nearby Doe Creek Middle School, came over to assist, and I began the investigation.
After about an hour, the fire department cleared the building, and the students were allowed to return and resume classes. I had received some names of possible student suspects, and began contacting parents, as the Hancock County Sheriff's Department had sent over a couple of detectives to begin the criminal investigation.
For the next four hours, Tony and I interviewed students, spoke with parents, and coordinated with the detectives, to no avail. We could not identify who had set the fire, so we had to console ourselves with the knowledge that kids would talk, and we might yet find out who had done it.
The very next day, we did find out. Some kids did talk, and when confronted the perpetrator admitted his guilt. The young man faces expulsion, and criminal charges. I happen to know a bit of background on the youngster, and this was the latest problem to beset his family. He did not intend to harm anyone, but just wanted to get rid of the school. Kids frequently laughed at him, and school had become such an unhappy place that he wanted it out of his life.
All in all, it was a sad day for one young boy and his family, but it was also a chance for the staff of Sugar Creek Elementary to shine, and shine they did. It always makes me proud when I see fellow educators rise up and excel in the protection of their charges.
Well done, Sugar Creek Sheepdogs!
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Saturday, August 25, 2012
Small Fire Disrupts Morning at School
New Palestine, IN
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A fire in a restroom at Sugar Creek Elementary School Wednesday is under investigation by officials with the Sugar Creek Township Fire Department and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department.
Principal Tony Strangeway said the fire was reported at about 8:45 a.m. in the boys restroom located off the main hall just as school officials were wrapping up breakfast service and getting students to class.
The school’s head custodian, Kim Tarplee, noticed smoke and tried to extinguish the fire until officials arrived.
“The bathroom was completely smoke-filled,” Strangeway said. “You couldn’t see anything.”
All students were immediately evacuated and none were in any danger, he said.
“When our crews got here, they did find a fire in the bathroom,” Sugar Creek Township Division Chief Randy Brandlein said.
School officials were able to get all the students back inside the school to resume instruction once fire officials gave the all clear notice at about 10 a.m.
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A fire in a restroom at Sugar Creek Elementary School Wednesday is under investigation by officials with the Sugar Creek Township Fire Department and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department.
Principal Tony Strangeway said the fire was reported at about 8:45 a.m. in the boys restroom located off the main hall just as school officials were wrapping up breakfast service and getting students to class.
The school’s head custodian, Kim Tarplee, noticed smoke and tried to extinguish the fire until officials arrived.
“The bathroom was completely smoke-filled,” Strangeway said. “You couldn’t see anything.”
All students were immediately evacuated and none were in any danger, he said.
“When our crews got here, they did find a fire in the bathroom,” Sugar Creek Township Division Chief Randy Brandlein said.
School officials were able to get all the students back inside the school to resume instruction once fire officials gave the all clear notice at about 10 a.m.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Blake and Tori - Sheepdogs You Should Know
New Palestine, IN
An 11-year-old girl and her 13-year-old sister are being hailed as heroes for risking their lives trying to save a man surrounded by flames.
The sisters live in New Palestine, and this past March discovered their neighbor's backyard on fire. They were home alone at the time and when they ran outside to get a closer look, they also found their neighbor, an elderly man, on fire too.
The girls say the man had been burning garbage.
"It just got out of control and he thought he could handle it," said 11-year-old Tori Lyons. "When we got down there, he fell," she recalled of the man, who the girls said was semi-conscious and mumbling.
"My stomach crunched up and I started to get kind of light headed," said 13-year-old Blake Lyons. "It all kind of just disappeared and I just moved," Blake added.
The Sugar Creek Township Fire Department was impressed too. They will be awarding the sisters the Citizens Heart of a Hero Award.
"I know I did the right thing, but I don't really feel like a hero," said Tori of her efforts. "To me a hero's someone that saves someone's life and I wasn't able to do that," added Blake, choking up and brushing away the tears.
No Tori, a hero is one who puts their life on the line for others, for no other reason than it's the right thing to do.
You and Blake are definitely heroes in MY book.
"No greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for others." John 15:13
An 11-year-old girl and her 13-year-old sister are being hailed as heroes for risking their lives trying to save a man surrounded by flames.
The sisters live in New Palestine, and this past March discovered their neighbor's backyard on fire. They were home alone at the time and when they ran outside to get a closer look, they also found their neighbor, an elderly man, on fire too.
The girls say the man had been burning garbage.
"It just got out of control and he thought he could handle it," said 11-year-old Tori Lyons. "When we got down there, he fell," she recalled of the man, who the girls said was semi-conscious and mumbling.
"My stomach crunched up and I started to get kind of light headed," said 13-year-old Blake Lyons. "It all kind of just disappeared and I just moved," Blake added.
The Sugar Creek Township Fire Department was impressed too. They will be awarding the sisters the Citizens Heart of a Hero Award.
"I know I did the right thing, but I don't really feel like a hero," said Tori of her efforts. "To me a hero's someone that saves someone's life and I wasn't able to do that," added Blake, choking up and brushing away the tears.
No Tori, a hero is one who puts their life on the line for others, for no other reason than it's the right thing to do.
You and Blake are definitely heroes in MY book.
"No greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for others." John 15:13
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