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TWO COLERAIN TOWNSHIP FIREFIGHTERS DIE IN A HOUSE FIRE
| 4/4/08: The Colerain Township Fire Department is mourning the loss of two of their own Friday. Captain Robin Broxterman, 37, and Brian Schira, 29, were killed while battling a fire on Squirrelsnest Lane Friday morning. The fire department said the call came in just after 6:00 a.m. Crews from Colerain Township arrived at the home and immediately went in to rescue anyone who they believed may be inside. The two people inside the home were able to make it out safely. However, a "mayday operation" was called after crews were having trouble making contact with other firefighters in the structure. An unmanned hose was found on the first floor of the home, as was a hole in the floor leading to the basement, where the two firefighters' bodies were later located. An official with the Colerain Township Fire Department is calling the fire a "catastrophic event. "Broxterman was the first female Captain in Colerain Township Fire history. She was a 17 year member of the fire department. She leaves behind two children and a fiance who is also a firefighter. Schira joined the Colerain Fire Department last year and had also worked with the Delhi Fire Department. The last time Colerain Township Fire mourned a loss of one of their own was back in 1977.The fire remains under investigation. |
 Firefighter Brian Schira |
 Captain Robin Broxterman |
WEST CHESTER FF AND CHILD INJURED IN CRASH IN SHARONVILLE
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1/3/07:
An off-duty West Chester firefighter was critically hurt in a single-car
crash in Sharonville on Thursday morning. Police said the car was on
Thornview Drive near Creek Road just before 8 a.m. when it ran off the
road and hit a fire hydrant and a tree before stopping in the road. The
driver had to be cut from the car before he was airlifted to University
Hospital. Police said his injuries were life threatening. A child in the
car suffered serious injuries and was transported by ambulance. No names
have been released, but News 5 learned that the driver is a former
Sharonville firefighter who switched departments but still lived in
Sharonville. (wlwt.com) Units: Command: |
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DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP (WARREN COUNTY) CHIEF OFFICERS RESIGN!
| 1/1/08: The two top men at the Deerfield Township fire department are out – and the reason is, as yet, unclear. Chief Nate Bromen and Deputy Chief Mike Cardwell resigned from the Deerfield Township Fire Department Monday. 9News sources say the two were asked to resign after they spent $20,000 more on a fire training center than the township approved. The Deerfield Township administrator, Dan Evers, says the two men and the township parted over philosophical differences. "At the conclusion of those discussions, and at the conclusion of the year, each of the men separately elected to move on," said Evers. Sources tell 9News that work on the fire training facility was halted by Warren County for safety reasons, and that it will take more money to bring it up to par. Evers said, however, that, "While some work was started on expansion of a fire training facility and how to move that project forward was a topic of discussion among the administration and the organization, that's a two-week-ago issue. These discussions on the direction of the department are far more systemic."9News spoke to former Chief Bromen on his doorstep, but Bromen declined to comment, saying he wasn't allowed to due to a confidentiality agreement he signed. Evers said residents will see little change in service. (wcpo.com) |
