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A late night blaze destroyed a trailer and sent a woman to Wrangell Medical Center with severe burns on Thursday, Dec. 22. The fire, which began at 10:30 p.m. in a small pull-behind trailer near the top of the park, severely injured 48-year-old Kathryn Bartels. Thirty firefighters from the Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department, with three fire engines, two ambulances, and three rescue rigs took part in the effort to battle the blaze. According to Fire Marshal Bob Plumb of the Alaska Division of...
Governor Sean Parnell’s office honored a lifelong Wrangell resident and educator last week in Anchorage at the 2011 Emergency Medical Services symposium. During the event, Randy Churchill was awarded the EMS Educator Award in recognition of his 20 years of service as an EMS educator with the Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department. According to the citation, Churchill was singled out for the award because of his junior firefighter program – a program that has become a model for fire departments in ot...
The Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department arrived in force to fight a fire that damaged a residence at Stough’s Trailer Park on Friday, Oct. 21. Fire Chief Tim Buness said the fire, which began around 10:30 a.m., started in a bathroom at the rear of a trailer in the park on Evergreen Avenue. “There was some structural damage, but it was not extensive and was confined to a relatively small area,” Buness said. Smoke was plentiful and seen billowing from the roof when firefighters began using foam... Full story