Firefighters Critically injured during botched "ice bucket" challenge

[Mike]

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CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. (WKYT) - Two Taylor County firefighters were seriously injured Thursday while helping the Campbellsville University band take part in an ALS ice bucket challenge.

In a news conference on Thursday afternoon, Campbellsville Police Chief Tim Hazlette identified the most seriously injured firefighters as Tony Grider, 41, and Alex Quinn, 22. Grider is a 16-year veteran of the department. Quinn is a part-time firefighter.

"We express heartfelt sympathy and prayers for the families of the two firefighters who were injured," said Dr. Michael V. Carter, president of Campbellsville University.

According to police, Grider and Quinn were in the bucket operating the water nozzle for the water challenge. Police say, at the conclusion of the event, firefighters were moving the apparatus when a power arc occurred with the nearby power lines, striking Grider and Quinn. The ladder apparatus did not hit the power lines. Two other firefighters, Steve Marrs, 37, and Alex Johnson, 28, were able to bring the apparatus to the ground. Marrs has been a firefighter for 11 years, Johnson for three years.

Marrs and Johnson were treated and released at a local hospital. Grider and Quinn are being treated at a hospital in Louisville. Chief Hazlette says Quinn's condition may be improving and Grider's is critical.

Through its Twitter account, Campbellsville University says no students were injured.

The ice bucket challenge is an activity involving dumping a bucket of ice water on someone's head to raise awareness and money for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

A prayer vigil for the firefighters will be held at 7 p.m. on Strapp Lawn on the Campbellsville University campus.

Are you in the area? Do you have any information, pictures or video to share with WKYT? You can email us at iWitness@wkyt.com, find us on Facebook by searching for WKYT, or send a message to @WKYT on Twitter.

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Firemen not knowing how to handle water. 

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What say you, Marty?

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What say you, Marty?

He was their consultant.

[240 is Back]

Firefighter dies after Ice Bucket challenge

Posted: Sep 21, 2014 12:07 PM EDT
Updated: Sep 21, 2014 12:07 PM EDT
 


By Ashley Fantz

(CNN) -- A Kentucky firefighter has died, weeks after participating in an ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that went horribly wrong.

Electricity from a power line shocked four firefighters on a ladder as they sprayed water on a group of college students below who were trying to pull off the charity stunt.

Crews from the Fire and Rescue Department in Campbellsville were helping the Campbellsville University band with their video "Challenge" August 21.

Capt. Tony Grider died Saturday from burn-related injuries, according to dispatcher Mark Coker with the Campbellsville-Tyler 911 Center. The 41-year-old's body was driven, accompanied by an official escort, to his hometown of Columbia, Kentucky, and transferred to Grissom-Martin Funeral Home. There are no details yet about his funeral, Coker said.

The firefighter leaves behind a wife and children. They all lived in the same home with his parents in Columbia.

Firefighter Simon Alex Quinn, also injured in the Ice Bucket Challenge, was released from the hospital Tuesday, according to Coker.

During the ALS stunt, Grider and Quinn were inside a bucket on a ladder above the students. When they finished dumping water, the students left and the firefighters began moving the ladder, authorities told CNN. The bucket came close to power lines and shocked the men, officials said.

Two firefighters who were on the ground -- Capt. Steve Marrs, 37, and Alex Johnson, 28 -- were shocked when they tried to lower the bucket and an electric current traveled down the extended ladder, Campbellsville Police Chief Tim Hazlette said at the time.

Marrs and Johnson were taken to the hospital and later released, he said.

An investigation is ongoing. Hazlette told CNN in August that the ladder did not actually touch the power lines.

The power company told investigators that if one gets within a distance of three to four feet from a power line, the energy that surrounds the voltage wire can arc and electrocute other objects, Hazlette told CNN. That's what authorities believe happened in this case.

CNN's Carma Hassan contributed to this report.

[dr.chimps]

http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/2-firefighters-injured-in-training-accident-in-Taylor-County-272187041.html?device=tablet

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. (WKYT) - Two Taylor County firefighters were seriously injured Thursday while helping the Campbellsville University band take part in an ALS ice bucket challenge.

In a news conference on Thursday afternoon, Campbellsville Police Chief Tim Hazlette identified the most seriously injured firefighters as Tony Grider, 41, and Alex Quinn, 22. Grider is a 16-year veteran of the department. Quinn is a part-time firefighter.

"We express heartfelt sympathy and prayers for the families of the two firefighters who were injured," said Dr. Michael V. Carter, president of Campbellsville University.

According to police, Grider and Quinn were in the bucket operating the water nozzle for the water challenge. Police say, at the conclusion of the event, firefighters were moving the apparatus when a power arc occurred with the nearby power lines, striking Grider and Quinn. The ladder apparatus did not hit the power lines. Two other firefighters, Steve Marrs, 37, and Alex Johnson, 28, were able to bring the apparatus to the ground. Marrs has been a firefighter for 11 years, Johnson for three years.

Marrs and Johnson were treated and released at a local hospital. Grider and Quinn are being treated at a hospital in Louisville. Chief Hazlette says Quinn's condition may be improving and Grider's is critical.

Through its Twitter account, Campbellsville University says no students were injured.

The ice bucket challenge is an activity involving dumping a bucket of ice water on someone's head to raise awareness and money for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

A prayer vigil for the firefighters will be held at 7 p.m. on Strapp Lawn on the Campbellsville University campus.

Are you in the area? Do you have any information, pictures or video to share with WKYT? You can email us at iWitness@wkyt.com, find us on Facebook by searching for WKYT, or send a message to @WKYT on Twitter.

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Firefighter dies after Ice Bucket challenge

Posted: Sep 21, 2014 12:07 PM EDT
Updated: Sep 21, 2014 12:07 PM EDT
 


By Ashley Fantz

(CNN) -- A Kentucky firefighter has died, weeks after participating in an ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that went horribly wrong.

Electricity from a power line shocked four firefighters on a ladder as they sprayed water on a group of college students below who were trying to pull off the charity stunt.

Crews from the Fire and Rescue Department in Campbellsville were helping the Campbellsville University band with their video "Challenge" August 21.

Capt. Tony Grider died Saturday from burn-related injuries, according to dispatcher Mark Coker with the Campbellsville-Tyler 911 Center. The 41-year-old's body was driven, accompanied by an official escort, to his hometown of Columbia, Kentucky, and transferred to Grissom-Martin Funeral Home. There are no details yet about his funeral, Coker said.

The firefighter leaves behind a wife and children. They all lived in the same home with his parents in Columbia.

Firefighter Simon Alex Quinn, also injured in the Ice Bucket Challenge, was released from the hospital Tuesday, according to Coker.

During the ALS stunt, Grider and Quinn were inside a bucket on a ladder above the students. When they finished dumping water, the students left and the firefighters began moving the ladder, authorities told CNN. The bucket came close to power lines and shocked the men, officials said.

Two firefighters who were on the ground -- Capt. Steve Marrs, 37, and Alex Johnson, 28 -- were shocked when they tried to lower the bucket and an electric current traveled down the extended ladder, Campbellsville Police Chief Tim Hazlette said at the time.

Marrs and Johnson were taken to the hospital and later released, he said.

An investigation is ongoing. Hazlette told CNN in August that the ladder did not actually touch the power lines.

The power company told investigators that if one gets within a distance of three to four feet from a power line, the energy that surrounds the voltage wire can arc and electrocute other objects, Hazlette told CNN. That's what authorities believe happened in this case.

CNN's Carma Hassan contributed to this report.

I was about to post "natural selection" before reading this lol. I didn't know this was possible. Man that sucks.

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I was about to post "natural selection" before reading this lol. I didn't know this was possible. Man that sucks.

How do you think lightning strikes?

That's why they tell you to crouch and keep heels off ground. Coach can ignore this advice though.

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I was an electrical engineering major in school and I currently work for AT&T.  Yes, definitely this can happen.  There is a hazard associated with fiddling with telephone and cable TV lines even though they are  below the power cables.

Enclosed breakers used to be filled with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to prevent arcing.

Some people  plant palm trees next to utility poles to “Hide them”  They grow and grow and obstruct access to telecom terminals.  When crews come out to do Uverse installations, there is no way to safely get to trunk terminals.  When they are told that the tree will have to come down, they get all huffy and indignant.  

Sometimes when there is no need for telecom crews to deal with the trunk, the tree keeps growing until it reaches the power lines and….

For real, don’t let kids fly kites near lines.

oh Marty....Marty?

[Mr Anabolic]

This whole ice bucket challenge is idiotic.

A bunch of social media sheeple followers.

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I cant believe what the previous poster said is not common knowledge. If you have to dig or use high machines here there are a million checks to make sure no gas or electricity. If you fish there are signs and ads everywhere not to do it near power lines.

These were firemen. You'd expect them to know this as fires and heights are part of job. Retards.

[240 is Back]

I cant believe what the previous poster said is not common knowledge. If you have to dig or use high machines here there are a million checks to make sure no gas or electricity. If you fish there are signs and ads everywhere not to do it near power lines.

These were firemen. You'd expect them to know this as fires and heights are part of job. Retards.

yeah I was a little shocked firefighters weren't aware of this.   


The power company told investigators that if one gets within a distance of three to four feet from a power line, the energy that surrounds the voltage wire can arc and electrocute other objects, Hazlette told CNN. That's what authorities believe happened in this case.