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Oahu Ham Alerts Occupants to House Fire

Discussion in 'Amateur Radio News' started by KH6OWL, Apr 12, 2019.

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  1. KH6OWL

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    Zeph MacNaughton, N7WAP, a neighbor and former volunteer forest firefighter, jumped into action after waking up to the smell of smoke.

    “I jumped up, pounded on the door, woke them up and said ‘Get out.’ Then I went outside, grabbed the hose and started hosing their house down, hoping I would stop it, but then it came through,” MacNaughton said. “I just starting hosing our houses down, the roof, the wall, and sat there through the whole fire.”

    He said he stayed there until firefighters arrived shortly thereafter.

    The fire displaced 15 people, according to the Honolulu Fire Department.

    http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/04/11/fire-breaks-out-waipahu-home-displaces/

    https://www.qrz.com/db/N7WAP

    Thanks to Todd Wilson, WH6DWF, for bringing this story to our attention.

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    N0TZU, N4GST, K0GOV and 3 others like this.
  2. G3SEA

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    BIG Mahalo to Zeph !

    G3SEA/KH6 :cool:
     
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  3. K1LKP

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    ZEPH, GREAT JOB AND CONGRATS TO YOU AND
    YOUR NABOR WHO WENT INTO ACTION TO HELP
    THESE FOLKS.
    Hats_off[1].gif

    73 - K1LKP


     
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  4. N3PM

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    Nice work.
    Mike N3PM
     
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  5. KW0U

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    Fine Business, Old Man!
     
  6. KI7SBU

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    Way to go great job
     
  7. KG7VTO

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    Yet another example of the vital role amateur radio plays when dealing with disasters.
     
  8. WB2JIX

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    Did I miss the part that ham radio played in this?
     
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  9. W5CJA

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    I wondered the same thing. No offense meant in any way, but Amateur radio is in no way germane to this story.
     
  10. WB2JIX

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    Maybe he was up late, on the radio, and smelled smoke. If he wasn't on the radio, he may have been asleep and missed his chance?
    We'll never know.
    I saved an elderly woman at a restaurant once when she was choking. That's worth an article.
     
  11. N3PM

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    I'd rather see items like this linked to a ham, than the likes of Jonestown and WB5JYK being linked to amateur radio.
    "Infamous radio amateurs" ran here back around 2010.
    Mike N3PM
     
  12. W5CJA

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    It doesn't have to be a zero sum game. I'm all for highlighting the accomplishments of amateur radio enthusiasts as it relates to HAM radio. This story doesn't involve HAM radio. There could be thousands of untold stories where military service members, first responders, or good Samaritans were involved in emergency responses that aided other humans. However, I don't believe those stories should be highlighted here unless HAM radio was involved in the matter.
     

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