Fire Department

- At 7:02 p.m. Friday, firefighters were called to Donaldson Road for a possible rescue. - At 7:06 p.m. Friday, firefighters were called to 621 Colby Road for a tree in the power lines. - At 7:42 p.m. Friday, firefighters responded to a grass fire on Memory Lane. - At 11:43 a.m. Saturday, firefighters responded to an alarm sounding at 6 Westchester Drive. - At 7:14 p.m. Sunday, firefighters were called to 2417 Old Boonesboro Road for a downed power line and a grass fire.

Summer 2012 has gotten off to a hot and dry start, causing many communities in central Kentucky, including Jessamine County, to enact burning bans. With more hot and dry weather on the way, Jessamine County and Nicholasville fire officials are concerned that the bangs and booms associated with the Fourth of July holiday will result in an uptick in grass fires. On Tuesday, the National Weather Service issued an “elevated fire danger” warning. “A very strong area of high pressure at the surface and aloft will dominate the Ohio Valley for the next several days,” the bulletin said.

A 6-year-old boy at the corner of Ross 2nd streets got his finger caught in a vegetable slicer Monday afternoon, prompting response from police, fire and EMS personnel. Jackie Land got his finger stuck in the attachment for a food processor around 5 p.m. Monday, said Rachel Saylor, his grandmother, who lives at 112 Ross St. When the Nicholasville Fire Department responded and firefighters attempted to work the hand free, the boy jerked his finger, Saylor said. “The next thing we knew, he had twisted his finger, and blood went everywhere, and they had to rush him on into the hospital,” she said.

The “careless use of fireworks” by teenagers at a Nicholasville residence caused a house fire at 209 Christa Lane in the Orchard subdivision Sunday around 1:30 p.m., according to a fire department incident report. Nicholasville firefighters arrived at the house and found heavy smoke coming out from three sides of the building, including flames emanating from the garage area of the house. The fire extended to both cars that were parked in the driveway. “I don't know if they were supervised or not, but this is just another example of the hidden dangers of fireworks, and a lot of people underestimate them,” deputy fire chief Kevin Baker said.

The Nicholasville Fire Department responded to a report of an artillery shell at 135 Crestview Court on Thursday, April 27. According to a fire incident report, A 105 mm military-grade round with a live firing pin was brought in by a person to scrap. “He picked it up on the side of the road,” deputy chief Kevin Baker said. The Kentucky State Police and Nicholasville Police Department were also called. KSP troopers determined that the explosive ordnance portion of the shell was gone but the firing pin remained.