Comments on: No Injuries As Early Morning Fire Prompts Evacuation At Century Care Center

By: Horrific

Horrific — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:12:03 +0000

Thank heaven for no injuries of residents or fire fighters..

William it sure would be wonderful for some of us to see more pictures of
our firefighter hero’s who risk their lives for ppl all the time……
i know I say a lot on here when a policeman or firefighter does the wrong thing,
but I know that most of them are wonderful hard working men who would
risk their live and DO on many occasions and I would just like to see their
faces………

By: Jay momma

Jay momma — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:29:22 +0000

Well said Another staff member at CCC!!

By: MRS. J.

MRS. J. — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:06:58 +0000

GOOD JOB CCC. YOUR TRAINING IN CASES LIKE THIS PAID OFF WITH THE QUICKNESS. THANK GOD ALL OUR RESIDENTS WERE FINE AND WELL TAKEN CARE OF. HATS OFF TO YA!

By: Another staff member at CCC

Another staff member at CCC — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:41:19 +0000

YES, there are contingency plans and IF the time had been prolonged, the residents would have been settled into the Ag building. It wouldn’t have shortened the time that they were exposed to the elements though-it probably would have been longer! Unlike students that can get onto a school bus by walking up the steps for transport, our residents would require a specialized bus for the disabled if we transported them on a bus.How many of those are immediately available at 1:00 in the morning when we need them? The school children are also taught to go outside if there is a fire. What if it is raining or cold when they are evacuated? Do you want your child to stay in the building when there is a fire as opposed to getting wet and cold? The other option would be to push the wheelchairs and beds through the parking lot, up the incline, onto Highway C4, through the rocky parking lot and into the building. Had it been necessary, it would have happened, but fortuntely, it wasn’t! The building IS fully sprinkled with fire walls and fire doors in place-and functioning. The dryer fire was controlled as expected-it just produced alot of heavy smoke. We have plenty of blankets and the residents were well protected from the elements. It is very easy for some of you to question and judge the actions and decisions of the staff-but, you weren’t there.

By: Just asking

Just asking — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:37:38 +0000

Jay resident,
For your information, I do volunteer work, three times a week and some weekends and have done so ever since my mother’s passing last year. Not at CCC or any other nursing home, but working with developmentally challenged children. There is a contingency plan in place at the nursing home where my mother resided before her demise.. where the residents are shuttled to a nearby hospital (for those requiring skilled medical attention) or for those who are ambulatory and not requiring IV’s, etc., to the local municipal auditorium. For your information, regretfully I had to admit my mother to a nursing home because I could no longer PHYSICALLY care for her on my own and work at the same time…not because I “could not deal with it”…I dealt with it for four years before I had no other choice in the matter since her health was rapidly failing. I feel my question was valid, since it was a very cold night the night of the fire and I was simply curious as to whether or not they would have been moved to some sort of shelter, had the fire not been contained as quickly as it was.

By: jay resident

jay resident — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:17:13 +0000

to just asking and proudarmyparent when you have an emergency you do everything that is possible to get everyone out of the worse possible danger.In this case was the FIRE!!!Had they had to be out for a long time I know they would have taken further action to get them in another building.Luckily it was contained quickly with little damage and no injures to residents or staff.They were very aware of what they were doing and did a damn good job getting that many people out quickly bed bound and all!They are all caring for elderly people that have been brought there because they’re families can no longer deal with taking care of them so try giving more credit where it’s due and they made sure all those residents were kept wrapped up.Which would you perfer mama being whisked out to safety or burned to death?Since you seem to be so helpful maybe you should give your numbers to the nursing home so you can be called to help out next time anything like this ever happens.GOOD JOB CCC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Just asking

Just asking — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:52:00 +0000

Common Sense,

No one ever said the staff wasn’t dedicated..yes kudos to them for following their training to the T. All nursing homes have rehearsed fire drills quite often where they evacuate the residents from the facility, do a head count, recheck rooms and beds, etc. I simply wanted to know..had that fire been worse than what it was ..is there a contingency plan in place so that the residents (disabled and ill) are not exposed to the elements, especially if it were raining or freezing rain, etc. It was darned cold that night…I don’t think I would have wanted my elderly, weak, and disabled loved one exposed to the elements for more than 20-30 minutes. So what if they have to be pushed, rolled, or even dragged…you do what is necessary to ensure their safety and to prevent further complications of their illness! Is that too much to ask? Thank God this incident was minor, but what about the next one? My mother was a resident at a nursing home where the contingency plan for a hurricane was to load the patients onto buses and transport them all the way to Valdosta, GA (another one of their privately owned facilities). I informed the administrator that my mother was not to be put on that bus, that I would be there to pick her up.

By: ccc worker

ccc worker — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:31:19 +0000

Glad they were all ok

By: ProudArmyParent

ProudArmyParent — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:25:00 +0000

Common sense person, you aren’t really thinking with common sense if you think an elderly person is better off sitting in the cold. Like I said a contingency plan for any and every possible emergency needs to be in place and a method to carry out that plan is all part of it! I never said it would be easy, but for the benefit of the elderly they need to be taken out of the weather should anything like this ever happen again.

By: ccc worker

ccc worker — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:12:14 +0000

Its wasn’t the lint trap