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H eroes. Leaders. Courageous. Brave. These are to the field, but could have quickly turned into a major
words that come to mind when describing a group
disaster in the Town of Lancaster.
of men -- Ryan Balden, Tye White, Todd Evens,
Sergio Molina and Joe Johnson -- who were working This group of men extinguished the fire and remained
on a nearby project and rushed to the rescue of a on-site until the professionals were on scene to take
neighbor. over. These men are knowingly not fire fighters, but
jumped to the aide of SPower to save all the hard work
The Silverado project has been an ongoing project Rosendin and other contractors have developed in
for Rosendin for almost two years. On a warm July Lancaster over the years. With the safety training they
afternoon, the project was being mowed by SPower received, these men knew the correct fire prevention
when a blade from the mower hit a rock, creating a emergency procedures to keep themselves and others
spark, which then turned into an active fire that was safe and prevent injuries.
quickly progressing.
Following this event, Rosendin’s Safety Department
Ryan, Tye, Todd, Sergio, and Joe saw the flames and the Project Manager set up a training for all on-
and, without hesitation, jumped into action by driving site employees to review the Emergency and Fire
over the water truck and grabbing fire extinguishers Prevention procedures and to recognize these five
to assist SPower in putting out the blaze. The fire brave men.
caused approximately 10,000 square feet in damages
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