Tag Archives: Detroit

Working fire in a vacant 2 story 4 family flat that extended to 5 story vacant apartment, While crews were working inside the 4-family, the intensity of the fire grew quickly and the order was given by the Battalion Chief to get all crews out of the building and air horns were sounded. Some firefighters became lost and temporarily trapped trying to locate the exit. At least 1 firefighter ran out of air and suffered smoke inhalation.

The Leary Firefighters Foundation (LFF) presented more than $260,000 worth of new equipment today to the dedicated men and women of the Detroit Fire Department.

Dozens of people were rescued, and even some jumped to safety, early Wednesday morning on Detroit's west side when a massive fire broke out in an apartment building. Flames overtook the Jason Manor apartment building, which is near Schoolcraft and Outer Drive.

At approximately 11:00AM on January 21st, 2014, 7th battalion was dispatched to a fire in a commercial truck garage at 3950 Lonyo Street.

By now, many of you have watched the documentary Burn: One Year on the Front Lines of the Battle to Save Detroit. We watched it last night at the firehouse. The video below is just some of what the Detroit FD experienced from July 3-6th of this year.

E-46 stretching on a dwelling, we had another one going 1 block over & called for a separate box alarm. This dwelling was going through out & required 2- 1 1/2" handlines, first line made entry on the first floor & second line was taken through the dormer window.

STATter911.com had a story today on the Detroit FD. One part of that story claims a 21 minute response time. Read more about those issues here. I give you something else, another house fire in Detroit. Prior to the video rolling, a person had to jump for their life in a house fire on Doyle Street in the East side on Monday.

Check out this video in Detroit. You guessed it, something is burning! Chalk up one VES, minus the V, for the bystanders...

Detroit has been plagued with issues for a long time. Luckily for them and the victims, no other deaths occurred due to the failed response. You just have to love the spin put on by officials when everything doesn't come together...

Below is audio from the police station shooting today in Detroit. 4 Police Officers were shot, all of the officers are expected to survive and were at Sinai Grace Hospital, according to Police Chief Ralph Godbee Jr