Tag Archives: Fires

This Event was truly a blessing to attend. In 16 years of firefighting I have been to many conferences, conventions, and gatherings of all sorts. I have seen our Brotherhood fired up about the job, but never seen a venue with spouses and significant others that were so fired up, supportive of their firefighter, and willing to dedicate the time.

Filmed with the FireCam Mini HD. Engine 1, Engine 2, and other Mutual Aid Companies responded to a 1 Alarm Residential Fire on 6/10/15. Engine 1 and Engine 2 arrived on location to find a single story single family dwelling with heavy fire showing from the "A" and "D" side. Crews attacked the fire with a combination offensive/defensive attack. Fire was contained to the front rooms and attic of the residence.

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Bristol Township Police were on scene reporting smoke showing from an apartment. Third District Battalion 14 requested any apparatus who are not responding to be replaced due to the police report. Battalion 14 arrived on scene reporting a three story garden style apartment building with smoke showing. Levittown #2 Deputy 13 took interior and confirmed a working bedroom fire.

Engine 3 on scene 2.5 story vacant dwelling - fire on 1st & 2nd floors. B-43 reports multiple small fires throughout structure and crews making interior attacks. Rescue1 reports fire fully involved in attic - Ladder 2 reports fire through vent hole in roof. B-56 orders everyone out for Defensive Ops with Emergency Head Count.

6 Min of initial fire attack from back up persons, initial reports subject still inside the building. Heavy involvement on C/D corner. The view is from Captain Jordan Alcorns with the Oliver Springs FD (TN). Oliver Springs assisted Marlow FD with the house fire on Cove Lane.

I will be presenting at the North Carolina Society of Fire Rescue Instructors conference coming up May 27-30th. Come out and join me, learn, and catch the rest of the conference! The pre-conference is the 27th, I speak on the 28th. If you can't make it and are in the area, stay tuned for a possible get-together on Thursday the 28th where we can all get together for a couple of drinks and tell lies stories!

Tuesday evening crews were dispatched to the Buckeye Tavern on Brookside Road for a reported structure fire, first arriving officer reports a working fire. Several minutes into the fight a 2nd alarm was struck and crews went into a defensive posture.

DOWNEY - A woman was hospitalized to be treated for smoke inhalation after a fire in Downey early today.

Lansing MI, Fire Fighter MAYDAY Rescue caught on video (several angles) On Friday March 20, 2015 at 5:58 am the Lansing Fire Department responded with 3 Engine companies, 2 Truck companies, 2 Battalion Chiefs, and 1 Medic unit (25 personnel total) to a residential structure fire. During the initial attack the nozzle man, after sounding the floor, crawled on to a wood living room floor and subsequently fell thru the collapsed floor into the basement.