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FRIDAY
NIGHT CREW STARTS THEIR TOUR OFF WITH A SECOND ALARM |
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March 31
2006
- At 1724 hrs, Prince William Communications transmitted the
box for 8671 Trenton Chapel Way, bringing the Tower
Ladder from the City. While units were responding,
communications indicated that there was some
confusion over the address, but that they were
receiving multiple calls reporting a fire. It wasn't
long after pulling out of quarters before the Tower
could see the column, and they still had a ways to
go. First arriving Engine 525 advised they had one
home with the roof well off, and fire quickly
spreading to two exposures. In some developers
infinite wisdom to make extra money by cramming more
homes into less space, these dwellings are built
about 10 feet apart from each other and pose a
significant fire spread hazard. Tower 501 arrived
just as the crews from Engine 525 and 504 were
stretching their initial lines. The first in
companies did an excellent job in recognizing that
protecting the exposures was the priority. The
Tower's crew broke into two teams, one set up the
ladder and established a water supply from Engine
504 while the officer and hook man made their way
into the delta exposure to check conditions in the
attic. By this point, command had hit a second alarm
bringing Wagon 501 from the City as the 1st due
engine. With the Tower's crew finding no fire in the
delta exposure, they came out and attempted to
secure the utilities on the fire building. They
realized they had a gas fed fire from a ruptured
buried line before the home and quickly began
searching for a curb shut off. None were found and
it was later learned that the street cut offs are
for sections of the subdivision, not for a
particular street or home. Wagon 501 arrived and ran
the 300 plus the leader line and a high rise pack to
the rear and put several lines in service to
extinguish the back of the home. The Tower located
the electric meter, but it was melted, so the
officer and hook man began pulling siding for the
engine companies. Meanwhile, the Tower's crew in the
bucket was getting a relatively quick knock on the
fire. Command, at that point, ordered Tower 501 and
a crew from 525 to enter the home and begin a
search. The hook man mule kicked the front door, and
he and the officer went to the basement to secure
the electricity at the panel. Moderate smoke
conditions existed in the basement, but no fire was
found. The Tower's crew opened some walls on the
first floor where the fire had been burning inside
but found no extension there either. On the second
floor of the home, they exposed hot spots while the
crew from 525 extinguished them. Wagon 501's crew
joined the Tower and 525 on the second floor to
finish extinguishing the hot spots. With the fire
deemed under control, all crews backed out to allow
the investigators to move in. Wagon 501 was cut
loose at that point. Eventually, the Tower's crew,
along with multiple crews from the County went back
in and overhauled the entire second floor and a
portion of the basement. The Tower cleared at 2055
hrs. Kudos to all the companies on the box for
keeping the fire contained to the original fire
building. |
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