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2 FLOWN
AND 1 FIREMAN INJURED AFTER FIRST DUE SECOND ALARM |
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March 21, 2007
– Shortly after shift change this morning, box alarm
81-13 was sounded for a house in the area of
Cloverhill Road and Speedwell Court. As Engine and
Tower 501 approached the scene, communications
advised that they had received several more calls
reporting a fire at that box location, one of which
indicated that there were numerous people possibly
trapped. As Engine 501 stopped to layout, the Tower
took a position on side A with heavy, thick black
smoke pumping out from multiple floors of the town
home. As the barman made his way to the door, he
encountered two burn victims in the front yard. He
asked "where are they", and they directed him to the
second floor. Without the protection of a hose line,
the barman entered the building. Encountering zero
visibility and extremely high heat, he was forced to
crawl on his stomach as he searched for the stairs
and victims. He began to make the stairs and
immediately started to get burned, forcing him to
back out. He met up with the Tower Officer in the
foyer as the Tower Driver began venting widows in
the front while the Rescue Driver laddered the rear.
The two made a second push for the stairs. As the
Engine ran their line, the Officer (Rohs) requested
a second alarm due to fire conditions and reported
entrapment. As the lineman made entry, he met up
with the crew from the Tower who advised him the
entire basement was off. As they made their way to
the stairs, the lineman suffered second degree burns
and was forced to retreat. The Tower continued to
advance the line as fire began to involve the first
floor from the stairwell. As the pair held their
positions and opened up their line, the floor below
the Tower Officer began to give way prompting them
to swiftly evacuate. Meanwhile, 501's Wagon Driver
had pulled an additional 200' 1 1/2 to the front and
ran the 300 to the rear while the Tower's outside
crew vented the roof. In the front yard, the crew
from Engine 501 broke out the basement windows,
knocked down some of the fire, and tried to make
entry. They were held up as Rescue 501 advised they
were making entry into the basement from the rear
with the 300. There the Rescue encountered extremely
heavy fire conditions encompassing the entire
basement. As this was going on, the crew from Tower
501 and Wagon 509 ran a line to the second floor via
a ladder on side A. Wagon 509 knocked down the fire
as the Tower made a search of the second floor with
no victims found. Wagon 511 extinguished more fire
on the first floor via a ground ladder on side C. It
was at this time that command was notified that all
the occupants were accounted for and out of the
home. Crews continued to operate as best they could
inside the building, avoiding the soft first floor,
opening up and checking for extension. Both of the
burn victims were intubated, transported by ground
to Prince William Hospital, and subsequently flow to
the burn center. The Lineman from Engine 501 was
treated and released at Prince William Hospital with
second degree burns to the face. The Tower and
Rescue Drivers threw 155 feet of ground ladders
while the Engine pumped through 800’ of 1 ½”, 250’
of 2”, and 250’ of 2 ½”. Chief 501 (Holman) had the
command. It was the effort of all companies on the
fireground, especially the initial companies who
took a good beating, which kept this fire contained
to the occupancy of origin. The Engine and Tower
cleared the scene within 2 ½ hours while the City
Fire Marshals Office along with agents from the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms remained on
scene to investigating. |
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