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FOAM
ENGINE 1ST IN ON 3RD DUE BOX |
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November 8, 2005 - At 2023 hrs, the Foam Engine
with 6 and the Chief with 2, responded on mutual box
1112 to 7370 Roxbury Avenue for a fire in a home.
With Wagon 511 already out on a run, the assignment
ran as engines 508, 501, 509, and 504. A Manassas
Volunteer Captain, who lives just a few houses down,
came to the home and began accounting for the
residents. Truck 511 quickly arrived on scene and
was informed by the Captain that all residents were
out and
accounted for and the fire was located in the
basement. He then assisted the truck driver by
throwing 3 ladders himself, one to the front, rear
and roof. The Foam Engine arrived not long after
Truck 511 with heavy smoke showing from the street
and stretched a 200
foot attack line to the basement of a split level home.
Inside they encountered "Colliers Mansion" like
conditions. Just after they made their way in, Truck
511's officer, who was operating in the same area as
the Foam Engine, transmitted a Mayday. Before the
Foam Engine's crew could realize what was going on
and offer assistance, Truck 511's officer exited the
building. She was ok. The Foam Engine continued on,
finding fire in several rooms in the Charlie
quadrant of the basement. The crew hit the seat of
the fire
and began opening up the basement ceiling and walls.
Crews from 509 and 511 pulled additional lines off
of the Foam Engine and entered home. After it was
determined that the fire was spreading through the
walls to the attic, the Foam Engine's crew split and
stretched a fourth attack line off of the pumper to
the kitchen area. The crew opened that up and
knocked down the remainder of the fire. The Foam
Engine cleared at 2352 hrs.
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Photos by Jimmy Higgins, Future MVFC Fireman. |
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