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ENGINE RUNS HOUSE FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN |
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September
27 2006
- At 2114 hours, box alarm 15-03 was struck for 2707
Jackson Drive, in the Evergreen section of Prince
William County, bringing Engine 501A as the third
due engine company. Not normally due on this box,
the crew was quickly out the door and on the road to
the mountain. Ten minutes earlier, Wagon and Brush
515 were sent out to investigate a tree on fire in
the area of Young’s Drive. After a short
investigation, the crews found a well involved house
on Jackson Drive. Being that there are no hydrants
on the mountain, a tanker taskforce was requested
above the box. The streets on the mountain are
mostly single lane with no shoulders and plenty of
switchbacks. Command had Wagon 515 and Engine 504
respond to the address while the rest of the units
had to stage about a half of a mile down the street.
Engine 501A arrived at the staging area and quickly
made their way up to the scene to man a line on side
C of the fully involved home. Unfortunately, water
supply was quite an issue and for the majority of
the first 20 minutes, the crew from 501 had no
water. A drop tank was set up but, because of the
terrain, it was on a pretty good slope and could not
be filled to capacity. To complicate matters,
Jackson Drive is a dead end which forced one tanker
at a time to come in, drop what water they could,
and then back the half mile down the winding street
to allow the next tanker access. All companies on
the box worked hard to extinguish the fire with what
water they had as well as a large amount of brush.
The home was a loss but there were no civilian or
firefighter injuries. Captain Grainger had the
command and Engine 501A headed back to the City at
2317.
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Crew
photos courtesy of
Joseph Cirone.
Fire photos courtesy of Rick Hammer, Co. 15. |
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