The fire was mainly contained to the "attic" area. Crews were met with high heat stretching in to the seat. The house had a slate roof on a steep pitch which made ventilating a little interesting.
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Responding in severe weather conditions…
There are other factors to consider here as well. What kind of attack will we be making? Offensive, Defensive maybe transitional? With all this additional time we've accumulated, the fire has certainly gotten a good jump on us. Is life safety involved (is someone trapped inside)?
Read More »Alive and well
TRUST ME ... it's NOT an easy thing to do. Especially in a Department like ours. I'll go back to those two words.... TRAINING and DISCIPLINE. I applaud the effort and calls our guys are making out here on the street ... they're getting it RIGHT and our members are going home the next morning.
Read More »HEAVY FIRE, JUMPERS AND JACKED UP ON MT. DEW
Here in "The Noke", we take a lot on pride in holding a majority of our fires to "room and content". Despite older homes and balloon construction, we do a good job at getting water on the fire quickly and efficiently.
Read More »3 story, 12 unit apartment building destroyed by high winds in Roanoke, Va
Storms … high winds, rain and hail blew through Roanoke this evening andleft a trail of debris behind. Around 2pm this evening we received a call that a roof had blown off a building … yea right. We run this address all the time so I know it’s a complex of brick apartments. I’m thinking we’ll get there to find ...
Read More »One rescue and a close call in East Haven
Fire damages East Haven pizza parlor, strip mall: wtnh.com
Read More »Why modern Building construction (design) SUCKS!
I’m SICK. I’m not sure I can say it enough to make ya fully understand. I think one of “Santa’s Sexy Helpers” must have “slipped me a mickey”.. LOL. I’ve always said that if you ever hear that I’m in the hospital and really want to see (or cuss ) me, you had better come quick because it’s BAD. Well, ...
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