DETROIT, MI, AUG. 2, 2014 – Units from Detroit’s 5th Battalion were dispatched to an early-morning dwelling fire. Squad 3 reported a vacant two flat going throughout. Chief 5 arrived on scene and requested additional engines and a tower ladder for exterior operations. The Delta-side exposure was also a vacant two flat that became completely involved. Both dwellings completely collapsed.
Photo by Ted Roney
YONKERS, NY, AUG. 9, 2014 – Numerous calls were received for a fire in a 2½-story frame dwelling. Companies found heavy fire showing from the first and second floors and through the roof. The fire had already extended into exposure 4, a five-story occupied multiple dwelling, through the windows of the stairwell. Due to heavy fire conditions, the operation quickly switched to an exterior attack. It took more than 70 firefighters about three hours to bring the fire under control. Yonkers police arrested a 12-year old boy who lived in the original fire building and charged him with arson. Thirty-five people, including 17 children, were left homeless by the fire. No serious injuries were reported.
Photo by Michael Messar
CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ, AUG. 11, 2014 – Three police officers and two civilians helped rescue five residents from the roof of a burning 2½-story frame dwelling before the arrival of firefighters. The five residents were unable to escape due to the heavy fire on the first floor during the early-morning, two-alarm fire. Units from Ridgefield, Fairview and Edgewater responded to the scene. Fire traveled through the walls and eventually broke out through the attic windows and then through the roof. One Squrt, one ladder pipe and several handlines were used to control the fire in less than two hours. Six civilians were treated for minor smoke inhalation.
Photo by Bill Tompkins/BTFirephotos.com
BUFFALO, NY, APRIL 27, 2014 – Engine Company 31 was first due to a 2½-story dwelling on the city’s East Side. Heavy fire conditions in a vacant building threatened an exposure. The initial line was used to cover the exposure.
Photo by David Passalugo
