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Live Burn
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One-story house, about 2200 square feet.
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Plenty of wood to keep the stokers busy.
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Ok, so I should have cleaned the camera lens!
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Several rooms to navigate through
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Spring Lake supplied the aerial apparatus
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The outriggers on this truck can be deployed with a single push of a button. It auto-levels, lifting the wheels completely off the ground.
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Eastover supplied the pumper
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The guy that came with Cumberland County's mobile air unit stayed busy all day long filling bottles.
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Two tankers (Stedman 2332 and Bethany 1221) stood by the whole day as well.
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Howard (left) (Apex A-shift) was in the Advanced Engine Company Operations class.
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During the pre-burn briefing, Blue introduces us to Singer, our unfortunate victim-to-be.
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One engine company crew manned the attack line, one engine company crew manned the backup line.
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One truck company crew did forcible entry, search & rescue, and ventilation, while a second truck company crew stood by as the RIT.
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A quick break after a search and rescue drill
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Ladder 1 crew (minus Rambo, who was taking the picture!)
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Preparing to make entry
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Fire in the hole!
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Chief Wilson holds a critique with the truck company crews after the first few evolutions
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Rambo, my search and rescue partner. We saved Singer a couple of times!
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Brian Pender, Ladder 1's crew leader
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Captain Clark (instructor, Advanced Engine Company Operations), watches over the hoseline crews
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Howard prepares to make entry with his crew
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Stokers got this fire rolling in the side room
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Attack crew, COME AND GET IT!
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Backup crew stands ready
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This crew is about to find out just how many layers of shingles there are on this old roof
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Ventilation the good old-fashioned way
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Chief Wilson positions the aerial to demonstrate ventilating from the platform
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Chief Wilson supervises as this firefighter, ladder belt hooked into his partner's for support, cuts a ventilation hole with a chainsaw without ever leaving the safety of the platform.
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Once the cuts are made, the roofing material can be removed with a few well-placed swings of the axe.
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We finally let the house go around 2pm.
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TRUCKIES!!!!!
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By the end of this long day, Rambo'd had enough
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Who brought da marshmallows?
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There goes da roof!
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Trying to cool things down...
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Ok, someone's going to have to help me with names... Kevin, instructor David Thornburg, me, (who's behind me? email me!), Rambo, Brian Pender
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Putting out the brush
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Howard and his engine company crew. Names? email me!
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The instructors: Chief Wilson, David Thornburg, Blue, Captain Clark
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Chief Wilson imparts some final words of wisdom upon the truck company class
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Equipment Displays
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