Video by Mike Nester (firtog). Video info: Our day of Philadelphia started to pick up about an hour and a half after our arrival, just after our crew grabbed some lunch we responded to North Philly to 7th and Luray St for a well off Middle of Row. PFD Arrived and engine crews quickly went to work with two lines putting a hit on the fire while the truck companies opened up. With in 20 minutes the under control was given and the All Hands Box was downgraded to a 1 & 1 and crews remained on location for overhaul and investigative work.
The next fire Kept us North in Battalion 2 district with the address of fire being 7638 Thouron Av, Crews arrived to heavy smoke throughout and Put the 2 & 2 in service with all hands working. The fire was located in the basement of the middle of the row, engine crews stretched in and made a hit while the truck companies prepped to go to the roof before opening up the home. Again Crews had the fire under control in about 20 minutes and dropped the run to a 1 & 1 for overhaul and investigation.
As crews were picking up from Thouron St another Tactical Box was put out a couple blocks away at 1825 Plymouth for a fire in another middle of the row. Battalion 2 quickly responds over and transmits the All Hands on Arrival with heavy fire on the first floor. Engine crews arrive and stretch a line to the front door and put on knock on the fire, an additional line was stretched to the rear but not put into service. Truck companies opened up the house and check for extension and the fire marshal was requested for the investigation. This was another fire that went to a 2 & 2 and was quickly downgraded to a 1 & 1 with the fire under control, this was the third and final fire for our crews while in Philadelphia.
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No commentsI am getting geared up for FDIC. If you are going, the only thing you HAVE to do is participate in the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb. I wrote about it just yesterday here.
The Fire Service Warrior meetup (Facebook Event Page) will be April 24, 2013 at 5pm at the Ram Restaurant and Brewery. Be there!
I will be posting our itinerary when it gets a little closer. You will be able to find Captain Wines and I split between the MN8 Foxfire booth #5571 and Black Diamond Group booth #2401.
It’s promotional testing time again. This is one of the books I bought. I would love to tell you what it is, but I would have to kill you. We aren’t allowed posting the text book list online according to a memo. I wish I could tell you more about the $230 purchase I made on the books…but I can’t. BTW, this is not one of the books on the list.
In case you missed it, I was busy this weekend with a series of videos on FireCritic.com. Check them out here:
More Content from the other great blogs and web sites:
Check out the custom inserts for our Phenix TL2 helmets. J5 Firelids sent these to us. Check out J5 Firelids here.
Fire Law Blog offers us Cyberbullying – The Ugly Side of Social Media
Firehouse Zen offers two great articles recently “I am a Bully” and “The FNG“.
True North is giving away a scholarship (paid trip to FDIC). This year, they renamed the program “Lt. Richard A. Nappi Training Scholarship”. Read more about it here
Firefighter Nation – Monte Egherman writes about Building a Functional Fitness Program
MN8 Foxfire’s new illuminating helmet bars
STATter911.com found a great video: Arrival video: House fire in Calverton, MD. PGFD in action from 1991. Plus an apartment fire in Oxon Hill.
MN8 Foxfire has rolled out the brand new illuminating helmet bars (to the right). Read more about them here.
Mike Legeros has pictures of a fire on Roger’s lane here. AND…you can buy his books Raleigh and Wake County Firefighting or Raleigh and Wake County Firefighting, Volume II. Read more about that here.
Challenge Coins – I collect challenge coins and trade them. If you would like to purchase one of our coins, check out NM Coin. That is the only place you can get them unless you catch us with one to spare. If you would like to trade, let me know at firecritic@firecritic.com. Below is the National Firefighters Endowment Officer’s Club Chief level coin. Mine is number 005. Learn more about the Officer’s Club here.
This is my Officer’s Club coin from the National Firefighters Endowment. To learn more about the Officer’s Club and get your own coin, check out this link.