PlaymoFriends
Creative => Story-Telling => Topic started by: FireChief on August 25, 2009, 21:18:59
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ADULTS ONLY, Though these pictures contain Playmobil, Playmobil is a toy, fire and smoke are not. Please DO NOT do this at home, especially if you are a child.
Playmobil Fire Department press release -
At 0955, Playmobil communications received an automatic fire alarm call from ADT securities. Communications was advised of multiple smoke alarms and a pull station activation at the Playmo Terrace apartments, 218 Glenrose Ln.
Engines 5 and 4, Quint 6 and Medic 5 were dispatched for the fire alarm.
While units were going en route, communications upgraded the call to a working structure fire due to multiple calls for smoke in the building.
Box 5-787 was assigned Ladder 4, Engine 3, Medic 4, RIT 2, Squad 3 and Car 5
Quint 6 was first to arrive on scene and was met with heavy smoke throughout the first floor of the building. A frantic resident also advised crews of an elderly male resident who was possibly trapped on the second floor. Quint 6 went for the resident and Engine 5 went for the fire...
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Engine 5's crew was unable to keep the fire to the original apartment and the the crew from Quint 6 stated the conditions on the 2ND floor were deterorating. Car 5 (Command) asked for the 2ND alarm.
Engine 1, Ladder 2, Medic 1 and 3, Car 1 and 3
Ladder 4's crew made it to the roof and was able to cut a ventilation hole and Squad 3 was able to get the fan going in the front. With the age of the building, the fire was able to get in the ceiling and work its way from one end to another, there was very little firefighters could do...
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Fire was soon coming out from all over and the order to evacuate the building was given.
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Crews set up multiple handlines for a defensive operation and prepared to stop it before it took the entire building.
Heavy smoke was still coming from the building and the C-D corner was still well involved close to 45 minutes after the fire started.
The RIT teams were kept busy with firefighter accountability and safety operations.
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It took crews approximately 3 hours to knock the fire down. Damage to the building was extensive.
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Inside there were numerous floor collapses causing the building to be uninhabitable.
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The fire was found to be caused by faulty wiring on the first floor. The last of the crews were set free 8 hours after the first dispatch.
It took a total of 32 firefighters to finally put the fire out.
There were no injuries to firefighters and the male fire victim was transported to the hospital as a precaution.
Engine 5 was pumping this fire and at one point had 3 1.5inch and 2 2inch hand lines. 8-)
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Alright, that's it for now. I hope you enjoyed it.
- Ben
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absolutely!!!. just wondering, doesn't it make you nervous to have your playmobil so close to a real fire?
kaethe
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I did and do enjoy your stories . Thank you for taking the time to entertain us with the life's of your Playmobil firefighters .
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Excellent story and photos, Ben, your best ever I think.
The same question occurred to me as to kaethe - have you ever ended up with melted or semi-melted figures or equipment? Oh, and what do the neighbours think of all these fires?
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Great story, & pyro effects as always, Ben :wow:! I'm like everyone else in wondering if any radiant heat has distorted equipment or figures yet ???? I have seen some scorching to figures helmets in your previous house fire story involving 2854 Yelton Lane with the Christmas lights!
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Hello Kaethe, Rasputin, Gordon, and Bill
Thank you very much for you comments and for taking the time to post them. ;D
To answer your question, I have never melted any klickys. Equipment is a different story. I've had helmets and SCBAs get discolored, and melted a few ladders and some older style helmets. To be honest I have the klickys and equipment there just long enough to take the picture then they're thrown to the side. This set of pictures (and I have a lot of them) took me close to two hours to get all the pictures right, plus 4 or 5 hours to build the building. That's why I don't do it that much anymore. Sometimes it's more fun for me to skip the pictures and just play with Playmobil...
- Ben
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plus 4 or 5 hours to build the building.
I was wondering about that. I was looking at it and noticing all the porches and windows and figured it must have taken hours to cut it out, assemble it and then paint it all . then to throw a match on it :o. Could it be true that some firemen have a pyromaniac side :lol: I know in my line of work Fire is a very useful tool not to mention how nice it feel to have a warming fire on a job site in the forest .
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I like your new disclaimer :lol:!
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great story and good Pict's
In the netherlands we set a good inzet brand meester
groet Peter
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Could it be true that some firemen have a pyromaniac side
I have a friend who is a firefighter (and just got promoted to captain!), and he admits to enjoying starting fires. He confesses that he has a pyromaniac side. :lol:
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I hope making these scenes doesn't make me a pyromaniac - and I hope no one thinks that - really I just add the fire for effects. How many other people in the world do that? Frankly, it makes me quite, wait, really nervous to have very expensive toys next to something that can lead to their demise in a few seconds and I wouldn't suggest that to anyone.
Believe it or not I started doing more detailed pictures/scenes when I joined PlaymoFriends. I used to use a smoke machine... Here are some pictures of a display I made once. I did four of these large displays for safety fairs.
- Ben
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Peter, Thank you very much for the great compliments. :)
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That smoke machine is very effective. The first photo looks very realistic. I suppose with a smoke machine you can produce larger quantities of smoke for larger scale photos.
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You're right, Gordon. It was VERY effective. But, I have a story about my smoke machine. It worked great until I dropped it one day and the smoke no longer smelled fake and now had a hint of burning plastic... That's when I decided not to go buy a new one, just to change how I took my pictures.
- Ben
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You're right, Gordon. It was VERY effective. But, I have a story about my smoke machine. It worked great until I dropped it one day and the smoke no longer smelled fake and now had a hint of burning plastic... That's when I decided not to go buy a new one, just to change how I took my pictures.
- Ben
Well, the change works very well too. Some time I've got some smoke pills to try out, the type you buy from joke shops, so it'll be interesting how the mix with Playmobil.
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This is very impressive :wow: :wow: :wow: !!!
Karim ;)
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Ben, I always love looking at your photo stories, the fire and smoke add that certain element of drama and your photo angles make the whole story come alive. I do not worry about any tendencies you may have other than to put together a very good photo story. Thank you for taking the time and energy to create and share these with us!
Gepetto
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Hello Karim and Gepetto,
Thank you for taking the time to view this and for your great comments. :)
- Ben