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3 Firefighters Injured in House Fire
« on: May 23, 2009, 04:44:07 »
Hello All,

Playmobil Fire Department responded to a structure fire in which three firefighters were injured in a flashover lastnight.

Playmobil Communications began receiving reports of a house on fire at 2854 Yelton Lane at around 2045.

1st Alarm - Engines 1 2 and 3 Ladder 2 Squad 3 RIT 4 Medic 1 and 3 Car 5 and 4


Engine and Medic 1 arrived on scene and advised they had heavy smoke showing from a single story structure, unknown if occupied. Engine 1's crew took a hoseline and made entry.
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Re: 3 Firefighters Injured in House Fire
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2009, 04:59:01 »
Engine 2 arrived and connected to the hydrant while Ladder 2 went to work on ventilation.

Engine 1 reported that the interior was rapidly deteriorating, within seconds there was a flashover in the structure.

Engine 1's crew was able to bailout through the front door and a window.
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Re: 3 Firefighters Injured in House Fire
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2009, 05:07:09 »
Evacuation orders were immediately given via radios and airhorn blasts. Accountability was taken.

The RIT team was activated in case there were any missing firefighters.

2nd Alarm - Engine 5 Quint 6 Medic 4 5 and 6 Support 1 and 5 ( light plants ) and a recall for all off-duty members
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Re: 3 Firefighters Injured in House Fire
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2009, 05:10:56 »
Three additional Medic Units were requested at the scene for the injured firefighters. All of the injuries appeared to be minor. 
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Re: 3 Firefighters Injured in House Fire
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2009, 05:16:23 »
Crews were able to bring the fire under control in about 45 minutes. The house is a complete loss.
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Re: 3 Firefighters Injured in House Fire
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2009, 05:20:26 »
Alright Folks,

That's it for now. Comments are always appreciated.  :)

 - Ben
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Re: 3 Firefighters Injured in House Fire
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2009, 05:34:02 »
Excellent photo story with extraordinary night shots! The realism is right on target I've been in the process of doing a night shot for a rescue photo story, but I really like the outside atmosphere of all of your photo stories better! Well done as always  :)9!
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Re: 3 Firefighters Injured in House Fire
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2009, 06:00:03 »
I am very impressed with the photography!  How did you do all the fire shots?   :wow:
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Re: 3 Firefighters Injured in House Fire
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2009, 06:32:00 »
Excellent production, Ben, and great photography.  A night story is something I've often thought about how to do technically (in the dark? in low light?), and your story here shows the way.  Technical details would be interesting on exposure etc as you clearly didn't use flash but don't seem to have problems with image quality.
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Re: 3 Firefighters Injured in House Fire
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2009, 13:56:57 »
Hey guys,

Thanks for the comments so far.

As you know, to get the fire shots the house was actually burning. (the hose close by in case anything got out of hand, which it did.)

The pictures were a different challenge. To be honest, I've never really used this camera at night. I had plenty of lighting when the fire was going, but that came to an end very quickly. So, I set the camera on ISO (high sensitivity) and used the light trailers as much as I could. Everywhere I needed extra light I used a rather dim (so not to over do it) mini flashlight, like in the ambulance shot.

The only shots that kind of came out fuzzy were the ones taken right at twilight, and I've always had a problem with this camera and those shots.

Hope that kind of explained things... I'm no photography expert by any means.

 - Ben

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