| MIDLEGO CITY FIRE RESCUE INCIDENTS 7 |
12-30-11 LEGO TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A 911 CALL STATING THERE WAS A HOUSE FIRE
ON 209 OAK STREET AND THEN THE CALL WAS LOST DUE TO A DYING CELL PHONE BATTERY. THEY
RESPONDED WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION BUT FOUND NOTHING UPON ARRIVAL. IT WAS THEN SENT OUT TO
OTHER SURROUNDING DEPARTMENTS TO CHECK WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS FOR POSSIBLE
FIRE ACTIVITY AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. MIDLEGO ENGINE 7 AND BATTALION 3 RESPONDED FROM THE
AIRPORT AS THIS IS WITHIN THEIR PRIMARY TERRITORY. UPON ARRIVAL THEY FOUND A 3 STORY WOOD
FRAMED STRUCTURE WITH HEAVY SMOKE AND FLAMES SHOWING AND ONE PERSON DOWN IN THE FRONT
YARD OF AT THE RESIDENCE NEXT DOOR. THEY IMMEDIATELY FILLED THE CALL AS A WORKING FIRE
BRINGING ENGINES 6, 3, 5, 1, RESCUE 12, DELUGE 12, TRUCK 3, AND SQUAD 49. THE CREW FROM ENGINE 7
MADE AN IMMEDIATE ENTRY OF THE STRUCTURE TO ATTACK THE FLAMES AND TRY AND MAKE A SEARCH.
TRUCK 3 AND ENGINE 6 ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER AND WENT TO WORK BACKING UP ENGINE 7, AND
ATTEMPTING TO VENT THE ROOF. MIDLEGO AMBULANCE AND TRUCK MEDIC 3 QUICKLY TRANSPORTED THE
PATIENT AS A TRAUMA ALERT TO THE LEGO TOWNSHIP REGIONAL TRAUMA CENTER. ONCE A PRIMARY
SEARCH WAS COMPLETE ALL UNITS BEGAN EXITING THE STRUCTURE AS THE FIRE HAD THE UPPER HAND
DUE TO THE MISCOMMUNICATION OF WHAT JURISDICTION THE CALL WAS IN. WHILE TRYING TO EXIT THE
STRUCTURE THE ROOF ON THE THIRD FLOOR BEGAN TO FALL IN AND THE CREW FROM ENGINE 7 HAD TO
MAKE AN EMERGENCY EXIT AS THEY WERE CUT OFF BY COLLAPSE OF THE ROOF AND PARTIAL COLLAPSE
OF THE THIRD FLOOR INTO THE STAIRWELL THEY WERE HEADING TOWARDS. THE HOUSE WAS DECLARED A
TOTAL LOSS BUT STILL HAD ALL THE WALLS STILL STANDING. THERE WERE NO FIREFIGHTER INJURIES AND
THE HOMEOWNER IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY FROM HER SUSTAINED FRACTURE AND BURNS.
THE FIRE IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT IS BELIEVED TO BE LINKED TO A DRY CHRISTMAS TREE.
ON 209 OAK STREET AND THEN THE CALL WAS LOST DUE TO A DYING CELL PHONE BATTERY. THEY
RESPONDED WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION BUT FOUND NOTHING UPON ARRIVAL. IT WAS THEN SENT OUT TO
OTHER SURROUNDING DEPARTMENTS TO CHECK WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS FOR POSSIBLE
FIRE ACTIVITY AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. MIDLEGO ENGINE 7 AND BATTALION 3 RESPONDED FROM THE
AIRPORT AS THIS IS WITHIN THEIR PRIMARY TERRITORY. UPON ARRIVAL THEY FOUND A 3 STORY WOOD
FRAMED STRUCTURE WITH HEAVY SMOKE AND FLAMES SHOWING AND ONE PERSON DOWN IN THE FRONT
YARD OF AT THE RESIDENCE NEXT DOOR. THEY IMMEDIATELY FILLED THE CALL AS A WORKING FIRE
BRINGING ENGINES 6, 3, 5, 1, RESCUE 12, DELUGE 12, TRUCK 3, AND SQUAD 49. THE CREW FROM ENGINE 7
MADE AN IMMEDIATE ENTRY OF THE STRUCTURE TO ATTACK THE FLAMES AND TRY AND MAKE A SEARCH.
TRUCK 3 AND ENGINE 6 ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER AND WENT TO WORK BACKING UP ENGINE 7, AND
ATTEMPTING TO VENT THE ROOF. MIDLEGO AMBULANCE AND TRUCK MEDIC 3 QUICKLY TRANSPORTED THE
PATIENT AS A TRAUMA ALERT TO THE LEGO TOWNSHIP REGIONAL TRAUMA CENTER. ONCE A PRIMARY
SEARCH WAS COMPLETE ALL UNITS BEGAN EXITING THE STRUCTURE AS THE FIRE HAD THE UPPER HAND
DUE TO THE MISCOMMUNICATION OF WHAT JURISDICTION THE CALL WAS IN. WHILE TRYING TO EXIT THE
STRUCTURE THE ROOF ON THE THIRD FLOOR BEGAN TO FALL IN AND THE CREW FROM ENGINE 7 HAD TO
MAKE AN EMERGENCY EXIT AS THEY WERE CUT OFF BY COLLAPSE OF THE ROOF AND PARTIAL COLLAPSE
OF THE THIRD FLOOR INTO THE STAIRWELL THEY WERE HEADING TOWARDS. THE HOUSE WAS DECLARED A
TOTAL LOSS BUT STILL HAD ALL THE WALLS STILL STANDING. THERE WERE NO FIREFIGHTER INJURIES AND
THE HOMEOWNER IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY FROM HER SUSTAINED FRACTURE AND BURNS.
THE FIRE IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT IS BELIEVED TO BE LINKED TO A DRY CHRISTMAS TREE.
| TIRED FROM A GOOD WORKER THE CREW OF ENGINE 7 RETURNS TO THE AIRPORT TO FINISH OUT THEIR SHIFT. (ENGINE 7 RARELY MAKES FIRE CALLS HOWEVER, THEY ARE THE STRUCTURAL ENGINE OPERATED AT THE AIRPORT AND EVER SO OFTEN STILL GET TO FIGHT REAL FIRE WITH THE OTHER CREWS IN MIDLEGO) |
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