Trailer Fire – 139 Pride Ave.
We had a worker tonight!
Usually when an alarm comes in from Central Dispatch we can tell if it’s going to be the real thing or not due to the tone and speed of the dispatchers voice.
We knew as soon as we heard him that we would be out for quite a while. When we pulled up we had heavy smoke and fire showing. The flames were upwards of 20 ft in the air.
My partner and I secured the utilities while the first in crew made the initial attack. After we verified that our people were safe we pulled an additional hoseline to make an interior attack and perform a search. I grabbed the thermal imaging camera, we started breathing off our scba, and we pushed through the door fighting fire in every room we came to.
Because it was a trailer fire, and as is typical with most trailer fires, we started finging holes in the floor. This made it difficult to move around as our knees were always falling through these holes and getting stuck.
After searching the house twice and extinguishing all fire & hot spots, the job was through. An exhausting experience, but a very well executed attack.