At 3 a.m. Thursday, January 30, 2014, Baltimore County firefighters were dispatched to a reported apartment fire (Fire Box 18-13) at 37 Tentmill Lane in the St. Charles at Olde Court apartment complex in Pikesville.  BCoFD Engine 3 (Woodlawn career station) and Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company Tower 323 arrived simultaneously, and Engine 3's officer reported heavy fire showing from a 3-story garden apartment complex with flames through the roof.  Some residents were self-evacuating and firefighters made multiple rescues of other civilians from apartment balconies.Battalion Chief 2 (Chief Brown) requested a 2nd alarm followed quickly by a 3rd alarm.  In temperatures under 10 degrees, firefighters battled the fire for more than 2 hours before it was brought under control. Three civilians were transported to area hospitals with non life-threatening injuries.  The American Red Cross Chesapeake Region responded to assist with approximately 20 displaced residents.

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I thought we had this topic already, but I guess not. One of my favorite kind of trucks are municipal snow plows/sanders.
 
I'll start with this shot, two generations of NYS*DOT Internationals.

   

Was visiting a friend at Lawrence Fire Headquarters when this alarm of fire went out. This is the actual rollout to the call paired with the audio from my LFD broadcastify feed. Think it came out pretty good considering Im no audio/video guy.

 

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This afternoon South Metro Fire Rescue ARFF was dispatched to an "Air Alert 2" in flight emergency at Centennial Airport.  A pilot 12 miles east of the airport called an emergency when of his engines failed.  The Twin Cessna had 2 souls on board and 4 hours of fuel.  As the airport units were getting into position the tower reported a loss of radar indication on the aircraft about 10 miles southeast of the field.  The incident was upgraded to an "Air Alert 3" aircraft crash and more units were dispatched.  At the same time the City of Aurora received a 911 call reporting a plane down along Inspiration Drive.

 

South Metro Safety 34 was first to arrive and report the plane upright, no fire and both occupants walking around.  Red 3 and Medic 42 drove out to the crash.

   

 

We were headed for extreme sub zero cold and high winds...the temps were single digits and falling, and the wind was kicking up as the fire progressed. The fire apparently originated in the first floor Mexican restaurant, and spread rapidly through the building and into the cockloft. As I was on the way I heard the roof guys report fire and smoke from the vent holes and that was pretty early in the job. Photography was challenging as when I arrived there were some pretty good snow conditions..so most of the images had to be available light. The sodium vapor streetlamps were plenty bright but color correcting all the images was quite the chore. Overall I was happy with many of the images, and I always like gritty bad weather type operations. I have previously sent the link to the video, and all of the images, a few hundred all told will be posted on my site

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Hello im currently looking for info on freedom vfd freedom pa 1959 mack c85 pumper was sold to a guy near st, Louis mo.,  also I seen it again for sale about 6-8 months ago on the internet, im trying to find this rig would love to purchase it back any help n leads would be great. attach is a picture please leave a message or info thanks

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While planning my next trip to Japan, I found there are a large number of

Imperial graves in Kyoto, where we plan to spend a week. The WIKI has

an unbelievable amount of information about Japanese Emperors.

This account about the Emperor's Sacred Mirror caught my eye.                   


EN'YUU, 64th Emperor of Japan. Highlights of his life.

He became Emperor in 969 at age 8. His reign was uneventful until 976.


1. On June 8, 976, the Imperial Palace burned down; and the Sacred Mirror

    was blackened to such an extent that it reflected no light.


2. On December 31, 980, the Imperial Palace burned down and the Sacred

    Mirror was half destroyed. (Happy New Year!)


3. On December 5, 982, the Imperial Palace burned down, and the Sacred

    Mirror was reduced to a lump of melted metal which was collected and

    presented to the Emperor. (the 3rd time never fails!. I'll bet he was

    thrilled)

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On March 1, 991, EN'YUU, who, as was common, had become a priest,

died at age 32.

Reports are that 2 Toledo firefighters were fatally injured this afternoon while fighting a fire in a 2 story apartment/commercial complex near downtown. They were taken from the scene with CPR being performed. The Lucas County Coroners Office has confirmed the deaths. Identities are being witheld pending notification of families.

 

We will hold them, their families and the TFD in our thoughts and prayers.

 

Rest Easy Brothers, Rest Easy. 

 

 

Just confirmed in a short news conference by Fire Chief Luis Santiago on WTVG 13 ABC. The men were a 16 year veteran, and a 6 month rookie, both assigned to Engine 3. More details when available.

Any of the faithful here with a collection of Car-Mar images to get a thread going? (image from yngfire.com)

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i promise i going to try and just post fire videos, but its the brand new squad 61 responding 2nd due on a gas leak.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40HkzDSzlR0