Long drive for this one.  Companies arrived to find a fire in a 1 story 75 x 125 metal-clad building.  Extended opening up times due to the building's materials, but under control within 45 minutes.

   

Demers Braun Crestline cruising up the ladder closing in on REV's Ambulance group.

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Trying to get an idea of how the new camera does during the day, I took in a second alarm in East Providence.  Given the time of day I knew I wasn't going to catch much, but I did get an idea of how the camera will do.

70mm focal length, f5.6, 1/200 sec, ISO 100, taken from about 200 feet from the building
   

Vacant dwelling, arrived about 20 minutes into the job

After having problems with both of my cameras on the previous night, I did some assessing.  The Olympus E-5 cameras that I have been using (2 bodies, Zuiko 14-35 and 35-100 zoom lenses-f2.0 across entire zoom) were not performing to my standards.  One was experiencing issues with the auto focus that could not be corrected manually as well as the internal battery apparently being dead, resulting in having to re-enter the date every time the external battery was changed and the other randomly changing from Manual mode to Program mode while shooting.  

I have always been impressed with the Olympus line, especially the lenses.  I was converted by Bob Mitts in 2001 watching him shoot with a C4040 Zoom which I immediately went out and bought and eventually progressed to an E300, E520, E3 and eventually the E5.  The 4/3 system seemed like it had great potential with a 2x factor effectively giving double the focal length of a full frame camera but never really seemed to catch on.  I knew that Olympus got out of the camera game last year and while researching the problems I was having, I realized that the E5 was introduced in 2010-really old technology by today's standards.

I started looking at alternatives.  Photography is not a cheap hobby.  I have been following the progression of cameras and wanted a mirrorless, full frame camera that could perform in low light.  Knowing that I was going to spend a good amount to get that, I started researching and decided on a Sony Alpha A7 III with a 28-70 f3.5-5.6 zoom lens.  On the Best Buy site there were over 600 reviews with a consumer rting of 4.9/5 stars anda professional rating of 4.8/5 stars.  I made the plunge, did some quick familiarization and headed out.   

This was the only fire I caught and I obviously have a lot of experimenting to do, but I'm impressed.

   

28mm, f4.5, 1/20 sec, ISO 1000

Vacant.  This was an 11 minute ride.  When I first put it into the GPS I didn't think it would be worth the ride.
   

Got in with the third due engine

   

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I got out for the first time in ages and of course nothing was happening.  I was heading home after putting 100+ miles on the car when a RI State Trooper came up on the radio reporting she had just been struck by a white BMW.  She reported that she had the car stopped at the scene and there were minor injuries.

Providence fire sent Engine 8, Tower Ladder 2 and Rescue 2, with Engine 8 arriving first, reporting no injuries and cancelling the Rescue.  I shot the scene from the other side of the highway and had to use a very high ISO because I didn't want to risk blinding traffic on the still-active highway by using a flash, so I apologize for the quality of the images.

A VERY lucky Trooper!

The best closeup of the BMW I could get
   

I would like to see a picture of Jersey City, NJ Fire Department Ladder 4 when it was a 1970s Pacemaker tiller, please!