Worcester, MA ~ Five 3rd floor residents were rescued over ground ladders as heavy fire was erupting from the front of 3 Hitchcock Road in Worcester’s Webster Square section of the city on May 4, 2013. First arriving companies struck a second alarm as they had heavy rolling fire from the first floor front of this 3-story balloon constructed wood frame apartment building. The fire was overlapping upwards through the front porches to the roofline.
 
Black chocking smoke was erupting from the entire structure as the firefighters made the rescues over ground ladders. Hose lines were aggressively placed into action on all floors trying to get a handle on the fast moving blaze. Ladder companies opened the roof to allow the super heated gases to vent off of the interior crews.
 
Firefighters made their way to the 3rd floor attic scuttle and reported that the fire had extended upwards and was now rolling in loft. They had a hand line trying to get a knock down from the hatch. The OIC struck a 3rd alarm due to the amount of fire and size of the structure. The fire began to self vent through the roof line on side-A but was quickly contained by Ladder 3’s master stream.
 
Companies worked all floors opening up and extinguishing the heavy fire before it could destroy the rest of the building. Aggressive operations had the fire under control in roughly 2 hours. Seven residents were transported to local hospitals for evaluation purposes. The building appeared to be a total loss. The fire appears to have been sparked by a candle that spread to a window curtain on the first floor. The first floor resident states that she dozed off and awoke to she the curtains in flames.
 

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Woonsocket, RI ~ A passerby reported smoke from a vacant dwelling on Olo Street in the Fairmount section of the city on May 21, 2013. The caller reported the fire at #46 but the address was actually #246. Firefighters first reported nothing showing in the area. A vehicle pulled up stating that the house down the road was on fire. 
 
Heavy fire was venting out of the rear of the structure as fire apparatus arrived. The house was boarded up and appeared to be vacant for some time. The fire was rolling in the basement and was beginning to extend up to the first floor. A quick attack knocked most of the fire down in about 10 minutes. 
 
Ladder companies vented the roof over the rear step down section of the house finding smoke and heat but no fire. Fire was found in the second floor rear walls as the room was overhauled. A line was put into action hitting the hot spots bringing the fire under control. 
 

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Lincoln, RI ~ Careless disposal of a smoking materials is to blame for this second alarm at 263 Front St in the Lonsdale section of town on May 5, 2013. A passerby noticed heavy fire showing from a 1sty addition that was attached to a 2.5sty wdfm apartment house. She then went to Lincoln Fire Station 4 to alert firefighters of the blaze. Station 4 sits roughly 4 houses away from the fire scene.
 
Captain Pat Gorman ordered a second alarm as he arrived on the scene. He reported that there was heavy fire showing from the rear and it was extending up the Charlie side gable end of the main dwelling.  The first hand line was extended to the Delta side to begin attack on the heavy exterior fire. 
 
Additional hand lines were placed into operation on all floors to check for extension. Ladder 51 threw their aerial to the Delta side roof to vent the roof. The roof team reported smoke but no fire in the attic. Interior crews found fire in the walls in a C-side second floor bedroom.  The walls and ceilings were quickly opened up and wet down before the fire could travel to the third floor apartment.
 
Salvage and overhauling continued for an hour after Chief 4 gave the under control signal. No injuries were reported
 
 

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Northbridge, MA ~ A fast moving fire destroyed two 3 story apartment buildings on the corners of Church Ave and Cross Place in the Rockdale section of the town on May 4, 2013. Neighbors spotted heavy fire at 75 Church Ave and began to alert the residents of the fire. The exposure on the Charlie side was 35 Cross Place. This 3sty wdfm was sustaining extreme radiant heat from the original fire building.
 
A Northbridge Police Officer arrived first and reported heavy fire in two dwellings. All of the 12 families were reportedly out safely. Fire companies used big lines to attempt to knock down the heavy overlapping fire in the alleyway between the 2 buildings. The fire was now running the sidewalls up to the eaves of both structures.
 
A second and third alarm was demanded to the scene as heavy smoke was pushing from the apartment buildings. Companies attempted an interior attack but were beat back by the fires progression. Mutual aid ladder companies surrounded all corners of the houses and began to set up for master stream operations. Blitz guns and hand lines also circled the property. 
 
The roofs of both residences began to chug heavy black smoke. Ladder operations commenced on opening up for vertical ventilation. The super charged gases that were released from the vent holes soon turned to fire. The roof of 75 Church Ave began to fail and collapse as the fire ragged in the attic space. 
 
Command requested a Worcester Country District 7 Strike Team to the scene for manpower. Approximately 10 towns helped at the scene, including Sutton, Douglas, Grafton, Uxbridge, Upton and Leicester, plus the state Department of Fire Services and a canteen truck from Providence. Firefighters worked the master streams for several hours to get the fire under control. 
 

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Worcester, MA ~ On a night were several suspicious dumpster fires were being set, the Worcester Fire Alarm Office received calls around 2230hrs for a commercial building fire on Sunderland Road. Callers reported heavy fire from the Gibson Dairy Store, warehouse, and distribution center May 14, 2013.
 
Engine 7 arrived to find heavy fire throughout the 1 story irregular shaped wood frame structure. Fire was blowing through the roofline as the first alarm companies arrived. A quick second alarm was struck, as there were several exposures in extreme danger of being involved. 
 
 
Engine 7 used its deck gun and several hand lines to attempt to keep the fire to one building. Tower 7 set up in the main parking lot and directed their master stream into the inferno. Ladder 5 took a position on the delta side on Bethany Street and used their pre-piped waterway to work on the loading dock area of the building.
 
A 3rd alarm was struck, as manpower was needed to work the scene. Several hand lines were also stretched to the Bravo side to cool and protect propane cylinders. The roof collapsed in as the ladder pipes played volumes of water in the structure. 
 
Firefighters pushed into the burned out shell of the structure hitting hot spots and overhauling. There were also several delivery trucks that were damaged or destroyed. The fire is under investigation by local and state agencies. 
 
People can send an anonymous text to 274637 TIPWPD + your message or send an anonymous Web-based message at worcesterma.gov/police. Calls can also be made to the Worcester Police Detective Bureau at (508) 799-8651
 

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Thompson, CT ~ Fire crews from 13 departments responded to the K&R Auto Repair Shop at 549 Riverside Dr around 1900hrs on May 8, 2013 for a reported fire. Companies arrived to find heavy fire conditions in a 1sty irregular shaped wood and concrete block building. The building was loaded with numerous types of fuel, lubricants, and vehicles. 
 
Flames were shooting 30’ into the air shortly after the arrival of fire apparatus. A defensive operation was placed into service along with a tanker shuttle. Dump ponds were placed in front of the property for water supply operations.  A tower ladder, ladder pipe, deck guns, and hand lines flowed heavy streams for about 1 hour to knock the fire down. 
 
Firefighters were allowed to re-enter the complex to overhaul and extinguish hot spots. They carefully made through the fire torn building wetting down the hidden pockets of flames. Two other buildings sustained water, heat, and smoke damage. The neighborhood had a smoky odor of burnt rubber and wood well after the fire was knocked down.
 
Connecticut departments that responded to the scene included Community, East Thompson, West Thompson, Thompson Hill, Quinebaug, Muddy Brook, Woodstock, Attawaugan, East Putnam and Bungay, the West Glocester, RI, and Webster & Dudley, MA
 

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Is there any interest in FDNY and other Code 3 rigs that are Series 3 rigs?  I have a fair amount in storage, still in original box, many have the cardboard sleeves.  Need to reduce the amount of stuff we have.

 

Anyone have a reasonable worth on this stuff?

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On May 23, 2013 a drill was held at the Kellogg middle school. It was a simulated school shooting with 2 shooters and multiple "victims".

Police removed some victims until the 2nd shooter was neutralized, then fire crews entered and removed the remaining victims. It was quite realistic, with police shooting blanks as they entered, then later. The victims were made up and looked very true to life.


Police entering, shooting blanks - very noisy. We were given earplugs.



First shooter immobilized.



Police removing victims.





A "dead" victim.



Media staging area and Truck 7 arriving.



Fire crew removing victim to outside triage area.











Outside triage area.



Moving victim to AMR ambulance.