Christmas Sunday in Portland 12-22-13

[Guest]

Sunday was a busy day with lots of variety.

A taxpayer, a house fire, an apartment fire and a man under a train.

01:34  A small fire in a store, controlled by the sprinkler system.

10:23  House fire with a smoke inhalation victim..

12:55  Apartment fire in Gresham. Portland Eng. & Truck 7 responded.

16:05  A man under a light rail train.

01:34 Taxpayer at SE Powell and 82nd Ave.



 




Checking for extension in adjacent store.



Opening Subway shop to check for extension.



Chris, Truck 7,  shutting off the sprinkler head



Lt. Anderson and the on-duty Fire Investigator.




10:23 House fire, 15224 SE Gladstone St.






Truck 7 heading for the roof.



The Gresham crew treating an occupant for smoke inhalation.



Gresham E73 had just laid a long 5" line.



E31's driver making up a Y off the 5" line.



E29, E11 and E25 lined up on SE Gladstone St.



Batt. Ch. Krick talks with Capt. Minto, E31, in command.



Overview of SE Gladstone St.



Eng. 31 with their usual Christmas wreath.



12:55 Apartment fire at 2700 W. Powell Blvd. in Gresham.


Portland Eng. & Truck 7 responded with the Gresham companies.





Fire was confined to the attic.





16:05 Man fell in front of a light rail train.

 

He was between the rails about halfway down the length of the first car.







Darrell, Truck 7, starting to jack up the west side of the car.




 

 

Scott, Truck 7, working on the other side of the car.



Setting up an I.V.





Placing the backboard.



After the train was raised several inches, they were able to get the victim

over the rail and onto the backboard. It took about 25 minutes to free him.








 

[gmuhr]

Great stuff Dick!

[chief60]

Great shots! What are they using for cribbing? Do they make themselves or buy it?

[Guest]

Great shots! What are they using for cribbing? Do they make themselves or buy it?

 

I'm not sure, but it looks very well made with the lines and T-7. If I remember tonight, I'll ask.

[BFD190]

Grt shots dick.

[R1SmokeEater]

Great shots! What are they using for cribbing? Do they make themselves or buy it?

Looks like standard 4x4.

[hank]

Good photos. Dick!

 

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

 

tHANKs

[chief60]

Thanks DIck! We are going through the debate about hardwood versus softwood cribbing. I am just looking to see what others are doing.

[npfd801]

You'd be surprised how inexpensive hardwood, true dimensional hardwood cribbing can be if you contact a local sawmill.  I'm in northern Illinois and we found a place willing to deal with us.  Only drawback is the hardwood weighs a lot!  We bought quite a bit extra as well, so we'll be good for many years to come is we lose or damage pieces.  Our biggest hassle was finding someone that had a large enough power saw to cut wedges from 4 x 4's.

[sparky]

Great photos. Really like the interior ops at the strip mall. Nice to see the crews preserve the evidence for the investigators.

[agoulder]

That's a busy day!  Great pics

[Guest]

As always, great pics....Portland seems like a pretty darn squared away department!