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Defensive & FF Injured, Littleton, CO 2/20/14
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The wind was wreaking havoc on firefighters along the Colorado Front Range yesterday.  Around 14:00 Littleton & South Metro Firefighters were dispatched to a possible structure fire at 10046 Strathfield Lane in Highlands Ranch.  First due Engine 17 sized up heavy smoke showing from the rear and the roof.  They pulled a 1 3/4" line to the front door when one of the firefighters went down with a knee injury.  The injured firefighter went down at the front door and was removed to safety across the street.  He was transported to a local trauma center.  Engine 15 laid a supply line and attempted to push inside with 17, when they sounded the floor flames broke though.  A defensive attack was declared and high winds rapidly pushed the self venting basement fire to the upper floors and attic on the charlie side. 

   

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#2
An extra Engine, Aerial and two more medic units were requested. 

   

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#3
4th due Engine 16 laid a second supply line, their acting officer calls for water.

   

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#4
Squirt 18 set up their aerial and a 2 1/2 was used to protect the delta exposure. 

   

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#5
Squirt 12 raised their aerial from the bravo side where another attack line was used for exposure protection.

   

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#6
The 2nd floor windows were broken out and an Engine crew tried getting at the attic fire from below.

   

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#7
The back lighting from the setting sun made photography difficult but also added to some interesting effects with the quickly moving smoke

   

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#8
Heavy smoke started to block out the sun

   

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#9
South Metro's Safety Officer keeps an eye on the alpha side, Littleton's Safety officer was on the charlie side

   

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#10
I'm still learning how to best use my new Canon 6D.  This image was taken with the built in HDR feature.

   

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#11
The built in HDR is only useful for scenes with little to no movement because of the ghosting effect.  I tried it out on a Sheriff car with LED lights and ghost effect on those turned out kinda cool I think.

   

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#12
Here is another HDR off the camera shot.  The two firefighters on the right didn't move while the 3 photos were taken in succession, the firefighter in the middle and furthest left did move.  The ghosting isn't terribly noticeable but they only moved a few inches.  

     

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#13
Opening the garage door

   

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#14
Last one with multiple lines laid out

   

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#15
Awesome Shots

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#16
Good photos!

 

tHANKs

tHANKs
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#17
Great shots!

Greg Muhr

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#18
Nice shots. What camera do you have again?

Andy Thomas
Wichita Fire Dept. Photographer

Webmaster for:
KansasFireTrucks.com
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#19
Quote:Nice shots. What camera do you have again?
 

Thanks guys!  Andy I recently got the Canon 6D and traded in my 7D.  I find myself missing my 7D sometimes but the 6D has been good thus far.
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