Fire in a Building Liberty, MO 200 N 291HWY 05-25-14 (KCFD Auto-Aide)

[MFD76]

Liberty is a northland suburb on the northeast corner of the the metro. They are fully career with three fire houses. They staff two pumpers, one truck, one batt chief, and two ambulances. A third ambulance can be staffed if need with Truck 1's crew. They maintain one brush buggy, one water tender as needed, one reserve pumper, and one reserve ambulance. 

 

Sunday Morning May 25 Liberty Police Department dispatched Truck 1 Rescue 3 Car 600, Pumper 2 Rescue 2, and Pumper 3 to a reported building fire at Crowley Furniture. Liberty Police notified Kansas City Fire Alarm Exchange for Auto Aide. KCFD Fire Alarm dispatched a regular alarm assignment of Pumper 14, Pumper 3, Truck 4, Truck 12, Rescue 1, Car 103.

 

Liberty Pumper 2 arrived on scene reporting a working fire with fire venting from the front plate glass and venting from the soffet on side A. KCFD Fire Alarm upgraded to a working fire and sent Air Wagon 1 and Car 120. Pumper 2 made an aggressive interior attack, Truck 1 arrived and Laddered the roof,

Pumper 3 supplied the FDC and reported to the roof. KCFD Truck 12 in RRT3 laddered side C with the aerial ladder and went to the roof, KCFD Truck 4 went interior to open up and search, KCFD Rescue 1 split three to the roof and three to RIT. KCFD Pumper 3 and Pumper 14 joined the fire attack on the interior. The fire was under control in an hour and was out in two. Crowley Furniture is a local family owned company. Since the fire they have run television ads thanking the Liberty Fire Department and Kansas City Fire Department for their strong aggressive firefighting work.

 

Many years ago this building served as a grocery store. The original cart/ covered walk way was enclosed to form a glass window walk up show room. The sprinkler system was not extend into the enclosed area. The fire began above the celling and was able to run the length of the enclosed area including the cornice. The parapet wall kept the fire from extending into the building. The building suffered smoke damage but the fire was contained to the front enclosed area due to an aggressive fire attack. PPV fans were only used after the fire was extinguished for residual smoke removal. 

 

Side note: Liberty still uses the classic Seagrave door logo that first appeared on their 1950's Seagrave 70th Anniversary Aerial. 

 









 

Liberty Truck 1 stowing from the roof. 

KCFD Air Wagon 1

 



 

KCFD Air 1 FAO filling masks. 

Air 1 is housed at Fire House 47. Besides Air, Light, Power it carries shoring lumber and power tools. It is staffed each shift with one FAO. Fire House 47 also houses Command Bus 1 and Pumper 47. It is located adjacent to the Fire Acadmey-Fire Shop Complex. 

 





 

Side B with Liberty Pumper 2 and Truck 1's ground ladder. Liberty's previous Fire Chief was a retired KCFD Deputy Chief he helped move Liberty to aggressive truck work. They do a good effecient job even with their limited staffing. Thankfully fans were only used for residual smoke removal after fire extinguishment.

 



 

KCFD Truck 4. This is the only straight frame aerial ladder in the KCFD. It is the farthest north Truck Company and is housed at Fire House 3 with Pumper 3. Truck 5,7,10 are Dry Tillered Aerial Ladders. All of the other eight Truck Companies are Aerial Ladder Towers. Although Truck 12 has been using a spare tiller. They have moved between Reserve Truck 3 and Reserve Truck 2 consistantly for the last couple of years.

 



 

KCFD Rescue 1 RIP Truck 1, Housed on the north side of Down Town at Fire House 25 with Pumper 25. This is quite a long run however on the new alarm cards a Rescue can be subbed for the third pumper company on the regular or first alarm ticket. Fire Alarm subbed Rescue 1 requiring them to pass through Pumper 6 and Pumper 34 districts on the way to Liberty. 

 





 

Rescue 1 Firemen and the RIT equipment. 

 



 

Truck 12 in Reserve Truck 3. They has been running between the two tillers in Reserve Truck 2 and Reserve Truck 3 over the last couple of years. Their Ladder Tower is still out of service. They pulled around from side C to fill up there masks before returning home to Fire House 6. 

 





 

Firemen of Pumper 14 housed at Fire House 14 with Car 103 and Command Bus 2. 

 





 

 

The Firemen were the Stars and the machines are the Co Stars of the Show. 

Liberty had placed an order for three 2014 Pierce Velocity PUC pumpers. They will replace and dispose of both Pumper 2 and Pumper 3's E-Ones and Reserve Pumper 1 an ALF/Becker. LFD Firemen refer to it as the American LaJunk. One of the new Pierce pumpers will serve in reserve and they will rotate the pumpers. 

 

Liberty Truck 1 in a 2012 Pierce Velocity PUC 100ft PAL Ladder Tower 1500/300



 

Liberty Pumper 2 in a 2005 E\-One Typhoon 1250/750



 

Liberty Pumper 3 in a 2004 E\-One Typhoon 1250/750. Very shockingly similar design to the 2005 and 2006 KCFD pumper order. 


 

Liberty Car 600 or Battalion Chief