5-29-13. House Fire 2901 Kingsdale Rd Chesterfield County Va

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If it hadn't been for Tara, AKA TheMost Spoiled Dog In The World I would have probably gotten to thisone before the first in engine...but no, Tara managed to get out ofthe back yard and take off and I was coming in the house from makinga quick search for her when I heard Qs and airhorns getting' it downJeff Davis Highway, about three or so blocks from my house.. I madeit inside in time to hear 'Engine 14 'll be layin' in from Kingsdaleand Brandywine...' Engine 14 hold up on the line, engine 1's

catching the hydrant right there by the church!


This told me a couple of things...thefire was maybe a mile and a half away, and Engine 17. normally first due, was on another run. Tara's gotten out before ...she's likely carousing with the big Lab up the street that we seriously suspect she's having an affair with...I grabbed scanner and camera and hadbusiness out the door.

 

Engine's 1 and 14 had arrived justabout simultaneously to find a fairly new single story brick and

frame SFD with heavy fire venting form windows on Side Alpha and auto extending into the boxing along th eaves. They guys did a number on it...I watched the column of smoke go from black to light gray to white to all but non-existent in the space of about twenty seconds as I headed down 'The Pike' as we call Jeff Davis Hereabouts. I went in the back way, through Quail Oaks subdivision, parked on Brandywine, and hoofed it the 200 or so yards to the scene.

 

This is what I saw as I walked up to the scene...the heavy fire had been knocked down and fire was still running the boxing as well as some fire in the attic. The great majority of the fire was in the front room...likely the 'Great Room' or living room. Engine 1's crew snuffed it very handily.

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Hitting the fire in the small blind cockloft above the front door...from the looks of the front door frame, the fire never made it out the front door but rather autoextended into the small entrance attic from the front windows.

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...Taking care of the fire in the boxing...that boxing gave 'em fits for about fifteen minutes or so.  Note the car in the garage...what does one do when one wants to pull some cieling,  there's a car in the way and no homeowner or keys present at the scene?

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One moves said car. 

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And speakin' of pulling ceilings...

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And while we're at it pulling boxing...

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...And a little overhaul in the fire room.

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It was all but over with by the time I got there...here the command staff confers at the command post, just across the street from the scene.

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...As bottles are changed and crews rotate out for rehab...

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Not the best pic, but here's Engine 1's Pierce Enforcer on Kingsdale in front of the fire building. Engine 1, from Chester, is Chesterfield's busiest engine, and has been for most of the last four decade.

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Last one, and this one's actually out of order...it was the first shot I grabbed as Engine 11, on their reserve piece and responding as the Working Fire engine, rolled in to the scene as I walked to the scene. The sun was dead behind them, so I had to play with this one a little in Paintshop.

 

 

Thanks  for looking and hope everyone enjoyed!

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Good photos!

 

tHANKs

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Nice pic of all the truck and the of them work on the fire to