Alexandria Va 6th alarm commercial box

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ALEXANDRIA,VA | 6TH ALM | S PICKETT | HVY FIRE IN RECYCLED CARPET WAREHOUSE, EMS TASK FORCE, LVL 3 RIT, ENGINE CO STRIKE TEAM

 

 



 

 



 





 

pics taken by Debi Gerald

 

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[Roto-Ray]

So far, the following localities are involved, either on scene or for fill-ins:  Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Prince George's (E807 and E833), Montgomery (TW723), and NDW.

 

Water main break causing severe water supply problems, many long LDH supply lines laid.

 

FXPD helo providing video downlink to the CP.

[johndanger]

So far, the following localities are involved, either on scene or for fill-ins:  Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Prince George's (E807 and E833), Montgomery (TW723), and NDW.

 

Water main break causing severe water supply problems, many long LDH supply lines laid.

 

FXPD helo providing video downlink to the CP.

 

DC?

[Guest]

some more pics from Debi Gerald

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DC?

 

I have not seen them on any of the rundowns or heard them on the radio.

[Guest]

pics taken by Debi Gerald


 

Tell Debi that most cameras can be turned to show that huge column of smoke better.

[Guest]

Some great covrage.

[FTLAUD]

So far, the following localities are involved, either on scene or for fill-ins:  Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Prince George's (E807 and E833), Montgomery (TW723), and NDW.

 

Water main break causing severe water supply problems, many long LDH supply lines laid.

 

FXPD helo providing video downlink to the CP.

MWAA as well with E301

[DaveYoung]

That's just when you don't need a water main to break. Wow. Great pics, thanks for posting them up!

[Engine410kid]

Here is what my buddy posted on his page. The page is Northern Virginia Fire Buffs they are pretty good at keeping up on stuff so like them if ya want!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Northern-...4036229099

 

Also just to let everyone know the Chiefs from Alexandria City, Fairfax County and Prince George's County were all on scene for an unknown amount of time due to the size of this fire which is pretty odd to see!

 

Here is what he had posted:

 

Hello Folks, I'm not sure if any of yall want to know the rundown of the events that took place at the 6+ Alarm Fire in Alexandria today, but here it is with mostly all of the apparatus. This was graciously given to us by one of our great followers, Tim Wolfe. A big thanks goes out to him for his hard work. The sequence of events was as follows:


9/2/2013

Alexandria

Box 5892

801 S Pickett St

Operations - 2 Delta

Command – 2 Echo

Recon /Water Supply– 2 Foxtrot

Rehab – 2 Golf

RIT Group – 2 Hotel

Requested for unknown - 2 India


1152hrs:

Box Alarm:

E208,426,405,207

T208,TL405

R426

M405

BC212,404,FFX DFC-Ops

EMS 232, Aide 215, Safety 201, FM225


S/C Addtl Eng for Water Supply

E107 (Dispatched as 1st Engine on 2nd Alarm.)


....DFCO Requested RIT Level 1 (Never heard who was dispatched/assigned)

....BC212 Requested 2nd Alarm


1200hrs: 

2nd Alarm: 

E107,206,203, 109, 209

TL203,TL408,T410 (Cleared call and went in on 2nd ahead of TL408)

LA207 & M207

BC211

Rehab Bus


….E107 assigned staging.


1200hrs EVAC Tones


....BC405 Assigned Water Supply Division??


1205hrs….Command Requests 3rd Alarm


1206hrs:

3rd Alarm:

E205,437(Engine was bumped and reassigned on 5th. No idea who took their place)

TL408(Counted as 3rd Alarm Truck. Never cancelled when T410 took their spot on 2nd)

BC111

PIO210


1217hrs….E410 Dispatched by FFX.


1222hrs…Fairfax Relocating E411 to 208


1226hrs….S/C E204,105 act 206 to Respond & Operate on 2 Foxtrot.


1227hrs….Command Request 4th Alarm


1230hrs:

4th Alarm

E411 act 208,201

T204

M208


1230hrs…. Fairfax Relocating E408 to 426, R419 to 422


1232hrs….Command Request Rehab & Canteen Unit.


1233hrs….Command Request 5th Alarm


1234hrs…Fairfax Relocating E437 to 208 & E422 to 405.


….EMS407 assigned to take over staging, not sure when they made the call.

….E107 became part of the RIT Group

….M426 is on scene, not sure when they made the call.


1240hrs:

5th Alarm

E437 act 208,430

Fire Chief, Assistant Chief


….Command asked for status of Level 3 RIT. Dispatch advised looking for 2 More Rescues. Never heard Level 2 Dispatched/Assigned.


….R104,418 (Level 3 Rit Units)


1250hrs:

Fairfax EMS Taskforce (For Rehab Purposes)

M408, 409, 410, 411, 422

EMS405


1254hrs….T411 dispatched as 5th alarm truck.


1255hrs….R419 from 422 dispatched.


1256hrs….Staging Requested Engine Strike Team


1258hrs….Fairfax Relocating T424 to 409


***1258hrs Alexandria Dispatched E105 on a Call on Duke St?***


*-*-* Alexandria Dispatch advises struggling to cover fill-ins and resource requests*-*-*


1302hrs…. Fairfax Relocating E409 & 423 to 206


1308hrs…. Fairfax Relocating EMS404 to 426 & BC443 to 408


1312hrs….Staging Request a Canteen for now and one for in 5hrs. 


1313hrs….Red Cross En-route with Canteen.


1315hrs

Engine Strike Team

E842,809,824,418,422 act 405

BC885, C824, C824A

PG Southern Div. Chief 


1320hrs….Alexandria confirming command wanted the strike team and not the 6th. Command advised they wanted the strike team in addition to the 6th.


1320hrs….Fairfax Ops Chief advises the Fairfax Fire Chief is on scene with him.


1323hrs….Fairfax Dispatches E423 on a call in their own first due, not sure if they made the transfer or not.


1323hrs…. Fairfax Relocating T422 to 408 & TL401 to 428


1323hrs….Prince William Relocating TL512 to 419


1326hrs:

6th Alarm:

E301, 409 act 206

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1328hrs….Relocating Naval District Tower 21 to 204


1343hrs….Command asking Rehab sector if they’d like Rehab 413.


1347hrs….E110 & TRT110 Responding. [Part of the Level 3 RIT]


1357hrs…. Safety 201 requesting 2 APD Officers to Division Delta for spectators refusing to leave.


1407hrs….FM291 on scene.


1419hrs….Canteen 417 on scene.


1420hrs…. Canteen 402 on scene.


....Fairfax 1 being used as Aerial Recon.

….Heard Safety 111& EMS 231 being called in par role call.


Stopped Monitoring at 1440 Hrs.

[Guest]

NDW engine 43 also went to station 204.

[hank]

Good photos!

 

tHANKs

[Fire28]

I'm the one that put that rundown together. It was hard to keep track of the relocations. It was bad enough trying to keep track of who went on what alarm.

[DaveYoung]

I'm the one that put that rundown together. It was hard to keep track of the relocations. It was bad enough trying to keep track of who went on what alarm.

Kudos on the rundown! Major work involved and I appreciate your efforts.

[Engine410kid]

I'm the one that put that rundown together. It was hard to keep track of the relocations. It was bad enough trying to keep track of who went on what alarm.

 

Tim I live about 5 mins from the fire building. I started listening when I got the text. Could see the smoke column from my bed room window. After all was said and done I ended up riding an engine bucket to help backfill some of the stations that were empty (can i say there was a S%*! ton). E414B was covering Fairfax County Companies 11, 9 and 24 as the first due engine company for almost 3 hours! When I got to the station the CAD indicated 20 engines, 8 trucks, 4 rescues, 12 medics and all sorts of command staff were all on scene at some point. It was awesome to see all the team work and how the incident command structure carried along.