DCFD Photos, old or new

[dcfireman]

   

Thanks Hawkins Point and fd141 for the memory jogger.

That has been a repeat block. Back around 1979 or 1980, 2611 Adams Mill (next-door – side D to the recent 4th Alarm in 2633 Adams Mill) had a good 2nd Alarm. Then, in 1985, 2630 Adams Mill, across the street next to the park, had a multiple fatality extra alarm basement fire. The basement had been subdivided into many illegal cubbyhole apartments. Fire twice returned to 2611 Adams Mill in 1987: a 2nd Alarm and Specials in June, and another 2nd Alarm with Specials in October. Just before Christmas in 1990, E-21, E-09, and Truck 9 were sent to investigate smoke in the area of Adams Mill and Lanier. That’s when E-21 found 1801 Calvert St., the “flat iron”, with the cockloft already rolling – 2nd Alarm and three (?) specials. And, of course, the blaze at 2633 Adams Mill Rd. NW early Monday morning, where multiple 50’ ground ladders were thrown in addition to everything else.



10-01-07 photo looking south (SE) on Adams Mill Rd. from Ontario Pl. NW: Engine 4 supplying Engine 21 – both wagons are 2006 Seagraves.