9 alarm fire Ocean City MD

This afternoon there was a 9 alarm fire on the ocean city boardwalk in MD and I was wondering if anybody had videos or pictures.

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Permalink Reply by Engineco913 on March 30, 2008 at 9:51pm
a basic google search will give you over 30 hits with photos and video's. Happy hunting. Pretty impressive fire, hell of a crater where the roof collapsed.
Permalink Reply by Firefighter Nation WebChief on March 30, 2008 at 10:36pm
Permalink Reply by Firefighter Nation WebChief on March 30, 2008 at 10:38pm
Some videos found on YouTube:



Additional Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/vasttech
Permalink Reply by Doug on March 31, 2008 at 12:22am
I don't get it though.... I have reviewed as many pictures and videos as I believe I possibly can at this point, and I don't see why this went to 9 alarms. 9 ALARMS! Is there something I'm missing? Or is it a "safety" factor that it went to so many alarms, because of the type of construction in that area of Ocean City, to prevent it from being a conflagration?
Permalink Reply by Firefighter Nation WebChief on March 31, 2008 at 12:39am
I'm sure someone local may reply ...but protecting the significant number of wood frame exposures probably had something to do with it ... not to mention the structure of what units, staffing, etc. including per alarm may vary from where you are. Or just visit the OCVFD web site and ask them ... http://www.ocvfc.com/gallery.cfm?id=105&pos=1

Here's an aftermath video:

Permalink Reply by Doug on March 31, 2008 at 12:48am
I was thinking that as well, should have typed it the first time, our alarm systems may differ.
Permalink Reply by Firefighter Nation WebChief on March 31, 2008 at 12:51am
OCVFC's web site has a unit rundown...but hard to tell what is on scene vs. transfer ... definitely any big fire in OC requires a lot of mutual aid ... I think the city itself only has 6-8 engines in service and a few special services

http://www.ocvfc.com/gallery.cfm?id=105&ss=1

Based on their location, the first alarm would have gotten 4 Engines, 2 Trucks and a Rescue.
Permalink Reply by Teddy on April 1, 2008 at 9:59pm
from what I see on the run down it looks like there was 28 engines 11 trucks and 5 or 6 squads. that seem like a lot, and I am a maryland firefighter, but closer to DC. staffing for us is pretty short, but Im wondering about there staffing on the engines, because there doesn't seem like a lot is going on in the last video, just some master streams and blitz fires. But I not sure.
Permalink Reply by Karen on April 1, 2008 at 10:10pm
I'm guessing they had all the manpower they could muster on the scene due to the fact that everything in that area is very old and mostly all wooden structures. Probably wouldn't have taken much for them to lose a big chunk of the boardwalk to fire.
Permalink Reply by Doug on January 28, 2009 at 4:55am
That's what I was thinking, thanks for the reply confirming.

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