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Comment by Eric Ohman on June 2, 2009 at 10:51am

No, your right, our tactics call for the ladder crew to conduct search and rescue and I am to attack with the second line with the supply engine officer. The supply engine was not on scene and I thought of the 2.5 but thought to get a back up line for the initial attack crew while awaiting help and only when the ladder crew arrived did I divert them at the doorway. As we arrived on the 2nd floor the crew did a good job knocking down that room and had it under control, then we proceeded to the 3rd floor. I agree our next in line should have been the 2.5 after the arrival of the supply engine, but I made a decision to go to the 3rd floor and attack knowing backup was coming. In retrospect, your absolutely right and it came to mind on the way up and was apparent after opening that door on the 3rd floor, thanks for the comment.

Comment by Jeff Cole on June 2, 2009 at 12:33am

Sorry to hear about your injuries, hope you recover soon. I've had one shoulder down twice, the other needs it. One commnet, no offense. It doesn't present as a 1.75" line fire to me at all. I can't understand why it is so hard for some officers to understand when a two and a half inch line is clearly indicated. With constant training, it is easily advanced with 3 firefighters, and you don't have to worry as much as to if you maybe need another line or not. Good job, very aggressive. But I would have ordered the big lines. Maybe I'm wrong.