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FIRE 595 Sandy Point rd. 2 ALARM

2011-06-17T14:45:56.531Z

here is a summary of the fire in point-form. (I listened to my scanner ) -Around 23:30 a the call went out for a fully involved structure fire at 595 Sandy P...

Maple Shade (NJ) Apartment Fire (Part I)

2010-03-10T10:39:27.662Z

Motel fire in Maple Shade NJ, Quint 3624 arrives first due to find a three story motel with fire from a first floor room. Police are blocking the road and not around to move it. I moved the car back for the fire truck to gain access to the front of the building. March 7, 2010.
Maple Shade Apt. Fire, Part II

Maple Shade (NJ) Apartment Fire (Part II)

2010-03-10T10:36:24.573Z

Motel fire in Maple Shade NJ, Quint 3624 arrives first due to find a three story motel with fire from a first floor room. Crew leads off with a 2 ½ inch hose line. Crew consists of Driver Crain, Captain Evans, and Firefighter Aiello. Captain Evans on the 2 ½ line and firefighter Aiello was dropped at the hydrant. March 7, 2010.
Maple Shade Apt. Fire Part I

Lauderhill (FL) House Fire

2010-01-28T12:39:11.319Z

Responding once again with Lauderhill Quint 30 to a residential structure fire in district 110 on 1/24/2010.

Whitehall (PA) 4-Alarm Apartment Fire

2009-10-05T13:23:40.442Z

Courtesy NewsWorking.com. At 0850 Whitehall engines 1, 2, squrt 3, tower ladder 6 and chief 35 (Benner) respond to a report of "smoke in the building." On arrival, Chief 35 reports "smoke showing." A maintenance man reports a heater malfunction and that he turned it off, with that report, chief 35 signals all companies to "proceed with caution."

Engine 1 crew investigates the utility room on the 3rd floor balcony where the heater is located and finds moderate smoke but no fire. A firefighter goes down to the second floor apartment to investigate and finds heavy smoke and a bedroom and laundry room well-involved. A second alarm is struck and a line is stretched in.

A second line is stretched to the original 3rd floor apartment and firefighters find the apartment "flashed."

Chief 35 special-called more companies. The fire rapidly extended in the walls vertically and before firefighters knew it, the fire extended into the cockloft. Chief 35 special-called more companies.

As companies were responding in on a "smoke in the building" call, they never knew they were headed for a working fire. A "working fire" was never signaled by a chief officer and a size-up was never transmitted to comm center and a command system was never established. The special-called companies are equivalant to a fourth alarm fire in Whitehall. Why box alarm assignments were never used is anyone's guess.