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Engine 253 and Ladder 25 first due
on 3 alarm
structure fire on fulton rd Nov 21st- At 1927, Stations 25 and 27 were dispatched for a reported structure fire
on Fulton Road.
Engine 253 was on the road a minute later with 5 firefighters, with Ladder 25 responding
with 5 firefighters 7 seconds later. While enroute, County Dispatch advised responding
units that there was possible entrapment within the structure. Engine 253 was first on
scene, confirmed working structure fire. Chief Ries
(Car 25) was right behind the engine,
assumed Fulton Command, and advised we had heavy fire from the garage, front door, 2nd
floor, and from the eaves of the attic, and requested Station 56 to respond as the FAST company. While
driver/engineer Lew Pinnella and FF/EMT Lisa Raisch secured a water supply, Engine Captain
Sherrod Middleton, Engine Lieutenant Angel Natal, and FF/EMT Dan Greenhaus stretched
a 2 inch line to the front door and began to put water on the fire. Truck 25's crew
arrived, and split up into two teams, one for ventilation, the other
for searching for victims. Deputy Chief Herman Calvo arrived on scene, and took over the tower turntable
duties from Engineer Amos. With Truck Lieutenant Dewon Wilson and FF Brian Whittaker
going up in the bucket to ventilate the roof, FF Tommy Hannan, and FF
Elizabeth Diaz performed a feline rescue,
with FF Hannan bringing one of the resident's cat's out to the front
yard. Engineer Bob Amos joined
FF/EMT Greenhaus and Lt. Natal on the primary attack line.
As additional units arrived on scene, more lines were stretched off of Engine 253. Because of the heavy fire, Chief Ries requested a 2nd and later 3rd alarm.
Due to the hard work of all the firefighters on
scene, the
stubborn fire was finally declared under control after 2 1/2 hours of hard work,
with all units clearing at 2350. By
the end of the night, Engine 253 pumped four 2 inch lines, one three
inch line to the Blitzfire master stream, and a 5 inch line to supply
Ladder 25. Two patients were transported to the hospital by
Franklin-Somerset First Aid Squad. Our thanks go out to all of our mutual aid units
that were on scene or covering our district, Station 56 (Somerset Fire & Rescue),
Station 27 (East Franklin)
Station 31 (Franklin Park), Station 44 (Middlebush), New Brunswick Truck 1 and Station
28 (Millstone Valley). Additional pictures and
videos will be posted shortly.
Click here
to view the article in the home news tribune about the fire.
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| The roof
after Ladder 25 crews vented to release the heat |
Flames shooting out
of the "D" side of the attic. |
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