One evening we were dispatched for a call for “Smoke in the House”. I arrived on scene at the same time as the Chief. We were met on the front lawn by the homeowner and his wife. He explained that earlier in the evening they had been watching television on an entertainment center that he...Read More
In February 2004, our engine company responded to carpet warehouse on fire. Upon arrival our crew experienced a fully involved carpet warehouse fire. E-1 crew pulled a 2.5″ pre-connect line in the front bay door of the warehouse. My officer was donning his mask and I was flaking out our hose line when all of...Read More
Dear FirefighterCloseCalls.com, IT happened on a working house fire a few years ago. I am not proud of what happened but after it happened it changed my thinking on a particular item. I used to wear my helmet like the “TOUGH” firefighters wear it with the chin strap clicked on the brim of the helmet....Read More
On 1/29/04 at 10:35 am the WFD was dispatched to a reported house fire on Rt 201 near the town line. The com center stated they did not know if the fire was on the WFD side of the town line or if it was in VFD’s area, so was WFD Dispatched and requested that...Read More
I had my own close call two nights ago. 3 story end of row, heavy fire on arrival from the 1st floor windows. I was up and over, found fire in the roof in the rear, opened up and went down for a break.( The roof was at least 8 inches of tar, it took...Read More
Dear FFCC.com: I was the Incident Commander and these two firefighters did an outstanding job in not only rescuing the victim, but keeping their composure when all went bad. They we able to rescue the victim and themselves just prior to the 1st floor lighting off. The victim was transported by helicopter to Philadelphia, PA,...Read More
