UPDATE: Acting Captain Jason Fazio, who turned 41 today, was seriously burned in that morning fire in Asbury Park and remains in critical condition at the St. Barnabas Burn Center (not Robert Wood Johnson as we originally reported) in Livingston (N.J.).
Fazio, 41, acting Captain of the truck company, went into the building which contains 12 2nd floor apartments along with stores on the first floor. Fazio was in a room in that apartment, which flashed over from the heat and he dove out of the second story apartment to save himself, according to APFD Fire Chief Kevin Keddy. Captain Fazio suffered several fractured bones secondary to his burns.
HERE are several dozen photos showing the progression of the conditions, the smoke and then following fire. USE THESE PHOTOS in the training of your members related to understanding how FAST conditions can and will change.
