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Post by Box_2565 on Jun 28, 2004 3:03:10 GMT -5
Hi, I've been trying to keep up with all of the radio traffic from the fires that have happened since 2:00 a.m. My unofficial count is: 3rd alarm Box 1481, 2nd alarm Box 5549, working fire Box 33XX (sorry I missed the last 2 digits - also this turned out to be a large outdoor fire against a building), and two outdoor fires with 150 yards of the 3 alarm. If you go to the Fire Page Ohio Forums I've tried to keep an updated account of the goings on. Busiest morning I've heard in a long time. Also, with the 2nd alarm on River Road Sunday evening this makes three multiple alarm fires on this shift, a pretty rare occurrence around here. Steve www.firepageohio.com/forum/category-view.asp?showall=true
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Post by Box_2565 on Jun 28, 2004 4:55:21 GMT -5
As if it hasn't been busy enough there is now a working fire at 3714 Woodland - Box 6242.
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Post by whistleblower on Jun 28, 2004 10:09:30 GMT -5
Reminds me of Sunday in the mid 80's. I was a roughneck on E-3. The CFD had just started giving 24 hours OT. One of the first recipients of OT was our D-1 Marshal, Cliff Drury. I remember sitting out front on the bench after dinner & Drury commenting on how this OT was a "piece of cake". About 2230 hours the box for Mulberry & Main came in. Billy Lack, a traveling driver at the time, took the corner with the 3's old telesquirt on two wheels. We found a vacant house with the ground floor involved in fire. While we were waiting for an arson investigator, another fire for E. McMicken came in. We stopped by E. McMicken on our way back to quarters & while there the box for Henry & Dunlap was struck for a building fire. The tower sent D-2 on this box because D-1 was OOS. Marshal Drury quickly got in service as he didn't want anyother District Marshals making fires in his district. By the way, the D-2 Marshal was Tom Steidel. Anyway, this is how it went for the rest of the night. I think we made it back to quarters one time. We had building fires, dumpster & auto fires. I remember we would put a fire out in one building & pull the hose out of the structure to reload, only to look a few doors down the street & see another building on fire! This guy was bold! We would disconnect the attack line from the pumper, drag the line down the street & reconnect after Billy would pull the pumper in front of the new fire building. I think the 3's had about 6 working fires that night. The last being about 5am on 14th St. I don't recall any of them going for extra alarms. At that time the DC's could call for extra engines without any extra alarm being transmitted. That way they could have the extra manpower, but keep the response of 'white hats" to a minimum. We were luckey in those days to have Marshal Drury. He was one of the best tacticians I have ever seen work a fire. I remember on many an occasion having a working fire in OTR. He would ask the tower who he would get if he put in the 2nd alarm. If the tower said E-14 or L-7, Drury would say forget it! We knew we wouldn't get any help then!
Well these are just some memories that come to mind when I read the above post. I hope the younger guys had as much fun as I did many years ago.
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Post by RigBuff on Jun 28, 2004 18:15:32 GMT -5
This reminds me of one evening/night, probably in the 80s when E-19 came down to OTR for a run, and they wound up staying there for probably three hours handling various car fires and other alarms. I wonder if it was possibly that same Sunday!?!? Ha. If no one objects, I am requesting that we hear more of these stories and memories. Also, do you fellows check your private messages? Thanks.
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