WORKING HOUSE FIRE IN KING GEORGE COUNTY

 
By Firefighter Michael Ivie
November 5, 2010
 

At 14:13 King George was dispatched for an AFA and Eng21 arrived on scene with a working house fire. The assignment was upgraded accordingly. At 14:16 Station 14 was alerted to the call, E-143 responded with 3 and Chief 14B. E-143 arrived on scene and took the backup line to the second floor to assist Truck 28. Minutes after that the evacuation tones were sounded due to the structure being unsafe. Chief 14B was given accountablitity, E-143 was assigned to the dump tank. Truck 28's laddder was used to knock down the bulk of the fire so crews could continue interior operations to be able to overhaul. Multiple units from Charles County responded to assist with the operations to included Tanker 10, E 101, Tanker 6 along with units from Co. 14.

 
Units: E-143, E-141, CH-14B, EMS Car 14
 
Mutual Aid: E-101, TA-10, TA-6