This fire this was at the corner of Yosemite and Kay. 11-02-13. It was extremely slow after Devils night. Very unlike Detroit.
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These photos are from a fire at 5839 Chene, a commercial in front of a two story dwelling on 11-02-13
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From Glenn Duda’s visit to Detroit:
Here are some photos from my recent Detroit trip.
These first few are from a pin job on Gratiot and Marcus. A five car accident with two people going to area hospitals and one person needing extrication. Engine 46 and Squad 3 operated. 11-02-13
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As we picked up from the last fire on 8 Mile, we were in good position to get to this box in an occupied commercial auto repair at John R and Lantz. This was an interesting job. On arrival we saw heavy smoke pushing from the building and the squad had just completed opening the side rollup door. The main body of fire seemed to be in the woodframe section at the rear, seen in the photos with the chain link fence obstructing the view. They set up a PPV fan in this area and the fire rapidly intensified and blew out the side overhead door, nearly damaging the aerial. It was moved before damage could occur. The fire soon gained possession of the entire building and the defensive attack continued. This fire yielded some excellent photo opportunities. We observed another PPV fan operation in the front of the building as well. I have never seen it used in heavy fire conditions such as this and found this an interesting operation to monitor.
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We were in a good spot for a decent arrival time to this box, at McNichols and Hasse. 56 reported a vacant with fire throughout. The companies made an aggressive attack for a few minutes and then decided to just let it go, as the exposure problems were deemed to be minimal. Tactically the photos don’t show much but this provided an excellent photo opportunity for some nice “fire fan” shots. We spent quite a bit of time here snapping away before going back in service.
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Steve Redick photo
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This was a box at Hague and John R. There was radio traffic from this job all over the internet. An occupied with the rescue of a victim. No EMS unit available was given on the radio. The IC requested permission to transport the victim in a waiting police car but was denied, reported the victim undergoing CPR. That is just when we arrived on the scene. Out of respect for the victim and family I didn’t shoot the ems efforts. When we arrived it appeared to me the victim was unconscious but breathing, and an ambulance arrived 2 minutes behind us. I understand this person survived the ordeal based on later news reports. At any rate, as bad as the radio traffic sounded, I felt EMS arrived in a reasonable time considering they said they had no units available. I believe Statter911 had posted this radio traffic if you want to find it. This dwelling had some pretty good smoke conditions when we arrived, but they got it in short order.
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Detroit, MI 10-25-13. Steve Redick photo
Detroit, MI 10-25-13. Steve Redick photo
Detroit, MI 10-25-13. Steve Redick photo
Detroit, MI 10-25-13. Steve Redick photo
Detroit, MI 10-25-13. Steve Redick photo
Detroit, MI 10-25-13. Steve Redick photo
This box at Forest and St Clair, was a real job … unfortunately it occurred at rush hour, we were 7 miles away and stuck in heavy traffic … It’s amazing we got what we did … 2 large exposures. one occupied, severely threatened. We arrived just prior to the collapse of the fire building. Exposure 2 looked like an occupied 2-flat … exposure 4 a similar vacant … It looked very much in doubt for a few minutes … but as usual, a good stop was made. The red and white rig was 1 of 2 in service, and now I think is a very worn out spare.
Detroit, MI 10-25-13. Steve Redick photo
Detroit, MI 10-25-13. Steve Redick photo
Detroit, MI 10-25-13. Steve Redick photo
Detroit, MI 10-25-13. Steve Redick photo
Detroit, MI 10-25-13. Steve Redick photo
Detroit, MI 10-25-13. Steve Redick photo
Detroit, MI 10-25-13. Steve Redick photo
Detroit, MI 10-25-13. Steve Redick photo