On Sunday afternoon January 8, 2023 Detroit firefighters fought their first extra alarm fire of the year. A one-story grocery store at Chalmers and Wilshire was destroyed in a two-alarm fire. Two aerials and handlines were used to bring the fire under control.
Dan Jasina
DATELINE CITY OF DETROIT MICHIGAN DATE TUESDAY 12-24-2019 C.B.A. = {COMMERCIAL BOX ALARM} + 4 S/C'S [SPECIAL CALLS} + 2ND ALARM + LEVEL 1 HAZMAT @ 4641 WEST ON WARREN CROSS STREETS OF 28TH STREET + 30TH STREET CORRECTED ADDRESS OF 6461 WEST ON WARREN CORRECTED CROSS STREETS OF GILBERT + CICOTTE C.B.A. AT 12:40 B/O/O C.O. = {CENTRAL OFFICE} [DISPATCH] C.B.A. COMPANIES RESPONDING ENGINES 34/42/17/27 LADDER 22 LADDER 7 {AERIAL PLATFORM OR TOWER LADDER}SQUADS 4/2 B.C'S 7/5 S/C'S 1/2/3 AT 13:00 HOURS B/O/O ENGINE 42 S/C #'S 1/2/3 ENGINES 33/35 LADDER 8 S/C #4 AT 13:15 B/O/O B/C 7 S/C #4 COMPANY RESPONDING LADDER 6 {AERIAL PLATFORM OR TOWER LADDER} ALSO AT 13:15 HOURS THE SENIOR CHIEF {CAR 203} DISPATCHED HIMSELF TO THE FIRE AND UPON HIS ARRIVIAL @ 13:30 HE UPGRADED THE ALARM LEVEL TO 2ND ALARM AND AT 13:35 HOURS A LEVEL 1 HAZMAT WAS REQUESTED B/O/O CAR 203 HAZMAT LEVEL 1 COMPANY RESPONDING HAZMAT 1
Companies were sent for a commercial box in southwest on 4/28/19. Engine 27 stretched on a commercial building at Vernor X Junction. Chief 7 reported they were taking a defensive posture and requested a platform. They had a 2-sty, 100×200, occupied Dollar Store going through the roof. At the height of the fire, it had extended to a 2-sty taxpayer and ended up burning through that roof. In total, three aerial master streams and numerous landlines were used to bring the fire under control.
A total rundown of the companies @ the 2nd Alarm at 5656 W Vernor were as follows:
Engines 27, 29, 33, 34
Ladders 8, 13
Squads 2, 4
Chiefs 5, 7
2nd Alarm Assignment
Engines 17, 42, 48
Ladders 7, 17, 20
Chief 203