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    Hot Shots 3/20

    March 1, 2020
    March Hot Shots includes the Chicago Fire Department at a fire that broke out in a vacant, one-story warehouse building adjacent to a bus company.
    Gordon Nord Jr.
    CHICAGO, JAN. 14, 2020
    CHICAGO, JAN. 14, 2020

    CHICAGO, JAN. 14, 2020—Fire broke out in a vacant, one-story warehouse building of bowstring-truss construction, which was adjacent to a bus company. Five minutes after the Chicago Fire Department arrived on scene, Battalion 21 reported fire through the roof, with the battalion chief designating a collapse zone for the building soon after that. Tower Ladder 34 was set up at the front of the building, fed by Engine 121. A Level 1 hazmat was called 45 minutes after crews arrived. Ultimately, the fire was elevated to a 3-11. 

    Photo by Gordon Nord, Jr.

    Glenn Duda
    NEW HAVEN, CT, DEC. 25, 2019
    NEW HAVEN, CT, DEC. 25, 2019

    NEW HAVEN, CT, DEC. 25, 2019—Engine 6 of the New Haven Fire Department arrived on scene and reported a top-floor fire in a vacant building. Multiple handlines were stretched as the fire continued to grow. Companies were chased out because of deteriorating conditions, and a second alarm was transmitted as companies transitioned to exterior operations. Truck companies went to work with a tower ladder and ladder pipe operations. Additional 2½-inch handlines flanked the dwelling on all sides to darken down the fire.

    Photo by Glenn Duda

    Howard Meile III
    BALTIMORE, NOV. 22, 2019
    BALTIMORE, NOV. 22, 2019
    BALTIMORE, NOV. 22, 2019—Smoke was discovered at the ridgeline of the roof above several stores in a strip mall, and a tactical box was dispatched. First-arriving units of the Baltimore City Fire Department opened up the stores but found nothing showing inside. Truck 8 cut a hole in the roof and discovered fire underneath the whole common roof area. Flames broke through the shingles. Acting Battalion Chief 3 requested two additional truck companies to access the roof. The second alarm was struck a few minutes later, and a third alarm was struck about 15 minutes later. Several more special calls brought additional apparatus and crew to the scene. Because the fire was fed by natural gas, Baltimore Gas and Electric was called to shut down the gas supply to the buildings.

    Photo by Howard Meile III

    Michael Heller
    BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY, NOV. 29, 2019
    BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY, NOV. 29, 2019
    BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY, NOV. 29, 2019—The Bridgehampton Fire Department was called to a botanic nursery for a report of a working structure fire in a metal storage building that was in the rear of the property. Mutual aid was called from the Sag Harbor Volunteer Fire Department and the Southampton Fire Department for one tanker each to the scene. The main body of fire was knocked down quickly, but overhaul took time, because the storage building was filled with bundles of pine needles, which are used for landscaping.

    Photo by Michael Heller

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