C/Poughkeepsie FD - Hudson Av - 1-23-11

[Guest Photounit]

The City of Poughkeepsie, Arlington, and Fairview Fire Departments operated in single digit temps at this fully involved structure fire at # 90 Hudson Avenue directly across from the Smith Street Housing project on Sunday evening January 23, 2011...... This was initially an exterior operation due to the amount of involvement upon arrival and the questionable structural integrity...... I believe the building was vacant/abandoned...... Arlington and Fairview were dispatched on the initial assignment due to the City operating at another alarm and were cleared from the scene as I arrived.....

From the front...... Access for Ladder 1 was heavily impeded by numerous overhead wires I/F/O the structure.....

Firefighters use a hand line to knock down the rear section of the structure.....

Time to move the hand line through the snow to the rear of the structure...............

Firefighters hit some fire from the #3 side...........

Pulling apart the rear.....

Making progress in the rear.....

Back out front....

Keep up the good work......

A City of Poughkeepsie Detective watches the operation as the Chauffeur for Engine 3 gets some time off his cold feet......

Deputy Chief Decker monitors the progress....

Edited January 26, 2011 by Photounit

[Guest Photounit]

Up the ladder....

Overhauling a hot spot in the front of the structure.....

Working the hot spots from the tip of the ladder....

In control.....

Inside.....

and in the cold..... Firefighters Davision, Volk, and Parise get something warm to drink.....

[ffper5112 6]

Great Pictures as always Bill, Thanks

[helicopper 1,050]

Excellent photos, Bill.

I know you've probably been asked this here but I'll ask again anyway - what kind of camera and flash are you using?

[PFDRes47cue 653]

Great shots as always. Thanks for sharing.

[PEMO3 523]

Thank you, these are some really good photos.

[Guest Photounit]

Thanks everybody......

I use a pair of Canon 5D MkII cameras and a 580EX flash which I use sparingly.....

[x635 4,066]

Great shots! I love the candid!

[Guest Photounit]

Why does somebody always feel the need to change the title of my posts?

[kurt 5]

Nice shots and I feel for you guys having to deal with the cold temp we battled the something at 6am monday morn

[JetPhoto 626]

Nice artistic shots Bill

[JM15 386]

Awesome pictures!!

[sfrd18 360]

Awesome shots!!! Keep up the great work!!!

[barbosa10 7]

why does the captian and lieutenants have white helmet? i assumed white helmet meant chief, asst chief, deputy chief etc...?