Danbury - 4th Alarm Structure Fire - 5/7/13

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Date: 5/7/13
Time: Approx 0800
Incident Type: Structure Fire
Location: 11 Stillman Ave
Units:

Career Department: Car 1 (Chief - IC), Car 2 (Asst. Chief), Car 30 (D/C - Shift Commander), E21, E22, E23, E24, E26, T1

Volunteers: E5 (Wooster Hose?), Squad 7 (Water Witch), E10 (Germantown), Tanker 11 (Beaver Brook), Fire Police, E13, Canteen 13 (Miry Brook)

Danbury Hospital EMS: A2 (2nd Due Ambulance), A4 (3rd Due Ambulance), Medic 1 (EMS Supervisor)

Mutual Aid:

Bethel Tower 1 (Standby at DFD HQ)

Brookfield Engine 4 (Covering E23 Quarters)

Ridgefield Engine 1 (Covering E26 Quarters)

New Fairfield (Standby in their quarters)

Weather Conditions: Clear

Description:

Structure fire, believe this is a 2nd Alarm though I caught it late so I've missed a lot of units.

Water supply issues due to low pressure area for Water Dept., hence the tankers so close to downtown.

Didn't catch the first due Ambulance, but A2 went ALS to Danbury Hospital with 1 patient.

0833 - Special call addl. Engine Company, IC states "still in fire attack mode." E24 assigned by Headquarters.

0838 - Command to HQ: Abandoning Fire Attack, going defensive, evac tones sounded.

Requesting 2 additional engines, 1 career, 1 volunteer. E26 and E10 (Germantown VFD) assigned.

All volunteer companies tones to staff stations, call HQ when manned.

A2 requested back to the scene Priority 1.

0844 - Rescue 1 (I have no idea who this is, unless they renamed the Squad) and Car 34 (ordered-in Deputy Chief?) en route to Headquarters.

0845 - ***Command requesting 4th Alarm Assignment.***

0852 - Retone for volunteer companies to staff stations. City operating on 4th Alarm assignment.

Engines 10 (Germantown) and 13 (Miry Brook) responding but I didn't get times.

0855 - Mutual Aid Tower Ladder (Bethel Tower 1) at Headquarters for standby.

0901 - Command reporting limited offensive operations beginning.

0908 - Brookfield Engine 4 en route to cover Engine 23's Quarters.

Danbury Engine 3 (Independent) en route to cover HQ.

New Fairfield has also been put on standby in their own quarters.

Ridgefield Engine 1 en route to cover E26's Quarters.

0931 - Command placing fire Under Control.

Edited May 7, 2013 by SageVigiles