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At approximately 6:40am on
Tuesday, April 21 2009, The Doylestown Fire Company
was dispatched to assist Plumsteadville Fire Company
on Box 20-1 at 603 Airport Blvd. Chief 24 Brian
DuBree and Battalion 79 Paul Kreuter were first on
scene and confirmed heavy smoke showing from a
300x300 commercial structure. Engine 20 was assisted
by the crew from Engine 19 and stretched a handline
interior on the "C" side of the building. Ladder 79
arrived on scene and went to the roof to begin
ventilation. The evacuation tones were dropped as
the interior crew reported a very heavy fire load
and extreme heat inside and the "CD" corner walls
threatened to fall down. All companies withdrew from
the building and a new attack was devised. Ground
monitors and heavy water lines were placed in
service and truck companies went back to the roof
for a trench cut to stop the fire spread.
Tower 24 and Ladder 79 had their aerial master
streams in service. Due to a lack of hydrants in the
area, water tankers from all over the county and
some from far away as New Jersey were dispatched to
shuttle water to the scene to maintain a constant
supply for the crews working to put out the fire.
Doylestown crews were back in service by 11:00am,
but Plumstead Command was still on scene until
4:30pm. No firefighters were hurt during the fire
and the two attached businesses were not harmed.
Great job by everyone on scene. Photos provided by
John Kalix and Vinay Setty.
Steve
Walther served as Safety Officer for the CD side of
the building
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The Crew
from Ladder 79 going to work
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Smoke pushes
from the building on the CD side of the structure
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After crews
were evacuated from the interior of the building,
fire began to push out through the roof and windows
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Gary Davis
takes a break while Mike Wood operates Engine 19
Crews from
Doylestown, Warrington, and Ottsville work on the
trench cut
A
firefighter from Ottsville cuts down the roll up
door.
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