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House Fire at Box 7216

On December 26, 2009 (approximately 4 hours after getting off my 13.5-hour non-stop flight from Seoul, South Korea) I managed to hop on Truck 106 on a call for a house fire at fire box 7216. This would be my first working house fire call.

We arrived on scene for a two-story single family dwelling […]

April 7th, 2010 | Category: fire safety, Truck 106 | Leave a comment

Happy Thanksgiving

It is a bit late, and most of the American population has probably already slipped into a food coma by now, so this message might come to you all a bit late. But that’s OK, because I just got to work for another 12-hour night shift on the night of Thanksgiving, so at least I […]

November 27th, 2009 | Category: fire safety | Leave a comment