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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 […]

Training at an Acquired Structure

I dug up some photos from training on an acquired structure back in December that I had completely forgot about.

Yes, in a real situation, I would have my SCBA on.

Pulling the window open. this window opened inward from the middle when we slammed […]

Accident with Injury Response on N Washington Blvd. and N Ohio St.

ACFD responded to a call for an accident with injury on the intersection of N Washington Blvd. and N Ohio St.

Responding units: Engine 106, Engine 108, Medic 106, Medic 102, Medic 104, Truck 106, Battalion Chief 112, EMS Supervisor 112, Command Aide 114

Fellow volunteer John Bonds and I were with the crew of […]

Another day on Truck 106

When I received my operational gear in April 2009, upon graduation from Arlington County’s volunteer indoctrination training program in December 2008, I started out riding Engine 106. Its versatility of running both EMS and fire calls was very appealing, and Truck 106 simply felt way too much for me. The sheer size of the apparatus […]