Blog not dead

I just have not been to any fires.

3-in-1 House Fire

It's been a long time since my last post. This call came in around 14:00 for a 3-in-1 at 2950 n. 21st st. in Phoenix. Stations 5, 11, and 61 with Station 5 first due. Fire appears to have been in the attic. Fire was out in about 15 minutes. Stop loss in about 21. Here is the video:

Birds Eye View

Been a long time without a post. Here is a special birds eye View of Engine 29 responding to an aid call at an apartment complex near where we were flying our model airplanes. The pilot at the time was my nephew Daniel.
The screen cap was taken from a small spy camera mounted on the airplane. The Camera can be found here.

Phoenix, Tucson and Scottsdale Fire apparatus from the mid to late 60's

Fully Involved Motorhome

Came across this earlier today. I saw the smoke while heading east on the 101. It looked like whatever it was was out as the smoke was going away. As I was getting closer the smoke picked up again and I came upon this. I pulled off the road and filmed what I could, but had to leave.

First Alarm Apartment Fire 37th st and Earl

First Alarm Apartment fire near 37th street and Earl in Phoenix, AZ. Started before 15:17 as a 3n1 Apartment fire, at around 15:30 as I arrived it went to a 1st alarm. This is as close as I could get without having to get by the cops. Station's involved 5, 11, 12, 13, and 61. Main fire was in a shed in the southwest corner of the complex surrounded by cinder block walls.

3 in 1 Apartment fire 945 S. 40th st.

Video by Mike

Well after a long dry spell I finally have something to blog about. I have been very busy and have not been able to monitor my scanner during working hours. So I have been missing a lot of calls, plus the few calls I have heard, I could not go to because of my job.

Today after a day out with my brothers we were on our way home when I heard a call for an apartment fire. We were at 32nd st. and the 202 and so only had to go about 2 miles to get there. But we had to wait for some dawdling pedestrians to cross the street.

When we arrived the apartment had flames shooting out the windows but before I could get some pictures they had them knocked down.

At one point for no apparent reason they directed a fog stream of foam out the window and soaked all the onlookers nearby (missed those pics as well).

So here is some of what I got.