House Fire on December 24, 2008

DAT members wait to help some EMTs.

The Van Wert County Disaster Action Team was called out at 2:40 pm on December 24 for a house fire in Van Wert. A large number of members were called out because the fire looked like it could affect an adjoining building.

Fortunately, the Van Wert Fire Department responded quickly and contained the fire to a single building. Some members of the DAT provided help to the building occupants, while others provided refreshments to the firefighters.

Watching as the VWPD make sure everything is safe.

After the fire was out, the Red Cross helped arrange for some students from Starr Commonwealth to come in and help remove valuables from the house before it was boarded up. The students were a big help in getting things moved out.

The final members of the DAT that were on site left after the families got what they could from the building.