House Fire on July 28, 2009
The Disaster team was called out to a house fire in Payne, OH on July 28, 2009 in support of the Paulding County Red Cross. The call was received at around 10 AM, and 3 team members responded and were the way to Payne by 10:30.
Three departments had responded to the fire, the Payne Fire Department, the Paulding Fire Department, and the Antwerp Fire Department. They were all still actively fighting the fire when the DAT arrived, and were happy to get a resupply of cold water and Gatorade.
Because of the length of time the fire fighters had already spent at the scene, and the long way they had to go to get the fire under control and everything cleaned up, the Disaster Team made arrangements to get food to them. The Van Wert Pizza Hut and the Paulding McDonalds both generously donated food to the fire fighters at the scene.
The departments had the fire out and were waiting on some heavy equipment to get to any remaining hot spots when the Disaster Team was released. They arrived back at the garage at about 3:30 PM.
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- The water and Gatorade are ready, now Mark waits for the fire fighters.
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- The Paulding Department ladder truck, pouring water on the room.
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- Two fire fighters soaking down the inside of the house.
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- The ladder truck and another hose soak the roof, while a fire figher prepares to put a hose through the window.
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- This side of the house has taken more fire damage at this point.
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- Cutting an opening in the wall, seeing how far the fire has traveled.
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- Taking a short break and getting ready to get back at the fire.
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- Fire shoots out of the eaves while another hole is cut higher up the wall.
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- Part of the house is torn down so the firefighters can get to hidden fires.
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- It looks like a mess, but the men there used it effectively.
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- Two fire fighters up the ladder to cut some holes and pour in more water.
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- The blackened timbers show how the fire was spreading in the walls.
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- Mark and Eleanor discussing something while waiting for an opportunity to help out.
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- The roof and wall had to be ripped down to allow the fire fighters to reach some hidden hot spots.
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- One of the fire fighters on the ladder was overcome by the combination of wearing his equipment and the heat from the house.
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- Getting what they can cleaned up while they wait for the heavy equipment to show up.
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