Birthday Parties
Photos with Santa
On April 18th, the day crews from both Stations 11 and 18 worked together to make a quick stop on a basement fire in the Countryside neighborhood.
April 21, 2008
Day Crew Catches A Basement Fire
April 12, 2008
SUV Fire for Crew 3
On Friday April 11th the boys from crew 3 responded for an auto fire at the intersection of Harry Byrd Highway and North Sterling Blvd. Engine and Tower 11 arrived on scene to find one vehicle with the engine compartment on fire. Crew 3 quickly placed a line in service and put a knock on the fire. The truck crew gained access to the engine compartment for the engine company. Fire Marshall’s office determined accidental cause. Units picked up and went ready.
Photos courtesy of FM Barry:
Truck crew masking up
Old TowerLadder 11 still hard at work
A firefighter and member of the SVFC sent us some pictures of Tower 2 from the Harrisonburg Fire Department, which used to be TowerLadder 11 when it was in Sterling, still protecting the public. The fire was in a recycling plant. The building was a total loss, but nobody was injured. You can see more pictures from this incident here.
Photo by: Zachary Hittie
April 1, 2008
Van fire for Crew 5
Just before 2AM on Tuesday, April 1st Engine Company 18 was alerted for a car fire in the area between Countryside and Broad Run Farms. A few minutes later E618 arrived to find a van in a field fully engulfed in flames. A routine car fire had a few moments of excitement for the bystanders as the crew discovered some magnesium (or similar metal) that reacted with the water sending bright white sparks in all directions. While the crew of E618 was being reminded why it’s a good idea to always wear all of your safety gear the crew of E611 came over to Cascades to investigate a reported odor of gas.