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So how did your last structure fire go? How many alarm was it? What part did you play were you able to pack up and go in? My last was Just this past saturday..it was a double wide mobile home,when we showed up it was fully involved it was starting an RV right behind it on fire,and it had a pull trailer right next to it started..i was able to pack up and go in and all help put it out i was so proud of myself!! I went through three partners before i had to go out and change bottles and go to rehab for a few min. i got right back in there..it was so much fun nobody was injured, we did salvage and overhaul and went home..oh ya did i mention ther was alot of hazards in the back as in big propane tanks,downed power lines,and a burned up utility pole? boy was that a sight to see!! Luckly utilitie company already had power and all turned off!! Everyone share their last strucrue fire..Oh and it was a 2 alarm fire!

Last major was back in March, mutual aid with another department on a mobile home. We brought tankers for water shuttle. Pretty much on the ground when we got there. Two before that were nearly identical: fully involved when reported, at the very edges of our territory (10-15 miles from the station), and during very windy nights. Both were on the ground when we arrived.

Last structure fire was on a Wednesday morning at 6 AM. It was a fully involved trailer fire. A woman died in it. We were giving mutual aid for tow other departments, and it was to the ground when we got there. Before that, we had a structure fire in a sister department's territory. The crappy thing was that it was a firefighters house. He lost everything. I wasn't able to attend that one, but it was fully involved when anyone got there, and he only lives about 1/8 mile from his station. He also had guns and ammo in his garage, and it was blowing up from the heat when the firefighters were in the garage. No one was hurt, thankfully. But the guy's wife was frusturated with us that we couldn't save the house.

Our last one my dept. had was 2 weeks ago. Iosco County, MI runs Fire Protocols. We were dispatched priority 3 for smoke showing. I was 2nd at the station and the senior firefighter there when the interm chief said roll. We had grass gear on thinking it was a brush fire. When we got on scene we had a full envolved shed fire 2 feet from a propane tank,  3 1/2 feet from a home. we didn't even think about airpacks at first. We pulled a booster line off  the left side of the mini-pumper ( parked across the street  due to smoke and powerlines) and started to shoot water to cool the tank and house down before we started to knock the flames down. Our ex- ex- chief got there and started yell at be about truck placement, then our ex-chief got there and started yell about pumping water from a tanker to the pumper as the interm chief got there and had us set up the dump tank. After that we pulled the 1 1/2 inch hose off to cool the tank off and attack the south end of the fire to the objection of the ex-chief. When my brother arrived the interm chief wanted him packed up to fight it. he relieved me to get rehabed and to check on my bro who was told he didn't need it.... as I helped him get it back on both ex and ex-ex chief started yelling about how thats wasting $10 to use the airpack.... i got toe-to-toe about it until the interm chief saw and came to back me up. 4 hours later (9 PM EST) the fire was complete out, overhaul completed and we went home.... but that was my lastest structure fire.... I still can't believe after that training 4 days earlier.... I was IC!

Our department had 2 fully involved house fires within 36 hours of each other. We usually only get an average of 5 structure fires a year so getting 2 that close together usually unheard of in our rural area. We all pretty tired after that week. good thing for mutual aid from neighboring departments to help assist us in fighting those fires. At least one good thing was everyone went home safe from both the fires. The last fire there were numerous oxygen and aceteylene bottles in the garage that was fully involved when first truck got on scene within 5 minutes tanks were exploding.

 Friday night, stove fire.  Fire and a little water damage to the kitchen, slight smoke damage to the rest of the house.  Chief was right around the corner went direct, arrives with very light smoke showing.  Goes in low and uses the hose from the sink to put it out or it could have been much worse and we might have lost the house, since the fire was around 8 miles from the station and it took the engine at least 10 minutes to arrive.