Dwelling Fire / Baltimore City / McHenry St / 8-21-21

E14, E36, E55, E8, E30, T23, T8, M9, BC3, BC6, AF1, T10 / Dwelling Fire
🔥Instagram - GregsFirePhotography
🚨Facebook: / gregsfirephotos
🚒Snapchat - gregsfirephotos
🚑Twitter - Gregsfirephotos

[@owensweetland342]

GREAT teamwork on all crews!

[@georgemessler3345]

Abandoned/vacant row houses. Death trap specials. When I was in the PA fire depts. I hated these every time we had a call to them. It did not matter if they were lived in or not, that balloon type open space would have a fire roll over or us and get behind us before we knew it was even happening. Vacant was worse. Once I became an officer I refused to send my people into a run down falling down row house. Their lives meant more to me that saving a building that was going to burn again no matter how much or little we saved.

[@abootz2480]

I agree with you brother row-homes suck we just lost two guys in down here in Baltimore I'd just say straight defensive on them no entry.

[@georgemessler3345]

@@abootz2480 Are you on the B-More dept? I did a lot of time in the NJ, PA, NY depts both career and volly. I have been to way too many funerals because of those death traps that you have to wonder what the point of trying to do an interior attack on any of them that have been vacant for years.
My heart breaks for the Balti,more Firefighters. The dept did not learn from the loss a year ago and the Sun hit it on the head.TOO much competition between the command staff.
Today my volly crews will ride no engine or truck but the one I am assigned to. They know their lives mean more to me than property that can be replaced. I still do career in CT but not much longer.Again the command staff would rather send men running into a building that has no business still standing and are ready to fall as soon as a good wind blows.
Maybe I might go back to wildland firefighting, at least as an IC1 I have some say where my people are NOT going.

[@abootz2480]

@@georgemessler3345 I'm county

[@owensweetland342]

Truck's here. They'll get that door for ya.

[@jayalexander9439]

Quick work . Nice job

[@SPS_Moviess]

Sheeeeeeeesh.

[@dmvarearailstransprod22]

Truck 8 (Reserve Truck 53) is a 2004 Pierce Dash, Engine 14 is a 2008 Pierce Enforcer, Engine 8 is a 2017 Pierce Enforcer and Engine 55 is a 2006 Pierce Enforcer.

[@liamdempseyfirephotosvideo1475]

EX 2004 Truck 27

[@dmvarearailstransprod22]

Yep and hope we can go to IHC FS1 the next time I visit Frederick.

[@tsaffran]

@@dmvarearailstransprod22 I remember when IHC was on 3RD St.

[@dmvarearailstransprod22]

@@tsaffran Yep

[@Mira-cf9ek]

this looks like a scene straight out of Chicago Fire when they all pull to at the same time

[@equipment-enthusiast]

Nice catch!

[@charleskirby6143]

Does anyone know what the different color helmets represent? Black, blue, yellow

[@tsaffran]

black is ff yellow is rookie blue is Lt. red is Capt. and of course white is Chief