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HVRS Squad-17 and HVFD Light & Air-5 refill used SCBA Cylinders
Crews are briefed on house & safety issues prior to burn
The house before any live fire
Smoke showing...
Crews re-rack hose after an evolution
Crews prepare to make entry via the kitchen
Crews ready a hose line for entry
Making entry via kitchen
Crews ventilate the 2nd floor
Fire is visible during upstairs evolution
Crews pull an attack line from Wagon-5 with Chief-5 running
Command
Crews pull the attack line from Wagon-5
Crews flake a hoseline as they prepare to make entry
Crews set a ladder to the 2nd floor for emergency egress
HVRS and HVFD member Matthew Sheehan runs command during an
evolution
Crews talk about entry strategies
HVFD Chief Bill McGann oversees operations
Heavy fire showing from 2nd floor
Heavy fire set in living room on 1st floor.
Heavy fire in living room just past kitchen.
While trying to ventilate, a firefighter actually knocks the
front door off the hinges.
Fire blows out the windows as the house burns.
Crews from the Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department (Company 5)
watch as the house burns.
The house is entirely consumed by fire.
Only part of the frame remains, as the side wall collapses in
this photo.
Only the outer wall remains.
Water supply pulled via hard sleeve from a portable, folding
drafting tank.
Tradition...
Crews pose for a group photo as the house is allowed to burn to
the ground.
The house was burned to the ground after it was deemed to unsafe
too continue training exercises.
