[Scan-DC] MoCo house fire

Mon, 16 Dec 2002 01:42:10 -0500

Prolly an air unit.  They are used to refill the Firefighter's air tanks as
they are emptied during the course of fighting the fire.  I think that thing
carries generators, also.  If it was from Rockville-23, then I believe
that's called Special Unit 23 or possibly from Station 3 where the central
HazMat units are stationed.

Andy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin D Osborn" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 21:53
Subject: [Scan-DC] MoCo house fire

> Howdy all,
>      Did any of our Montgomery County listeners hear any radio traffic for
> the house fire off of Georgia Avenue today?  I was driving with my Dad
> east down Norbeck Road, approaching Georgia, when we saw a column of smoke
> off to our left.  As we got closer to Georgia we could even see some
> orange through the trees.  We pulled into the neighborhood (Manor Woods I
> believe it's called), parked on a side street and walked between some
> houses until we got to the fire.  It was burning pretty bad, most of the
> second floor was gone by the time we got there.  Lots of firefighters on
> all sides of the house putting water on the fire, they eventually got it
> put out.
>
> This is in Sandy Spring (Station 40)'s first due.  I saw the Quint 40, a
> ladder truck from either Station 16 or 18, and the engine from the other
> Sandy Spring station (Station 4) providing water supply on the street we
> parked on.  As we left we saw some units from Chevy Chase, Colesville, and
> Truck 12, from the Hillandale station on New Hampshire Ave. near the PG
> County border.
>
> Oh yeah...before we saw the column we got passed by a Rockville ambulance
> which we quickly figured out was headed to the fire.  The odd thing was,
> it looked like a converted bread/milk/UPS truck.  My first thought was
> "What is a bread truck doing with lights and sirens on it?" :-)  Do we
> have anybody in Rockville that's seen this thing?
>
> Justin
>
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