[Scan-DC] Not so heavy after all...

[Ed Tobias]

After due consideration, I realized that "heavy fire load" might have 
referred to the contents of the house, rather than to the amount of fire.  I 
heard one reference to "hoarding," which would indicate a possible serious 
danger to anyone making entry, whether or not those contents ignited.



-----Original Message----- 
From: Doug Kitchener
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 6:26 PM
To: Ed Tobias ; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Not so heavy after all...

Whoops, we crossed... now that you mention it, I did hear the FD ask HQ to 
have the cops evacuate... must have been it.

D



----- Original Message -----
> From: Ed Tobias <edtobias at comcast.net>
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Cc:
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 5:09 PM
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Not so heavy after all...
>
>T he only report has been heavy smoke from the chimney, units are checking 
>the
> oil burner and most units are staging on their apparatus.  Fire attack 
> group
> reports "no heat or smoke in the structure whatsoever." I wonder what
> prompted the "use extreme caution" alert.  (Perhaps it was police
> officers, who appear to have been inside the house before first fire units
> arrived)?