Last year on September 18th, 2013, in the middle of a department drill, the station was dispatched for a dwelling fire, with entrapment, family pets dead. Our truck assignments went out the window due to the drill and our main truck being O.O.S. due to said drill.
Ladder 45 and Engine 55 responded to the scene. Our ladder is able to flow water however, on that night neither trucks went in service with water until later in the call.
I was with the Ladder crew. Wearing the helmet pictured above, the same one I've worn for the last 7 years, didn't even make it to its 7th year anniversary.
With a second story pipe line burst the ceiling now we