It was the second day of our day shift and 711 had been sent to district 73 to cover the area for defib training being conducted at Station 71. The crew was in the area as opposed to being in station, which turned out to change an 11 minute response time to 4 minutes. Upon approach to this structure fire thick dense smoke could be seen billowing into the sky. As pumper 711 made their approach to the fire scene, we hit the first hydrant that could be seen, we dropped the hydrantman then laid 120 m of Hi-Vol and surprisingly he then RAN the length of the lay to grab the second attack line.

The fire was through the roof of the northern unit of this three unit townhouse complex. Our Captain ordered a fast attack, being that I was the hoseman during this tour of duty I pulled a 45 mm attack line and headed towards the involved building. This was the first structure fire for our new pump operator and because of his inexperience he initially gave me 1500 kpa at the nozzle, however due to his training, he was quickly able to recognize the problem and acted decisively in correcting the situation. The unit that was involved was lost, I began using a straight stream pattern for maximum penetration and attempted to protect the exposed unit until further responding apparatus arrived.

During the incident we received assistance from an off duty North York firefighter who was the new owner of the unit on the south end of this complex. His assistance during the initial attack was beneficial in that he helped lay out the second 45mm attack line and tried to manually operate our truck mounted monitor (not realizing it was an electrically controlled monitor).

All in all this was a successful stop, in that we prevented the fire from spreading into the remaining two units and there were no reported injuries.

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FIRES These are stories about recent fires;

• House Fire
• Tanker Truck to a Garbage Bin Fire
• Tanker Trunk to a Hopper Fire
• Car Fire
• Warehouse Fire
• House Fire
• Apartment Fire
• House Fire

MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS These are stories about car and truck accidents;

• Single Car Rollover
• Head-on Crash
• Rush Hour Accident
• Single Car Flip
• Car vs. Garbage Truck
• Van Rollover
• Sport Utility Vehicle Rollover
• 500m from the Dealership
• Left Turn Mistake

RESCUES These are stories about rescues we have made;

• Man Trapped in a Trailer

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS These are stories about emergencies involving Hazardous Materials;

• No Calls

MEDICAL We go to a lot of medical calls, but it is not fair to the people involved for me to describe their medical problems here. I can tell you about one incident and how it effected me;

• Stress

OTHER Sometimes interesting things happen around the Firehall;

• Skunk in the Firehall