On Saturday, May 23rd, 2020, around noon, Sullivan Fire Department was dispatched to a residential structure fire at 281 Hwy WW, about half a mile north of the Sullivan City Limits. I drove out and was on the scene pretty quickly, a good minute ahead of the Fire Department, heavy fire through the roof of a single story residence that had sat vacant for quite a while….
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Chief Eric was first on the scene for Sullivan Fire Department, with Pumper 854 arriving a minute later, Captain Ray Enloe`s crew stretching hoselines and preparing for a good attack on this fire…
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Drew Richards is on the nozzle of the line in front of the house and Trevor Woods stretched the red hoseline to the rear of the house in the above video….I walked around the house to the rear a few min later and shot some video of Trevor on the hoseline at the back door…between he and Drew, they did a good job banking that smoke down upon Kyle Robertson and me…
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After a good knockdown from front and back sides, the fire came roaring back on the south side and firefighters had to attack through the window on that side…
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…they ran out of water about that time and while waiting for another tanker to arrive and hook up to the pumper, Bourbon firefighters arrived on scene to help out in Dr Destructo mode….
…the Bourbon firefighter with the pike pole in his hands, walked over to Drew Richards and singlehandedly pulled the remains of the front porch down and out of Drew`s way….
…while Trevor worked on the south side fire through the window….
As I was leaving and got back out to the highway, all sorts of extra help were arriving, manpower, Pumper 814, Tanker 853, Crawford County Deputies, Crawford Electric crews…the deputy told me he was able to see the smoke from near Cuba…
…these guys are the background guys, the unsung heroes on every call, they stay in the background doing very important work…supplying the wet stuff to the guys on the front lines…alot of teamwork goes on at every call to make for a very successful effort by all involved….law enforcement officers are very vital to the success of a good firefighting team in terms of protection, traffic control, crowd control, etc. and other agencies like Crawford Electric and city crews can make things go much smoother and safer as well, shutting off electric or responding to make sure electric is shut off as in this case…making the job of fighting fire a much safer environment for all involved on the scene….
