CCFR February 22 2009

Woods fires and high winds kept firefighters busy Sunday afternoon 22-February. The first of the two largest fires was received at 1222 reporting a car fire at 840 Cromwell Lane. Engine 19 and Medic 19 arrived to find a fully involved passenger car with a rapidly spreading woods fire endangering three structures. The doublewide mobile home at the address received damage to the vinyl siding on the “B” side, with the underpinning burned away. Crews were able to quickly extinguish the fire around the home and prevent additional damage. Driven by high winds, the fire rapidly extended into an adjacent wooded area, burning easterly as well as to the north. Engine 19 deployed one 1-3/4 handline and a booster line to handle the car fire and protect a storage building, two mobile homes and a garage on the adjacent property.

Additional fire units were requested twice and a Forestry Tractor responded as the fire quickly advanced toward structures on Wasson Lane east of the original location. Firefighters used back packs, flaps and metal rakes to combat the flames that were unreachable by fire hoses. Engine 26 arrived to protect a large auto shop near the end of Firebird Lane, saving multiple vehicles, storage

	Woods fires and high winds kept firefighters busy Sunday afternoon 22-February. The first of the two largest fires was received at 1222 reporting a car fire at 840 Cromwell Lane. Engine 19 and Medic 19 arrived to find a fully involved passenger car with a rapidly spreading woods fire endangering three structures. The doublewide mobile home at the address received damage to the vinyl siding on the “B” side, with the underpinning burned away. Crews were able to quickly extinguish the fire around the home and prevent additional damage. Driven by high winds, the fire rapidly extended into an adjacent wooded area, burning easterly as well as to the north. Engine 19 deployed one 1-3/4 handline and a booster line to handle the car fire and protect a storage building, two mobile homes and a garage on the adjacent property. Additional fire units were requested twice and a Forestry Tractor responded as the fire quickly advanced toward structures on Wasson Lane east of the original location. Firefighters used back packs, flaps and metal rakes to combat the flames that were unreachable by fire hoses. Engine 26 arrived to protect a large auto shop near the end of Firebird Lane, saving multiple vehicles, storage
	buildings and a two bay garage using two 1-3/4 handlines and a booster line. Engine 9, Engine 5, Tender 9, Tender 27 and Tender 17 protected homes onboth Firebird Lane and Wasson Lane until the Forestry Tractor could cut a break around the 6 acre fire. The Tenders served double duty protecting buildings and resupplying the Engines. Firefighters and Forestry units were able to protect eight structures. Only the mobile home on Cromwell Lane received fire damage. The car was completely destroyed. The fire appears to have originated from a debris fire from the previous day. Engine 5, Engine 9, Engine 19, Engine 26, Tender 9, Tender 17, Tender 27, Medic 19 and Battalion 1 responded. Engineer-EMT-I Chad Spell served as Incident Commander for the Cromwell Lane sector. Chief McRoy handled the Wasson Lane Sector.