Fire Engines Photos

A rubbish compactor fire may not sound like it deserves the august presence of a Division Chief, but cities like New York take these very seriously, as they occur in the basements of residential hi rise buildings and can become quite dangerous.

We had one in our 44 floor building in Chicago two years ago, and although it was very rapidly extinguished and overhauled, the attendance was impressive.

Responding to the initial alarm call, it included four engines, four truck companies, four chiefs including an EMT field chief, one squad (snorkel + rescue rig), one ALS ambulance and a command van, all arriving within minutes from five fire stations with 55 firefighters.

If London Fire Brigade had made a similar level of initial response to the first Grenfell Tower fire call, I can't help thinking things may perhaps have turned out differently....

Added by Rob Johnson on 30 June 2018.

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