Units from Fairfax County, Arlington County, and Montgomery County battled a major second alarm house fire in the McLean area of Fairfax County. The initial call to 911 was for a fire alarm in a house, called in by the alarm company, in which E401, T429 were dispatched for. The call was quickly upgraded to a house fire when dispatch received multiple calls stating the house was actually on fire. E401 then requested a RIT Level 1, on top of the upgraded response, due to multiple callers all stating the house was fully involved. E401 arrived first due, and stated they had a large, two story single family, with heavy fire from the second floor, and that there were also issues with a lack of hydrants in the area. Due to access issues from trees and extremely small streets, units were unable to access the house with any ladders, so firefighters had to fight the fire from the ground. Because the lack of water supply, and amount of fire command quickly requested a second alarm, and tanker task force, brining extra resources, and tankers to the scene.
Fire Alarm: E401, T429
House Fire Upgrade: E429, E413, E106, T106, R401, M401, EMS402, EMS404, BC406, BC401, SAF403, INV413
RIT Level 1: E108, TT710, M429, SAF402, LA423, OPS406, DFCO, CA400
Tanker Task Force: K442, K412
Second Alarm: E412, E428, E442, T410, M442, CAN402, BC402, EMS401
Special Alarm: M110, M402, E439
Note- I apologize for the trees and bushes in the way, access to the house was terrible. In fact, I was standing in someone else’s yard, and there were trees to either side of me, so it was the only open place where I could get to get remotely close to the house. You can’t really see it on camera, but the house’s yard is completely surrounded by trees, so if I stood on the street you couldn’t see any of the house. I had to squeeze into a small opening between trees and bushes in someones yard to get the access I did, and that was the only place where you could see the house. I hope you all understand, I did the best I could. Enjoy, and thank you for the support!
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