Fire Flash over, 411 Dogwood, Newtown

Well involved large 3 story dwelling, with flashover. Interior attack was started, but companies were forced to an exterior attack due to deteriorating conditions. http://www.feeneyfirefotos.com

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[2279kelly]

FEEN when was this??

[Firefoto3]

March 10, 2007

[ArcticDragon243]

is this newtown ct? or..

[Firefoto3]

Newtown Square, Delaware County, Pa

[ffpmderek]

Why would you continue vertical ventilation on a house that you have already gone defensive on?(As seen in the video by the crew on the roof and the FF shooting water inside from the exterior. Uless they always shoot water from the outside with crews inside..which I doubt) Then, go back inside a structure well beyond a safe timeline for those fire conditions... that was knowingly compromised very early into the fire?? Call me ARM CHAIR, but those are the kind of tactics that get FF's hurt.

[Firefoto3]

Ok then ARM Chair. The fire fighters doing vertical ventilation, were doing so on a part of the VERY LARGE house that was still very much structurally intact. In some cases depending on the size of the structure on fire, yes, both interior and exterior ops are possible, without putting fire fighters in harms way, as long as good communications are also in place, which in this case they were.

[blinko656]

Always nice to see the Chief on the nozzle. Ohe well evrybody still likes to do it.

[blinko656]

Ugly fire.

[chevydudewj18]

they might just be venting to lift the smoke out of the structure for fellow FF to help find there way back out its called Venting for life

[emtgregg]

To allow firefighters on a compromised structure, ie the roof collapse prior to your arrival, is asking for a dead firefighter or two. The only saving grace is that, yes, it looks like multiple roofs. Then again, cutting a hole ahead of the fire is a great way to draw the fire to your vent hole, getting more of the structure involved. Most roofs like like this have only one attic space. If it is not safe enough to go inside the house, it is not safe enough to on top.

[FETC2007]

Kudos, that nobody got hurt. Looks like a big building with alot of fire. There is some safety concerns: multiple opposing streams, some interior/exterior, going in the front, with fire above and thru the roof. A FF vented windows on the L to the left of the front door, nice vent, with autoignition and immediately put a 2 1/2 in the window to knock it down. It was venting... not far from the entry point? The big one is at the end, Command asking what the conditions are like in the basement???