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Control Burn - 525 Black Diamond Road
Saturday, March 8, 2014

Early Saturday morning at 6:45am CHC members met at the station to conduct a control burn of a old farm house that was being torn down to make room for a new office at the Old Farm House Nursery on Black Diamond Rd. Engine 44-4, 44-3, Tanker 44, 44-0 and 44-8 along with 53-5 and Tanker 53 left to head to the house to get set up. Once at the location crews layed a couple hands lines out around the house to protect a few trees and a small shed that was close to the house. Just as 0800 hit, the house was lit on fire. During this time the newer members were shown from the outside how fire spreads and acts on older homes "baloon style construction houses" vs the newer light weight houses of today. Once the fire engulfed the house they were moved and placed on the hand lines to get experience and practice with their hose handling skills. As the probies were practicing their hose handling skills, some of the other members were practicing pumping the trucks. 15 mins after the fire was lit, the house was on the ground, and units remained on scene for a bit wetting down the surrounding areas. Once it was safe all hoses were shut down and rolled back up to head back to the station. By 9:45am all units were back in station.


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