December 2, 2011 - This morning Engine 618 was dispatched for an automatic fire alarm at 20391 Lowes Island Blvd, Trump National Golf Club. Upon arrival and investigation Engine 618(Lt. Johnson) advised they had found a fire in the attic area of the main clubhouse...
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| BC614(Lamb) hard at work at the command post. |
The incident was upgraded to a structure fire bringing units from Sterling, Fairfax and Ashburn. A Leader line was stretched and as units started to arrive the fire was extinguished. BC614(Lamb) arrived quickly and set up the Trump Golf course command. Tower(Lt. Lambert) and Wagon(Capt. Schumacher) 611 arrived right behind 439 and the tower set up on side "Alpha" near the "Bravo" corner. The tower Lt. and B-1 firefighter went inside to assist with interior ops, while the driver and B-2 firefighter threw ladders, set up the aerial and, eventually, got the alarm silenced. BC601(Williams) had interior command on the interior. The small fire had occured on top of a heating unit, on whick someone had apparantly set a box of bingo cards, these came in contact with the exhaust flue and eventually started burning. There was some drop down of burning material that burned a small hole in the floor. No extension was found below or between the floors. Quick work by everyone helped keep this from becoming a larger fire.
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| Units working together to repack the hose used. |
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| The small hole that was burned through with Capt. Schumacher checking for extension from floor below. |
Thanks to Kevin Makowski of SVFC for the below photos.
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| Engine618 in first due position. |
