By MICHAEL N. CIAMPO
Filling out an alarm for a fire in a high-rise multiple dwelling as the fourth-due engine, the crew noticed that the alarm ticket’s critical information data stated that for numerous apartments it was a “four-length stretch.” Monitoring the department radio, we heard the battalion chief report that they had fire on the third floor with possible extension to the fourth floor.
Entering the block, we positioned the apparatus at a serviceable hydrant and heard the chief calling for us over the radio. Fire was now autoexposing to the floor above, and we were ordered to assist the third-due engine with getting a line off the standpipe to the fourth floor. Since our department’s procedures require the first and second engine company to team up and stretch from the standpipe outlet from the floor below the fire (which they did from the second floor to the fire apartment on the third floor), we had to team up with and assist the third-due engine in stretching the second line from the standpipe outlet on the first floor to the fourth floor. Carrying our standpipe bag (fittings, tools, and appliances) and folded lengths of hose, we headed into the building.
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