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Matt McDowell's Blog – October 2011 Archive (1)
Video- Detroit's 9th Fire in One Hour!
Some background of this incident and some of the things people will notice:
- According to the description, this was the 9th arson fire in THIS NEIGHBORHOOD in ONE HOUR.
- The minimal use of SCBA. According to the comments, these crews had run FOUR fires continuously and their was no more air available when this fire was…
Added by Matt McDowell on October 3, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments
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