lightsandsirens5
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Fighting them sucks, majorly. Especially when you know the poor bugger who burned to death a mere five feet from the front door and safety. And the only thing that is worse than fighting the fire knowing he is still inside is doing recovery for the coroner. When the coroner asked me to hose the body down so that it would not melt the body bag, I had to turn the hose over to my captain who was staring right there. I'll share the rest later when I get over it.
All started by a cigarette, damn it. Another resident fell asleep smoking. They made it out, but were airlifted to the burn center in Seattle I believe with 2nd and 3rd degree to the hands arms feet and legs, 1st and 2nd degree to the face and head, and what appeared to be severe airway burns. Flight crew RSIed her in the ambulance before they transferred her.
God it sucks. I don't think it would have been as bad if I didn't know them. Or if the guy was found in his bedroom where the bed used to be. I know he knew what was going on though and obviously was headed for the door when the flames took him.
First fatal structure fire my department has had in almost 50 years too. Broke that winning streak I guess.
Thats all..... Thanks for listening.
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All started by a cigarette, damn it. Another resident fell asleep smoking. They made it out, but were airlifted to the burn center in Seattle I believe with 2nd and 3rd degree to the hands arms feet and legs, 1st and 2nd degree to the face and head, and what appeared to be severe airway burns. Flight crew RSIed her in the ambulance before they transferred her.
God it sucks. I don't think it would have been as bad if I didn't know them. Or if the guy was found in his bedroom where the bed used to be. I know he knew what was going on though and obviously was headed for the door when the flames took him.
First fatal structure fire my department has had in almost 50 years too. Broke that winning streak I guess.
Thats all..... Thanks for listening.
:-(