Firefighters In Action

coldclimb

Snapped some more shots at a structure fire last week! Even at 4am, our night shift duty crew was on location in less than seven minutes and flowing water, saving a fairly good amount of property. I made it in shortly afterward, and once the flames were knocked down a bit I had a chance to grab the camera.

Here's a pano of the whole scene, with a fresh crew getting ready to head in and replace the guys who just came out. The flagpole is messed up, but I still like it




The crew masks up and goes on air before heading inside.




Hoselines stretch into the dark interior.




This house was built SOLID with 3/4in plywood behind the sheetrock. It helped the place to burn slower, and also made the work harder on us. Here, the interior crew uses a chainsaw to make a hole in the ceiling to get at some heat in the attic.




Chad opens up some of the wall and roof in the attic area, where we found the most stubborn heat and had to work on it for a while.




So that's another fire. I hope you all enjoyed the shots, and I intend to bring you more in the future!

Jazmyn76

*awesome* set!

coldclimb

Jazmyn76 wrote:

*awesome* set!

Thanks Jazmyn!

Photosbychuck

Great Shots

What was your camera settings?

Thanks for posting!

Take Care,
Charles

coldclimb

Photosbychuck wrote:

Great Shots

What was your camera settings?

Thanks for posting!

Take Care,
Charles

Thanks Chuck! I just cranked my ISO up to 1600 and opened my aperture wide, and recovered the dark photos I got in post. I tried to keep my shutter no slower than 1/50th, but I bounced settings around all over pretty much.