All Past and Present Members of Hell’s Kitchen are invited to attend first annual party at Lieutenant Wayne Klinger's Home.

The Colonel will be providing BBQ chicken and roasting a pig if you would like bring a side dish, BYOB, and kids are welcome. Activities will include swimming, volleyball, horseshoes, and that cornball thing!
 
When: August 7, 2010 1300 Hours till
 
Where: 5310 Highfield Place, Marbury MD 20658
   
 Please RSVP to smokediver77@hotmail.com so the Colonel will have a head count by August 1, 2010

#2 platoon of special operations completed their annual water drill at the Randle pool in Southwest today going over removal of victims, securing patients to backboards and retrieval of drowning victims.

Units from special operations were preparing for their annual water drill at the Randle pool in Southwest as commutations dispatched the high angle rescue assignment to the 14th Street Bridge for an injured worker. Engine 7 arrived on scene to find an injured worker underneath the bridge on a cat walk. Members from special operations come up with the plan to lower two members over the bridge to prepare the lowering of the victim to fire boat 2. The Fire boat transported the victim to awaiting EMS units.

 Around 14:30 hours the box alarm was sounded for 217 Newcomb St. S.E. for an apartment fire, Engine 25 arrived with no showing from side (A) Engine 15 third due ran the 400 to back up 25 Engine. Units found a kitchen fire on the third floor which was knocked quickly Rescue 3 completed their search which proved negative. Command 3 held this box with 1+1

Units with the 3rd Battalion Chief were dispatched to 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave S.E. for the building fire. Engine 15 arrived on scene at the west side of the compound of a 5-story hospital with fire on the fifth floor and thru the roof. Rescue 3 forced entry to the building and conducted there search which proved negative as Engine 15 was able to make it to the fifth floor with flawless line placement of the 400 foot 1 1/2 and knocked down the bulk of the fire as units were placing other lines in service. The WFD was sound along with the water supply task force; command 3 also requested the second alarm. Command 3 held the original box alarm returning the remaining units. Box Alarm E,25,15,32,33,07 T-16,07 BFC3,RS3 Pictures courtesy of Elliott Goodman

Units were alerted with the 3rd BFC for the report of smoke coming from the House in the 1600 Block of W Street, SE.  E15 cleared a medical local and picked up 5th due on the box.  Rescue 3 was fueling up and was not assigned to the run.  BFC3 arrived on the scene with a 2 story single family dwelling with smoke showing from the top floor and a report of occupants trapped.  First arriving companies removed 2 occupants from the structure to awaiting EMS personnel.  E15 was assigned the RIT upon their arrival, and then re-assigned to cover the 1st floor.  The 2nd alarm was requested and brought Rescue 3 to the scene.  Rescue 3 relieved Rescue 1 on the fire floor and completed the primary search which proved negative.  Units remained on the scene until 2315 hours. 

Units with the Second Battalion Chief were alerted for a MVC @ 15th Street and Pennsylvania Ave. S.E. First arriving units find a collision involving a bus and two cars with one on fire and a person trapped inside. Engine 18 quickly placed there attack line in service knocking down the fire, and protecting the victim as Rescue 3 completed the extrication and handed the victim over to awaiting EMS units.

Monday July 5, 2010 Rescue 3 along with the other units in Special Operations headed over to the quarters of the fireboat for drill. The members of the fireboat set up a Salomon course for the use of the dib’s and also the members from the boat were able to simulate swift water as we practice body removal.  

After a night full of box alarms at 0241 hours Rescue 3 and BFC 3 were alerted to 4600 Central Avenue, NE with the 2nd Battalion units for the report of a house.  E30 arrived (3 blocks from their quarters) to find fire showing from a single family detached dwelling.  Rescue 3 arrived as E30 was knocking the fire and completed the primary search which proved negative.  BFC 3 was assigned the attack group supervisor and monitored the actions on the fire floor.  Command scaled the incident back to 1 and 2 and the Rescue and Chief returned to service at 0315 hours.

The Engine and Squad led another drill for the Special Ops Battalion for most of the day on the 9th. Emphasis points included cutting concrete, building shoring, and utilizing the wrecker, although it was a good overall review for everyone involved.

At 1438 hrs Rescue 3 was alerted to the motor vehicle accident on northbound 295 at Laboratory RD.  Engine 33 was the first arriving unit an advised that they had two dump trucks involved with the driver of one of the trucks trapped. Rescue 3 arrived and went to work removing the trapped victim utilizing the amkus system. The pt was removed and care transfered to ems in under 20 minutes.  

 At 0527 HRS. units with the 2nd battalion were alerted for the house on fire at 4193 Minnesota Ave. N.E. Engine 27 went on the scene with fire showing from side b. Rescue 3 arrived and went to work helping units gain entry into the building, once inside crews encountered heavy fire on the first floor. Once units had the fire knocked on the first floor they tried to gain access to the second floor but were unsuccessful due to the steps being burned out. At this time the 2nd BFC pulled units out of the building and called for the 2nd alarm, bringing Engine 15. The Engine staged with second alarm units and was later released.  After being pulled out units went to a defensive operation. After the fire was knocked on the second floor units went back into the building and mopped up.

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The members of Anacostia Fire Department are selling this custom vending machine for 150.00 dollars along with this change machine which takes 1’s and 5’s for 150.00 dollars both are in working condition. Both machines can be bought as a special price of 250.00 dollars anyone interested contact JC @ 202-438-4488.

At 2049 Hrs. Rescue 3 was alerted to East Capitol ST. for the motor vehicle accident with people trapped. Engine 27 arrived first an advised that then had 2 people trapped. Rescue 3 arrived and extricated the 2 trapped victims in under 30 minutes.

#2 platoon conducted their annual Trench drill on Saturday May 22, 2010 @ the Training Academy, along with the rest of the Special operation division. The first trench we demonstrated using whalers and doing a refresher on shoring. The second evolution involved a narrow trench with the removal of a victim, all units practice on shoring and use of the low pressure air bags. Side note the first picture is just a demonstration the second and third pictures are more likely the size trench we would see.