Firefighter Narrative
The first tone came across my radio at approximately 6:28pm. I turn my radio up and listen closely, the dispatcher comes on, “First tone for Acton Fire respond mutual aid to Milton Mills NH on Appleby road for a structure fire.” I immediately grab my phone, keys, and radio and race outside to my truck. In a matter of seconds I throw all my gear on, throw my helmet and gloves on the passenger seat, start the gps and head to the fire. As I make my way out of my dirt road, I can feel the adrenaline racing through my body. The excitement and nervousness runs through me, knowing that my first call as a volunteer firefighter was for a structure fire.
After what felt like forever I finally turn onto Appleby road. As soon as I traveled up the road …show more content…
I asked him where the Acton firefighters were and identified myself as a junior firefighter of the department, he nodded and pointed me in the direction of my fire family.
As I make my way toward them they are working on putting ladders up to the roof, and a crew of three from my department were inside fighting the fire. As I get closer I spot Chief Langley. I remind him that I am a junior due to limitations junior firefighters have; such as, going inside a house that is deemed unsafe without SCBA (self contained breathing apparatus), directing traffic, going on a roof, etc. he acknowledges and sends me with Captain Lambert to do a walk around.
We walk around the building identifying things that have been done, observe fire behavior, and the incident as a whole. In this case the fire started in the basement. On our walk around we come to an area outside the basement door that is open and is a basement but also partially a garage. Inside the basement contained a motorcycle and thick black smoke but I couldn’t see flames from where I was observing. We continue to walk around and notice things that we would have done differently but sometimes mistakes are made and that is okay. Walking around the building taught me what to look for and different actions that could have been taken instead of the actions that
After what felt like forever I finally turn onto Appleby road. As soon as I traveled up the road …show more content…
I asked him where the Acton firefighters were and identified myself as a junior firefighter of the department, he nodded and pointed me in the direction of my fire family.
As I make my way toward them they are working on putting ladders up to the roof, and a crew of three from my department were inside fighting the fire. As I get closer I spot Chief Langley. I remind him that I am a junior due to limitations junior firefighters have; such as, going inside a house that is deemed unsafe without SCBA (self contained breathing apparatus), directing traffic, going on a roof, etc. he acknowledges and sends me with Captain Lambert to do a walk around.
We walk around the building identifying things that have been done, observe fire behavior, and the incident as a whole. In this case the fire started in the basement. On our walk around we come to an area outside the basement door that is open and is a basement but also partially a garage. Inside the basement contained a motorcycle and thick black smoke but I couldn’t see flames from where I was observing. We continue to walk around and notice things that we would have done differently but sometimes mistakes are made and that is okay. Walking around the building taught me what to look for and different actions that could have been taken instead of the actions that