UPDATE – Must see video: Cop takes the plug at Detroit house fire. Plus more from the Motor City.
We recently shared with you (courtesy of Fire Critic Rhett Fleitz) a humerous animated version of what police think of how firefighters handle some highway incidents. Now the tables are turned, but this time it is real life.
No date on this Detroit house fire on Temple Street between Park Avenue and Woodward Avenue. (UPDATE – Dennis Walus was kind enough to track this down and confirmed the fire was on Saturday at 72 Temple Street.)
The description says there is a “man trapped upstairs claiming people downstairs were shooting at him” and that the area was “soon swarming with police.”
As Engine 1 drops its lines in front of the structure, look who is kind enough to catch the plug for them. It took a little bit before the cop got the message that unless he has a pump built into that cruiser he better move it.
While we are on the subject of Detroit, STATter911.com reader and contributor Paul Bassett (who knows his way around both a crime scene and a fireground), recently posted the video below from his July visit. Paul’s still photos can be found here.
Paul also has one of the nicest photo essays on the challenges faced by Detroit firefighters. We have previously posted it. In case you missed it, click here.
On a daily basis Dennis Walus is always out there taking great pictures of Detroit firefighters in action. His photos can be found here.
And our friend in Chicago, Steve Redick, makes regular trips to Detroit. His Detroit videos are here.
