DCFD 1996 4TH ALARM TREASURY BUILDING

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June 26, 1996
Box 145 15th & F Sts NW
Treasury Building

1642 Box Alarm
E16, E2, E23, E1
T2, T4
RS1
BFC6

1701 Special Alarm
Aerial Tower 10
DC2

1712 Second Alarm
E13, E7, E5, E11
T9, T7
HazMat, Metro Support Unit, FFA Canteen
BFC1, Fire Chief

NDW E41/16
T14/9

1739 Special Alarm
E21
T14/9

1747 Special Alarm
Air2

E25/2, E15/23
T6/9

1820 Special Alarm
E25/2, E15/23
T6/9

E12/23
T12/6

This was not a 4th alarm. One month earlier, there had been a 4th alarm in a vacant, six story apartment building elsewhere.
Per Friendship Fire Association's Wagon Pipe newsletter
 
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Just curious why Truck # 3 is not on the rundown? They in with Engine # 16 on 13th St.
 
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DC was experiencing a crisis shortage of ladder apparatus at the time. They did not have enough apparatus to equip all 16 ladder companies consistently. On top of that, Truck 3 and Truck 4 were seriously damaged in a collision. Truck companies were out of service - lack of apparatus.
 
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DC was experiencing a crisis shortage of ladder apparatus at the time. They did not have enough apparatus to equip all 16 ladder companies consistently. On top of that, Truck 3 and Truck 4 were seriously damaged in a collision. Truck companies were out of service - lack of apparatus.
Thank you!!!!
 
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