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48 Chickadee Lane, Pocasset
Approx 2100 Hours
Thursday February 8, 2007
For the second time in two days, Bourne Fire Department battled a house fire in
bone
chilling conditions. This time, a second house was also involved resulting in a
second
alarm response. The original house, was fully involved on arrival.
The second house,
the exposure, was located perhaps 30 feet away and it too became involved as
Bourne firefighters had difficulty locating a good hydrant... the first three
hydrants
were frozen! The Pocasset fire station 4, closest to the scene was
un-staffed at the
time of the call (out on an ambulance call, no one in the station). Engine
122 from
Station 2 was first in and made the attack, but frozen hydrants delayed a
sustained
water supply.
Mutual aid from Otis, Falmouth, Mashpee, Onset and Wareham EMS
responded to the scene and operated for several hours. Units from Sandwich,
and Plymouth also assisted covering stations. Several firefighters
sustained minor
injuries, one was transported to the hospital.
Falmouth Lt. Tim Smith
Falmouth FF Gary Sabens
Bourne Deputy Chief Joe Carrara
One of the frozen hydrants, within sight of the fire.
Mashpee Tower 356
Falmouth Engine 23
Bourne Ladder 126
Bourne Engine 124 (would have been first due but crew was on an ambulance call)
Yarmouth Dispatcher and Red Cross member Jerry Mossey
Red Cross arriving for rehab
Photos Britton Crosby
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