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SJS Truck 2

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:04:54 -0700

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San Jose Firefighters responded to reports of a back yard fire in the East San Jose foothills, April 2013. Arriving units reported heavy smoke and flames coming from the building's second floor and called for a second alarm.

With high winds and a large amount of dry grass in the nearby foothills a third alarm was soon requested. The home was extensively damaged, but there were no injuries.

A San Jose Reserve rig is serving as Truck 2. The crew at Truck 2 are soon to receive a brand new Pierce TDA, but for now they are driving this 1992 Simon Duplex with an LTI built Tower, for many years this unit served int he front lines as Truck 1, and is still known toiday by it's nickname of the time, "Miss Piggy".

To see the full set from this incident check out YourFireDepartment.org - Ruby IC

SJS Truck 16

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:04:02 -0700

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San Jose Firefighters responded to reports of a back yard fire in the East San Jose foothills, April 2013. Arriving units reported heavy smoke and flames coming from the building's second floor and called for a second alarm.

With high winds and a large amount of dry grass in the nearby foothills a third alarm was soon requested. The home was extensively damaged, but there were no injuries.

Originally purchased in 2003 to be a reserve truck this unit is in active duty now as Truck 16. It is a 100' mid mount ladder on a Spartan Gladiator chassis and was built by Ferrara Fire Apparatus.

To see the full set from this incident check out YourFireDepartment.org - Ruby IC

SNC Truck 2

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:48:09 -0700

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San Jose Fire Department responded to reports of an apartment on fire in a large complex of apartment buildings in July 2012. First Due Engine 17 reported smoke visible as they left the Station and requested a second alarm, and nearly a mile away they reported flames visible and requested a third alarm. The fire eventually went to five alarms as Fire Fighters fought to contain the fire in the building of origin.

Santa Clara Truck 2 is built on the 2009 Pierce Arrow XT chassis and features a Pierce 105' rear mount Ladder.

To see the full set from this incident check out YourFireDepartment.org - Camden IC

MLP Truck 1

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:03:13 -0800

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Milpitas Fire Department received a report of a house with a rear bedroom ablaze on Martil Way in January 2013. Arriving units reported heavy smoke from the rear of the house. Milpitas responded 3 engines and 2 trucks to the incident and used Mutual Aid equipment from nearby departments for Station coverage.

The firefight was complicated by living arrangements inside the rental house, where three unrelated families occupied the single story property, which was divided into separate spaces in unexpected ways.

Milpitas Truck 1 is a Sutphen 100' mid mount aerial.

SJS Truck 14

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:57:02 -0800

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CNT Truck 1

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:50:36 -0800

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Shortly after 3:30pm on Thursday July 26th, 2012 Santa Clara County Fire Department received reports of a stove fire in Cupertino. Responding units reported smoke showing from 2 miles away and the incident was upgraded to a full first alarm. Once on scene units reported that a shed at the back of a house was fully involved, and that exposures on several sides were being affected by fire. It was upgraded quickly over the next 5 minutes to a second and then third alarm.

It was later determined that one of the residents of the house liked to cook fish in the shed, and had turned on the stove and apparently placed a piece of wood on the stove, before returning to the house. Several minutes later the resident returned to find the shed engulfed in flames. The shed was close to three houses and all three suffered significant fire damage, and were left uninhabitable at the end of the day, displacing many people from the three houses.

Santa Clara County Truck 1 is a 2003 Ferrara Fire 100' rear mount platform on a HME 1871 Chassis. 1500 GPM Hale dual stage pump, 300 gallon tank, 20 gallons of foam and a Detroit Diesel Series-60 engine.

For more images from this incident check out YourFireDepartment.org, Stelling IC

CNT Truck 111

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:16:38 -0800

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Reports of a grass fire got Santa Clara County Fire Fighters attention in August 2012 as it raced along the side of railway tracks, threatening nearby apartments and destroying cars and out buildings.

In all Santa Clara County responded a level 2 Brush Response along with a Full First Alarm Structure Dispatch for the burning buildings. The fire was contained within 2 hours and no-one was injured. The fire is considered suspicious.

County Truck 111 is a reserve ladder truck used by the department as a spare. Today it is pretending to be Truck 5. Truck 111 usually lives at Campbell Fire Station and is a 1993 model built by Hi-Tech EVS on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. It features a 75' rear mount ladder built by LTI

For more images from this incident check out YourFireDepartment.org, Marguerita IC

CNT Truck 14

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:16:55 -0800

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Reports of a grass fire got Santa Clara County Fire Fighters attention in August 2012 as it raced along the side of railway tracks, threatening nearby apartments and destroying cars and out buildings.

In all Santa Clara County responded a level 2 Brush Response along with a Full First Alarm Structure Dispatch for the burning buildings. The fire was contained within 2 hours and no-one was injured. The fire is considered suspicious.

Santa Clara County Truck 14 is a Smeal built ladder truck ona HME chassis with a 75' aerial appliance.

For more images from this incident check out YourFireDepartment.org, Marguerita IC

SJS Truck 29

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:06:43 -0800

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Around 9:00pm on June 27th a fire was reported in a dumpster at the rear of a commercial building on Concourse Drive in San Jose. Initially dispatched as a smoke investigation arriving fire fighters were confronted with a dumpster that was well ablaze, and flames climbing the wall of the building. A First alarm was struck, and when Firefighters got inside and discovered heavy smoke and some fire damage on the second floor above the dumpster a second alarm was called.

Next to the dumpster fire fighters found a canister containing a number of Lithium Ion battery cells that was also burning, and presented a challenge to extinguish. While the structure was cleared and the fire stopped before it spread far into the building, the Li-Ion batteries would constantly reignite. The batteries and the smoke they were emitting upgraded the incident to a Hazmat incident and mutual aid from Santa Clara County Fire's Hazmat 2 team was summoned to the scene.
The crew of San Jose Truck 29 cross staff San Jose's Hazmat unit, HIT 29. Since Truck 29 was on the first alarm, they were unavailable to respond with HIT 29 when the incident became a Hazmat event, necessitating the response from County Fire's Hazmat 2.

San Jose Truck 29 is a 1993 Simon Duplex build with an LTI 85' aerial platform.

For more images from this incident check out YourFireDepartment.org, Concourse IC

SJS Truck 51

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:42:41 -0700

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San Jose Fire Department Truck 51 is a Crown Tiller! San Jose purchased it shortly before receiving 2 new Crimson Tillers in 2008 to provide driver training for thier engineers. Truck 51 is assigned to the Academy and is still used for driver training.

3 Alarm Fire in San Jose Foothills

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:02:19 -0700

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SJS Truck 30

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:01:56 -0700

YFD posted a photo:

San Jose Firefighters responded to reports of a back yard fire in the East San Jose foothills, April 2013. Arriving units reported heavy smoke and flames coming from the building's second floor and called for a second alarm.

With high winds and a large amount of dry grass in the nearby foothills a third alarm was soon requested. The home was extensively damaged, but there were no injuries.

San Jose Truck 30 is a 1998 Simon Duplex build with a 100' mid mount ladder by LTI.

To see the full set from this incident check out YourFireDepartment.org - Ruby IC

CNT Engine 7 & Truck 1

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:50:21 -0800

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Shortly after 3:30pm on Thursday July 26th, 2012 Santa Clara County Fire Department received reports of a stove fire in Cupertino. Responding units reported smoke showing from 2 miles away and the incident was upgraded to a full first alarm. Once on scene units reported that a shed at the back of a house was fully involved, and that exposures on several sides were being affected by fire. It was upgraded quickly over the next 5 minutes to a second and then third alarm.

It was later determined that one of the residents of the house liked to cook fish in the shed, and had turned on the stove and apparently placed a piece of wood on the stove, before returning to the house. Several minutes later the resident returned to find the shed engulfed in flames. The shed was close to three houses and all three suffered significant fire damage, and were left uninhabitable at the end of the day, displacing many people from the three houses.
Santa Clara County Fire Engine 7 is a KME built pumper with a 1250 GPM pump. Truck 1 is a 2003 Ferrara Fire 100' rear mount platform on a HME 1871 Chassis. 1500 GPM Hale dual stage pump, 300 gallon tank, 20 gallons of foam and a Detroit Diesel Series-60 engine.

For more images from this incident check out YourFireDepartment.org, Stelling IC

MLP Truck 1

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:48:56 -0800

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Milpitas Fire Department responded to a house fire on Berkshire Drive in Milpitas, Jan 2013. Arriving units reported heavy smoke and flames from the rear of the building.

The fire got into the attic and a second alarm was summoned from nearby Fremont Fire Department, while both San Jose and Fremont provided units for Station coverage in Milpitas.

Milpitas Truck 1 is a Sutphen build and features a 100' mid mounted aerial platform. In the foreground is Battalion 19.

For more images from this incident check out YourFireDepartment.org, Berkshire IC

SJS Engine 12 & Truck 35

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:13:30 -0800

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A San Jose woman and several pets were displaced by a fire in San Jose, August 2012. Arriving firefighters reported fire out the second story windows, and before they were done the fire was through the roof.

The role of San Jose Engine 12 tonight is being played by this reserve engine, a 1998 Hi-Tech built pumper on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. In the background we can see Truck 35, a 1995 Simon Duplex built aerial with a 75' rear mounted LTI ladder.

SJS Truck 35

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:13:34 -0800

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SJS Truck 13

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:13:21 -0800

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SJS Truck 9

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:13:10 -0800

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SJS Truck 9 and Engine 9

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:31:27 -0800

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The Summer Winds Nursery of San Jose was destroyed in August 2012 by a three alarm fire. San Jose Fire Department units arrived on scene to find the fire spreading throughout the building. The blaze started shortly before midnight and was quickly escalated to a third alarm.

The large supply of fertilizers, insecticides and other garden chemicals presented a Hazmat risk as fire officals were concerned the containers may rupture and the smoke and run off water may become contaminated. Between the chemical and collapse threats an exclusion zone was established 50' around the building, and to reduce the threat of run off water being a problem fire fighters focussed their streams on the adjoining structures, letting the main building burn for nearly an hour before Hazmat crews were ready to control the run off.

On the Bravo side of the fire we see Station equipment, both Truck 9 and Engine 9 providing a wall of water to prevent the fire from spreading. Engione 9 s a 2009 Hi-Tech built pumpoer, Truck 9 is a 1998 Simon Duplex 100' rear mount.

For more images from this incident check out YourFireDepartment.org, Almaden IC

San Jose Fire responds to Dumpster fire that evolves into Hazmat incident

nobody@flickr.com (YFD) — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:06:30 -0800

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Around 9:00pm on June 27th a fire was reported in a dumpster at the rear of a commercial building on Concourse Drive in San Jose. Initially dispatched as a smoke investigation arriving fire fighters were confronted with a dumpster that was well ablaze, and flames climbing the wall of the building. A First alarm was struck, and when Firefighters got inside and discovered heavy smoke and some fire damage on the second floor above the dumpster a second alarm was called.

Next to the dumpster fire fighters found a canister containing a number of Lithium Ion battery cells that was also burning, and presented a challenge to extinguish. While the structure was cleared and the fire stopped before it spread far into the building, the Li-Ion batteries would constantly reignite. The batteries and the smoke they were emitting upgraded the incident to a Hazmat incident and mutual aid from Santa Clara County Fire's Hazmat 2 team was summoned to the scene.

The crew of San Jose Truck 29 cross staff San Jose's Hazmat unit, HIT 29. Since Truck 29 was on the first alarm, they were unavailable to respond with HIT 29 when the incident became a Hazmat event, necessitating the response from County Fire's Hazmat 2.

San Jose Truck 29 is a 1993 Simon Duplex build with an LTI 85' aerial platform.

For more images from this incident check out YourFireDepartment.org, Concourse IC