If you lived near Bohlken Park in Fairview Park yesterday you probably were amazed at
how many fire trucks and firemen kept coming to put out the same trailer on fire all day.
If you were a Lakewood resident and saw fire trucks rushing out of the city, or for that
matter a resident of Rocky River you might have been alarmed.
But then if you watched you realized it was a controlled situation.
FireBlast was in town to handle training for fire departments from Lakewood, Rocky River,
and Fairview Park. Retraining vets, and getting the various companies working together.
The various teams would work together to first spray water into the right spot, to make
flames subside, allowing other team members to go through the door, or climb onto the
roof of the vehicle,
By aiming for the ceiling you get better disbursement, and it cools down the room and
the floor above.
Rooms and floors can easily reach 1,800 degrees or more, so it is vital to cool the room down.
The team, this one from Lakewood would then set the ladder race up it, and start a chain saw they carried up.
Take a short break, and...
Those are real flames!
Lakewood waits their turn.
Thanks you "Family Friendly Firefighters of The Westside" for the invite and your prompt
beneficent actions that come from constant training and dedication.
It pays huge dividends for moments like this!
3:30 am car traveling west on Lake Road hits a wall and erupts in flame.
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