BOX ALARM SHOEMAKER & GARLAND UNIT 1 (07-03-2013)

DETROIT'S EASTSIDE FIRE REPORTED IN A DWELLING. ON ARRIVAL OF E-41 THEY REPORTED FIRE GOING THROUGHOUT A VACANT DWELLING AND THEY WOULD BE STRETCHING. ASSIGNED TO THE BOX WERE L-31, E-46, TMS3 AND CHIEF 6. UPON ARRIVAL OF CHIEF 6 (CHIEF KIRSCHNER) HE ASSUMED COMMAND AND TOOK A DEFSEIVE POSTURE. FOLLOWING COMMISSIONER AUSTIN'S BULLETIN THE STRUCTRE WAS RULED UNSAFE AND ALLOWED TO BURN. E-41 STRETCHED TWO LINES ONE IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING THE OTHER TO THE REAR TO PROTECT A TWO STORY VACANT DWELLING EXPOSURER. L-31 WAS SET UP ON THE B SIDE OF THE BUILDING WITH A WATER SUPPLY FROM E-46 WHO STRETCHED TO FEED THE LADDER FOR AERIAL OPERATIONS.