Firefighter douses flames with snow

[x242Steve 1]

February 16, 2007

SHELTON, Conn. --A volunteer firefighter who was the first to arrive at the scene of a Shelton house fire used snow from the lawn to put out most of the flames. On Thursday afternoon, Dave VanWart, a firefighter with the Echo Hose Hook and Ladder Company, was the first firefighter to respond to a blaze that broke out in a two-family house on Murphy Lane.

VanWart, a 25-year-old landscaper, grabbed a shovel from the bed of his truck and ran to the first-floor apartment. Fire officials said that VanWart managed to put out most of the flames by shoveling snow from the lawn.

Assistant Fire Chief Mike Ulrich said using snow created steam and steam puts fire out fast.

After VanWart doused most of the fire, other firefighters arrived and finished off the flames, which had climbed into the wall cavity.

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Information from: Connecticut Post, http://www.connpost.com

[sr71 1]

uno what they say put the wet stuff on the red stuff

even is its frozen(lol)

[EJS1810 7]

uno what they say put the wet stuff on the red stuff 

even is its frozen(lol)

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White stuff, wet stuff, whats the difference? Quick thinking!

[JetPhoto 626]

White stuff, wet stuff, whats the difference?  Quick thinking!

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Next best thing to peeing on the fire....

[xfirefighter484x 234]

Next best thing to peeing on the fire....

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Didn't they phase booster lines outta the fire service for structural firefighting?

[IzzyEng4 427]

If I remember right, Shelton had tow simultaneous fires or this one occured just after they were mopping up from the second. Shelton's two towns away from me.

[EJS1810 7]

Didn't they phase booster lines outta the fire service for structural firefighting?

       

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So now you use your inch & 3/4?