20180610 - City of Mount Juliet - Structure Fire
1467 Clemmons Road - At about 9:30 AM, while the greater Mount Juliet area was hit by a strong electrical storm, one homeowner called 911 to report that an outbuilding behind her home was struck by lightning and caught on fire.
Prior to calling for emergency assistance, the owner attempted to extinguish the blaze with a garden hose and a 2.5lb ABC extinguisher. It didn't take long for her to realize that her efforts were in vain.
Fire Department of Mount Juliet Squad-103 (B Shift), under the command of Lieutenant Jason Ross [1110], responded from Station 3 just a little over 1.5 miles away. Upon arrival, he advised that he did have a working fire in a two story 15 x 10 outbuilding to the rear of the residence, which was at the end of a long driveway and they would be laying in LDH from the roadway to the apparatus, and that the second due apparatus should catch a hydrant and and lay in and relay pump.
FDMJ Tower-114 was on another alarm on the south end of the city and was unable to immediately respond. The incident commander, Deputy Chief Christopher Allen [Chief-102], requested one mutual aid engine from the Wilson County Emergency Management Agency was requested to respond to the scene along with the usual medical unit on a structure fire. WEMA Engine-31 (B Shift) under the command of Captain Phil Spears [701] responded as the second due unit and established a water supply.
Firefighters deployed two 1.75" handlines off of a 3" line with a gated wye due to the distance between the apparatus and the fire building.
The building had a 'tin roof' and a ceiling made of the same material with a void space between them where fire was hiding and traveling between.
Once firefighters were able to remove the sheets of metal from the inside ceiling and make holes in the outside roof, water could be applied to the hotspots and the fire was finally extinguished.
Once companies were all picked up and trucks were prepared to return to service, Deputy Chief Allen instructed several firefighters to help the homeowner with her cleanup efforts by removing the materials removed during overhaul and squeegee the bulk of the water out the front door.
No injuries were associated with this incident, and the cause of the fire was an apparent lightning strike.
Read MorePrior to calling for emergency assistance, the owner attempted to extinguish the blaze with a garden hose and a 2.5lb ABC extinguisher. It didn't take long for her to realize that her efforts were in vain.
Fire Department of Mount Juliet Squad-103 (B Shift), under the command of Lieutenant Jason Ross [1110], responded from Station 3 just a little over 1.5 miles away. Upon arrival, he advised that he did have a working fire in a two story 15 x 10 outbuilding to the rear of the residence, which was at the end of a long driveway and they would be laying in LDH from the roadway to the apparatus, and that the second due apparatus should catch a hydrant and and lay in and relay pump.
FDMJ Tower-114 was on another alarm on the south end of the city and was unable to immediately respond. The incident commander, Deputy Chief Christopher Allen [Chief-102], requested one mutual aid engine from the Wilson County Emergency Management Agency was requested to respond to the scene along with the usual medical unit on a structure fire. WEMA Engine-31 (B Shift) under the command of Captain Phil Spears [701] responded as the second due unit and established a water supply.
Firefighters deployed two 1.75" handlines off of a 3" line with a gated wye due to the distance between the apparatus and the fire building.
The building had a 'tin roof' and a ceiling made of the same material with a void space between them where fire was hiding and traveling between.
Once firefighters were able to remove the sheets of metal from the inside ceiling and make holes in the outside roof, water could be applied to the hotspots and the fire was finally extinguished.
Once companies were all picked up and trucks were prepared to return to service, Deputy Chief Allen instructed several firefighters to help the homeowner with her cleanup efforts by removing the materials removed during overhaul and squeegee the bulk of the water out the front door.
No injuries were associated with this incident, and the cause of the fire was an apparent lightning strike.
