5th Battalion’s Cameron Box Alarm Dispatch Audio
Detroit – 4 January 2017: 3 Detroit Firefighters were injured while fighting a fire on Detroit’s north end early Wednesday morning at around 0740am.
The 5th Battalion was dispatched to the 9100 block of Cameron for an occupied dwelling fire. Companies assigned were Battalion Chief 5, Highland Park Engine 1, Hamtramck Engine 1, Engine 35, Ladder Truck 7, Engine 17, Squad 3, DEMS Medic 1 and Engine 39 as the RIT (Rapid Intervention Team).
Engine 35 was the first company on the scene and immediately started placing water on the fire. All occupants from the house made it out safely according to Battalion Chief 5.
During the firefight, firefighters from the 5th Battalion’s Engine 35 were injured. The unconfirmed cause of the injuries was a backdraft occurring during the firefight.
Injuries ranged from minor burns, soft tissue damage and an injured ankle.
Engine 35’s injured firefighters were transported to Detroit Receiving Hospital by DEMS Medic 16 according to radio traffic.
The Fire Chief (200) and Deputy Chief (201) both made the fire scene, eventually visiting the injured firefighters at the hospital.
Detroit Police Arson Car 809 was dispatched and also made the fire scene.
Ladder Truck 7 issued the disposition code of 30, “undetermined” as the cause behind the fire.
Battalion Chief 5 took Engine 35 out of service until manpower could be replenished.
The condition of the firefighters has not been released.
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