huntingbuddy
01-15-2007, 11:42 PM
Dont ever let this happen to you buddy.
Firefighters in Draper spent Monday going through what's left of their own fire station. The station caught fire early Sunday morning.
The loss from the fire exceeds a million dollars.
The fire started in the garage area and actual damage to the fire station is said to be limited-- the dorm area where the firefighters live was not damaged. But for now, station 114 is out of commission.
It's the last place firefighters thought they'd be mopping up from a blaze-- at their own fire station on South Mountain.
Battalion Chief Brent Speirs, Unified Fire Authority: "It's a cold reality. I've never had anything like this happen in my career in the fire service. But nobody is immuned from it."
The fire broke out about 2:00 in the morning on Sunday. The firefighters had just returned from a call and were in their living quarters, when two Draper police officers saw the smoke and came to get them out.
Battalion Chief Brent Speirs, Unified Fire Authority: "They heard some pounding about 45 minutes after they got back from their medical call and it was basically Draper p.d."
The fire department has smoke detectors in the living area, but not in the garage, where the fire started. Firefighters got out their engines, but bomb squad equipment, specifically two bomb robots in the station, could not be saved.
Battalion Chief Brent Speirs, Unified Fire Authority: "The damage is anywhere from 1.3- to 1.5-million dollars, and that's due to contents and structure."
Insurance adjusters and a structural engineer are trying to determine what it will take to repair the damage. Firefighters hope within a few days they can return while their station is repaired.
For now, firefighters from station 114 are based out of the fire station on 123rd South.
Battalion Chief Brent Speirs, Unified Fire Authority: "Our responses are going to be a little bit longer because of that. But for right now, until we can get in, it's the best we can do."
Exactly what caused the fire is still being investigated, but so far it is not suspicious and it's believed to be from either an electrical problem or from one of the fire trucks.
Fire officials expect to know more in a couple of days.
Here is the link in case you want to look at the pictures.
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=807026
Firefighters in Draper spent Monday going through what's left of their own fire station. The station caught fire early Sunday morning.
The loss from the fire exceeds a million dollars.
The fire started in the garage area and actual damage to the fire station is said to be limited-- the dorm area where the firefighters live was not damaged. But for now, station 114 is out of commission.
It's the last place firefighters thought they'd be mopping up from a blaze-- at their own fire station on South Mountain.
Battalion Chief Brent Speirs, Unified Fire Authority: "It's a cold reality. I've never had anything like this happen in my career in the fire service. But nobody is immuned from it."
The fire broke out about 2:00 in the morning on Sunday. The firefighters had just returned from a call and were in their living quarters, when two Draper police officers saw the smoke and came to get them out.
Battalion Chief Brent Speirs, Unified Fire Authority: "They heard some pounding about 45 minutes after they got back from their medical call and it was basically Draper p.d."
The fire department has smoke detectors in the living area, but not in the garage, where the fire started. Firefighters got out their engines, but bomb squad equipment, specifically two bomb robots in the station, could not be saved.
Battalion Chief Brent Speirs, Unified Fire Authority: "The damage is anywhere from 1.3- to 1.5-million dollars, and that's due to contents and structure."
Insurance adjusters and a structural engineer are trying to determine what it will take to repair the damage. Firefighters hope within a few days they can return while their station is repaired.
For now, firefighters from station 114 are based out of the fire station on 123rd South.
Battalion Chief Brent Speirs, Unified Fire Authority: "Our responses are going to be a little bit longer because of that. But for right now, until we can get in, it's the best we can do."
Exactly what caused the fire is still being investigated, but so far it is not suspicious and it's believed to be from either an electrical problem or from one of the fire trucks.
Fire officials expect to know more in a couple of days.
Here is the link in case you want to look at the pictures.
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=807026