SAM 057 | Interview with Close Call Survivor Jeff Cheshire
On June 30, 2008 an intense wind driven blaze destroyed a apartment building in Speedway, Indiana. As crews arrives on the scene a large column of smoke filling the sky from the building located along I-465 just north of Hollister Drive.
\nThe fire started around 3:21 pm and\xa0quickly\xa0spread\xa0as\xa0high winds from\xa0the\xa0north pushed the fire further into the building.
\nLieutenant Jeff Cheshire, then serving as a firefighter on Engine 202 recounts how his crew got over run by rapidly changing fire conditions and how another fire crew got blown down a set of stairs but what was described as a backdraft or smoke explosion.
\nLessons Learned:
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- The need to pay attention to clues that indicate unusual conditions. \n
- The need to trust your gut and to speak up when you sense something is not right. \n
- The need to overcome your concerns about what others might think of you if you suggest it may be time to leave. \n
- The need to rely on your training and to apply the lessons from training on the fireground. \n
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\nLieutenant Jeff Cheshire
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