BATTALION 14 News & Information

On Tuesday, August 8, Battalion 14, along with Task Force 60, RA 60, RA 860, Task Force 89 and EMS 14 responded to a reported structure fire at 6542 Vineland Avenue in North Hollywood.

Due to the significant "loom-up" visible to responding companies and the fact that it was reported to be an apartment house, Battalion 14 requested one additional Task Force. (LF 102 and E 77)








The initial company on scene (LF 60) reported a 1-story single family dwelling that was fully involved. In addition they reported exposures including two 40 foot pine trees well involved, an adjacent vacant lot with over 1/2 acre of grass
involved and a 2-story apartment house directly exposed to fire that would soon be involved without quick protective measures.

Following the placement of the initial companies on scene by LF 60, Battalion 14 assigned additional companies to support fire attack and protect the exposures. The fire was confined and knocked down in 21 minutes.

E 60 did an excellent job of protecting the exposure with help from LF 89 and together they were able to stop the spread of the fire to the apartment house moments before it would have become involved.




Thanks to all of the members for a job well done and a special thank you to Mike Meadows for the outstanding photos. Look for a profile of Mike along with some additional pics in a future post.