Birmingham RIT Class

Birmingham Fire & Rescue

Birmingham Fire & Rescue has been conducting Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) training at Drills & Training West. Below are a few pictures from the October 17^th class.

Birmingham 2-Alarm Commercial Fire

Birmingham Fire & Rescue

Birmingham Fire & Rescue fire investigators are working to find the cause of a 2-alarm commercial fire that occurred early Thursday morning. The fire, which started before 5:00 a.m. at the Automatic Ice and Beverage Company on Tuscaloosa Avenue, could be seen for miles as the flames lit up the night sky.

About seventy-five percent of the business was damaged.

No injuries were reported in the incident.

Great work by Birmingham's Bravest!

DAVE911.COM Helmet Cam Video

A special thanks to Quint 20's crew for wearing the DAVE911.COM helmet cam and also to Bill for sharing these pictures!

Companies on the scene included:

• Engine 15
• Engine 21
• Engine 14
• Engine 24
• Engine 7
• Engine 6
• Quint 20
• Truck 2
• Rescue 20
• Rescue 15
• Battalion 1
• Battalion 2
• EMS 4
• Safety Officer 1
• Air Unit 7
• Fire Investigations