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Southern Ulster Times, Wednesday, March 2, 2016
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Fire consumes Highland home
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Top and below: By the time the Highland Fire Department arrived, the entire roof structure was fully involved.
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the scene.
“We knew right off the bat that we
were in an area with no hydrants so we
called three additional tankers,” he said.
Miller said there was also a FAST unit
[Firefighter Assist and Search Team]
from Arlington, bringing the total to 45
firefighters at the scene.
“It’s the industry norm to have it at a
structure fire where you have guys [firefighters] inside,” he said of FAST. “That
team is strictly to rescue firefighters
should they get in trouble. If we get guys
trapped, they fall through a floor or the
ceiling collapses on them, [the] firefighter
calls Mayday and the FAST team is the
one tasked to go rescue that firefighter.”
Miller said the fire apparently