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Fire in Building - 2 Engines, 1 Ladder, 2 Rescues, Fire Comm 1
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Water Related - 1 Engine, 1 Rescue, 1 boat, Heavy Rescue
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Haz - Mat  - 2 Engines, 2 Rescues, 1 Ladder, Fire Comm 1, Orono FD Haz Mat Team (as needed)
Aircraft Emergency at BIA - minimum of 1 engine, 1 rescue, 1 tanker.
(more as size of aircraft requires) (may add 2 additional engines, 1- ladder, 2 additional rescues, Fire Comm 1,  Heavy Rescue, Second Ladder Command Truck in case of crash)
* This is determined by ANG Crash Rescue *
Mutual Aid - as requested
**Tank 6 Responses - All fires outside of city hydrants and mutual aid.
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First Alarm
All Hands - One additonal Engine, One additional Rescue to scene
(** ANG tanker & Glenburn tanker to scene) Brewer Engine and OronoEngine to cover Central, Hire Back Chief Officer
Second Alarm - Brewer Engine & Orono Engine to scene,
(** Hermon & Hampden tankers to scene) Hermon Engine to cover Central, Veazie Engine to cover Station 5, Bangor Recall for 1 officer and 3 ffers to man Engine 2.
Third Alarm - Hermon Engine & Veazie Engine to Scene, Engine 2 cover central, Hampden Engine to cover Central.
Fourth Alarm - Engine 2 and Hampden Engine to scene, Old Town Engine to Cover Central, Glenburn Engine to cover Station 6
** = Tanker responses outside the hydrant district.
Addition Ladders and other equipment are by special call.
*All initial alarms may have other equipment added as needed for special circumstances *

Never Forget

Fire rips through Bangor apartment complex, displaces multiple tenants
Updated On: Nov 19, 2014
Firefighters battle a blaze at the Deerfield apartment complex on Ohio Street in Bangor on Monday morning.
Ryan McLaughlin | BDN
Firefighters battle a blaze at the Deerfield apartment complex on Ohio Street in Bangor on Monday morning.
A firefighter makes his way down a ladder as crews investigate a blaze at the Deerfield apartment complex on Ohio Street in Bangor on Monday morning.
Ryan McLaughlin | BDN
A firefighter makes his way down a ladder as crews investigate a blaze at the Deerfield apartment complex on Ohio Street in Bangor on Monday morning.
A trio of firefighters work to extinguish fire in a third-floor unit at the Deerfield apartment complex on Ohio Street on Monday morning.
Ryan McLaughlin | BDN
A trio of firefighters work to extinguish fire in a third-floor unit at the Deerfield apartment complex on Ohio Street on Monday morning.

BANGOR, Maine — Several people were displaced from their apartments Monday morning as fire ripped through a 12-unit building at the Deerfield apartment complex on Ohio Street.

The blaze, which was reported by a passing motorist shortly before 8 a.m., drew firefighters from three communities to the complex near the intersection of Ohio Street and Griffin Road.

The complex has two 12-unit buildings.

Heavy fire was spewing out the third floor of the affected building when firefighters arrived, Bangor Assistant Fire Chief Tom Higgins said at the scene.

Fortunately, a quick response by firefighters kept the blaze from spreading.

“There is extensive damage to the third-floor level, and lesser damage as we go down towards the first floor,” said Higgins.

No tenants were injured, and one Bangor firefighter had to go to the hospital due to heat exhaustion, Higgins said.

The fire was under control shortly after 9 a.m.

Nicole O’Clair, who lives in the building next door with her fiance and 3-year-old son, saw the engulfed building upon waking up.

“We told everyone [to] get out in our building,” she said while clutching her young son. “It was just raging fire over there.”

Even tenants in the building not affected by the fire poured out of their units as firefighters got the blaze under control. Higgins said firefighters were never concerned about the fire spreading to the complex’s other building.

O’Clair said she’s thankful firefighters were able to respond quickly, as she said a lot of kids live at the apartment complex. Multiple young children were gathered in the yard with their families as firefighters got the fire under control.

Bangor’s Station 6 on Griffin Road is located about a half-mile from the scene, which played a key role in the speedy response, Higgins said.

The assistant chief added the building was well-equipped with working smoke detectors, which was a key factor in all the tenants escaping safely. Several cats are unaccounted for, he said.

Higgins said the cause will be investigated by the State Fire Marshal’s Office, while the third-floor units suffered extensive smoke damage.

The American Red Cross has been contacted to render services to the displaced tenants, and Higgins said the building’s owner was en route to the scene Monday.

Higgins did not have an exact count of how many people were displaced.

Firefighters from Brewer and Orono assisted at the scene, and Bangor police blocked off traffic at the intersection of Ohio Street and Griffin Road


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