Cincinnati Fire Scene Video - 6 Alarm Fire - Arlington Street

The Cincinnati Fire Department responded to multiple calls of smoke showing from a vacant warehouse on Arlington Street in Camp Washington. Initial arriving crews attempted to go interior but conditions inside were too hazardous. The fire was fought defensively with multiple ladder pipes and hand lines in operation on three exposures. Crews were on scene for several hours extinguishing the massive fire. This was the largest fire in Cincinnati since the Queen City Barrel fire in 2004.
Companies on scene:
Engines 1, 3, 5, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 29, 32, 34, 35, 38, 51
Ladders: 3, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24, 29, 32, 35
Heavy Rescues 9, 14,
Medics 12, 17, 19, 23, 29, 35
ALS 34, ALS 35
District Chiefs D1, D3, D4
Command Staff Cars 1, 2, 4, 211, 301, 311, 544

[@johnhotarick1651]

You gotta love it when a youtuber covers a fire better than any of the local media outlets. The media outlets can't even get the correct date for the Queen City Barrel fire as they are reporting it in 2003. Very good coverage.

[@lamardanielsdatguy757]

Actually the queen Cincinnati barrel fire did happen In 2003

[@frb5237]

@@lamardanielsdatguy757 2004

[@johnhotarick1651]

@@lamardanielsdatguy757 Just relaying what Chief Washington said during an interview. If I am correct in my thinking, he was still riding the back step on E-23 at the time.

[@CincinnatiFireApparatus]

Thanks for the nice comment - appreciate it! Also, the Queen City Barrel fire took place August 19, 2004 so the reporting was definitely incorrect.

[@jthompz57]

That jake on the ladder in the opening scene was enough for me

[@williamschlenger1518]

I'm always impressed by the Deck gun. Cincinnati has great fire equipment,👍

[@michaelbaker9330]

Good to see the Deck Guns being used

[@vanessahuman7607]

Like they say on code two zero, unless someone dies it's not new worthy

[@jmWhyMe]

Old rigs, trucks without ladder pipes... Cincinnati doesn't seem to support their FD very well, but these crews make do with the stone age gear and kick @$$!!!!!

[@jambcom6519]

Every ladder truck that I see has a piped water way on it………..

[@jmWhyMe]

@@jambcom6519 look again

[@jmWhyMe]

@@jambcom6519 ladder 19 had to rig 5" hose up the stick

[@jambcom6519]

@@jmWhyMe gee….what are those pipes hanging just below the ladder? Maybe not each one……but the majority, as a Captain on an E-One ladder

[@jmWhyMe]

@@jambcom6519 like I said L19 did not have a ladder pipe. Being snarky won't change that. I know what ladder pipes look like

[@DarrylKing-ur5km]

Hopefully one Day in my life Cincinnati FD will smart & Order Ladder Towers . YES they are very Expensive indeed but if they could get at least 4 they'll bring safe working Elevations for the Fireman with less Climbing.. Yes it's the first fire department I get it, but 100ft in a Bucket beats the hell out of 100ft on a stick any Day !

[@brandonscott9983]

How many fire departments are there in the Cincy area? Have they ever had to call in volunteers to cover the city before?

[@CincinnatiFireApparatus]

The Cincinnati Fire Dept has 26 stations, and there are 36 other fire departments in Hamilton County (where Cincinnati is located). Cincinnati rarely calls for mutual aid on fires because there are typically adequate resources available in the city. There were some county units called to the scene of this fire for relief purposes but they do not cover Cincinnati fire stations.

[@kenmeinken8115]

I heard that during the 1967 riots, Mack VFD (now Green Township) covered some western Cincinnati areas. IDK if that is accurate

[@robertbroughton1443]

If the city request that county units cover the cities houses, then they do honor that request, and vice versa.

[@robertgildea2841]

I am watching from Elmira NY good job Cincinnati Ohio fire department

[@CincinnatiFireApparatus]

Thanks for watching and appreciate the comment!

[@greg2976]

According to the local media. It was a 7 alarm fire! So who is right?

[@CincinnatiFireApparatus]

The latest reports from the CFD I saw still said 6. Springdale's tower ladder was called in later in the day for relief purposes so that may have been the 7th alarm. The main body of the fire was knocked down by Noon and for the active part of the event it was at 6 so that is what I called it in the description.

[@greg2976]

@@CincinnatiFireApparatus Thank you for clearing it up!

[@user-zn7xw7rl1w]

❤ 😢

[@williamschlenger1518]

It looks like a city of abandoned buildings.

[@kenmeinken8115]

The fire was very close to the old Crosley Radio building which is on the National Historical Places list, built in the 1920's. That area of Cincinnati was a major manufacturing area a century ago. The fire itself was in a building already slated for demolition.

[@mccuenoirfilms]

This is in the Camp Washington Neighborhood, which has always been a big industrial area and is full of old warehouses and some old 19th Century residential streets. Most of the warehouses are in use or are being rehabilitated while some are vacant. The area is currently experiencing a renaissance though!