15th St & Ashland - DVD and VHS

This video features the 5-11 and 1 special call from 15th St & Ashland that occured on October 18th of 2005. The Main Fire Alarm Office dispatched a Still & Box alarm and first arriving companies immediately reported a fire. The fire was quickly elevated to extra alarms, eventually reaching a 5-11 and 1 special call.

The building was a 2-story wax factory measuring 125x200. The buidling faced 15th Street and backed right up to the Burlington Northern Sante Fe railroad tracks. Two railroad cars, which were on a service track next to the building, were also involved in the fire.

The video includes footage shot from two cameras; the first arrived during the 2-11 and second during the 4-11, with many angles covered at once. Since the action switches between two cameras there are two versions of the video on the DVD's, one with a map icon in the lower-left corner showing where the camera is in reference to the building, and one version without that map. The verison on the VHS casettes are without the map icon.

The video also includes excellent footage shot from a tall buidling nearby, giving a clear overview of the entire scene during the 5-11 stage of the fire (see first photo above). If you purchase the DVD, inside the case is a timeline of the alarms and a rundown of which companies responded.