This afternoon #YourAnchorageFireFighters converged on a midtown scene following a report of smoke filling a large multi-structure, multi-family complex called into #AFDDispatch. Mutliple crews set out to investigate which structure the light haze seeped from while #AFDStation5FightinFifth established a water supply and other appartuses staged nearby. Mid-effort, a resident flagged down firefighters... In preparation for an event, they were testing their smoke machine. *PHEW* That could have bee

#YourAnchorageFireFighters sometimes perform standby duties down at the Port of Alaska when companies handle sensitive materials. #AFDBShift manning Engine-1 from #AFDStation1TheBigHouse took on that duty today. Thankfully, this assignment wrapped up without any fanfare and the crew enjoyed watching the heavy machinery operators expertly maneuver connex around the yard and to an awaiting barge. The crew went back into service ready for whatever #AFDDispatch sends their way. #AFDCommunity #Anchor

When #YourAnchorageFireFighters #AFDCShift arrived on scene of a hillside home under construction with flames rising out the roof and into the cold night sky, they found a homeowner worried about his two black lab pups still inside. Firefighters freed the dogs, who high-tailed it out of there the second a path was available. The homeowner, a family member, and a firefighter were able to track them down while AFD personnel started a tender cycle to bring water up from a hydrant accessed at Servic