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The strength of Nothern Wayne Fire Company once again tested when they responded to a report of a structural collapse. The location: their fire station.
Inside all five piece of apparatus owned by the deparment were trapped under a roof that gave way to over four feet of snow.
The day of the collapse, volunteer and construction workers secured the exterior walls.
Inside, five pieces of apparatus. The first two piece removed were the ambulance and the squad. This picture show a pumper that remained and how the roof came down.
This shot is from the ambulance by looking at the tanker still burried.
After a tough first day, a plan was developed after consultation with a structual engineer on how to approach the apparatus rescue. Rescue 18 took a lead role once inside the building. 
Snow is removed from the roof of the structure with snowblowers with personnel secures to tower ladder from Hancock NY.
Safety was the upmost concern.
The incident management system was
utilized to manage the incident. 
Company 18 chief officers, Scott Seman and Trent Turner take a break after the last piece of apparatus is removed.
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