Just after 1500 hours, the box alarm was transmitted for the home on fire in the area of 7411 Central Avenue. Initial 9-1-1 calls reported seeing smoke and flames from a rowhouse in that area. Tower Ladder 33 was assigned as the 2nd due Ladder Company on the assignment and responded with six volunteers. Engine Company 8 was the first unit to arrive in the area and reported a corrected address of 7315 Calder Drive and smoke showing. Tower Ladder 33 arrived within minutes as dispatched and went to work. The interior team check the exposures initially and then were re-assigned to the basement division once the fire was confirmed to be there. They performed searches, ventilated from the interior, opened-up and checked for extension. Meanwhile the exterior crew performed VES measures from ladders to the second floor, ventilated the upper floors and the roof from the bucket of the Tower Ladder. The fire was extinguished by taking a line from the front, first floor entrance into the basement and was confined quickly. Tower Ladder 33 operated for approx. one-hour and fifteen minutes before returning to service. Photo courtesy the Ritchie VFD, Co. 37.