Detroit MI Trip 05/17-05/21/2012 Photo Gallery by NEFirePhoto.com: Fire Photography of Pat Travers at pbase.com

Detroit MI Trip 05/17-05/21/2012

From May 17th through May 21st Ken LaBelle, Dave Cinq Mars, Bob Myers, Sean McNulty, Doug Dow, and myself visited the city of Detroit MI to observe their fire department in action. During the trip, we took in box alarms all around the city and watched as Detroit firefighters battled over 20-fires that we took in during our 5-day visit. These were only fires that we observed, as there were several others during our stay, some occurring simultaneously. The Detroit Fire Department does an amazing job battling the extremely high numbers of fires in their city, dispite budget and staffing cuts. Arson is a major problem in the city, and it is fueled by an extremely high number of vacant structures in the city. In 2010, the city of Detroit's population was reported to be 713, 777. Compare that to the population of 1,849,568 in 1950 at the height of the auto industry in the motor city. It is truely amazing to watch the firefighters of the city battle day after day, night after night the seemingly endless number of building fires, in very dangerous situations. The images in these galleries are proof of their high skill set in their profession. The speed that these fires are knocked down and placed under control is a sight to see.

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05/17/2012 Still Alarm Detroit MI	05/17/2012 W/F Detroit MI	05/17/2012 Industrial Fire Ferndale MI	05/17 - 05/21/2012 Random Images Detroit MI

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