When their SCBA low air warning bells began to sound, the E9 Captain and one firefighter from his unit exited the house, leaving two firefighters, one from Engine 9 and one from Engine 6 on the attack line. After exchanging their air cylinders, they reentered and relieved the other E9 firefighter, who then exited to exchange his air cylinder. The E6 Captain also exited to exchange his air cylinder, leaving two crew members from Truck 4 on the back-up line, while the other two crew members from Truck 4 were conducting a search in the section of the original structure at the opening of the addition on the ground floor. At this point most of the visible flames in the ground floor interior had been knocked down and the attack line had been advanced into the large room. The back-up line was at the doorway between the kitchen and the rear part of the house.
The E9 Captain then moved toward the east to investigate a glow, leaving the two firefighters with the attack line. He followed the back-up line into the kitchen, where he met up with the two crew members from Truck 4. The E9 Captain and the other Truck 4 crew member, who had completed their search, were moving toward the front of the house to exit, when they passed the E6 Captain, who had reentered and was moving toward the rear.
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