As fire swept through a Hartford home in the early evening of Oct. 7, 2014, five firefighters inside the second-floor living room heard a commander's desperate radio call to "bail out."
"All units out of the building now."
Engine 16 Lt. John Moree would later tell investigators he searched for, but couldn't find, his partner, firefighter Kevin Bell, who was manning a hose inside the room. Moree got out nearly three minutes after the first of a series of orders to evacuate the house.
With a commander urgently ordering Engine 16 to account for its members, radio calls from Moree to Bell came fast and frequently.
"Engine 16b, 16c report," Moree yelled over the radio.