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2-Alarm Fire…Not sure where this one is from
July 8th 2010 @ 11:30 p.m, firefighters were called to a house fire in the 19300 block of 73B Avenue. When they arrived, they found the house fully involved with heavy fire in the roof area. A 2nd alarm was called bringing more firefighters to the scene. The fire is thought ot have started by a faulty barbecue.
House Destroyed In Woonsocket
Here is a well involved house fire in Woonsocket. The ladder pipe was placed into service as well as some handlines.
500 Gallons Will Only Go So Far
I am not sure where this video is from, one of the trucks says Lawrence Township on it. The house is fully involved upon arrival. A solid stream handline is deployed right away and unfortunately the water on the rig doesn’t last but so long (I am assuming 500 gallons). Either way, more or less, the water will only last so long until you get a hydrant. You can see towards the end of the video that the firefighter on the hydrant needs an adapter he has to get from the rig to make the connection.
The facts will astound you…
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Enjoy these two videos of firefighters enjoying some hi-jinx around the station! Hat tip to to Dave Statter for sending the links! If you have one to share let me know!
This is a short one. Could they be any louder as they snuck in?
This one is long as hell…
Apparently June was a great month for idiots! I have to admit I love watching this stuff. However, If find myself cringing through most of it. I just don’t get what some of these people get out of punishing themselves so bad.
Enjoy!
Check out this news coverage of multiple firefighters being rescued from the first and second floor of a house fire. The fire occurred in New Haven Connecticut.
I couldn’t find any information on this fire so it might be an older video (as confirmed in the comments it was a few years ago). It was recently added to youtube. Well worth the watch whether it is new or not though!
Check out this video of a vehicle fire on the interstate. The Chief ends up on the line and promptly shows off his suppression abilities! In all seriousness though, the firefighters were great examples to the Chief on how to properly dress for a fire. Maybe the Chief will take a hint!
I love how the firefighter promptly steps on the hoseline when the Chief loses control!
The video below shows numerous Polish firefighters rescuing two people from the third story of a building that is going pretty good. The firefighters set a ground ladder to rescue the civilians and the unthinkable happens.
The video is slow to start, stick with it as it quickly becomes a learning experience.
The firefighters didn’t really have many other options for a different outcome. The only thing I noticed that might not have been ideal is the angle of the ladder. In the conditions they were operating under they had to act swift though!
Check it out!
Hat tip to Nate Camfiord for this link posted on facebook!
Enjoy this 6 part series that is actually almost a year old. The great thing is that it is brand new if you have never seen it before! From the scooby sheets to the hula girl in the front of the rig…this is a great view of the Fire Service in America.
This video has it all… Aerials, platforms, standing room only, electric lines being pulled, A fire related song playing, plenty of firefighters, and a great overview of the scene. The only thing it is missing is the fire itself. Kudos to the videographer. Unfortunately, he didn’t get on scene quick enough to catch fire blowing through the roof. Great video anyways!
If they only knew they only need a little bit of gasoline! What an idiot! Seems as though he got what he deserved!
Another Arsonist Sets Himself On Fire – Watch more Funny Videos
Bonus video: If it won’t light it is probably because there is too much gasoline! It isn’t lighting because there isn’t any oxygen…sure, just add more gasoline! FAIL!
Ex-Girlfriend Fails At Revenge – Watch more Funny Videos
This video below is titled “Firemen Intimidated By Electrical Fire”. Apparently the firefighters are on scene of an electrical fire. In the video, one firefighter makes an attempt to extinguish the fire using an extinguisher. It doesn’t work. Intimidated I think not. Sometimes it just isn’t as easy as putting the wet stuff on the red stuff.
A fire in a small single family dwelling claimed the life of one person on the 24th. Here is video from the fire.
I don’t know about you but if I pull up on a house like this I am pulling 2 1/2″ line with a solid tip on it. Providing I have the water that is.
I don’t know much more than the video shows. I do see some 2 1/2″ line being stretched though.
From the vid:
Heavy smoke from a distance was an indication the firefighters from Bellingham knew they were going to work at this house on Cross St. on March 21, 2010. This 1 sty occupied house was fully involved and a 2nd alarm was called.
It took about an hour to knock down the fire.
Full video in Volume 25 at http://www.providencefirevideos.com
Firefighters battle flames, snow, and bitter temperatures. View article here.
Cold temperatures and a thick blanket of snow dogged firefighters early Sunday as they battled a house blaze in Lancaster Township.
“It definitely made things tough for us,” Lancaster Township Fire Department Chief Ron Comfort Jr. said.
Firefighters were dispatched to 1725 Southport Drive at 1:19 a.m. after several people in the neighborhood called 911 to report the house was ablaze.
Alex Capece of Raising Ladders has been blogging since becoming a firefighter/paramedic for DCFD (Sept. 2008). He flaunts his ability behind a camera every chance he gets. His story is actually quite interesting as well.
His photography isn’t the only great part of his blog though. He writes with passion and he does it very well.
He has now added a new notch in the blogging bedpost….video. He recently uploaded a video to the Nikon Festival “A Day Through Your Lens” competition. The video is awesome! Alex works at Engine 26 and captures some great video including some helmet camera footage!
I am not exactly sure how the contest works, but it appears to me that his video has been chosen as one of the top 50 contenders. Now I believe it is up to the judges.
Oh yeah…and I am one who always tries to give credit where it is due so I must admit that Captain Wines of the Engine 9 Blog gave me the heads up on this one!
Check out this video of a fully involved house on arrival in Chicago.
Yeah….I am one of those guys who still can’t get over the use of 3/4 boots, but it works for them so be it. I am also not a fan of long coats for dexterity reasons.
Check out this house fire in Norway? The fire is blowing out many windows as the video begins playing. Then pay attention to :14 seconds in at the possible smoke explosion in the rear of the structure.
The firefighters are certainly up against it in this fire, but they were able to get the last word. At one point you can see firefighters exiting the structure at the same time exterior crews are flowing water outside.
They call in the big gun around the 1:34 mark and put the fire out with a foam truck. Apparently one person died in the fire.
Does anyone know where this fire was exactly?
Here is something you rarely see in my department. Venting the roof on a single family dwelling. It isn’t that we don’t want to do it and it isn’t that we don’t know how to do it. It is more of a culture of firefighting that hasn’t included venting roofs on SFD’s. Manpower certainly has something to do with it…but I think the culture is more so the culprit.
This isn’t a bad thing. If you look around my town you will not see any plumes of smoke from fires still burning because we didn’t vent the roof. Actually, we are a very aggressive fire department and have managed to get by w/o venting roofs all the time. That being said, as most of you all know who are on departments who do vent roofs on sfd’s, it certainly has its benefits and its place in firefighting!!!
One thing that my department would have done that wasn’t done from what we can see in this video is setting ground ladders. My dept. would have thrown at least 2 ground ladders: one to the roof and one to a second floor window.
Did you notice anything you might have done differently? Maybe something your department doesn’t do that you wish they did.
Here is some pretty decent footage from a bystander at a fire in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on the 22nd. Apparently in Fort Lauderdale the Cops take the front of the structure. Notice where the PD stops and parks.
You have to watch the video for the very awkward and short communication between the camera operator and a woman who
At 6:00 : “That’s crazy…Is that fabulous? No that is not fabulous.”
Here are some videos of fires which occurred on Thanksgiving Day 2009. I will probably add more videos throughout the day Friday as they are uploaded to youtube. Feel free to submit a link or send in your photos/info.
Unknown Location
Part 1 of 2 – This fire was apparently recorded by the owners/occupants of the house. According to the data on youtube, the fire started shortly after they parked a classic corvette after taking it for a spin.
Part 2 of 2
Santa Maria, California
Fire in Santa Barbara County, California on Thanksgiving day.The Santa Maria Fire Department responded to this fire in Tanglewood on Teakwood drive. More on the fire here.
Sandwich, Massachusetts
House Explosion in Sandwich, Massachusetts. FireGeezer has the spectacular photo from the explosion here.
SANDWICH Joseph Kuzava was seriously injured when the home he rents at 8 Chaucer Street apparently exploded early this morning. A water heater was installed at the home yesterday, according to family members, and Kuzava complained about a smell of gas following the installation.
Kuzava suffered second-degree burns to his upper torso and was flown by medical helicopter to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, his sister Cathy Kuzava said this morning. He was put on a respirator because of the heavy medication doctors administered but he is expected to survive, she said.
Terre Haute, Indiana
House fire in Terra Haute, Indiana…with rekindle OOPS!
London
Peckham fire in London. FireGeezer has more on it.
Another Peckham fire video
North Reading
Here is a link for a cabin fire in North Reading (PA?). The lack of hydrants added to the difficulty in putting out the fire. They disabled the embed code.
Fairfield, Connecticut
Chemical fire at Southport warehouse
Narola, Azamgad district, UP
If you can understand it or know more info on it let me know!!
Nova Scotia
Last but not least…a fire at Hooters in Dartmouth Nova Scotia
This video is shot by Guy Zampatori and begins a little earlier than some of the other video I have seen on the fire.
FireGeezer did a write up on this fire here. Bill has been following the stories of dollar stores burning for several months now. STATter 911 also did a story on the fire here. Statter goes into depth on the fire which has arson written all over it.
In no way does this look like a fun fire at all. The amount of thick black smoke is not amusing at all. Here are two videos, I will check back later for more because they are just being uploaded to youtube now.
The story is here:
ATLANTIC CITY – November 21, 2009 (WPVI) — Atlantic City fire crews battled a multi-alarm fire on the Atlantic City pier Saturday evening.
“All of a sudden it just erupted, it just exploded, we got all of our stuff down,” arcade operator Chris Ornduff said.
“In one minute, first you saw smoke and then one minute later flames were shooting 30 feet in the air,” arcade manager Chris Burke said. Read the entire story
Bonus Video
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Bonus video from after the fire
Its ok…The Fire Critic is secure in his masculinity and can handle posting male firefighters with washboard abs on the blog!
Check out this video on the making of a firefighter calendar.
However, not to be outdone I did find a “making of” for the Fire Girls calendar. BE WARNED, this might or might not be Safe For Work. Just to error on the side of caution you might just stick to the dudes above.
Ok, lets get back on track with the 2010 Toronto Firefighter Calendar below:
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