Bolero Dr 2nd Alarm House Fire

[@ac-te9cg]

Iv been a volunteer firefighter for 9 years. Fast knock down. Didn’t look like anyone got hurt. Officer giving his firefighters clear orders so they know who’s doing what before they arrive. The only thing I can say was the other engine blocked the ladder truck from the front of the house. But then again this department May do things different. So great job all. Stay safe and thank you for EVERYTHING you all do

[@haroldenglish943]

My thoughts as well about blocking not just the ladder but any additional units coming in. The engine was already designed as a supply engine so move up to stage closer but far enough to allow truck/ladder to get good position and start running supply lines to attack engine and truck.

[@martywinter7399]

Alex, get me some coffee!

[@Zstray17]

I came here for all the comments from the people who do it better.

[@JJGeneral1]

Oh they're out in force on this one...

[@JJGeneral1]

DC-8 Tailpost except, no we don’t. I guess you forgot what the word “volunteer” means. I’ll give you a minute to look it up. Or wait, did you comment without knowing all the info first? Wow, I’m shocked! Way to do a 5 second search to find out that these guys VOLUNTEER. They put their lives on the line for NO PAY. Oops, did you just embarrass yourself?

[@JJGeneral1]

DC-8 Tailpost nah, you definitely don’t know how rural departments work. No one is paid. That’s why it’s called “company” at the end. Volunteer fire company. The entire organization, from board of directors to line officers, all non paid. You really think they “work for you”? Most of these departments get ZERO FUNDING through taxes to operate and have to spend the majority of their time fundraising to just keep the lights on. They have to apply for, and fight one another, for grants to get bits of equipment at a time updated to today’s standards. You certainly don’t know about this, and it’s showing.

[@jimstevenson9033]

Dam "Skip" didn't miss a beat, he had you water before the other crew which were up there stretched prior to you guys, Good Operator!! Nice Knockdown, would have been nice to see more of this vid!! Stay Safe Brothers from a 35yr Vol., Vet..

[@Hortonfarms1]

One of the best actual fire entries I’ve seen.

[@cadet117]

This Captain knows his shit, giving clear, concise commands to both his rig crew and interior attack teams. My hat is off to you Captain.

[@TowMater603]

I'm just here to read the comments ! But for realz , i miss doing this for a living. i'd like to see more.

[@MamaToFive]

OMG the bass vibrations of the truck...how SATISFYING that is!

[@jenbrixton6834]

Fantastic footage my lovely.

[@1Medflight]

Excellent video one of the best I have seen, thank you.

[@1stduedawg]

Should do more of those video! Love it!

[@WilliamPozo]

Amazing work. Thank you for your service.

[@GreenIronGarage]

Ah the old forget to unbuckle the seat belt before jumping out thing, at least he didn't end up hanging out the door all wrapped up in SCBA and seat belt straps.....been there done that!

[@hosedragger-204]

But have you knocked yourself on your ass because you forgot to duck on the way out the back door?

[@aaronmichael7116]

"Stick with Skip"..... sounds like a cool blog radio show !!!! ;-) No running on the fire scene Captain !!!

[@JJ-iu6jp]

Blowing the air horn for the grasshoppers and mosquitos to clear the way.

[@jojotheweirdone]

J J they do it to let any car know ahead that they are speeding down. It’s difficult for a heavy truck like theirs to stop quickly if needed.

[@vinpiazzo801]

jojotheweirdone that's literally what any siren is for.

[@loganchurch5631]

@@vinpiazzo801 People like to text and drive so honking your horn will help them actually look up and pay attention sometimes just a siren won't alert everybody as they might think you are farther away. So pretty much better safe then sorry.

[@ryankraus1992]

Very funny comment! I like his tactic though, he blared it before any turn they were approaching. Seemed to be effective in my opinion.

[@elwolf8536]

Coz it's awesome

[@engineer5213]

Skip is a badass... wish he was on my department.

[@laurakirk9988]

Awesome, awesome work! Thank you all firefighters for what you do, my prayer for you is that the Good Lord put his hand of protection over you, take your hand and lead you through all situations safely through and out. May your lives be blessed forever

[@thomasfletcher4109]

Amen

[@JJ-iu6jp]

Amen

[@thomasfletcher4109]

Excellent work and quick attack ! Great video . Subbed

[@scotthadler6490]

Quick attack??? Come to Australia we have attack line out and showing water under 40 seconds from on scene.

[@ThatGuyA300]

That may be so in Australia, but here in Chester County that is a very quick attack especially for a volunteer department. This may be the case for most of Chester County’s fire departments as most are all volunteer and are unable to leave quick enough with a full crew. I would know being a West Chester firefighter, sometimes we only get a 4-man crew in the engine including driver and officer, and it becomes difficult to deploy an attack line that quick with that little people. Paid departments are different as they have people who are paid to staff the station and run calls. They will get full crews out very quickly. But most of our volunteer companies usually have people that run calls from their houses. So they will be dispatched from their house to go to the firehouse to gear up and respond.

[@cpo87]

I like that OIC. Sharp guy💪🏾💪🏾

[@Scousefire]

Loving the air horn comments, most of the complainers have only ever honked in anger out of their backside! Who cares how much they blow the air horn, as long as the rig arrives on scene as quickly as possible.

[@lucaswielfaert6738]

Sergio, what camera are you using? Great quality video and fire scene tactics

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

I'd wish we had such empty streets in our area, then I could respond to calls without sirens all day long ^^

[@markbaldwin2388]

Nice job and great video.

[@elwolf8536]

ALEX!!! 😂😂😂

[@isulsten8379]

good work guys !!!!

[@firedude5135]

Just curious why the attack engine didn't pull past? Knowing the truck was coming, they should have pulled past, left the front open, the supply engine could have gone nose to nose with attack engine. Not trying to be snotty, but is that this FD's SOP? Just curious.

[@FromGamingwithLove0456]

Some do argue that's the biggest drawback to the transverse since it tends to lure Engines into the pocket where you'd traditionally stage a ladder... that certainly seems to be the case in this video. I don't think it ends up being detrimental but does make the point.

[@firedude5135]

@@FromGamingwithLove0456 True, I think Transitional may have autocorrected to transverse, but yes I do agree with your point.

[@FromGamingwithLove0456]

FireDude513 no I meant transverse... when an engine operator lines up the preconnects so they can be deployed straight out of the beds it typically puts the engine in a space that obstructs the ladder from being in the often ideal location...

[@vinpiazzo801]

Eno M I've started seeing some departments get rid of crosslays and go with purely bed lays for this very reason.

[@firedude5135]

Eno M ok gotcha 👍

[@clydefrog8711]

Awesome video.

[@danielheartsill4269]

Please tell us what city and state we are. We know you know where you are but we don't. As I have seen many times the volunteer departments do a great job. It's especially nice that there are two or three departments there and working very well with each other. Great job guys.

[@eastbrandywinefireco5998]

East Brandywine, Pennsylvania which is west of Philadelphia in Chester County

[@danielheartsill4269]

@@eastbrandywinefireco5998 Thank you for telling as most videos do not tell full information. They will say a city but in many cases that same name for a city could be in ten states.

[@johnathanscherger9314]

Very good video

[@pizzasubs]

Now thats a nice looking truck on the inside, if I may ask, I see that there are 3 mics sitting there on the dash, know that one of them is for the main radio, but the other 2, going to take a guess and say that one of them is for the public address system or PA, but what is the 3rd one for, also, on the inside of the cab, what was that flashing red light on the drivers side?

[@deckgun31]

Andrew Silva Can't speak for this dept., but in my department 3 mics are for: a) Digital Radio - Primary b) VHF Radio - Secondary (Out of County Dept's. and DPW) c) PA System

[@markfryer9880]

I would guess that the red flashing light is to indicate to the driver that the emergency lights are operating.

[@sebastiangutierrezarce8034]

Good job!

[@2011batman1]

Wow!

[@robsr.5518]

Lol, You had the second fire truck do all the work, They knocked it down.

[@gavinhoeft2228]

What is that hose load called that came off the bumper?

[@killianmackenzie420]

Gavin Hoeft I’m not sure what they call it. When I was a volunteer back about 15 years ago I often referred to and heard it referred to as a “ trash line” because we often used that to put out dumpster fires

[@anthonywomack8740]

It was kind of a bad angle to get a good look. We currently use a modified scorpion load on my dept. this looks like maybe a modified Cleavland load

[@thomasfletcher4109]

I think he said " bumper line "

[@anthonywomack8740]

Thomas Fletcher it is a bumper line, but Killian is asking what hose load it is.

[@thomasfletcher4109]

Ok , from what i just researched , it looks like an " accordian load "

[@rescue75squad750]

This guy is a good wagon officer.

[@heavy7799]

Get some more pressure to that nozzle. Def did not have correct PSI at pump. Well done otherwise. Way to be second due but first water.

[@stevenkelly9731]

The 1st due was slow as hell.. No aggression shown at all.

[@FromGamingwithLove0456]

Pressure was probably fine actually but take a look at the hose... was kinked in about 10 different places from the deployment. So I asked myself what the dude on his knees right next to the hose was doing and I admit I put my judgment cap on... That dude was on his knees putting his mask / helmet on for well over a minute... meanwhile the camera guy had deployed the line and got that initial water flowing in half that time... and nobody straightened the line out for him. I'll take my judgment cap off when I say this- but that basic donning / doffing program needs to be screwed on tight otherwise other aspects of the call will suffer. In this case, instead of being able to unkink the line the guy is busy trying to square himself away. Meanwhile I have no clue what was going on with the first due line... If I had to guess I know it's not uncommon for the operators to go and try and secure the hydrant supply first, prior to charging the attack line. If that was indeed the case I hope the responding department takes a look at that and makes some adjustments to their training. You've got between 5-8 minutes of water on the truck and you're not getting paid more to bring it all home. Use it... and while it's being used sort out your hydrant supply. There was literally minutes of water application lost and with what looked to me like unidirectional flow indications coming from that front window there's no doubt that furnace is on full blast. And let me be clear about one other thing- few departments of any description are doing a lot of fires anymore and as a result things get rusty and little mistakes happen... But we all need to take some responsibility for our own programs and if someone I worked with took over a minute to mask up while I did all the work you can bet they'd hear about it.

[@kenmeinken8115]

@@FromGamingwithLove0456 I definitely agree about using onboard water! When I engineered a truck, the first thing I did outside was to open the tank dump valve. I usually had pressure on the outlets within 20-30 seconds of my boots hitting the ground. I also agree about straightening out the kinks in the line. If you pull a preconnect and get spaghetti, straighten it out before taking it to the fire!

[@RespectableRSYt]

@@kenmeinken8115 Same on tank water, but i'm from urban rural combo and got my starts on 100% no hydrant are, water shuttles all day. I used to have my first attack line flowing and if tender arrived with the engine I wouldn't even be half empty by the time the crew had a drop tank setup. With enough practice you could crack open the inlet with some prime and draft water without losing pressure.

[@mbail64]

Get headsets save your hearing. They even make them wireless so pump operators can still move around

[@jordanmartin9769]

what is your guy's supply line? is it 5 inch

[@eastbrandywinefireco5998]

Yes it is a 5 inch supply line

[@monsterford8009]

Good attack second in had water before 1st due

[@tonylogan6994]

Heroes !!!! 😅

[@hfdshrimp3973]

My question is why he didn’t bleed the line before attacking, that’s why the stream was so inconsistent

[@JJGeneral1]

so the initial spray in the grass wasn't bleeding it?

[@allanr6132]

What's the purpose of spraying a bit of water off to the side then closing the nozzle before actually attacking a fire? See this all the time but don't understand it.

[@TheBIGGDIZZLE]

Allan R getting the air out of the line

[@TheBIGGDIZZLE]

And checking to make sure it’s the proper stream

[@allanr6132]

@@TheBIGGDIZZLE Thanks man. Been wondering about that for years!

[@allanr6132]

@@TheBIGGDIZZLE Love the name to!

[@FromGamingwithLove0456]

In addition to the things already mentioned- particularly with a fog nozzle of the type used in the video you can verify a few things including the pattern shape and that it isn't partially blocked, as well as pressure of the line. If they anticipate going indoors sometimes the guy on the nozzle will ask for the operator to keep the pressure down a bit to make hoses a little easier to maneuver around tight corners. This is done with the potential risk of increasing the likelihood of kinks but it depends on how the company / department train.

[@widebody2010]

Guy blasting the horn is playing to the camera.

[@thedeathwalrus8909]

What psi was that nozzle at hahaha seemed like abnormally low pressure

[@steve1978ger]

seems fine to me, no need to rip the house apart

[@thedeathwalrus8909]

steve1978ger im new the to fire service but it seems to me if hes gunna straight stream that fire they’d wanna attack it offensively at a higher pressure to get control of it. We typically put all our hoses at 150-200 psi for any interior attack. But tell me why you think his pressure was ok

[@thedeathwalrus8909]

steve1978ger i thought a lower pressure just lightly cools it down and drowns it if held on for a while. And that bitch was burning seemed like it was flashinng over for a second

[@paintballgaming1090]

Matthew Somera He also had about 5 to 10 kinks

[@thedeathwalrus8909]

PaintballGaming then those guys gotta work on laying there hoses better hahaha

[@tonyboss3025]

nice video man also check out 10 alarm see Jeffstang fire p4 inferno marcal paper factory a must see unbelievable wow

[@lorknozzel11]

video was too short

[@firedude5135]

At least the engineer is wearing his headset. SMH.

[@lcmark]

That's why the officer is YELLING at his crew throughout. If everyone wore headsets there wouldn't be a need. But I *did* laugh when he was trying to get the engineer's attention at the scene, and the engineer was still wearing his headset.

[@owensweetland342]

1:00 cranking the Q. Not a soul around. Lol.

[@metro33777]

Should I put my hat on? No, yes, no, yes. OH NO, leaves not getting out of the way, I better hit the air horn . There is no traffic but I must use the horn. Hat now, noo. OH CRAP, more leaves! OH, time to put on my helmet now, wait , more leaves means more horn! WOW cars ahead as I turn but no leaves so nothing to do. Should I put my helmet on now? No, but it feels great in my hands! I see leaves but there is traffic so I change tactics from reaching for horn to grabbing for microphone! Let's talk on the radio. I see a car so is it ok to pull the horn now with no leaves blowing? I better do it! My hat feels so good in my hand I just wish that I had some cream to rub on it and put some on my hair to keep it nice, I am on TV now after all! Pull the horn! Ok I put on hat now, I feel confident it is time. OK time to get out but damn the seat belt wont come with me. Can't do anymore. My comments above are purely brother firefighting fun. These guys got there and got the fire out. I always welcome critique of my fire ground operations. Maybe one comment can make us aware of something unknown which could prevent an injury or death I want to know! Recliner firemen, please don't stop commenting.

[@HansPeter-xj1og]

junge junge wie kann man so unentspannt drauf sein

[@schmegle1]

Great use of the excessive air horn and siren to move all that traffic..

[@chloehennessey6813]

Be cool to be a fireman. Just too bad the patriarchy in my town and the Good ole boy network won’t allow me to. It’s my fathers fault and I still don’t like him for what he did.

[@cameron7336]

You know you can change that by proving them wrong. But I guess its easier to complain

[@stevenkelly9731]

Join anyway....if not them start applying to larger paid depts...start getting ready.

[@chloehennessey6813]

SpawnerismHD Films Instead of just judging me why not ask the question why? Because it’s easier to leave a flippant answer? I live in a small town. I tried to join the department. I wanted to be on the airpac team. I wanted to be the one with the hose fogging while entering. I had the paperwork filled out and ready. The captain had me all set up for a fire science course at University of Texas. My father put an end to it. Unofficially in as few terms as possible it was said he told them their funding would be halved if they accepted me. And he could spin it and they knew he could spin it. So I got sidelined. But yea like you said I guess it’s easier to just complain then make a department hire me and lose half it’s manpower and even more of its equipment budget. 😐

[@markfryer9880]

Sorry to hear about your troubles, but it sort of sounds like Daddy doesn't want his Little Girl to a Female Firefighter. It is also possible that your Mother told him to stop you. You need to have a calm reasonable discussion about the matter with both of them. You may have to allow a little bit of time for them to adjust to your desired career path. Keep working and training towards your goals.

[@RespectableRSYt]

@@chloehennessey6813 Then go to another town. Don't let others hold you back from your dreams father or not. Women can be excellent firefighters but be prepared to prove yourself.

[@lilbanz1859]

I fell bad the kids who living An don't their epic email an password

[@rickymcgowan2243]

Is there any need for all the air horn use when you have a siren like you do. Absolutely ridiculous.

[@Fire-se9sg]

Ricky McGowan gets your attention doesn’t it? It’s part of our training to use that in conjunction with the siren. If that makes it ridiculous to follow training and a protocol then so be it. We’ll just let them respond code 1 to your place then if you ever need them

[@markfryer9880]

Amazing as it sounds but a siren can get masked by the soundproofing of today's cars and if the driver has music playing the tones can get lost. An agreesively used air horn is a lot harder to ignore, but some drivers and pedestrians still manage to do it. I think that it might come down to vehicle manufacturers being forced to modify car systems to include a warning system for emergency services vehicles. Something like the radio repeater overlay system used by road tunnel control rooms to provide warning messages to drivers.

[@vinpiazzo801]

Considering the cars were already pulled over, I think they heard the Q just fine. You're all just making up scenarios in your head to justify over usage of the airhorn. I bet you're all the same people that blast the Q and airhorn through an empty residential at 3am instead of just setting the siren to wail and leaving it

[@markbaldwin2388]

Some people are tone deaf, air horn just adds safety. Anyone complaining about this really doesn't know much about running code. Blast that horn, keep yourselves safe and the public.

[@FromGamingwithLove0456]

There's a saying that a duck's quack doesn't echo and nobody knows why... well the same can be true of the air horn- it probably echoes a bit but regardless sirens can be very difficult to localize... much more so than the air horn. The air horn can provide that blast of white noise that does help to indicate the direction of approach better than the siren alone. I don't generally watch the runs in so it may have been excessive in this case?

[@spdklls7]

So annoying how he plays with the siren n horn

[@kentuckycoalroller7593]

Why is it such a big deal?