Controlled House Burn Time-Lapse

On November 16, 2018 the Waukee Fire Department completed a controlled burn on a house located at 640 Locust Street in Waukee. In total the burn took about 90 minutes to complete. Check out this time-lapse of the entire burn from start to finish.

[@akcarl]

Thank you for sharing videos like these! I've always worked on departments that don't have these opportunities, it is nice to be able to learn from your training.

[@dawneyg805]

We'll erm, just stand and watch with a cuppa, while the house burns down!!! Lol.

[@bryanhusman2508]

I understand control burns, training or too hazardous to knock down etc, but I really hate seeing that old farm houses going up in smoke like that, the history of these old places. If those old walls could talk.

[@carguy4658]

It looked like it was still a fairly nice little house. I have certainly lived in worse.

[@cjsadman3750]

I agree I dont like seeing old houses destroyed 😕

[@diamondzombie3781]

The people who used to live there.....

[@gibco25-offical56]

Likely had mold investigation or other problems that could not be fixxed and looked like it was sitting for years

[@barbarajeffries]

Wow, that monitor put out crazy water!

[@adamviettraunle1305]

I think they saved the house pretty well😂

[@justagal4661]

😂😂

[@markk25216]

Saved the foundation hopefully?

[@ciarajassovaldovinos]

😣😭😭🤦🏻‍♀️😀😒😠🥺😟😟

[@since1356]

The point was to burn it down

[@Foxy-22O8]

@@since1356r/whoosh

[@bigguys45s29]

(insert Talking Heads David Byrne joke right over here)

[@danallansarthou7]

Pretty well as house?

[@cringekid9638]

wow

[@antoniorivera6939]

That is what we do as a volunteer fire department

[@danwoodward23]

Why don't they aim the big hose at the fire?

[@tbmurdoch2207]

You may have the answer now since you asked two years ago, but if you don't: The ground-mount monitor was used to prevent the flame from igniting anything down wind. We called it a rooster tail in the Alberta department to which I belonged, and its purpose is to put up a water spray between a burning structure and other materials (trees, structures, vehicles, etc) that could ignite. Hope that's clear. And, you asked an excellent question. 🙂

[@DariusKu]

If they didn’t use water fire would stop faster

[@normalnate3447]

But if that is dry grass the fire would spread

[@user-be6tp1dp8m]

why not just destroy it with some machinery?

[@normalnate3447]

So they can test how the fire is

[@Flunkybadger]

Might have been needed to clear disease (e.g black mould)

[@SapphirasMama]

Its also good training. To see jow the fire destroys which part of the house the quickest vs the slowest. What to look for if different accelerants are used. What other materials burn quicker and hotter and which materials burn much slower

[@gibco25-offical56]

Cheaper by doing this

[@mooziyang9624]

Is not controlled

[@joshuabasig2404]

Wow im so much impressed to see this kind of Dumb under control fire😀

[@tamekkaknuth9612]

How does it feel to be used as a pawn for your personal gain and benefit. Worthless and thxs for reminding me of 2010-2014 and Roosevelt st too

[@br1ann88]

I don’t really see the point to this besides for documentation purposes lol

[@alainleger1520]

J'ai du mal à comprendre la méthode de l'attaque

[@theeraphatsunthornwit6266]

Wyhy jot buld concrete home

[@abdulmajid768]

Uff

[@Michtario]

Why turn the hose on for nothing?

[@gibco25-offical56]

So it don’t get out of control on accident