Coventry Hills Fire, 30 minute video!!

I arrived at the same time the first truck was arriving, as I jumped out to start to bang on doors the fire fighters were jumping out of the truck and heading towards the house so I ran over and grabbed my truck to move it before more fire trucks showed up.
I started the video as I was coming back down the street and they were just starting to put water on it. I had to end the video as the police started to yell there was a gas leak and we all had to vacate the area.
Hopefully everyone is okay!
Calgary, Alberta Canada

[@rickvaiBBB]

The guy on the top of the ladder truck who right away stopped the house next door from burning, is the hero.

[@bfirefighter3]

No, he’s cleaning up the mess that never should have happened.

[@stuby2014]

@@bfirefighter3 You're right about that. The third house should have never been involved. They should of had a hand line on the B side of the house from the get go while the ladder was taking the stark out of the B side of the fire building.

[@vincentparlante6274]

They did fairly good . But most likely could have maybe done a little more at the beginning to protect that third house sooner. But hey overall not too bad .

[@kimmerrock]

Watching this tore me up. Many years ago myself, my husband and our 6 kids (ages 1-12) survived our house burning down. It was July 7th at 9:00pm , I put the baby down to sleep and was getting a few of the other kids ready for bed when I smelled what I thought were firecrackers. I opened the door to the garage and flames shot into the house. After running through my house and getting all our kids out and to a neighbors ALL I COULD DO WAS COUNT MY KIDS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I did not sleep for 2 days and just watched my kids sleep and carry on (and would continually would count them) in our hotel room. We lost almost every thing (what didn't burn, the soot ruined the rest). It's hard starting again with the clothes on your back, but my family was whole!!! I would not wish this on anyone, ever!

[@ShivKumar-xy7bf]

Hii

[@allanweaverling730]

Great video.Terrible fire fighting.

[@tonyboss3025]

Check out Jeff stang fire p4 inferno marcal paper factory a must see unbelievable wow, 10 alarm 357k views.

[@seanfagan6022]

WHAT Are the 7 spare Fire Fighters employed for ???? Useless spares. @@tonyboss3025

[@Aleksandr-gr1vd]

​@@tonyboss3025отлично горит.Красиво.😊

[@Washoewillie]

The house was sure a mess, but afterward, the front lawn looked marvelous!!

[@benjamindover7399]

Seems like almost every vid I watch is a good training vid for how NOT to put out fires. Sometimes, it takes 12 to 15 minutes from arrival to put the first water on the fire. Neighboring houses seem to always catch fire even when there was plenty of time to prevent that.

[@todd1550]

Look up Stockton California Fire Department. They have great videos and it's night and day the difference in attack strategies. They have knock in under 10 minutes from time of call in most cases.

[@jimsearcy9929]

This was a great response. They saved the foundation.

[@Ottedikkie]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@brandonsandoval9093]

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[@bisonturbo]

you are stupid

[@sherrykfun]

🤣🤣🤣

[@tmilesffl]

Great video that shows how quickly your physical possessions can go up in flames. This is what it looks like when you build houses so close to each other.

[@tonyfincham6126]

Virgil Hilts ,1 most faults have been covered by others ,1 miss use of water on other house ,a good spray would save water damage ,2no attempt to find seat of fire in building 3 crew members just walking ,4 no attempt to still kill fire in roof area ,Yes I have been in charge of all sorts of fires

[@virgilhilts3924]

You have no clue what youre babbling about

[@Jhihmoac]

...Aleays like how the secondary arriving pumpers or apparatus units hook up to the hydrants and lay out their lines while the truck itself slowly moves up the street towards the fire...

[@craigclemens5165]

Meth lab? That’s an unusual amount of fire

[@jatlifevlogs2725]

Oriented strand board houses. They use the thinnest boards possible. Notice how quickly the roof and wall burn through? Truss structure made with 2x4s that are held together with thin steel gusset plates flimsy enough to bend easily in you hand. They have a bunch of little prongs that are stamped into the wood to join pieces together. The prongs on these plates don't extend far into the wood and in a fire, weaken quickly and fail. These structures self vent quickly, burn hot and set the too closely built neighboring structures on fire. They build these houses fast and charge ridiculous prices for them. A well cared for older home is a better way to go.

[@straxx99]

Don't you have any building standard, and why are they placed so close (fire regulations) obviously only in US this happened, and why are your house lot so damn small?

[@jdjones7469]

When you want to pay $300,000.00 for a modest 3 bed 2 bath home, then we can do that. Factor in inflation and that is what one of those old homes would have cost you!

[@MrBNARick]

Let's not forget cheap unskilled labor throw it all together.

[@albertastorms]

Actually when you have your home custom built there are builders out there who will build the roof the older way with a ridge beam and such, as well as with thick osb or thick plywood. One can choose to go brick instead of vinyl siding! Problem is way too many people put money on interior design instead of on safety and functionality when they build or renovate a home these days. You can forgo hardwood and choose carpet instead and put the money toward fire resistant exterior materials!

[@metalsmyth6945]

thats what happens when they build these developments of nice looking but fast built houses.

[@br4v0s1x7]

That house wouldn't go out with out a fight, an man, the fire fighters gave it their all! Amazing job!!

[@hasankan4479]

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[@semproniodensso3353]

Please, stop harassing them!!!. That attack was a joke considering all those resources. That deck gun correctly pressurized had put out 90% of the fire...and the best exposures protection it´s to put the fire out ASAP!!!.

[@johnnymitz]

Gas leak, I understand. Thank God the utilities put a stinky gas in with the supply so it's massively easier to detect. Bummer this happened though. Hopefully they have insurance.

[@tonyboss3025]

Check out Jeff stang fire P4 inferno marcal paper factory a must see unbelievable wow 10 alarm 357k views.

[@MahinderSingh-um8dp]

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[@sudhakarkshirsagar666]

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[@jeffostroff]

Good job on the video Juiced! I have always been against this stupid vinyl siding, it just burns and melts real fast like crazy, melts, then the heat causes houses next door to melt within 5 minutes you have fully involved 3 burning houses, then it ignites. My heart almost stopped when the house on the left chimney started to flare up and it looked like thy would never get water on it in time. What makes me mad about building codes, is they require us to add fire blocking in our stud walls, use fire caulk and fire foam to seal up our stud walls where they meet the rafters, seal all cracks, yet they allow this flammable crap on the outside of the building that causes the whole building to flare up. They need to start banning this material and force them to use siding that is fire resistant. When they keep allowing this material per code, it is as if the building inspectors poured on the gas and lit the fire themselves.

[@Grandma7T7]

Another change (fire resistant siding) that President Trump needs to mandate! The cement board siding used in southern states, looks better and isn't much more expensive. Safety first, then the extras.

[@tjlovesrachel]

Bring back asbestos siding tiles 👍👍🙄🙄

[@retiredarthritic2083]

tjlovesrachel and kill more people by exposing them to cancer causing asbestos.

[@tjlovesrachel]

David Lenzi come on man ... just stop... obviously you can’t see my point behind it ... and the humor ... relax ... there’s cancer everywhere... step out of the bubble wrap and live a little

[@tjlovesrachel]

David Lenzi and to be completely honest .... the herd could use some thinning if ya know what I mean loll

[@livingforJesus2120]

That really sucks for the homeowners. Obviously it's material things but the loss of money invested, memories and personal affects is a hard pill to swallow.

[@swamikujur9237]

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[@officialchannelakhileshbed5926]

Hii

[@daisymay258]

It is all well and good to critisize the way the fire was handled, but unless you were actually there you have no idea of the actual situation. I have the utmost respect for firefighters, they risk their lives to save others every day.

[@ronthemogul]

@@daisymay258 why so aggressive

[@coleman4840]

That’s why we have insurance but no amount of monetary compensation can replace memories that quite literally went up in smoke

[@markevan1]

Engine set up too far away for the deck gun to reach the flames. Tower sat there for 7 minutes with no one in a rush to raise it. Saw no one laying lines into the front. These guys new at this? Gotta get water on it quicker than that.

[@Demiurg_D]

Смотрю саботаж! Это не тушение пожара, а его видимость. Практически на всех видео из США заметно, что пожар не тушится, а делает вид, что его тушат. Локализуют, поливают соседние дома, возможно, из-за тактики страховых компаний.

[@henrythompson8582]

Does this department have hardware to make a fire curtain(s) between close structures?

[@jasonjackson7201]

Exposure protection for adjacent structures is key. I see time and time again where this is not done only escalating the incident further and requiring additional resources. Most departments focus on the big fire and don't pay enough attention to adjacent buildings. Nice job guys! Ladder trucks!!!! What an awesome tool. I wish our municipality would invest in one. They make a huge difference in initial knock down.

[@tonyboss3025]

Check out Jeff stang fire p4 inferno marcal paper factory a must see unbelievable wow 10 alarm 357k views.

[@mindyschocolate]

tony boss302 stop spamming everyone. No one want to see a crap video.

[@gliderydin2911]

If they would of actually got the water from the deck gun onto the fire they might of actually accomplished something before the other house started burning but yes exposure control is also needed

[@semproniodensso3353]

@@mindyschocolate It´s a nice video...

[@user-cg2vl3fb4d]

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[@artursfn]

Наши ребята в разы лучше работают при куда худших условиях. Это фиаско ребята.

[@user-ly1cu3st1l]

они профессионально сработали клоун ты. огонь не передался на соседний дом, даже дом полностью не сгорел. они идеально сработали

[@douglas2lee929]

Armchair quarterback here..... I'd give it an 8 out of 10. That ladder stream was amazing. Really kicked ass. More trucks sooner probably would have helped, but overall a pretty damn good job. Could the truck on the right have been parked closer? Like others have said, I hope they had rigs at the back.

[@vinny4411]

Good job knocking down an already out of control fire and saving neighboring homes. Thanks Firefighters 🚒 !

[@sherryl1097]

Seemed to take the firemen forever to get the water going. Very stressful. This is exactly why houses should never be built so close to each other. I feel so bad for the people who lost their home.

[@virgilhilts3924]

Well except for the fact that they had lines working the fire before the video even started... Oops

[@enochpowel3030]

Whenever I see a fire. I've seen a few. I allways think God don't let there be any people or animals trapped in there

[@ernstz1004]

That fire fighter doesn't even seem to know the concept of evolution. A fire fighter is pouring water in an odd place.

[@Jason-7212]

These guys showed how to get the job done. You can watch multiple videos of much larger departments send multiple times the number of units and personnel to the same size fire, only to spend much longer to get the fire under control and to allow the fire to spread to more units before they do so. These guys are really on the ball. Great initial attack, worked to protect exposures as soon as they had assets to do so, contained the fire primarily to the original structure with extension to only the top of one neighboring house and the siding of the other. Going from initial attack to mop up operations within 25 minutes with only 2 engine companies on scene of a fully involved multistory residence. This is how it's supposed to be done.

[@davidward3147]

They were pitiful

[@stephenmather8513]

They should all be fired. 3 stooge's fire department.

[@coneplato6702]

@@stephenmather8513 How could this department improve from what is shown? Saying they did awful and not explaining why does not really help anyone.

[@stephenmather8513]

@@coneplato6702 there initial attack did nothing but waste water. A inch three quarter is not going to do anything against that volume fire. Should of been hit with a master stream. What took them so long to establish a water supply? Why weren't they setting up the ladder truck. Should I keep going.

[@coneplato6702]

@@stephenmather8513 No need to keep going. Thank you for providing context to your criticism.

[@lasalleman]

Houses too close together. Common situation with modern subdivisions. Seemed like the FD units were overwhelmed for a short period.

[@saelan7808]

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[@mindyschocolate]

You’re right. I didn’t realize the house to the right was a separate house burning. I thought it was one with the house on the left taking slight damage.

[@muhmmadusman5847]

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[@porschffggporsch8606]

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[@adityajat439]

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[@richardolsen2798]

It looks like there was a major problem getting a stable and adequate water supply. There were constant issues with maintaining effective water streams on both master streams and hand lines. Mains probably barely adequate for domestic supply when all of the houses were finished and occupied. Building density way too high for the type of construction in the neighborhood.

[@davep6977]

I agree 100%. 1 structure fire turned into 4 (1+3 collateral damage) Build them cheap and build them close

[@lestki]

I know nothing about firefighting but I too guessed that looked like a major water issue. Does that make me a fully fledged FF armchair expert now?

[@itisjambo]

yep! plastic plastic plastic buildings all on top of each other. at least where i live if my house were to god forbid burn the next door houses are both mostly brick so would be less likely to catch.

[@texteacher7706]

@@davep6977 Exactly! I have to show this video to my daughter, a disabled Vet. After months of beging her not to buy one of these "sardine can" neighborhood homes she built on an acre lot.

[@Washoewillie]

Greedy property developers and a possibly bought off city council are a bad combination.

[@175firefighter]

It took them 7 minutes to get water coming out of that truck. Those fire fighters sure were taking their time!

[@earlemorgan5068]

Why don't you shut up, expert.

[@lookingthroughice7843]

It was a hot and humid day, thar always slows you down😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@semproniodensso3353]

@@earlemorgan5068 why ittook 7 minutesto get water???, thanks.

[@davidlenzi3551]

@@semproniodensso3353 The Ladder in order to be raised must have the following procedures followed. 1 bring the unit to a complete stop. 2 deploy stabilizers. 3 place the foot pad plates under the legs. 4 raise the legs to provide a wide stable base to operate from. 5 raise the ladder slightly. 6 connect the supply line. 7 connect hose pipe (if ladder is not pre-piped). 8 fill the ladder pipe. 9 have nozzle man go to the top of the ladder when completely raised. Climbing ladder while it is setting up is very dangerous. 10 nozzle operator clears nozzle and starts the flow by opening the bale of the nozzle.

[@semproniodensso3353]

@@davidlenzi3551 Naaa...I am talking about water discharge to the fire, which could be done through the deck gun or a handheld nozzle. Besides, 90% of trucks have telescopic waterways and remotely operated master stream in the ladder tip. And in this case, it was a Quint, with at least 200 gallons tank

[@bobrussell3602]

Rightly or wrongly, I watch a lot of these fires (I'm a Brit' by the way) and it always amazes me that, in most cases the British Fire Fighters get started much more quickly than the American ones and are much more likely to run, rather than walk. In general the Americans are very good at what they do, but their fire fighting seems to be the exception.

[@BuckHypervisor]

These are Canadians in this video. I just watched a video of a fire in Manchester, UK. They seemed quite inept as well, using what looked like garden hoses on a factory fire. The factory and a large building next door burned to the ground.

[@bobrussell3602]

@@BuckHypervisor Thank you. Perhaps I will have to revise my opinion !

[@okridlen]

🙆

[@davidkelly3572]

Excellent fire scene video. Thanks.

[@charlesmcguffey184]

Charge the yellow line! Which one? There all yellow!

[@pradipthandar6063]

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[@pradipthandar6063]

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[@cordobaEMS]

That ladder engine shot off the fire Is magnificent

[@pgcsl]

The firefighters took a long time to extend the magiro ladder. They waited for the fire to spread throughout the house and neighboring houses to use the magiro ladder. And after they extended the ladder, it didn’t do a very effective job as required by American tradition.

[@catpaws1196]

This is not America. 😊

[@solobutterfly3923]

That fire spread fast! Great camera work very clear and up close thank God noone was hurt but the houses are really bad.

[@shivkute3939]

It ok LP í

[@danielzimnoch9262]

I would never buy a house next to another house they are way too close and this is perfect example now three houses destroyed

[@saline484]

Daniel Zimnoch Unfortunately the fault here is with the FD they should have had a hose line protecting both of those structures from the second they had water flowing.. I can’t believe that with a house that fully involved that quickly that they certainly didnt have enough manpower or fire apparatus there very fast. Very disappointing to see a ladder truck that can put out somewhere in the neighborhood of 2000 gallons of water per minute just sit there for as long as that one did

[@michaelmorkeil2086]

Why

[@mindyschocolate]

The one on the left took minimal damage. Just don’t use the fireplace for a bit until repaired. Only two houses too a lot of damage.

[@mindyschocolate]

Ronald Marshall the fault is actually with the homeowners who thought it was a great idea to buy houses three feet apart from each other with highly flammable, cheaply constructed houses.

[@GR-gy4uf]

@@mindyschocolate thank the city for that...

[@Dept246]

Maybe that house on the left didn’t burn down but it suffered a lot of water damage. You can see that the shingles on roof got blown off by the water pressure so water likely entered the house.

[@sabart5]

It's obvious they don't have enough resources not only to extinguish the main fire but to avoid it from spreading to the neighboring buildings.

[@greyman686]

Well, they have plenty of resources with 42 stations at their disposal.

[@Gitika1956]

Good FF job. Good cameraman job.

[@flangerak]

That plastic house burn like hell and the ladder engine is very slow attacking the fire

[@allanweaverling730]

As slow as they were getting water on the fire I’m surprised they didn’t lose more houses.

[@lindabonner6856]

Thats what I was thinking no urgency in them to be firefighter.

[@thomashoang1820]

Must be a small fire department. More cops than firefighters. They didn’t protect extension nor any efforts until ladder/engine truck did.

[@partiallysd]

@@thomashoang1820 this is a city of 1.3 million with 70ish fire apperatus spread across the city...

[@richardrimell6030]

Hi there is that foam been layerd on to the flames?

[@michaelfreeze2949]

I was a firefighter for 18 years and if we took that long to set up our equipment we would have been out of a job. They should have called for backup while travelling to the fire as the would have been able to clearly see from all the smoke that two fire trucks wouldn't be enough.

[@mikebrabant4170]

they sure take their time getting the hoses going!!

[@1dhuey]

How long does it take to hook up a hose?

[@greyman686]

@collecting in rhode island Why must it be volunteers? To answer that. No, there's no volunteers there. Calgary is a large city with a large, full time fire department. So these are them there professional, IAFF type firefighters.

[@greyman686]

@collecting in rhode island Ah, so you're one of those guys. Well, like I said, its just some of them highly paid "pros" on this scene. Can't blame this shit show on volunteers.

[@greyman686]

@collecting in rhode island I'll characterize you however I want when you make comments like "must have been a volunteer department" just because it was a poor performance. Get over it. I don't know you so that makes it difficult to tell you to your face. Where did I say they did anything right or wrong? It's amazing you called me an idiot "who got" shit for brains considering you don't know the difference between your and you're. It's YOU'RE an idiot, which you clearly are. Does you blocking me mean I won't have to read your long winded, run on shit anymore? If it does, please do! Hell, I'll save you the trouble and block you as well if that works.

[@alpeshmistry7987]

Always so sad when it’s house fires, people’s lives going up in flames. Can’t imagine the feeling!!

[@Belchmaster41]

@Councilman Les Wynan in the description, this fire happened in Canada

[@andylucas8262]

@Councilman Les Wynan it's not just stuff, it's memories, it's items that hold sentimental value. No lives may have been lost, but they most certainly were changed forever.

[@PankajKumar-zf4gt]

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[@saline484]

Alpesh Mistry councilman Les Wynan... obvious that you have never had a house fire that destroyed everything you own. With my department we assign a 4 man team to get in and get out as many personal items as we can see, pictures a big one! Also do you know that in 89% of house fires there are at least 1 pet inside.

[@1sick95venge]

@@andylucas8262 I agree 100%. We lost our garage in 2010 to a fire. My show car was inside as was all our christmas decorations. As well as stuff from my grandparents on both sides who passed away. So i agree. It's not just a house or garage. It's memories. I wouldn't wish this shit on my worst enemy

[@davidcampbell2158]

These fire men look like they just come to show their presence. Not to contain the fire. They are moving so casual

[@212x3]

7 min before that stick started working. Yikes. Get your big guns on it fast. Nice forward lay by E40.

[@josephbrown822]

Yeah that is too long, E40 did do a good job my question is WHERE IS THE DECK GUN while stick is setting up? That gun can do amazing work until the tower ladder is in position to start pouring from the top.

[@bhagatramharijan1059]

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[@chuckwagon5518]

Good for you helping out and knocking on doors!

[@Laylaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Imagine someone was drunk and the house was on fire and then that person comes up and knocks on the door while the house on fire and someone says. Hey sir.

[@jjargus3077]

nice job getting all this, so crystal clear and steady.

[@susanaobeid6770]

Hello am Susana obeid that was a great job sincerely speaking putting all of that in records

[@eddietheys8825]

Fireworkers in Belgium learn : first protect neighbour propertys, then attaque fire at the burning house

[@jamjardj1974]

This isn’t Belgium and the houses are built in a completely different manner.

[@normitabarranco3378]

They let 3 houses burn instead of one.

[@semproniodensso3353]

The best neighbour properties protection it´s to putthe fire out ASAP!!!.

[@user-hs1zn7jl1b]

nice worke!!!! fire mans

[@andreathomas8760]

Thank God everyone were okay!

[@hectorguerrero752]

God?🤔🤔, I say thank well trained and professional firemen

[@subbarao9057]

@@hectorguerrero752 Is it in USA

[@davidlenzi3551]

@@subbarao9057 Canada. Not the US of A which has a much smaller land area.

[@ajaybhagwani8155]

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[@brandonlee9238]

Yeah bad time to walk the dog bro…God Bless the family.. at least u saved the neighbors house.. good job 👍

[@tomp8871]

that looked like Cali. Nice sharp pictures

[@scottsasser7607]

3 minutes I've been watching this and that ladder truck is still not being prepared for this fire that's the first thing you start to do when you get a ladder truck there and start getting it ready up in the air for the water

[@me73941]

They know what they're doing. There's no one in the structure, so no risk of loss of life. You never rush under those conditions because if a firefighter gets injured, perhaps seriously, now you not only do you have a structure fire to attend to, but now you also have to provide medical care for the injured firefighter in the process, which is a lose/lose situation. There's a method to the madness.

[@atbglenn]

They burned like cardboard boxes. Super hot and fast! How did it start?

[@Juiced87stang]

Glenn Martin undetermined but it was about 10am and it started at the back of the middle house, it has been dry and hot here, I'm no fire investigator but id bank on a cigarette in a flower pot

[@atbglenn]

That's sad. I'm surprised people still smoke these days. I never did.

[@peeterl.2016]

You didn't see fire spreading in this video, so how can you tell it was fast?

[@torijarvis6566]

The cause is still unknown as of now

[@julianreverse]

because the house is made from cardboard ...

[@mdislaodin7921]

Nice fireman

[@abedanielspictures]

Hey, ladder truck dude! Notice how fast the exposures cooled off when you put water on the FIRE!

[@cpo87]

Right!! I was wondering what took them so long

[@brensdad7445]

I'm not a firefighter so maybe I just don't know better but it sure was frustrating to watch water being dumped ten feet short of the one fire and then seeing the neighbor's house catch fire.

[@gliderydin2911]

Your not wrong that was a piss poor display of ability and effort.

[@khemsaru4787]

Amrta. Rana

[@tonyrowland9216]

Could have bern a pressure problem at the hydrant.

[@bfirefighter3]

@@tonyrowland9216it wasn’t. There was operator error from the start of this video to the end.

[@549BR]

Another example of casual fire fighting. Do they check these guys vision from time to time?

[@bigcummins6154]

A firefighter in panic mode only creates disaster! These men and women did a great job! God bless emergency personnel!

[@CyberDen1981]

Если такой дом загорится, то тушить его бесполезно, нужно спасать соседние постройки. Эти начали тушить один дом, в итоге загорелись ещё два.

[@j.t.johnston3048]

Why did it take so long to establish the water supply?

[@Demiurg_D]

In America, they don’t put out a fire right away, but let it flare up. The fireman on the stairs pointedly does not notice the large fire. He watered everything around, but not the fire. Only at 19:30 did he “notice” the fire. And put it out in a few seconds. The second carriage did not work "broke"

[@renkcel]

The small fire that started on the structure on the left should have been caught earlier, it went into the attic real quick!!!!

[@hbhb5262]

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[@andyhamilton8940]

Yes the eves trap radiant heat and are made of vinyl. Goes right in the attick.

[@iambj144]

They look new enough that they'll have spray foam insulation. Like putting rigid gasoline inside your walls.

[@Ed17844]

great job on the video. The best part with this no one was saying OMG over and over. You held it very steady. And the fire dept did pretty well, all things considered.

[@imhooks]

They were shit to be honest. No urgency. No water on the bravo exposure until after it caught fire. Could have definitely been better.

[@Keaton0801]

@@imhooks Well are you a firefighter, let's see you try and do better. The main reason they did poorly, is probably becuase of poor water pressure. Can't do much of the hydrant has a small clog in it. Gotta work with it if it is enough to still get the fire out.

[@tonyboss3025]

Check out Jeff stang fire p4 inferno marcal paper factory a must see unbelievable wow,10 alarm 357k views.

[@John_Montefalco]

@@Keaton0801 from what I know, yes I’m training to become a firefighter, I see a quint (pumper engine) and 2 engines, with 2 houses on fire, they did a pretty good knock on the fire

[@mkaiser29]

These GREEDY developers squeeze as many houses as they can, as close as they can when they build a new subdivision. There NEEDS to be new laws requiring at least some distance between structures.

[@DowntownDeuce2]

There "NEEDS to be" judgement or discretion on the part of the consumer, and some staffing and competency on the part of the fire department

[@25mfd]

@engimedic "judgement or discretion on the part of the consumer" won't increase the distances between the homes... only your local zoning commission can do that

[@DowntownDeuce2]

@@25mfd That is one of many ways to address it. So you think the homes will continue to be built that way if nobody buys them, and they're sitting vacant for years? Do you think that lending institutions will continue to make loans to developers on property that can't be sold? Do you think a mortgage company is going to approve a loan on property that cannot be insured? There are many angles to this, not the least of which is consumerism.

[@25mfd]

"That is one of many ways to address it"... seems to me that if you want a zoning change, lobbying your zoning commission is the ONLY way to address it

[@DowntownDeuce2]

@@25mfd Yes, if you need your government to do your bidding for you. In a free society the market drives production. Hence, my previous post, which you avoided addressing.

[@steveg5576]

Was it a "grow room" up there that started it ??

[@charlesrudish9147]

Grow room hell, more like a "Meth Lab".

[@k.s.333]

This is exactly the reason why I prefer to set up my BBQ somewhere outside...

[@Laylaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Lol

[@Jane-lf2fb]

This is Calgary. Never a one house fire in a newer subdivision. Always 3 homes or more. Thanks wood construction and homes 5 feet apart.

[@angeldawn7859]

Wow! #1 priority prevent other homes from catching fire...after saving lives.. main focus should have been other homes next to the lost cause already on fire..to prevent worse mess & save property that shouldn't be lost.

[@realetreasures6443]

Did they ever figure out how the fire started?

[@Juiced87stang]

Put a smoke out in a flower pot, the peat lit and started the fire

[@connerroe9090]

Need more guys and water pressure. Dad is firefighter and said that they need more power all together.

[@semproniodensso3353]

Those guys will operate the same with all the psi they want...but training it´s not their thing!!!. That deck gun with some more of psi had put out 90% of the fire...

[@Clownkiller-k5c]

I love how all the arm chair firefighters want things to go quicker !! Go become a firefighter and tell me how to do it quickly!

[@jacobrubiojr3710]

😪😪☝️☝️🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕☝️ They just practicing taking their sweet time!?

[@tmilesffl]

Just my thought as Iam not a firefighter. I would think the hand lines would work to protect the exposures while the ladder truck, which has a greater volume of water, would work on putting out the fire.

[@brandonlee9238]

You saved one house.. lost one house. Wouldn’t call. That a win.. did the best ya could.

[@brandonlee9238]

50/50 opinion on it now watching til the tend….

[@Cooliron24]

I built a new house in 2001 and the city I was building it in required 15 ft on each side of the home so that's 30 feet between you and your neighbor. This scenario probably would never happen in my neighborhood, you had one house fire with 3 other homes damaged.

[@johngoglia6981]

Working safely .. priority...

[@allamericanwiseass]

Was that house stacked to the ceilings with firewood or what?

[@DimensionalGaming4]

Super drones at every fire station would be good. Calculate the radius and duration of the drones battery. They can access hard to reach spots at fire sites.

[@BT2RC]

Looks like a nice street/suburb...I hope the houses have been rebuilt ok.

[@user-qd9tr7bv7e]

Боевая техника у них конечно с нашей не сравнить.И состояние рукавов.Наши раскатаешь,соединишь,дашь давление-Петродворец отдыхает.

[@rohittanwar6672]

Vjcm

[@albertomadeirajr7824]

When did they (PD) realized they had a gas leak?

[@estsicutest7482]

If some think these houses are too close to each other, they havn't seen the track houses in west side of San francisco where easily over million US dollar homes literally touch side to side.

[@aroundtheworldzxd]

Nice video. Thank you for sharing.

[@benbernstein1228]

I have seen so many similar videos of various US Fire Departments. I wanted to ask a really simple question and I honestly don't mean any criticism by it. I live in the UK and the biggest difference between our Fire Authorities is that when our guys pull up to a fire, it has barely stopped moving before a hose is pulled out and a water jet is started from the internal tank. Only when that first hose is in action do our firefighters then look for alternative water sources...i.e a fire hydrant. Almost every KZbin video I have seen of US Fire Departments seem to show a massive delay in getting that first jet active and directed at the fire. Plenty of fireman walking around and hoses being pulled but no hose directed at the fire at all for some time. Is this standard practice...?

[@danielalvarez2279]

I completely agree. The exception seems to be LAFD. Check out LAFD and see what you think....cheers.

[@virgilhilts3924]

What are you talking about? They were putting water on this fire and the exposure before the video even started And continued to do so long before the engine arrived with the supply line from the hydrant BTW the rinky-dink reel lines used for quick attack in the UK wouldn't have done squat against this fire GPM kills BTUs Its one of the reason US Firefighting started moving away from reel-lines decades ago, same for fog/combination nozzles I started firefighting in the 80's and have watched the evolution

[@klesk173a]

Trust me.Most U.S. fire fighters have very low I.Q.....They don't have the brain capability to take out fires.Watch tons of video of them you'll see what i mean.The only fire department that has some brains are the N.Y.fire department.

[@benbernstein1228]

@@virgilhilts3924 Check out this recent video and tell me when the first water jets started. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmSZdqScnLmEaZo

[@40biggaman]

If you are the first company in and you need massive amounts of water it’s better to catch the hydrant first so you never run out of water!

[@mariasocorrocyarnold3225]

WHAT CAUSED THIS FIRE? HOW DID IT START ?

[@ashrafulhaque8759]

The house on the left didn't need to be on fire at all! They just waited to get it lit. I give these slow fire fighters a "D+"

[@AdvistaVideo]

I drives me crazy to think that "fire fighters" actually go to school and yet they get on the scene and can't figure out how to protect the adjacent homes. You are right. If they had put down the fire on the left the house on the left would not have caught fire. Fire guys love to play with their toys, but in a lot of cases are ineffective to stop fires. Look at all the youtube fire videos and you will see at the start a small fire and at the end, totally burned down structure.

[@ashrafulhaque8759]

Absolutely! Even I noticed early on that the house on the left would catch fire next. It drove me crazy that they are so relaxed and taking time. All they had to do is start spraying on that house to prevent it from overheating and catch fire. As if there is no concern or urgency.

[@retiredarthritic2083]

Arrive on scene to fully involved structural fire water on fire @3:20 master stream added @4.20. While setting this up and getting it into operation the firefighters also performed a primary search and interior assessment as well as exterior assessment planned and implemented a coordinated fire attack while dealing with panicked occupants and neighbours. You think you can do better then get your ass out there and put your life on the line. If not show some respect for those who do because you don't know squat.

[@ashrafulhaque8759]

@@retiredarthritic2083 Ok, your comment is fair. I believe- you know the technical aspect of the firefighting better them me. So, just tel me... why they didn't dose the house on the left with water early on - just so that it doesn't catch fire. They had their hose ready and was spraying the burnt down house on the right of it. Not knowing the art of firefighting myself, this sort of things drives me crazy.

[@glennhuber4975]

Ashraful Haque ahhh the keyboard firefighter, yeah you would have had this out in what, 15 min ? Your a real stupid person to make such a stupid comment

[@fuxizhang6813]

Look at those firemen. They were so enjoyable to watch there. Yes, these were not their properties. Just like what you can see in the ERs.

[@tariwibucans1235]

ngelek terus

[@skidude8989]

If that day dreamer on top of the aerial would have clobbered the main body of fire early on, there would have been no Bravo side exposure issue to contend with. And worse he's straight streaming the exposure. Put a little narrow fog pattern on it, cover more area, wet it good then turn on the main fire quick to get a knock down. There was a handline in operation on the exposure. The house was not going to grow by relentless master stream watering.

[@Lck-pk1oc]

you sound like a fireman?

[@11ghudson]

Lck2398 Utube fireman

[@retiredarthritic2083]

Ski Dude Do you think you can get away with your bullshit. First the guy at the top of the ladder is doing what the Incident Commander has told him to do. Second if you really were an instructor I would not have to mention the Command Information System. No one on any fire ground will act independently as the coordinated attack which is essential to firefighter and victim safety is then lost and people can pay for that with their lives.

[@retiredarthritic2083]

The most effective way to extinguish any fire is to get water to the seat of the fire also called the base a straight stream accomplishes that best. When the stream hits the base of the fire then the water splashes all over everything and cools the entire area. Think about it.

[@retiredarthritic2083]

Battalion chief b55101 good stay in Arizona

[@ljubisapopovic97]

BRAVO ZA VATROGASCE NA VRHU MERDEVINA, TAKO SE RADI. OD 5 VOZILA SAMO ON RADI! ŠTA KA MU NESTANE VODA ZA ODREĐEN MLAZ, ZNAČI ODE LEPA VILA, GORI NIKO NE GASI, SEM ONOG NA STUBAMA. SVAKA MU ČAST!

[@micnellemadson2480]

I hope that there was not kids or pets or people inside and thank you to the fire department to saving the house next to it,from MICHELLE madson in happy valley

[@Laylaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Atleast the front of the house stay together. But I still feel bad because 3 housed caught on fire from 1 house. But I'm happy that everyone was safe. 😊

[@user-yx9ox3rf3r]

No the of

[@Laylaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

@@user-yx9ox3rf3r ?

[@blablablaclaclacla9895]

Good job. My lawn has been watered good.. For next one year

[@David-ei1fs]

Now thats a fire!

[@bearsmith3655]

One of my biggest complaints is how closely together houses are built now days.

[@Caitlin1928]

Some older houses in my city's downtown area (old enough that they were built before attached garage doors were a thing) have small lots and are really close together. In other words, houses have been built close together for a century or more.

[@glennhuber4975]

The real problem here is what’s mentioned in a few posts here. The proximity of houses to each other caused a bad series of events. It wasn’t the firefighters who didn’t do their jobs, it was the fact the house in the middle was so well gone on arrival, that the heat and wind combined caused two more to go up. Don’t take much to start another house going , when one is roiling already, and two more are close by. They did what they could and fortunately no lives were lost. Houses can be rebuilt, lives lost.. can’t.

[@4CedarsRanch]

I believe the Acronym RECEO should have been followed. Rescue EXPOSURE Confine Extinguish Overhaul. Water should have gone to the Exposures first. Especially since it was tank water and wouldn't have done much to main fire but alot to the exposure. And yes I have been there between the exposure and the 50% involved trailer houses with 500 gallons of water and 2nd due 5 minutes out.

[@gregking966]

Exactly. They’re building these cracker boxes in Florida 5 to an acre on land that was once farmland.

[@edkay3601]

that's what happens when you build houses too close to each other.

[@stevennihipali3607]

That's what I'm saying! Good luck on that stupid ass cookie cutter HOA bullshit... houses are entirely too close

[@mariasocorrocyarnold3225]

UNREAL !

[@DarkSim712]

With houses built this close to one another it almost should be a standard to inspect yours and your neighbors house also to make sure they're up to code and have proper fire prevention.

[@kennethlang5480]

Where was this at. ? (City / county / state) how many homes were involved. ?

[@davidglaum2538]

Was it a problem with water pressure? Looked like some of the lines were low on pressure. This is another case of lightweight construction and building them so close to each other. You sure had a rough fire to fight.

[@prairiepalmetto9378]

I’ve never seen such a slow crew. Heartbreaking.

[@Demiurg_D]

The house was not extinguished at all. The roof was watered for no more than 10 seconds. And rescued the houses standing nearby. The house could have been saved, but they didn’t. This is probably the policy of the insurance companies. This is not how they work in Russia!

[@asbestosfiber]

@@Demiurg_D in russia they show up 20 minutes later

[@asbestosfiber]

you would have done better all by yourself, because you're Big John Studd

[@Demiurg_D]

@@asbestosfiber Ты был в России? Не знаешь - не говори!

[@Dascraft]

Wow very very nice 😘❤️👍👍🙏🙏

[@josephlaramie3275]

An excellent video thank you for sharing

[@seanfagan6022]

Useless Fire Fighters. They are real proud of the disesstres mess they left behind... CRAZY gang ?