EAST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)--Firefighters battle a 3-alarm fire in multiple condominium buildings in the Twin Rivers section of town on Avon Drive.
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@iuliandragomir12 ай бұрын
For sure directing water to the sky is the best option to stop the fire.1:17
@RLTtizME2 ай бұрын
Yes. Now go water your lawn.
@iuliandragomir12 ай бұрын
@@RLTtizME I will go. But I will water the lawn not the sky. Sorry!
@markkrauser16912 ай бұрын
That's what happens when you fight the fire and not the spread!
@donaldshinn78672 ай бұрын
Can’t believe the spread of this fire where did it start and was it defensive to begin with
@RLTtizME2 ай бұрын
Started where it ignited and no.
@DennisSymons2 ай бұрын
A number of issues with the fire prior to the fire department even arriving. The first company arriving was located 16 minutes and two towns away so that fire had about 25-minute head start by the time fire is detected, 9-1-1, dispatch and mutual aid goes out and arrival. I don't have actual dispatch and arrival times but just by Google maps that is 16-minute drive. There is some kind of issue with all fires in this complex; people say that the fire walls don't extend all the way up never addressed I have not seen that so not 100% sure. Aluminum wiring is known. Bad 1960s planning and design it seems like. From local fire company, "Yesterday at approximately 4:28pm; EWVFC2 was dispatched for an apartment fire at the K Building of the American Way Apartments. While en route to the station, Chief 46 called for the first alarm assignment with a distinct column of smoke in the sky. Robbinsville Squad 40 and Engine 46 arrived simultaneously to a two-story multi-family with heavy fire showing through the roof. Both units went in service with a 2.5” attack hose while securing a supply to SQ40. Monroe Ladder 23-8 and Hightstown Ladder 41 arrived and proceeded to set up aerials for defensive operations."
@andrewengland97118 күн бұрын
I’ve done a lot of work in these buildings. I’m a plumber. I’ve only ever worked on the water. I had to cut holes in the wall to access the unit next door. The “firewall” is not a cinder block wall. I’ve never seen a “firewall” like this before. I believe twin rivers is the same too.
@johnwhalen6462 ай бұрын
Wonder if anyone did primaries? Doesn't look loke any entries
@Greylocks2 ай бұрын
Are all those buildings joined in the back? It's hard for me to tell. Firefighters have always said that for the best effect a stream should be applied to the base of the flames. To be done from above if possible, and never let the water fan out or mist.
@Cairns-8802 ай бұрын
Often you do not have a choice. The guys on the ground didn’t have a good angle from the exterior and had to do what they could with the cards they were dealt.
@chrisbarr13592 ай бұрын
Yes, base of the fire. Just like when you're using an extinguisher. You aim at the base of the fire and not at the smoke which seems to be happening here
@Greylocks2 ай бұрын
@@Cairns-880 I figure that's a big part of it. Maybe they would have managed by backing away until they could see the roof better, but I could not judge the space from the camera angles.
@georgebaggitt19302 ай бұрын
What the heck is up with all the sky watering ??? And yes I was a firefighter many years ago.
@Cairns-8802 ай бұрын
If you had been a firefighter then you would know why. That was the only option they had given the apparent defensive stance, so they did the best they could by using a broken stream to try and let water rain down from above.
@ironeagle22a2 ай бұрын
Hey look now it’s in the next building and the one next to it is just like this. No defensive lines in exposure whatever 4
@Veronicat-of4nz13 күн бұрын
There must have been an invisible fire on the sky.
@DarrylKing-ur5km2 ай бұрын
Excellent work from the Guy on the Ladder Pipe
@davidcastner9212 ай бұрын
U guys should stop using hard stream and go trucks in the yards with deluse flood tips and ur decks guns. Just a thawt. ?
@michaelayares38622 ай бұрын
How about u get in the building ahead of the fire pull some ceilings and put the fire out instead of pushing it down the building
@DEDIRAHENDRA2 ай бұрын
Come to watch.. nice to meet you..🇮🇩
@ironeagle22a2 ай бұрын
Volunteerism at its best.
@em68855Ай бұрын
really not all of those guys are vollies btw
@edsteffy89932 ай бұрын
Good video to learn some tactics on fire firefighting. For a 3 alarm fire not many fire fighter's there. Not sure when they were going to try and put a stop on this one
@Cairns-8802 ай бұрын
How can you make such an assertion with such a limited perspective? The guys on the ground were limited with the cards they were dealt, so you do the best you can.
@michaelayares38622 ай бұрын
No fire walls ?
@tg52982 ай бұрын
Might need a few more ladder trucks and hoses
@williamschlenger15182 ай бұрын
How did this fire go from unit to unit?
@larsiversen44662 ай бұрын
When will they learn to build more fireproof houses,instead of cheap wooden houses.
@justsayingopinion6730Ай бұрын
Someone take command, jon taffer
@williamschlenger15182 ай бұрын
These poor people,they lost everything 😔
@stephaniekelly43842 ай бұрын
Building materials, easily ignite, vinyl sidings all flammable products, lightweight buildings = fast moving fire
@DaveCornutt2 ай бұрын
Yeah, these types of apartment buildings are built as cheaply as absolutely possible, and if this one was of the age to have aluminum wiring, even worse. Also, they're close together and fire easily spreads from one building to the next via firebrands landing on the roof, or via radiant heat. Usually the drywall is the thinnest that the builder could get their hands on (1/2" or even 3/8"), and there's no insulation between units. And in these older ones, attics are usually wide open between units. A lot of these things are firetraps.
@RobinPMac2 ай бұрын
cheap construction and no fire breaks between appartments
@Cairns-8802 ай бұрын
Every apartment has a “fire break” in that they are all built with fire board, aka drywall.
@franklawski464015 күн бұрын
Is this a joke ?
@transilvanischervampir6662 ай бұрын
🧐
@justsayingopinion6730Ай бұрын
American funniest videos didn't show
@tedmoffat88492 ай бұрын
Whenthe firies first arrive on scene putting the fire out app3ars not to be a priority,
@virgilhilts39242 ай бұрын
When you first arrived in grade school, learning proper spelling appears to not have been your top priority.
@bigscrap842 ай бұрын
I was there helping get people out of the houses which is what the fire fighters were also doing. There was a guy trapped in a wheelchair that we got out and many families with children
@D.D.19632 ай бұрын
@@virgilhilts3924 Right go for there writing, that just so helps your point 🧐
@jaygarrison5382 ай бұрын
Actually you are right. Saving lives is the priority.
@bigscrap842 ай бұрын
@jaygarrison538 bro there were a ton of families that we had to evacuate. I was just being a good Samaritan
@slobama2 ай бұрын
Sometimes I think American firefighters have to be the worlds worse.
@judis.18102 ай бұрын
All you people need to shut your mouths! Whether they are volunteers or a paid company doesn't matter, they will still put your house, car fire out no matter what!!
@charlesgarvey56602 ай бұрын
No you need to shut your mouth. A majority of the comments that have been made are 100% correct
@tg52982 ай бұрын
Oi guess I would keep video short if it was filling up w errors. Use if for not what to do training