Early Arrival THIRD ALARM Commercial Structure Fire Lakewood New Jersey 1/8/24

[@Mj-bg2uj]

Dispatcher was on point managing the chaos .. clear , calm and did everything he was asked to do . Nice job by all ..

[@YehoshuaZWenger]

This dispatcher is awesome!!!

[@kowalski3769]

That drone has def been a great investment for you! You're piloting skills have improved and you're getting some great footage from it. We're seeing things we wouldn't have been able to see no long ago. Nice work!

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

thanks yeah you can really tell the scope of fire. lots of smoke on the ground.

[@petergardner5002]

Does the drone do thermal images too?

[@ph11p3540]

@@petergardner5002 Highly doubt it. He would be looking at many hundreds of thousands of dollars for such a drone system. He's drone work is pretty impressive and professional grade as it is optically.

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

@@ph11p3540 this one no, I sold that one to invest into better image quality. A new thermal is coming as soon as I get the extra cash from KZbin!

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

@@ph11p3540 couple of my video have thermal, my old Dji drone had it but it wasn’t great optics and had zero zoom. So decided to sell it off. Will be trying to get a second drone ASAP for new thermal.

[@ronfreniere8769]

Wow there was smoke pushing out just about everywhere from the building. So it was no surprise that once the flames burnt through the roof it raced through the building. Hopefully the civilian, made a full recovery. Thank you to all firefighters everywhere for protecting the citizens of your coverage area.

[@AllenPortman]

Looks like an old abandoned lumber company sales business which is obviously deteriorated and structurally unstable potentially still full of scraps of lumber, lumber constructed racks, cabinets, structural members! Defensive fire...protect exposures and operate from a safe defensive location and expect early collapse! Great coverage JSFR!!!

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

Great observation! Thank you.

[@MattDomenic]

Was a member of stations 43 and station 47 for about 40 years. Really appreciate your work in allowing me to follow Ocean county while living here in Ohio.

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

Thanks gotta rep the home county every where ya go!

[@ironeagle22a]

Great job with the drone, no doubt Lakewood FD will use this in their critique. Solid work by LFD and the MA dept's

[@AB-NJ]

Always great to see the Mutual Aid Cooperation. Great job covering this fire! You have all angles covered: drone, radio, crowds, just amazing coverage!!!!

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

Thanks tried to capture the scope of the fire!

[@LakesRegionEmergencyPhoto]

Incredible footage. Thanks for sharing audio as well! Solid work by the crews on the ground and dispatch as well.

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

Thanks LFD did a great job!

[@Sewinggal62]

Great coverage. I love the arial view.

[@michelestrassburg9424]

In America, "vacant" means filled with balsam wood and old tires. I am always shocked by the amount of flammables left in abandoned buildings. Decades of add-ons, lean-to's and mazes of walls makes me worry about the fire fighters.

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

Seems maybe people were staying in there as well. But yes lots left behind from the looks of the footage.

[@corndog9157]

We use the term ADULTS. Advanced fire conditions Defensive fire Undetermined location Large uncompartmented/Extent Tons of water needed Standpipe operations. This fire is great for that acronym. Good training video.

[@chosenone1004]

I’ll start by saying that I absolutely love your dedication to what you’re doing . Keep pushing forward . Don’t let anything or anyone discourage you from doing what you love to do . I’m sure I can speak for most when I say I appreciate you going out there day and night and bringing all of us this front line News the way you do !.Excellent job once again . Just continue to be safe and I’m going to really start sharing these videos . I think everyone should so we can bring more exposure to your page . That will help you with views and subscribers. So again , another great video with great footage. Keep up the good work and continue to stay safe out there .

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

Means much thank you! Will be grinding I’m out right now and it’s 17 degrees! Thank you also enjoy!

[@skimmer8774]

Looking at the mess of stuff just inside the buildings big doors I'd guess this whole place was a fire trap. Great job covering this fire to.

[@misterbee4574]

This drone footage is awesome.

[@davecarsley8773]

Wow. Amazing footage! And I really appreciate the radio traffic on top of it!

[@rosasantiago8830]

Diciendo hecha casa abajo ya digo na comeria

[@raymondvia3786]

I used to run with Roanoke County Fire Department/Clearbrook Rescue Squad in the 80s. This looks bad but I'm glad you got the Fire under control.

[@cherihill2003]

Great drone footage!!

[@crazycouter]

Very good camera you have on your drone, well impessed and great coverage of the fire

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

Thank you!

[@rimdup1]

This here was a fabulous managed fire scene. For as many departments, i'm very impressed.

[@tsaffran]

whoever set that fire knew they were gonna have a hard time getting to it great coverage

[@suzylarry1]

very good coverage of this stubborn fire.

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

Many thanks

[@rimdup1]

oh and drone pilot... you da man.... great job...

[@TheJmich2001]

Fantastic video as usual....glad all are safe!

[@michaelkinnear]

Small backdraft at 1.37. Excellent drone footage of the incident and running coms radio.

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

Thank you!

[@ffjsb]

I don't know that that's a back draft, looks like a pool of flammable liquids igniting.

[@acidexpierence]

departments should have drones. could be very useful in situations like this to correctly decide the best tactics. very cool video!

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

Many do including Lakewood!

[@tg5298]

It always amazes me why it takes so long to get the ladder pipes up and going Why?

[@edsimon7771]

I was thinking the same thing. I know sometimes there could be a problem getting water but the ladders were sitting there without being stretched. I don't get it.

[@georgecoons6872]

was beer belly dave the skipper that day.

[@robertshelby239]

Great footage.

[@Wheel_Horse]

"Lightning" in Lakewood, not surprised at all.

[@TodSpurlc]

Wow good job you saved the foundation

[@zooyorkskaterr]

Of an abandoned building.. what did you expect them to do? Advance a hose line into an abandoned condemned building?

[@samham3408]

FIRE: "Hey hey hey, were trying to eat here, and your out there hosing down our lunch." Excellent upload, looks like ya pallet yards pouched though.

[@michaelwilden6616]

Imagine if you could communicate or transmit this directly to the command how much more info they could get immediately and upgrade quicker.

[@peterarvanitis6497]

Great job again 😊😊

[@jays106]

excellent video with the drone! might want to get a longer life battery for it (if an option) or a spare battery once that fire broke through the roof and companies open the big doors that fire just took off looks like all they could do at that point was try to contain it and let it burn alot of the fuel off judging by the outside i can just imagine all the stuff that was inside for the fire to consume

[@moepizl]

Superb bro. Always tuning in to ur vids. Can u also do arrivals in PIP with ur drone footage. A lot of action was goin on around you. Shout out from Burlington county

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

Will try, flying and recording isn’t really safe. Haha need a second filmer.

[@moepizl]

@@jerseyshorefireresponse i feel u. It's already good enough. I was thinkn mor of jus ur phone or gopro on ur chest jus recording lik wen u walk up on scenes. Or stationary dashcam.

[@rjkoeller4444]

Abandoned building that has obviously been abandoned for a long time , crystal clear skies , it's not the 4th of July or New Years Eve , so what caused this fire , I would definitely say it was caused by friction , yes friction ! When the mortgage papers were rubbing against the insurance papers in the file cabinet ! Could there be any doubt ?

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

Reported squatters inside, many possibility of the cause of the fire with people illegality being inside.

[@firehazemt]

It was the homeless. Power was cut so I’d bet gas was as well. Was a chilly afternoon and started a fire or had propane….

[@brandonseyfried1251]

My dad, 81, called me from the scene..."hey! I'm driving 7511...we're in Lakewood on the 3rd alarm." "Great, Dad. What's burning?" "Downtown Lakewood." "Great, Dad. Be careful."

[@charlesdalton6262]

The ability to have a drone overhead providing confirmation of the location of an open roof ,a 360 view of exposures can be life saving and an invaluable resource for deploying members .Drone operators need to be qualified to be effective.Incident commanders need to understand how to incorporate these new tools .Safe tours always to all members while operating at,responding to and returning to quarter’s Perhaps in the near future Members of the Township $$ Board of directors will consider the value in investing in these programs .Which at the end of the day may save life and property 🙏🇺🇸

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

Chief one has a thermal drone attached to his vehicle! It’s pretty rad, but it can only fly up. As in it’s not free flying. That was most likely a very important resource at this fire.

[@charlesdalton6262]

Excellent,as a retired FDNY Firefighter post 9-11 now living in Monroe Township NJ It would be a privilege to talk with the Chief personally .Can you introduce me Thank You

[@ERICSANFILIPPO]

FUCKING CZY WHOA 3RD ALARM

[@mickyparker3949]

Bloody good coverage and angles to the situation Well done

[@46fd04]

Retract the 2nd Ladder and get the nozzle on the tip.

[@jimwinsor8938]

Nice camera work!!

[@Wes_Barton]

Nice footage. What drone do you use?

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

Dji air 3

[@MichaelFerguson-ym3lr]

Question: so the caption says 3 alarm fire. But say on arrival depending on condition ...can you automatically just go from 2alarm and just raise it to a say 5 alarm....and just skip 3rd and 4th alarm ..

[@Arthur-Del]

Peter, I'm watching from Delaware

[@Boyd-ok9xe]

How long were crews on this call great video stay safe out there

[@nickmad887]

Thanks

[@cattledogjasper1731]

Just curious, what is the drone policy about flying drones near an emergency scene like this? I get not flying them when aircraft are being used, but what a situation like this?

[@lillian8589]

Does anyone have insight into the water supply situation? Adequate water supply and pressure available at the hydrants? Enough hydrants? Old mains undersized mains or beautiful mains?Professional curiosity. I was biting my nails watching this. It just never seemed like they had enough water.

[@STHFGDBY]

All that black smoke suggests there was a lot of Tyres stored in that building that were burning, or some material as toxic as burning tyres..That sure was one stubborn fire. There were many moments where the high ladder hose pounded the flames with hundreds of gallons water and it just kept going out and recombusting time and time again.

[@kili20394]

What's up with the tones at the beginning?

[@marknightser8527]

Great work. Have questions, why so many standing, are they back up? Why no hoses accept for ladder trucks. Is it because building to far gone and just keeping control. Burn its self out. Trying to learn not criticize.

[@michaelflaxcombsr9095]

I KNOW ITS A LITTLE MORE WORK, BUT IT WOULD BE A NICE TOUCH TO HAVE A LITTLE FOOTAGE OF THE FIRE ONCE IT WAS EXTINGUISHED ! JUST A THOUGHT! GREAT VIDEO AND THANK YOU!

[@danreeder1704]

What drone do you use for this?

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

Dji air 3

[@46fd04]

What is stored inside? That sure went up fast.

[@gregggoss2210]

Good footage. 👍

[@jasonyoder9360]

Great job guys

[@robertschwartzman195]

Didn't this place burn once before last year ?

[@randomhock1973]

Gotta say that drone sounds like a helicopter from below... All in all, great footage

[@brandonseyfried1251]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2640">44:00</a> great shot in the bay door of the fire rolling overhead.

[@BarneySaysHi]

At <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="96">1:36</a> you can see a massive amout of smoke being forced out of the left part of the building. I wouldn't be surprised if that was a flashover.

[@PhillipRhodes]

Aaah, the classic "abandoned building full of flammable shit". One of the most frustrating fires you will ever respond to. Seems like these are always the same - you get some huge, ramshackle old building, built piecemeal over the years, often by joining multiple other buildings together in such a way as to maximize the number of false ceilings, weird void spaces between walls, etc., and always filled to the brim with old tires, old lumber, old cars, barrels of crude oil, shingles, clothes, pretty much anything that will burn. Half the building looks like it's about to collapse any minute, which is yet another reason for no interior attack. And they always put these in the part of town where half the hydrants are inoperable, or where there are no hydrants. Throw in a few homeless squatters and you have a recipe for disaster. I feel for these guys. I hate to think how many hours they were out there before this thing was done and dusted.

[@nayanpanchal39]

Great video

[@ryan3925]

What kind of drone do you have?

[@AB-NJ]

How tall is Southard's ladder?

[@TomManning-cs4el]

Tall

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

107”FT.

[@kenallred2215]

43 min in looks like foundation saving efforts are well under way with 2 hand lines and 2 arial waterways in operation

[@tg5298]

I don’t understand w all the man power and equipment they don’t get more water on fire. I’m not an expert but I would interested in an answer

[@TomManning-cs4el]

Thanks for a what not to do video

[@chriskondas8509]

Why does it take so long to get water on the fire

[@jays106]

didn't take long at all if you can do better join up

[@jays106]

wow that is a long lay from the ladder at the rear to an engine probably should have a booster engine in the center

[@ffjsb]

They should have more than just 3 engines and a ladder for a commercial building.

[@awsomeguy8829]

Was there lightning?

[@rd4660]

Ya, clear sky lightning.

[@RH421939]

Always seems to be lighting around these heebs

[@darianmosley1498]

Firefighters love taking there sweet time 👍🏽

[@Biffo1262]

Water supply seems to be a major issue. Always the same until the mains get boosted or you can find a close open water supply.

[@earl0603]

Have to pump these hydrants especially when multiple LDH are being used on the same main even at capacity. That was a long lay for 19 ladder 3, lot of friction loss at that distance. Eng 1 supplied them water so assuming they pumped the hydrant.

[@PowderMill]

EXCELLENT Drone Work Sir! 👍🏻 @Jersey Shore Fire If you ever want to play around with secure wireless video/audio transmission (to IC or media on scene) , please reach out. You’re welcome to borrow my gear for an extended period while I’m healing up from spine surgery.

[@PowderMill]

Forgot to add - The Mavic-3 (Cine or Pro) is great for its integral telephoto/zoom camera capabilities) It can really make the difference when you can’t get physically close…. The battery life is pretty good as well. I purchased 8 batteries and an EcoFlow bank for quick in field charging. I honestly did not believe the hype of longer operating life. I was pleasantly surprised to get 40+ minutes of flight with each. Outstanding piloting btw!

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

Thanks I’m using an air 3 the battery is amazing! But it only has the 3x zoom right now!

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

Had a mavic 2 dual enterprise but sold it recently

[@ИдётДождек]

Squatters have fun 🥰

[@rjkoeller4444]

I couldn't help notice what appears to be hundreds of people watching this fire , where I live nobody watches fires , to people here they are an inconvenience , something people try and avoid , you can't even find any fire buffs recording fires , traffic doesn't slow down to have a look , although we rarely even have fires , a fire this size is a once every ten year event .

[@travelingdude33914]

Im sure the neighborhood won't miss that abandoned eyesore

[@konradwitte8696]

All these regulations and still we have buildings like this for years after they should have been condemned.

[@Pukemade]

I live near here and I seen the smoke it was worser than it looked!

[@theresaste]

Prayers

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

One word?! That must have taken a tremendous amount of time and thought!

[@boatbound3300]

2nd & 3rd alarms should have been requested at same time

[@eliberger5916]

That greatly depends on what your 2nd and 3rd alarm assignments are. Every departments alarms are different and have a different amount of apparatus. A neighboring towns 2nd alarm is lakewoods working fire assignment.

[@PEB2631]

Who brought the kids that never shut up to the fire grounds??

[@YehoshuaZWenger]

El fuego va muy rápido. 😢

[@firehazemt]

You know that one really tasted like shit. Prolly there what between 4-5 hrs then get a rekindle at about 3am and what didn’t burn the first one did the 2nd😂😂😂😂

[@lottawork631]

Prime real estate

[@tg5298]

I have seen a lot of these videos. This ahas to be one of the poorer responses and utilization of resources that I have ever seen. Opinion based on drone video. Where are ladders and water Took forever for any results

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

So confused by your comment, water was on the fire in minutes.. maybe 1 min or so after I launched they had a 2.5 in service. Ladder pipe in ops soon after… 19-3 had to force entry that’s why that was delayed also they are from a different county & town. Lakewood only staffs 1&1 so everything else is mutual aid or volunteer from LFD, engine was put in service before the ladder per protocol. They had requested the ladder as well and as soon as it was staffed it was on scene.

[@thomaslauria8771]

wow lakewood sure does have alot of fires. hmm !!!!!!!!!!

[@robertcirincione6099]

They have a lot of lightning over there.

[@randybrooks9455]

A fire like this I would do a water Air drop

[@brandonseyfried1251]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2470">41:10</a> fire tornado!

[@randybrooks9455]

We all know that if anything is on fire in Jersey it's burning to the ground. jersey fire department are the worst of the worst

[@Findlay419]

What a eye sore 😮

[@daytonlebar8224]

Vacant commercial property 🤔with the way the smoke was coming out of that place and the fire already burning that much in the beginning. Definitely Jewish lighting!

[@transilvanischervampir666]

🧐

[@mikehassell4783]

Fish cake

[@chosenone1004]

Am I missing something ? How was the fire department never made aware of occupants still in the building close to a hour later ?? I’m guessing their egress was cut off by fire ? Any info on this ?

[@eliberger5916]

It was supposed to be an unoccupied building. Homeless people were inside (most of them drunk) so no one really knew anyone was there.

[@420aliendon]

Jewish lightning

[@daimyo672]

Antisemitic

[@wrenchposting9097]

​@@daimyo672 it does happen