Fire Trucks, Police Cars, and Ambulances Responding to 9th Alarm Major Gas Emergency

Compilation of just a few of the many responses mutual aid companies had while assisting Lawrence, Massachusetts with a citywide gas emergency on 9/13/2018. Nine alarms were struck bringing help from as far away as New Hampshire and Maine. | 9/2018
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[@bnadit1949]

This is impressive for the East Coast. The only other time I've heard of a response this widespread on the East Coast was 9/11 when companies from New Jersey were responding into New York to cover FDNY stations. Without the absolutely massive collection of gears that Cal OES has this is amazing.

[@911ERV]

It was certainly a huge mutual aid event. Thanks so much for watching!

[@critter2]

i live in New Hampshire my city went down to help along with others nearby... it was a huge mutltial aid but firefighters always have that help mass/nh my question is did nh police help in mass at all or was mass ok?

[@nasanierulastname2997]

Dispatch must have had an absolutely wild day.

[@911ERV]

They certainly did!

[@edou2nog241]

.'n 😅 13:43

[@911ERV]

Timestamps: 0:01 Boston Engine 10, SUV, West Newbury Tower 20 0:21 Essex County Sheriff, Nashua Engine 3, Lawrence General Ambulance 207 0:49 Unknown fire SUV responding and making a U-turn 1:01 Trinity Ambulance 62 1:18 Unknown fire Ford Interceptor 1:28 Trinity Ambulance 6 1:45 Boston Engine 50, unknown fire SUV, Exeter Ladder 1, Billerica Engine 2, and Lynn Engine 1 2:18 Unknown utility, Derry Engine 2, Salem Ladder 1 2:52 Lawrence Engine 9 responding through a parking lot 3:38 Unknown fire SUV, Methuen 3, Methuen Tower Ladder 1, North Reading Engine 4, Lawrence Engine 1 4:30 Lawrence Rescue 1 4:47 Peabody Ladder 1, Peabody staff Malibu, South Hampton Engine 1, Hampton Ladder 1, Hampton chief's SUV 5:20 Lawrence General Ambulance 205 5:32 Haverhill Ladder 1 and Lawrence General Ambulance 205 6:14 Ipswich Engine 2, North Hampton Engine 1, Nashua Ladder 3, North Hampton pickup, Lynn Engine 1 6:56 Rowley Engine 1 and Newburyport Truck 2 7:17 Lawrence Ladder 5 7:37 Lawrence staff car 7:49 PrideStar Ambulance 8:03 Boston Sparks A-11 and A-10 8:29 Red Cross Disaster Services 8:47 Rowley Engine 1 and Salem Tower Ladder 1 9:16 Newburyport Engine 2, Newbury Ladder 3, Newbury Tanker 2 9:49 Unknown fire SUV 10:08 Unknown fire SUV 10:31 Unknown police Dodge Charger 10:44 Mass State Police, Lawrence General Ambulances 205 and 209 11:10 Unknown police Ram, unknown police Impala 11:29 Lawrence Police SUV, unknown police pickup, unknown police SUV 12:16 Londonderry command unit, Londonderry Rescue 1 12:36 Cataldo Ambulance 103 12:49 Lawrence Engine 3 13:08 Lyons Ambulance 13:16 Brewster EMS command unit and Salvation Army rehab 13:33 Trinity Ambulance convoy 13:52 Billerica EMS 14:07 Multiple unknown police units 14:40 Mass State Police motorcycles, Mass State Police Mobile Incident Command trailer, Mass State Police support units

[@jazzbutterworth]

WOW That is a lot of units!!!!! I wish I had been there.

[@911ERV]

It was a once in a lifetime thing, I think. Wish you'd been around too!

[@Ricki126]

I live in south Lawrence and i have some clips too from the other side of south Lawrence if anyone interested

[@krakatoa8701]

@@Ricki126 Post them up. Or send them to RacingFan911 to post. It would be great to have a documented catalog of the event. It was historic.

[@thundershots974]

What an incredible video 9 alarms then a task force response. Imagine the ripple effect of how many other fire departments were covering stations responding to this.

[@911ERV]

It was a ton of coverage. I'm not sure if there's a comprehensive list but I'd love to find out. Thanks for watching!

[@stueyexmcfd]

@@911ERV if you find out what each department brought I'd like to see it. Very very well done video kudos from Jacksonville FL

[@kylelever8626]

I live in North Andover ma (one of the towns effected) and I saw police and fire from as far as Harvard MA which is about an hour and 15 minutes west North Andover

[@FB1ResponseVideos]

wow, this was well worth the 15 mins i took to watch this. awesome compilation. they were coming from everywhere!!!

[@911ERV]

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed; I barely had time to start a new clip at times.

[@LiamPattisonPhotography]

What a day... made international news. Absolutely wild. Great job at getting a ton of good responses, must've been hectic!

[@911ERV]

Thanks! It was definitely hectic; they just kept coming.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

I didn't hear anything about it over here ^^

[@kylelever8626]

Bro let me tell you this was something you see in the movies I live in North Andover and it was like Armageddon

[@jimrootismypresident3067]

Damn could u imagine driving from Maine to mass in a fire truck going code 3

[@911ERV]

Sounds like a good time to be honest haha. Thanks for watching!

[@johno6366]

That's how you find every agency from in and outside Massachusetts.

[@911ERV]

Lol, thanks for watching!

[@johno6366]

no problem.

[@FirePhoenixEmergencyVideos]

Damn, that must've been very thrilling to film but also very tiring and confusing since they came from everywhere! Lol

[@911ERV]

That's exactly what it was lol. Thanks for watching!

[@liamweaver2944]

When you see emergency vehicles going in different directions, you know shit's going down!

[@NiagaraEmergency]

This was so crazy! There were so many units from across the region! Definitely something that will only happen once!

[@911ERV]

Definitely. Glad I was in the area to witness and document history.

[@kylelever8626]

Over pressured gas main that was unreported by Columbia gas for 5 hours. This was the outcome. 18 year old dead 25 injured. They were lucky that people were at work when the fires started. If it happened at night death toll would have been in the hundreds.

[@kylelever8626]

Over 100 reported basement fires, explosions or strong smells of gas in North Andover, Andover and Lawrence. This video is shot only in Lawrence as far as I can tell so you can imagine the amount of trucks that came throughout

[@kevinmarcum3409]

My fire department was there as well

[@tazbandz6688]

I lived right in front of the highway (apartment building) there was about 50-100 trucks coming in every second, from towers, Ladders, Rescue, squad, pump, engines, mobile command just for one street. It was definitely a crazy day. But that day faith was restored. Just as the fires got worse youd see more and more fire trucks appear like angels. It was beautiful yet scary. Every second a box alarm for more help would be announced

[@617Aviation]

Wow I remember when my dad got called in to go to the gas explosions. Hard to believe it was almost 3 years ago

[@911ERV]

I know, it doesn't seem like that long ago.

[@noble6560]

3:32 VTEC JUST KICKED IN YO!

[@dylanszaloy8256]

Same! 😂 fucking sick bro out ran a fire truck!

[@911ERV]

Lol right?! Thanks for watching!

[@noble6560]

HAHA love it

[@Michael_Mason]

hahahaha!

[@Syntog]

I find it a little bit funny to watch responding vehicles going in opposite directions for some reason lol. My first thought automatically goes to is that one of them is going in the wrong direction and that strikes me as funny xd

[@911ERV]

There were many calls going on and mutual aid companies coming from all over. Makes sense there would be chaos lol. Thanks for watching!

[@Firescue112]

Hell of a video! Kinda like the wet dream of every fire buff 😆 Amazing footage!

[@911ERV]

Lol thank you so much! They just kept coming!

[@liamweaver2944]

My friends from Massachusetts at my university told me about this event. Scary stuff!

[@911ERV]

It was quite scary, although I didn't think too much about it once on the scene. Lots of stuff to do.

[@liamweaver2944]

@@911ERV 6 months late, but I also have a friend of mine who's dad is a Lt. on BFD's Rescue 1, and she told me he almost got called out here.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

Awesome, just awesome videos you made there! Extremly lucky to catch all those units responding and to have such a good spot to see them coming from both sides. Of course there are many units responding to such a scenario, but what I didn't understand: why are there units coming from both sides all the time, and both keep on driving until they are out of sight. Those vehicles with blue lights are somehow easier to see ...

[@911ERV]

Thanks for watching! There were dozens of reported explosions and fires going on at once, so companies were responding/clearing/being re-dispatched all the time. I suppose it was easier to let them get to the call they were assigned to rather than reroute apparatus unless it was absolutely necessary.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

thanks for your information; Yeah it seemed a bit odd, it's rather strange to have numerous scenarios in a close area

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

it reminds me a bit of a situation at a large scale disaster drill some years ago. There were 250 simulated victims and 250 emergency vehicles responded. You can imagine how it looked like with ambulances transporting the patients to the hospitals and heading back to the scene agin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKKvp3WVjrl8epY

[@EricWhiteTheGamer]

In my city of three stations we had that and man I was confused but the reason was cause of evacuation orders and it was one city and a few townships and a few counties which was just a few days ago.

[@code3socal83]

damn dude what an awesome response!

[@911ERV]

Thanks for watching! My biggest catch yet.

[@leniszameit]

PLZ STAY SAFE IF U GO INTO THE NG AREAS.THATS REALLY SCARY. OUR LOCAL NEWS HERE IN CANADA COVERED UR GOV,MAYORS NEWS SPEECHES. GREAT MIX OF DIFF FDS. VERY SAD ALSO. PRAYERS N HUGS 2 UR AREA

[@911ERV]

Thank you so much for watching and your support!

[@112NoordWestNL]

Very nice footage! Cool vehicles. Absolute a favorite video!

[@911ERV]

Thank you so much for watching! One of my favorites too.

[@jdtractorboy1258]

Once there was a house fire in my town and including my town, 5 towns came and helped

[@911ERV]

Mutual aid is great--thanks for watching!

[@starcraftguy1]

WOW! Emergency vehicles going left and right. Great video. Do you have any link to PD/FD/EMS radio transmissions?

[@911ERV]

Thank you! Not my video, but this has the first hour or so of transmissions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/imirinSVfa-VhpY

[@demonracer2]

This is incredible, awesome video

[@911ERV]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@thefonz2854]

Great catches I believe one of the unknown engines around the 1:50 mark was Needham,MA Edit Billerica,Ma engine 2 had to do a double take

[@911ERV]

That looks right--thanks! I've updated the timestamp.

[@thefonz2854]

RacingFan911 - Emergency Response Videos no problem, Happy to help

[@ZonedOutBass]

Do you have any further details on the incident? What exactly happened that required such a large response? We're other units responding as mutual aid to assist with other emergency calls in the area not related to the incident so that way units at the Gas Incident could continue to work?

[@911ERV]

Three towns had an overpressurization of the gas lines leading to multiple fires and explosions (about 70 in total). Dozens of mutual aid companies from three states responded in to both work gas-related incidents and other calls. They haven't said what exactly led to the overpressurization; the NTSB is investigating.

[@zolutional]

Long story short about 60 houses caught fire due to a gas explosion across south Lawrence, North Andover, and Andover

[@THEBIGLIE20]

Imagine if nobody knew why 900 fire trucks were driving in every direction for like 6 hrs?

[@davidglaum2538]

Omg fire equipment all over crazy but thank what the dispatcher they had their hands full also.

[@911ERV]

I know! The dispatchers did a fantastic job with this incident.

[@peterarvanitis6497]

Lots of catches there surprised Laurence is still running that Seagrave Mid Mount Tower Plus Great to see Boston helping out what Was thier Total response on this job? only thing that comes close here in Bergen County in Nj is The Edgewater Avalon condo complex Fire Believe That was an 8 th Alarm response including FDNY Marine Unit to draft from the Hudson River

[@911ERV]

I'm not sure how many units in total were there, but I'd estimate at least 50 communities responded with multiple pieces. There was mutual aid from two other states, and that was just on the first day. Task forces have been deployed the previous two days to continue working on shutting meters off. Thanks for watching!

[@brianoconnor7825]

@@911ERV I remember my city Quincy sent 2 fire trucks up there along with their deputy chief, I was listening to the scanner and the dispatcher was striking the mutual aid box and was telling car 2 that it was pretty bad and they needed help and I was in total shock and it is something I'll never forget.

[@uniden03229]

I clicked on this without realizing the incident. I remember this day well.

[@911ERV]

Crazy day for sure!

[@CobraEmergencyNorthAmerica]

That was crazy, the amount of agencies you filmed from all over within such a short space of time, some pretty rare vehicles in there too. I wish I'd been there with you. Just a shame a lot of them didn't use their sirens.

[@911ERV]

Thanks for watching! I probably could'be gotten more but there were a few fires nearby that I headed to instead. But traffic and road closures kept me out lol.

[@emvvehicles_8]

CobraEmergencyVideos - North America well there wasn't too much traffic so no sirens were necessary.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

that siren's aren't necessary due to light traffic conditions doesn't mean that they don't use it anyway, that's what it seems like it in many videos from different places across the USA. To be honest I was surprised too that there are so many not using their siren. For us here it's completly normal, during the night shift I usually never use the siren (except if we are heading into the state's capital city)

[@CobraEmergencyNorthAmerica]

I'd be the one who sits there playing with it the entire response aha. Yeah I'm used to most US response videos, even with no traffic, they still use sirens. That's why I like buffing the US. While where I live in the UK, like EnjoyFirefighting said, it's completely normal for no siren to be used.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

same here in Germany. When it's not necessary, many emergency vehicles switch the sirens off , especially during the night.

[@friedchicken6811]

I remember this day it was crazyyyyy

[@911ERV]

Sure was!

[@BarnesyBoy]

Ayyyyye you got Fitchburgs Engine 1. Was kinda hoping you'd get their tower or Leominster Engine 4 (I'm from Leominster). No one has gotten any footage of Engine 4 and it sucks lol. Great video!

[@911ERV]

Lol one of these days I'll try to get some Leominster footage. Thanks for watching!

[@BarnesyBoy]

I got some on my channel, not 10/10 like yours but its something haha

[@samatkins235]

Either that’s a busy busy town or they don’t know where tf they goin

[@911ERV]

Busy day, largest mutual aid response in the state since the 70s at least.

[@krakatoa8701]

That is, by far, the largest parade of emergency vehicles for a incident, I have seen on KZbin. Picking up Boston, North Hampton, Exeter, Hampton, Rowley, Lynn. Those towns are not close to Lawrence.

[@911ERV]

Thanks for watching! It was the biggest area mutual aid event since the Chelsea conflagration. These task forces were definitely really historic.

[@Steelers2841]

Excellent Job

[@911ERV]

Thanks for watching!

[@samdillsaver7676]

I know I’m way late but wow this is a cool video!

[@911ERV]

Thanks for watching!

[@michaelbond3903]

How long did it take for the farthest department to get there? Awesome video also!

[@911ERV]

Thanks! I'm not quite sure, they kept rotating state task forces into the area for a day or two afterward. York, Maine was the farthest away to respond, and that's a 45-minute drive without traffic.

[@michaelbond3903]

@@911ERV Wow, ok. That distance is how far our mutual aid fire and EMS crews are from the department I'm on.

[@samuellovell2383]

Very confusing... saw the same emergency vehicles several times. They were like coming from all directions and roads and moving constantly. Not complaining, pretty neat video.

[@911ERV]

There were dozens of reported fires and explosions all simultaneously, so as units cleared one scene they moved on to the next.

[@Dannymo-it9js]

THANK YOU

[@911ERV]

Thanks for watching!

[@joshkeene8457]

So much chaos trucks, ambulances, polices, flying by in all directions

[@911ERV]

Crazy day for sure. Thanks for watching!

[@CJEMT08]

Wow good job on videoing all Responding Fire,Police,and EMS Responding In to Lawrence Area.

[@911ERV]

Thanks so much!

[@jasongeerer8163]

Seemed very confusing as if all the responding units were trying to figure out where exactly to go....reminds me of when the amtrack train rear ended the freight train in syracuse....we were all over the place looking for the train....we eventually found the train way the hell down the track and we had to carry out patients in waist deep snow....what a nightmare

[@911ERV]

That sounds terrible. Yes, there was a constant stream of 911 calls for fires so units were arriving/clearing/being redirected as needed for a few hours straight. Thanks for watching!

[@critter2]

can i just question most of these drivers not pulling the hell over!

[@911ERV]

Best guess is they got used to all the emergency vehicles that afternoon/evening.

[@Mhockey63]

I was in the area I was evacuated

[@jerrybuit6318]

Great job...so many units responding...

[@911ERV]

Thank you for watching!

[@thebigtimeg]

Wow super great catch

[@911ERV]

Thanks for watching!

[@alexandernunez109]

That is crazy

[@911ERV]

Thanks for watching!

[@MrKal222]

Lots of firetrucks and police cars 💕

[@911ERV]

Thanks for watching!

[@metrowestbostonemergency]

I remember that day it was crazy

[@911ERV]

Definitely was! Thanks for watching.

[@aidanpeach400]

Why did Nashua Engine 3 Respond the wrong way towards where the first 3 units came from? EDIT- NVM It must have been a large scale emergecncy and they had to go to a spot where command told them to.

[@911ERV]

Yep, lots of calls going on at once

[@anthonyg13emergencyvideos]

Awesome catch. Just what the heck is that at 6:03

[@911ERV]

Thanks, I think it was a news van of some sort.

[@anthonyg13emergencyvideos]

911 ERV - Emergency Response Visuals huh, odd that it has lights

[@valleyfirebuff9694]

My house was on fire in the basement but I’m living in it now

[@911ERV]

I hope there wasn't too much damage. It was a scary day.

[@EricWhiteTheGamer]

Remained me of a few weeks ago in Midland MI. That is were I live!

[@CobraEmergencyNorthAmerica]

7:27 - Well at least the white light still works... I guess :P

[@911ERV]

Lol

[@lelandmorris7259]

Bet the radio was busy

[@911ERV]

I couldn't keep up with it haha. I just stood there and filmed

[@binky8501]

Used to live here as a kid

[@bubbaherrera5079]

WARNING THIS IS NOT A PARADE AND THIS SERIOUS

[@911ERV]

Very true!

[@stevenbeuving7094]

Please explain to me why all the units are going in so many different directions. Why are they not all going in One Direction?

[@911ERV]

This was during the Lawrence gas emergency in September. 10 alarms of mutual aid responding to 70+ fires around the city due to an over-pressurized gas line.

[@johnnybellamy6094]

is that the largest response you have ever caught

[@911ERV]

Without a doubt it is. Thanks for watching!

[@tutorialz5117]

For me yes!

[@chriswalsh4738]

are they lost?

[@911ERV]

Nope, just lots of calls going on at once.

[@Mile54Productions]

Nice catches!

[@911ERV]

Thanks!

[@OklahomaEmergency]

I’ve seen some pretty big responses, but this may be the biggest. Saw lots of ambulances. Any fatalities?

[@brighteyes0623]

1 fatality, 18 YO male who had a piece of a chimney fall on his driver's compartment while he was in his car after the house exploded.

[@CobraEmergencyNorthAmerica]

What about my Major Response to the Topanga Fire video? ;)

[@OklahomaEmergency]

Yeah that was pretty big too, but I think he went a minute straight of just going back and forth catching units.

[@911ERV]

Thanks for watching! There was one fatality, unfortunately.

[@stueyexmcfd]

@@OklahomaEmergency yes he did

[@LordableRBLX]

How did Exeter NH get down there so quick?

[@911ERV]

By this point the incident was over three hours old, hop on 95 to 495 and it wouldn't take too long.

[@cortneyrwilliams]

Is it me, or am I the only person confused on what’s going on?!

[@911ERV]

It was pretty confusing but there was a lot going on. Thanks for watching!

[@critter2]

many fires in mutlpliate towns hence why you saw them go back and fourth

[@erichodges6066]

That lot serious injured

[@911ERV]

There was one fatality and some other injuries that day.

[@andrewcunnison6975]

wow, why some going one way and some going the other way?

[@911ERV]

Many calls at the same time, companies were assigned as they became available.

[@brandontwining9338]

How come individual you see fire trucks going one way and then turn around on another way

[@911ERV]

There were dozens of calls doing on at once, so units were constantly clearing or being reassigned to higher priority calls.

[@brandontwining9338]

@@911ERV thank you

[@thundershots974]

I would guess they were initially responding to a staging area then dispatched from there.

[@jeffaltares5207]

Coming and going from different direction

[@911ERV]

Very hectic that day! Thanks for watching.

[@rob4620]

No shortage of resources on this incident! lol

[@911ERV]

Absolutely. Trucks came from as far away as Maine!

[@rob4620]

Unbelievable. That had to be 100 miles or so.

[@nathanstone2604]

How did you keep up?

[@911ERV]

Just kept the camera rolling mostly! Thanks for watching!

[@Mhockey63]

I remember rhat

[@911ERV]

Definitely a weird afternoon and evening for everyone in the city.

[@Mhockey63]

It was scary I was scared luckily no one I onew died but it was tragic

[@coswiger]

Though there sure was a lot of action panning after each unit makes the video pretty hectic and slightly hard to watch. Maybe next time only turn your cam after the last vehicle of a convoy passed your position. Still nice to see. ;-)

[@911ERV]

Thank you for watching and the feedback. It's always hard to remember things like that in the heat of the moment, but I'll try to keep it in mind next time!

[@coswiger]

Might be something to "learn" in usual situations so you're used to it when needed. Better stay calm than heat up, right? ;-)

[@tylershears6207]

Why were some going back the same way the others were coming? And why were they going all different directions. If they are responding to the same call? This is confusing as heck.

[@worldrenowned]

There’s multiple calls going on at once so units had to be dispatched to those calls

[@911ERV]

Multiple fires or reports of fires, gas leaks, etc. so as one unit cleared one call they were sent to another.

[@cenaguy1246]

9th alarm 😨

[@911ERV]

There was another town right next door with a similar incident too, so altogether there were over a dozen between the two towns.

[@EricWhiteTheGamer]

I may have a way to get an Incident incident report and response report!

[@EricWhiteTheGamer]

9th alarm who’s counting and in the proper way?

[@haileycas12]

The one that said rowley i was thinking of diary of a wimpy kid

[@911ERV]

Lol nice! Thanks for watching!

[@haileycas12]

Our welcome dude,thanks for the heart

[@dylanszaloy8256]

Anyone else see the slow ass civic? 😂

[@911ERV]

Lol thanks for watching!

[@emvvehicles_8]

YOURE LUCKY DUDE!! ONE MORE SUBSCIRBWE ADDED TO YOUR SUBSCRIPTION COUNT!

[@911ERV]

Thank you for watching and the subscription!

[@Ohio_FireGroundPhotography]

It looks like a shitshow :( hope everyone is okay

[@911ERV]

There's a lot of damaged homes and one fatality, unfortunately.

[@BISMARCK-ks5it]

They seem lost and confused

[@911ERV]

There were 60+ active incidents, including multiple fires, all within a four-hour period. Many of these units were from out of the region and responding in as part of two different 9-alarm mutual aid requests. Just organized chaos here.

[@Sucknutz_]

All these units and I’d still be first due because I’m built different 🥶