Airplane Crash Response

Here you’ll see a plethora of units responding to a confirmed airplane crash into a mobile home park. The plane was a single engine aircraft that lost engine power, the plane crashed and took out 3-4 mobile homes causing a massive fire. Units responding in this video are from various departments which are listed below.
Clearwater Fire Rescue
Largo Fire Rescue
St. Pete/ Clearwater International Airport
St. Petersburg Fire Rescue
Sunstar Paramedics
Clearwater PD
Pinellas County Sheriffs Office

[@kenwaters6589]

Dispatch: what do you need? Chief: Everything

[@GhostSniper296]

Na I need the universes

[@TransGalGaming]

Chief: Yes

[@jonarmedpiandsecurityoffic9051]

"Send me red truck with red light until I say stop!"

[@Firebuff336]

@@jonarmedpiandsecurityoffic9051😂

[@aniwack]

"Call the governor and get me the national guard!"

[@davidsalzman4672]

I remember a video where the chief told dispatch “send the city”.

[@jgrazzi]

That was 9/11/2001. He also said, “we need the Army”.

[@alfheib]

Your number of years back there was a airplane crash at near the greater Pittsburgh international airport and western Pennsylvania.. the crash was actually in Beaver county book the airport is in Allegheny co. .. she even on the runway end of the county line.. over the years no one asked Beaver county fire departments to participate in any drills at the airport.. and let me know the plane went down in Beaver Co. .. but Allegheny co callef a zula .. which dispatched half the fire departments in Allegheny co.. which is about 150 fire dept ... No one thought about calling up 50 fire department from Beaver county.. + 2 industrial fire brigade that have foam trucks . The problem is that area is very small and it was hard to move with all those fire trucks including aerial s..

[@earl0603]

That was Trenton NJ Chief Dale on live rescue. Had 4 homes on fire and told dispatch to dump the whole city on it.

[@amazonbox5551]

random bystanders who saw alot of those vehicles go by were probably caught off guard by the amount units plus the crash truck, talk about concerning. Great catches, one of the best.

[@zachbricks7769]

Ye

[@andrewtaylor940]

That’s one of those “turn on the local news moments”.

[@amazonbox5551]

@@andrewtaylor940 lol fr

[@zachbricks7769]

Yea @@andrewtaylor940

[@anotheruserism]

once I was at a set of lights. I missed two green lights waiting for emergency vehicles to go through

[@fyrdawg533]

As an old, retired Fire Cap'n, it thrills me to see this kind of response between so many different agencies. Mutual Aid agreements are a "must have" for many departments. As far as personnel and apparatus, it's "better to have 'em and not need 'em than need 'em and not have 'em." You can always 10-22 incoming units. However, playing "catch up" can be a b!och. An incident of this size with so many agencies, requires an effective Incident Command Structure and I bet their "ICS" system worked great! Kudos!

[@wolfpacva]

It worked well. Just dont go to Alaska where they dont have mutual aid. They just watch your house burn down if they cant deal with it.

[@thatguy2224]

We auto aid everything anymore due to a lack of volunteers. We have enough to handle our stuff, but most of our neighbors don't.

[@edhoyt5600]

Like we always said going on a run and not have enough help Then to be short on a real fire event location Can never have enough man power and trucks Family of brother and sister hood doing the same job we picked to do 7/24/365

[@davidholloway5346]

as a retired lawdog, (( total of 62 yrs)) eyes are wet seeing all those units responding,, never responded to aircraft crash, but numerous car crashes!! STAY SAFE OUT THERE , BROTHERS AND SISTERS!! GOD WATCHES OVER FIRST RESPONDERS!!🚔🚔🚔🚔🚔🚔👍👍👍👍

[@wademolzahn8870]

It is nice to see ICS in place and incorporate multiple agencies. ICS started with the forest service. My father being one of the many writers of the system

[@grant4151]

All those sirens and then the sound of a turbo charged Crash Fire Tender !!!! Love It 🙂

[@andrewtaylor940]

What nobody tells you is those things don’t really move very fast. You might be able to get one up to 50 on a steep downgrade. The regular city trucks with the big turbo diesels will go astonishingly fast.

[@kimcallaghan3404]

​@@andrewtaylor940ARFF vehicles are required to have the capability to accelerate from 0 to 50 miles per hour in 25 seconds or less and reach a top speed of at least 70 miles per hour.

[@andrewtaylor940]

@kimcallaghan3404 Loaded or unloaded? I've actually had them side by side with modern Class A's. Which are sports cars compared to the lumbering beasts. They really aren't that fast. And once you get an Airport Truck out on City Streets it gets real bad. They don't climb grades very fast. So hitting a highway exit or entrance bogs them way down. As does any vertical element to the terrain.

[@kimcallaghan3404]

@@andrewtaylor940 an unloaded piece of apparatus is pretty useless responding to a fire.

[@andrewtaylor940]

@@kimcallaghan3404 Not always. It depends on how far you need to go and how fast you need to get there. For example for specialized 3000 gallon tankers I’ve had situations where it is faster to dump the water at the start. Drive as fast as you can to a hydrant or fill point closer to the scene, refill it there, then go the last bit and start fighting the fire. We definately had to do that with Stump Jumpers when going outside the City or District.

[@DJ_Tasha_Nicole]

MASSIVE response and might I say even proud of the general public who actually pulled over and moved. The confusion on that off ramp with multiple shiny blinky vehicles I can get the panicked feeling of "shit where do I go?! hell I'm not moving"

[@Westlander857]

Son of a firefighter here, and this is oddly comforting to me. It shows that when you’re in a terrible spot, quite possibly in the toughest moment of your life, there are this many people who are ready, willing and able to help you. Well done, y’all.

[@WhiteNoise493]

Dispatch: Dispatch to command. How many units do you want on the assignment? Command: Yes.

[@bandagemonkey]

2:11 If you see an ARFF Truck (The big yellow airport truck) driving on a city street, you know something has gone horribly wrong.

[@joeyfab78]

Alert 3 (Aircraft Crash) with a possible MCI- Everybody Goes. Great video of the response, especially the Crash Truck! (usually difficult to see ARFF vehicles off airport property)

[@Fuselage.156]

It's pretty interesting and cool that you know all this

[@Buttlicker69]

I was thinking about that, maybe the city bought an old ARFF unit for grass fires? Some cities are doing that now

[@brianpmessier4977]

WIth the cuts between cut out, it looks like a 3rd alarm response all at once, and every cop in a 50 mile radius was bored! That is a huge response!

[@Virginiastateemergencyphotogra]

They probably where

[@Petrenko.Oleksandrovych]

Depending on the severity and the largeness of the situation they may be used for crowd control or direction while the fire and ems tend to injuries and ruptured parts of the plane if a fire does occur.

[@13tarfu]

All cops want to be firefighters.

[@eric3215]

PD will also be responsible for setting up a perimeter and sealing off the area so no bystanders get in and mess with any evidence. My cousin was a police officer when NW 255 crashed at DTW and he helped with scene security while the NTSB conducted their investigation.

[@jurisram1]

Bored? My take is more sinister. PHONY OVERTIME.

[@GhostSniper296]

5:30 the tiller makin one clean drift.

[@mikelp72]

Kramer’s got the Caboose!

[@molotov9502]

Tea for the tillerman!

[@davecrupel2817]

Damn that's a long boi!

[@Tzartle_The_Kaiju]

Gotta love em tillers

[@southerntexfireresponses9343]

This video is legitimately one of the best fire responses ive seen lately. Phenomenal!! Im sure people were already concerned by the high amount of fire/pd units and then the crash truck coming in definitely had people thinking a air liner or something mass cass has happened. Phenomenal job man!! Very well done

[@Firemeng]

Oh my god, man I got chills watching this one, I've been on only a couple and they truly are something else. God speed to everyone involved and first responders

[@emergencyvehiclesrespondin2982]

This is the biggest response i have ever seen in my life!

[@zachbricks7769]

Yep

[@johnargus9081]

There's a few from 9/11 that put this to shame. Or as one TV reporter put it "Emergency units are pouring into this area from every borough of the city!"

[@sawwahwah1200]

Bro the biggest in my country included 200 vehicles lol. It included over 100 fire stations

[@emergencyvehiclesrespondin2982]

@@sawwahwah1200 ok cool

[@kennethpadgettflightparame3548]

“Everyone goes!” “Send me everything!” You were in the right place at the right time. Great video.

[@xoycc]

Reminds me of when my dad died. He was a firefighter. During the funeral procession, we had at least 20 to 30 emergency vehicles blaring their sirens out of respect. Thanks for posting this, It was real interesting.

[@christiangibbs8534]

@isuckatgames3 Thankfully, it was a small, private single-engine aircraft, not an airliner. Of course, any size crash is a devastating tragedy, especially one that hits a populated area. Still, the loss of life would have been much more severe if it had been an airliner.

[@shawnrobinson2213]

Unfortunate what happened but great catch of the response. Condolences to the pilot’s and the 2 women that were in the house families.

[@landonriley9226]

This is nothing short of incredible the amount of units I saw, absolutely amazing!

[@Youtubeisstartingtosuck]

This is an INSANELY good catch. Like I don’t think I’ve ever seen a response video this good. Amazing camera work too!!!

[@DallasSniper]

The 2nd officer at 1:12 thought he was going to be slick and pass the two units in front of him that had stopped to wait for the engine to drive by., only to not make any ground and end up getting back to his original spot. LOL!!

[@joshuasnow2169]

I was looking to see if anyone else noticed that. I was like dumbass, they definitely couldn’t be stopping for a reason 🙄

[@noahmiller985]

if i saw that i would think there might be some emergency or something

[@notkylelarson23394]

I would consider that there is a situation going on

[@edhoyt5600]

That brings back 30 years in the fire and rescue As a aircraft firefighter in the air force and a airport firefighter

[@PK4Senate]

The Christmas morning of response videos! ❤️

[@jimratliff2753]

Andrew, What a great vantage point you had for the emergency response. Really well done. Good camera control. You would never have the motorists in CA pull to the right and stop as required by law. CA does not have courtesy drivers but most folks here did a good job to let the equipment proceed by fairly well. Again, nice work Drew!

[@dv1267]

Great to see drivers yielding in advance of the approaching emergency vehicles!

[@ryderrobinson1011]

This was probably the best response video I seen in a long time!! thank you for recording this you were in the right spot at the right time you earned a subscriber!🎉

[@SimRacer184]

Possibly the greatest response video I’ve ever seen! Awesome capture!

[@straightwhitemale4228]

They said the plane had called in multiple maydays so they had emergency resources standing by but unfortunately it crashed I believe 3 miles short of the runway? So that’s why that response as a lot faster. Being a firefighter myself for one ver 17 years, I still get excited seeing responses like this or even when we’re responding to a call, especially if it requires multiple resources, screaming to a scene whether it’s a job or something else. Nice video.

[@robertlucero4652]

That’s what I think happened too I agree with you this video was posted to me two weeks ago

[@robertlucero4652]

Don’t want plane crash’s happening near me there scary

[@Chat562]

This is misinformation. He missed landing at Clearwater Airpark because he didn't see the runway lights and said he was diverting to Albert Whitted Airport. When he was climbing back up, he called out engine trouble, stalled, and went into a steep dive all within a few seconds. The international airport happened to be closer and kind of in the same direction, but it's inconclusive if he tried to get there at the last minute or if he had already lost control when he turned that way. There was definitely no advanced warning to fire. Their first notice was multiple 911 calls reporting a big fire and some saying they saw a plane go down. Some of the ATC channels covered this with the flight path matched to the radio calls.

[@lucaslaughing]

Wow, what an epic response - great footage!

[@steelskeleton]

Imagine watching this cool convoy pass by and a random police car starts spamming fire truck sirens

[@EifelBlaulichtTV]

Great video! Aircraft crashes/Train incidents are about the scariest thing to have or catch responses to...

[@christianperi]

Awesome video. Love seeing multiple agencies responding together

[@CWFLAEMOFC]

Epic video! At the right place at the right time. Nice hearing the great powercall usage from PCSO.

[@sergiow6393]

This video is so amazing! I absolutely enjoyed watching this! Thank You

[@Grounded75]

It's hard to lament over having a bad day when you see something like this. Good catch and stay safe!

[@demonracer2]

Incredible video!

[@tjred3995]

Of course, those of us who live in FL know exactly to which incident you are referring; so, you are doing an even greater service to us by showing such a relateable response.

[@Cheeseman135]

What was it?

[@Battalion7FireResponses]

Well that’s got to be the greatest response video I’ve ever seen. That’s a mind blowing number of units.

[@DanielMendez88]

Firefighters: Were coming with the whole group! Dispatch: The emergency is over you took to long

[@davidjung3819]

Damn...great vid catch dude..crazy nice response fro city!

[@mtvjackass74]

Great catch!!! I remember back when I was 16 I had an old school scanner with crystals you had to buy separately, I lived close to a small airport north of Chicago, a single engine plane went down close to our house and that scanner I had lit up like a Christmas tree with traffic. 1992 was the year, Waukegan regional airport, the pilot survived.

[@lemonhead5890]

Awesome video and surprised to see people in Pinellas pulling over for emergency vehicles probably one of the first times I've seen almost everyone pull over

[@zeincexxx1285]

Police responding like it's GTA

[@ryderrobinson1011]

😂😂😂

[@Francesc2000]

Brutal response. Awesome video.

[@airpowermedia]

Very sad story, but great coverage of the response!!

[@NeilM01989]

Liked, subscribed and shared your video and your channel, keep up the good work on your videos and your job. 👍🏻🚒

[@tobeannounced_TBAEAS]

This literally looks like a game recording. Great job filming!

[@951Trashkid]

Man this was fun to watch! Great job! Also subscribed

[@darraha]

What do you need on site? Yes. Well done on this response! You never know what's missing until you need it. A lot of folks, think massive responses like this are overkill, but it is most definitely not in most cases. Especially with a plane crash, all kinds of things could go wrong.

[@DBR00]

Great video. Thanks for posting.

[@michiganfirebuff]

Awesome video keep up the good content

[@AidensFirePhotography]

Wow amazing catches, can’t imagine the adrenaline rush I would get recording this

[@zachbricks7769]

Yep

[@kaspervestergaard2383]

Ok calm down. Getting a stiffy?

[@Francois8011]

Amazing catch!!! If this is the (justified) response for a small plane, the response for an airliner must be insane!

[@michaelacri2875]

One of the best videos I've seen

[@geoffg8840]

Everybody was probably wondering what the heck was going on with all the sirens. Lol. This was the best response video ever! Great rigs making lots of noise! Any updates on the incident?

[@chrisfairfield1929]

This is AWESOME footage.

[@LancasterResponding]

Bro you got so lucky! Love the ARFF truck going it’s top speed of “we’ll get there when we get there.” They’re not fast but boy are they loud. I was able to visit an ARFF station at a mid size airport when I was a junior firefighter and when those rigs move it makes the ground shake.

[@markweaver1932]

That's a beautiful sight with all the different agencies responding

[@tjking7457]

For those wondering, the crash ended up taking the lives of 3 people: The pilot and two residents inside the mobile home it hit directly.

[@gaming960]

How many units do you need? FD: Yes

[@GyrexGG]

seeing the call sheet in real time was amazing. never seen so many apparatuses attached to one call or FAA and NTSB being included.

[@mikefargo4339]

As a retired Truck Co. Captain... it is nice to see a TDA in Florida !

[@Pete-zx2br]

This is the best video I've seen

[@zombie2592]

This has lifted the bar so high it is now out of reach. Outstanding luck!

[@natesiebert2840]

Awesome catches!

[@steves7716]

Awesome video. You were in the right spot.

[@carlsoleii9540]

Those police cars and fire trucks are so cool

[@toddster2656]

Now *that* was an impressive response!

[@christiangibbs8534]

Inspiring and terrifying at the same time. What we see here is not a series of cars and trucks with flashing lights and sirens. What we see here is a parade of heroes. When they were little, my kids used to cheer for FD as they rolled by with lights and sirens. Now that they are older, they understand that fire trucks and ambulances mean that people are going into harm's way to save others. It's not uncommon for me to hear one of them saying a prayer for the first responders and the people they are helping. We should all say a prayer for our first responders, and while we are at it, thank God for them.

[@user-du9iw2jy9r]

I like to see the lighting and what they do it really thrills me out

[@miken.7891]

Excellent catch 🚒

[@workinghardusa]

Cool, well done Andrew!

[@Aviationchannel17]

Great video!! ❤🚒🚑🚓❤️

[@brushrescue1701]

That was one hell of a catch and one heck of a response wow 💪👍🏻😲

[@mikepierce9715]

WOW! Great video

[@Bobman4000]

Great catches

[@EWDAVID94]

the tiller drift at 5:30 so good. he took the corner better than the ARFF truck

[@jeffseefeldt8491]

Awesome lineup

[@zachbricks7769]

Best video I’ve ever seen

[@LightsandSirens]

good position to film ! nice video

[@antoniobranderas]

Excellent video! Now if KZbin could continue to recommend similar videos, I would be very happy.

[@Sewbuwu]

Mustve been a loooonnnng night.... prayers for the ones involved and for the familes affected.

[@user-ek6yi1qu3s]

This Video is Awesome! Definitely One of The Best Response Videos I have Watched in a Long Time! Deepest Condolences to The Families and Friends of The Deceased Victims.

[@josephg3739]

Amazing response

[@datboi5913]

This is one of those “everyone get your ass over here right now we have a BIG problem” moments

[@obivanketobi7382]

what a massive response...

[@FurryWrecker911]

There's always signs of it being a particularly bad one: large response force, so many responding units that they start arriving in packs, trucks from outside the area showing up, service vehicles meant for gated facilities. Getting all 4 at once is probably the platinum winner of "somebody somewhere is having a very bad day."

[@slapshot121212]

For those that don’t know, this was a single engine plane crashing into a mobile home park.

[@firefighterfan2010]

Nice one!👍🏻

[@keithmayhew2161]

Nice footage..

[@djsimeonweavermusic1233]

I love when It’s mainly just the Truckies pinning the Q and blaring thing Horn, telling people to get out the way

[@xlavahott4547]

What are all those cops going to do at a fire besides take pictures on their cell phones to show their friends later?

[@CanadaMatt]

This reminds me of the movie Airplane! from the 70s. I was just waiting for the beer and ice cream trucks to go screaming by.

[@mr.j6304]

Well it's interesting to see the response to that incident. From seeing videos of the incident on scene to now the response to the scene. I'm sure at that time people were like WTF ?

[@bobrehak5075]

Amazing police and sheriff and emsmcar

[@user-zk6kc7dm7v]

Same thing happened in Japan last month. Around 120+ emergency vehicle responded to the aircraft crash at the Haneda Airport.

[@Brauiz90]

I've seen a response like this one when a small plane at Leipzig/Halle airport in Germany caught fire... they have 3 fire stations at the airport and 4 or 5 volunteer fire departments in a 20km area...

[@user-qd6nn6sj5v]

I'm now retired from working security both contract and in-house. One of my best assignments was working at Hartsfield international back in the 90s. Let me tell you from first-hand experience when you hear radio traffic on scanner and it's the talk group ID for the FAA crash phone at Hartsfield everything grinds to a stop until we can figure out what's going on. Sending a tip of the Hat to Atlanta fire rescue Battalion 7 First Responders at Hartsfield

[@TGGGlobalEmergencyResponses]

Crazy!! You were definitely in the right place at the right time. One point of feedback. Why are you standing in the middle of the parking lot the whole time when you could get a better shot/ unobstructed view by the side of the road or at the intersection?