Firetruck Gets Stuck in Sinkhole, Rescued by LAFD & LACoFD | Monterey Park

[@CobraEmergencyNorthAmerica]

Those heavy rescue wreckers are amazing resources - both City and County can do a lot with them, and help out smaller FDs like Monterey Park.

[@josephalexander3884]

Excellent catch. I really enjoyed this rare video of two rarely seen pieces of apparatus. Thank you. Nice video quality.

[@cathyriggs5409]

I am glad the LAFD got the fire truck out of sink hole.

[@chichi41]

That is a fire engine NOT a fire truck. There is difference between the two......

[@clarkclarke]

I love fire trucks...and still marvel at them as an adult ...so glad no one was hurt. Would hate to imagine if they.were rushing to a scene ..... .🙏🏾

[@clarkclarke]

I got a little confused when I saw FDNY ...

As a qualified heavy duty tow truck operator and monday morning quarterback i was a little surprised they were lifting the rear of the engine without a spreader bar😮

[@thomasmckelvey8961]

XD That Engine Company will NEVER live that one down.

[@46fd04]

Another good lesson here. When driving in the area of a major water leak, DO NOT drive thru it. You have no idea what is under the water.

[@JimDean002]

Stopped to cover a big water main break one time working for the newspaper. Was a good ways back, pulled in next to a deputy. We walked over to the leak, and could see it was huge. And it was apparently originating from up where our cars were. We looked up that way and could literally see the utility poles next to our cars leaning and swaying as the water washed around them, and these were big poles with lots of cables. We chanced it, and moved. One of them fell a few minutes later. Turns out it was a 24 inch main connecting two water towers, and it flowed until one tank went dry. The road was closed for four days to rebuild the hole.

[@colbroon1975]

Thought I was watching highway through hell for a minutes.🤣🤣🤣✌️

[@JimDean002]

Nah, I think Jamie's crew wears more PPE than the fire guys had on...

[@jcrides1320]

@@JimDean002 and Jamie's doesn't wave nice trucks anymore

[@tuhannguyen5573]

Excellent Heavy Rescue assist 👏🙌👍💪

[@carolehayden8566]

BRILLIANT!

[@AexxxelPictures]

How big was the broken water pipe??

[@mshappyapple8663]

If it's not one thing, it's something else. It never fails. Murphy needs to leave all of them alone for a while. Excellent filming in everything you do! Kudos to you. :-)

[@neildavies871]

👌👌 well done LAFD

[@LAFD42]

Lots of Good quality Ice Cream is going to be bought in Monterey Park this week!! 😄😄

[@bennyc6694]

It's crazy how much the fire trucks flexing and folding. Pay attention to the cab when it gets hoisted off the ground

[@JDSWeather]

When Your Cities Firetruck gets stuck in a Sinkhole Who Ya Gonna Call why Pepe's Towing of course Home of The Hulk Rotator Towtruck. 🚧🚧🚒🚒🚔🚔

[@MikeHiLo]

Not this time Jr

[@JDSWeather]

@@MikeHiLo it was a joke

[@the702medic3]

Crazy how those heavy wreckers can pick it up like it's a matchbox car.

[@geedubb2005]

It’s a crying shame these utilities and streets are in such poor condition for the amount of taxes and water rates these people pay. Politicians at their best.

[@asarra3171]

Spirit is all, both visible, and invisible.

[@dylan-zb1sl]

E233 in LACoFd battalion 11 in lancaster just fell into a sinkhole about 3 weeks ago

[@trailblazingheisman]

Battle of the Heavy Rescues!!!

[@thomasfletcher4765]

Thankfully the sink hole didn't swallow the truck .

[@D23178]

I was thinking the same think, I was thinking like o yeah you can drive out of that......also me it’s a freaking sink hole 🕳 it can sink making it bigger at any moment

[@ChrisJP_808]

0:32 why does the engine say FDNY?

[@scottwilliams6874]

It's a tribute to FDNY for 9/11

[@ChrisJP_808]

@@scottwilliams6874 Oh

[@LICHBKLYN1]

Awesome! Both counties responding to yet another county. Mutual Aid at it's best. Good as new.

[@trob0914]

L.A. CO F.D. HEAVY RESUE 103 & L.A. FD HEAVY RESCUE 3👍👍

[@Carter-dv4hz]

Your telling me that 600hp Detroit diesel and 15 strong fighters couldn't get that thing unstuck? Damn guess firefighters need heroes to.

[@charlie13albert]

Ahhhhh America’s great infrastructure

[@MaxsFireVideography]

Why does it say FDNY on the door of the Monterey Park Engine 62

[@JimDean002]

"In memor of our fallen brothers" is above it. So it's a 911 tribute. Lot's of departments do this- Most of ours have a 343 sticker on them someplace

[@MaxsFireVideography]

@@JimDean002 cool

[@patriciafaulkner3771]

wow that big hole, I'm glad no SMALL CAR GO DOWN THERE.

[@leslieloughnan1461]

I think the driver Owes a carton (slab) of beer to the boss for getting the fire engine stuck

[@DogTog]

They forgot the saying, "2 in the pink, 1 in the stink". Not the whole truck in the hole at once. Sheeesh.

[@georgehasler142]

Great job by LAFD and LOS Angles COUNTRY FIRE DEPT To help out Monterey park fire dept to all three dept,s always work safe

[@davidmack4495]

somebody owes some one some ice cream and pies.

[@0524cami]

It looks like that part of the street was recently dug up

[@Chief21075]

Things that don't happen everyday

[@flooby_]

Sucks, but I mean its better the truck getting slight chassis damage than a person falling in and getting seriously hurt

[@mikek3951]

Lol. Gotta say they made sure to charge the city. Didn’t need 2 trucks.

[@CH-dv1nf]

Dang

[@gfinnstrom]

a lot of paper work and ribbing from this event

[@AnnaMorris411]

Watching... Pokes stick at it... Fill it up with more water... Stand for a moment of silence... Call the Boss! 😂

[@peanut111shorty]

They were checking the depth They were draining the tank

[@AnnaMorris411]

@@peanut111shorty Can’t I poke some fun? 🙄

[@JS-zb1vv]

Glad it’s ok. But where is the spreader. Bar to keep from bending the body . These USAR guys should know this !!!!

[@JS-zb1vv]

@xheralt have to disagree with you. It’s hooked in between the rear tires. So the line is pressing on the body very hard . A spreader bar above the engine on the rear would have prevented and body damage. The front was actually hooked on the front so nothing there. But the rear needs a large spreader bar .

[@discgolfdroneguy1]

Lacofd doesn't have a spreader bar for thier trucks neither does lafd

[@guyfairchild752]

That’s not good 😬

[@brendabaldwin13]

Mother earth is tired of all those cement scabs on her ,justsayn.

[@Carter-dv4hz]

Hey look its a rescue rescuer rescuing a rescuing rescuer. Cause English.

[@Dinkum_Aussie]

😂👍

[@bvwatcher2]

Oops.

[@thatzombieplace]

Lol naah man they ain't getting boba and xaio long bao thats a big ole L

[@psweeneyville]

Oopa

[@ericcastle7296]

Where's the pole ?LOL

[@thatzombieplace]

Man Taiwanese foos are embarrassed of their city naah cancel this

[@bthestigman9667]

This is the new normal in Cali, sinkholes caused by deferred maintenence and neglect. Thanks Newsome and Moonbeam your legacy will cost trillions

[@bthestigman9667]

@xheralt nonsense, democrats have set the budget for California for 40 +years, starting the first time moonbeam was governor, now throw in the out of control crime and drugs. This is their fault and the morons who voted them in.

[@snyder192]

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[@acepvahlevie4576]

🍾🥂🚘🚫

[@dandunning4409]

Stick to firefighting and let the professional wrecker operators do the vehicle recovery's !! I don't care if they went to a Rotator school or not, hands on experience is the best training anyone can get and these firefighters don't get enough hands on experience! Wasting tax payers money on Rotators!

[@JohnDoe-vy1ys]

That's the same as saying a soldier in the army shouldn't be a helicopter mechanic, they should stick to shooting guns and fighting wars. What most people don't understand is that these Heavy Rescue operators are not staffed by civilians, they are sworn firefighters that aren't just trained to operate rotator trucks, they also specialize in rescue operations such as shoring, removing extricated people, and building collapse. And on top of that they can actively engage in firefighting operations. Plus they are on a 24 hour shift schedule that can respond with lights and sirens to any area in the city. And as far as hands on experience, have you been trained in any USAR operations? These guys are literally responding to every trapped persons call that occurs in the city unless canceled by the initial assignment. I understand that these rigs are expensive and that their existence costs the taxpayers a lot of money but these guys aren't just rotator truck drivers, they have to be a jack of all trades. The truth is private contractors cost taxpayers a lot of money as well and aren't able to respond quick enough and can't do the other functions that the HR operator's are trained to do, and I doubt that anyone saved by this rig would complain that it takes to much money out of their taxes. Everybody complains, until they need it.

[@Nervegas]

@@JohnDoe-vy1ys Seconded. I'll also add that these heavy rescues go to all major traffic collisions as well, so the heavy rescue guys get plenty of hands-on time and experience doing this. As john pointed out, these rigs are also used in a variety of other tech rescue situations as well. Its by and away cheaper to buy the rotator and staff it with TRT guys then it would be to pay a private contractor every time they needed one.

[@dandunning4409]

@xheralt Dude just hush!

[@genehasenbuhler2594]

Got to be the absolute slowest they can to make that overtime! And no spreader bar over the rear of the truck bed- lousy safety procedure! Your tax dollar's at work here folks!

[@thatonedoood]

It's a shame you weren't there to coordinate everything

[@fire48pw]

Wrong. Spreader Bar was used. Be nice you might get used to it and like it!

[@berkeleycarlos]

Most FD’s work 24 hour shifts. Happened at 11:30pm, and they were done within a few hours . No overtime. Nice try though.

[@genehasenbuhler2594]

@@fire48pw Brent either you are blind or just plain ignorant, there is no bar over the rear of the truck to prevent the cables from pinching into the box! Nowhere in this video is one visible! Stay out of other's conversations!

[@genehasenbuhler2594]

@@berkeleycarlos that does not include the tow truck's my friend! You can check it yourself!

[@Hithere-xx1gk]

I think it's stupid that fire depts have tow trucks stick to fighting fires leave the tow trucks to professionals

[@anthonymolina7416]

It makes sense saves the FD money towing it themselves

[@Hithere-xx1gk]

Saves them money the tax payers pay the bill they dont tow there own firetrucks they have outside vendors do it guess who pays that bill you guessed it tax payers I've towed alot of LA Fire trucks

[@maxhallman1036]

@@Hithere-xx1gk correct they don't tow the only thing this truck and the LACOFD counter part is for is lifting any kind of debris

[@birdman2514]

Their rotators are for more than just towing they use them for rescues as well

[@rescueraver]

Obviously you are not a Firefighter and have a poor understanding of heavy rescue operations. More fire departments should have a asset like this

[@kurterickson9781]

A job for Optimus Prime all the way.