Home depot fire helmet cam

5 alarm commercial structure fire at 17:31 on 4/9/2022.

[@barrymartin7027]

Kill the music!!!!!!!!!

[@jayasmrmore3687]

I was about to comment the same thing. Maybe I’ll turn the volume off and watch.

[@carlossmith4735]

Yeah, was really interesting listening to the radio calls. Then the lame generic rock soundtrack starts! Have to try to find the original.

[@TransmitThe1075]

why on earth did you ruin this helmet cam video with music. Want to hear whats going on.

[@ayo-jb717]

Exactly man. I can't watch this video without turning the volume all the way off.

[@unitybaptistchurchelkridge5858]

​@@ayo-jb717 same

[@shadyavich4595]

Me too

[@brandonj7440]

I’m public safety too and love music as therapy but the music kind of took away from it and made it hard to hear radio communication. Sometimes less is more and really gives people the picture of what it’s like w just the environmental sounds

[@dfgiuy22]

Booo, the song was a banger and suited the vid. Public safety? You a council worker or something? Prolly a WHS rep, wanting to spoil peoples fun like this!

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

@@dfgiuy22 Or ... it's just someone expressing an opinion calmly, and you're definitely getting too bent out of shape over it.

[@dfgiuy22]

@@DanknDerpyGamer jeeez mate, if you think thats me bent out of shape then you have little experience in interpreting peoples intentions correctly. Damn i didn't even swear.....

[@jayasmrmore3687]

@@dfgiuy22the song was irritating

[@XecularOfficial]

@@dfgiuy22 Honestly I wouldn't mind the music as much if it wasn't blown out and crunchy

[@jsmith198095]

Loved the video but the music kinda over killed it!! All the radio traffic added would have rocked .

[@timmccomish1531]

The flow path visual was crazy.

[@alexram1686217]

There was so much oxygen fueling that interior fire. Awesome work, all firefighters and dispatch did an excellent job. 👏🏼

[@unitybaptistchurchelkridge5858]

seriously WTF MOT EVERYTHING NEEDS FREAKING MUSIC

[@dalesmith5603]

Same here once the music came on I went off. Most of us want to hear the radio traffic for the tactics

[@jo-elcody3245]

"Look at me" music claims another possibly good video.

[@piercedriver1]

Would have been better without the music, that job had a head start before any suppression was applied before FD arrived. Winds look bad also fueling it. Valiant attempt but she was too far gone before y all got on scene. Good call for defense, at the end of the day everybody goes home and that’s far more important. Good call Chief.

[@dannermanner5506]

Yes!!! The music is annoying!! Very annoying! You see how fast that smoke is moving towards the fire? It’s feeding the air to the flames. 1 21/2 hose line isn’t doing anything but help move the air faster towards the flames. Good job on command noticing it wasn’t working and went to plan B on being defensive.

[@MoreEffinCowbell]

This was at the store on Blossom Hill Rd. in south San Jose, California. I used to live right down the street from there, and actually used to work at the next closest HD store over on Camden Ave at Leigh Ave. I bet the Harbor Freight store right nextdoor is getting a lot more business now since this happened lol.

[@kevincarricato3566]

Kill the music, it ruins a good video.

[@ervingxi4259]

I think it's badass.

[@Biggestfoot10209]

@@ervingxi4259 I think it sucks

[@erichhitchcock3368]

I watched until the annoying music came on. Most people who view these are or were on the job. Okay, I decided to hit mute, as this footage is excellent (and I'm a rock guitarist!). I mean, I get it, but personally, I'd rather just hear the radio going on these things. IDK, maybe I'm becoming an old fart finally..."GD kids with their rock music!" ---"Listen to that Van Halen era guitarist complain...take some geritol old man."

[@lebronjames8544]

Nah you’re not old I’m a young ff and I don’t like music in videos like this

[@markpierce3863]

WHEN YOU BECOME A FIREFIGHTER ENGINEER FOR 18 YEARS LIKE ME THEN SPEAK YOUR MIND.... YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE GO THREW.... MUSIC IS THERAPY..... SO SHUT UP DUDE.... WHAT IF IT WAS YOUR HOUSE BURNING AND I PUT MUSIC IN IT..... THINK ABOUT THAT!!!!

[@ItsMuffMan]

@@markpierce3863 I don’t think you get what he said

[@erichhitchcock3368]

@@markpierce3863 Bro, I'm retired from the job. Was a FF for over 20. I was fooling around, go buy a box of Kleenex and cry somewhere else. If you're on the job, THAN YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND FF HUMOR. Merry Christmas.

[@brianmadigan3052]

Great video but I agree with some music is distracting and yes I’am a 27 year fire fighter so I’m allowed to comment 🙄

[@ForestNinjaZero]

You can see the burning vapor accelerating toward them from distant spaces, and only resisted by fresh air flow through the small entrance. Definitely time for defense! 🔥💥🔥

[@tacticalreject5874]

My first thought before I saw the part where the entire roof was in flames was "you ain't gonna do anything from that far back bro" but then I saw the roof and understood why they were staying close to the door.

[@joker432]

Lmfao same thing, I was like uhhh you might want to get closer, oh shit nvm gtfo now!

[@JustWowNick]

Crusty Foo Fighters wasn’t what I expected when I clicked in this video at first.

[@KaarnaNyx]

The video was great but the music was annoying, suggestion is next time no music

[@robertschwartzman195]

Seems to be a growing problem burning Home Depot stores. Going to be a total loss of Five-Million dollars with smoke and water damage and loss of revenue and employment. I feel bad for those who their employment. I hope no one was hurt because of this fire.

[@AIDannnnnnnnnnnn]

I don’t get it do their Fire sprinklers spray out glitter? Shouldn’t be a fith alarm fire if sprinklers work

[@uzlonewolf]

@@AIDannnnnnnnnnnn They had disabled the sprinklers. The city was rather upset when they found out and said it would have only been a 1-alarm had the sprinklers been working.

[@raymondbushey4805]

Great job guys. Good effort, good call the evac when you did, love it

[@kingofmphs]

Why did you add music?????🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

[@timgossett2150]

Once the ladders go up the building is about to go down. Lol

[@JB91710]

For a number of reasons. 1. A ladder has next to no "Angle of Attack" on the burning, material. All they are good for is wetting down floors and filling basements. 2. The fire department leaders haven't trained their firefighters to be surgeons and find the burning material and strategically place the water to stop combustion. 3. They are defeatists or can't Think outside the box and just give up and let the insurance companies deal with it.

[@timgossett2150]

@@JB91710 ikr. I was just saying what my chief use to say. Once the ladders go up the building goes down. We mostly used our ladder tower truck as a last resort or something really big.

[@ronthemogul]

@@JB91710would it be risky to send them so far into a building with a crappy roof?

[@JB91710]

@@ronthemogul The roof in those buildings aren't crappy. The faster you put the fire out, the less damage is caused.

[@kky7346]

@@JB91710 less damage is caused at the risk of the firefighter's safety if they go in any further.

[@wyattjohnson5898]

Two immediate things I saw. 1. A rapid and constant introduction of oxygen. 2. The thermal layers were crazy. Once two or three ventilation holes are opened then the heat will greatly decrease. But as long as oxygen is being introduced the fire will continue to grow. I’d go with foam in this fire.

[@johnreiman297]

OMG why the music???

[@birby2120]

Haven’t seen any ff video of this fire yet, thank you for uploading!

[@46fd04]

Looks like the sprinkler system failed.

[@Tyrogrs1994]

Man you could see how much that fire was drawing in the air, insane! Good thing you guys pulled out! What started it??

[@ATSNorthernMI]

A hispanic probably illegal came into the home depot to steal power tools and started the asphalt shingle section on fire. The plastic wrapping that they were all in went first which was very easy to start and once it got hot enough it melted the shingles themselves setting off a fireball that consumed the store in no time.

[@Tyrogrs1994]

@@ForestNinjaZero high heat draws air, so reason why smoke was going toward the fire. They weren’t using enough water and hand lines to do that. Plus. It was a straight stream, so it wouldn’t do that as much as wide fog

[@ForestNinjaZero]

@@Tyrogrs1994 Acceleration of mass through the roof and HVAC openings, due to vapor expansion is why structure fires draw air. You're right that the hand lines and streams were not large/wide enough to create the amount of pressure required for the rate of air flow seen in the video.

[@jimmccabe801]

@ForestNinjaZero Fires draw air cuz that's what it takes to burn. Has nothing to do with hvac systems. Look up fire triangle.

[@ForestNinjaZero]

@@jimmccabe801 Please pay closer attention: Materials vaporize at ignition temperature, due to acceleration of particles, which are continuously colliding with atmosphere and surrounding surfaces. As they accelerate, density decreases due to velocity and pressure - they push each other away, and force surrounding gases through openings, such as cracks in doors, HVAC vents, and holes in the roof, which form as it burns. Due to lower density, they're pushed upward toward the higher openings, which causes negative pressure (suction) at lower openings, such as entrances and open/burned windows. This is why firefighters cut roofing and break windows on upper floors prior to interior attack, then enter with a wide stream to push vapor away from their path, for safety and visibility.

[@intofire56]

Great Command development, excellent aggressive interior attack, also good job by interior attack keeping an I above them and behind them

[@charlessherman5844]

I was about to give you the "thumbs up"...then the music started. Why you do that?

[@Andy-je3el]

Cool fire. Stupid music

[@ccc530]

What we know today and they wish they had known then, is that initially it was paint that was burning or a Class B fire. Between the fire sprinklers and the attack lines, I would think the fire actually spread. Add to that, all the oxygen it could suck in (you can see it being drawn into the fire), they weren’t going to stop this. Defensive all the way. Nice try though. Praise God they all got out ok. Going forward, fire protection engineers need to rethink fire protection for big box stores. Perhaps a dry chemical system (like used over commercial cooking areas) would be better suited over class B products. In addition, better coverage of water sprinklers over these 30’ storage racks packed with Class A materials might need to be considered. Good job SJFD for staying safe!

[@harvynussbaum5182]

I just love how the command was so confident and so calm really an amazing job by all and him. And really I didn't mind the music for those who don't want to hear the music there's plenty videos out there on this fire with no music

[@engine5]

what were you thinking with this music 😂

[@jebr6694]

Could you please do a re-upload without the music?

[@danielf4136]

This felt like a fire academy graduation video with the music... Otherwise, great footage

[@chrisportell2496]

Music could go. I would rather hear everything that you were hearing instead. If it went to a defensive operation, why wasn't any deck guns used through the front windows or into any overhead doors?

[@MD21037]

The flow path of all the air fueling this fire is being sucked in at the top, where you see the smoke being pulled back from the exterior of the building, back towards the fire. There was no stopping that fire. Good call pulling them out.

[@watchthe1369]

All sorts of petrochemicals sitting in one of those, good try to catch it. That fuel gave a nice hot fire, so once the chimney effect got started things were pretty much done, really needed the big hand hoses considering the fuel load. If that structure had a dome truss, calling the shift was perfectly justified.

[@jetson_]

Bro this is the craziest video I’ve ever seen. Coolest job ever.

[@ricco0911]

Why did the sprinkler system fail?

[@MoreEffinCowbell]

Right?! Psh... Good thing it had a sprinkler system. It litterally did absolutely nothing to save this place.

[@jayasmrmore3687]

@@MoreEffinCowbellwhere did it say it had a sprinkler system?

[@uzlonewolf]

The investigation just finished, they had disabled the sprinkler system.

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

Wish people who insisted on putting music in helmet cam vids would upload a version without it - so those who don't like it can hear the audio (and/or radio feed), and those who enjoy the music can still enjoy a version with the music.

[@mike12b41]

Wish that was longer awesome video man

[@CharlesSoden]

Great video, music made it hard to hear the radio, not necessary

[@chief1945]

As the late great Fire Chief Alan Brunicini of Phoenix AZ FD said in his FIRE COMMAND book, "when the pipe goes up, the building comes down". (Old school Fire Chief 👍) Good job guys, great call to get out. Glad you could ALL go back to your respective stations in one piece and talk about 'the BIG one'. Stay Safe my brothers! As for the music, put a lid on it, don't need to hear that crap. Rather hear the radio communications, waaaay more important.

[@Johnny64ism]

Agreed

[@douglasiles2024]

With such a massive fuel load, it would've taken multiple master streams on the interior to keep from having to back out and go defensive on this. Good job by the IC recognizing early on that defensive was the best way to handle this job.

[@justinnewquist6111]

Absolutely! Wonder what the Elkhart XD Ram would have done at this fire with stacked tips. It looks like multiple things were working against fire attack. The fuel load needed more gpm than a 2 1/2 and 1 3/4 could provide. Also stream reach looks like an issue as well. San Jose did an amazing job being on scene fast along with an aggressive fire attack. It’s just crazy how the fuel load of this Home Depot was too much for interior crews.

[@country_boy9180]

@@justinnewquist6111 I’ve fought the same fire in an outside lumber yard- stacked tips are risky. If the bundled is banded, great, but when I hit a second tier bundle of 2x4s with a deck gun they went everywhere and the heat release increased. You need an adjustable nozzle- 2 blitz fires would have been interesting in the HD fire- had they been able to supply them. Someone said deck guns, cool, but I don’t know of their willingness to put an engine ($600,000 for a big city custom cab) under the canopy, the horizontal clearance, and the vertices clearance to get the deck gun in service- those doors aren’t that high. Stacks tips would do OK for cooling the roof, but that does address fires in the pallet racking. BTW after the fact it’s is so obvious which bundles were pressure treated ( which were so wet they didn’t burn,) and which ones were banded ( but the fire burnt through a couple of bands) but it’s was impossible to see when on fire. Big box hardware stores scare me - paint aisle- especially the solvents and the pool chlorine surrounded by plastic products. Also the overhead storage in cardboard boxes- at least around here big box hardware stores keep pool chlorine outside- Walmart doesn’t

[@Rich-dw9ii]

Steel truss roof. Get out and stay out

[@HLLRAZRMuGGZ-xg5co]

Great views of what it's like to run in a burning building .and being a firefighter .Good call to all out ! Am a 35 yrs FF and once a FF ya always a FF .PA Volunteer fireman .stay safe and watch for flash overs k .

[@Professional_hooligan]

Volunteer…

[@ironmatic1]

Pennsylvania VFDs are infamous on this website lolll

[@Mark-em5zm]

I thought the music volume was fine.

[@beccawilson7712]

Rad video, cool to see the fire behavior and insane flow path. What camera and helmet mount do you use? solid quality

[@ronaldsvetic894]

Good video but the music was a hudge overkill.

[@rltw659]

Good to see CCOC alum active in the community 💪

[@andreaberryman5354]

Oh no-it's right at the entrance/exit location.

[@magicmaker15]

I'm probably Captain obvious here, but what about the stores in house sprinkler system?

[@spyder027]

It was arson and it was lit in multiple places. I’m guessing it just overwhelmed the sprinklers with all the fires started at the same time

[@matthewsnyder3892]

Video evidence of why Smoothbore is the only way on 2.5inch line. Also put the tip of the ladder pipe in the front door stop wetting the roof.

[@memer_gaming121]

This is basically an unofficial music video at this point and it F#

[@1582881]

Would've gotten a thumbs up except for the music. I want to hear the comms.

[@user-hy8ih2ss4e]

As a volly, music on top of the audio drastically reduces the educational value of this clip.

[@ozzythesmozzy6864]

metal music

[@mikestephenson647]

I guess the sprinkler system wasnt working properly in this home depot. I like how blue card says we are pretty much just overhaulers for these type of fires. Has anybody heard any back story on this fire and any post incident analysis?

[@klystron22]

It was Arson. They believe suspect set a fire intending for it to distract workers so he could shoplift. Unfortunately it got out of control. I'd love to know why the in building fire suppression didn't work as well.

[@brandonseyfried1251]

Seems like this one was a "loser" from the get-go. The crews did a good job; they started offensive but knew they were probably going to eventually go defensive. They advanced about 30 feet in, were met with a volume of fire beyond handling capability, kept their egress right behind them, and evacuated everyone quickly when command called for it. There isn't a building on the planet worth the life of one firefighter. Any firefighter.

[@tylerryan458]

What a wild interior attack

[@ProudVet921]

Excellent editing 👌

[@nevermrs]

was the music really necessary?

[@shenandoahmike3915]

WTF This is a protected building ! Also the systems are properly engineered! And usually maintained ,especially in California !What went wrong with the sprinkler system guys ! Trust me guys I know how things can go bad, I witnessed #1 Meridian in Philadelphia anything is possible.

[@Lucyblacklab]

Very good video

[@johnbartolik2]

Look at that in flow.

[@lizardfirefighter110]

Defensive is code for surround and drown…. I always hated going on the defensive. But I guess it is best to be safe than risk a firefighter’s life for a building that should have had an operational sprinkler system! Right!

[@brainfreeze44131]

Something doesn't make sense. Every HD I've been in has a sprinkler system. I've seen what a sprinkler does with regular water pressure. There is no way this fire grew this fast if the sprinkler system was working.

[@nebraskaninkansas347]

Depends, sprinklers can only do so much. This also being arson the fire was able to have a quick head start and the lumber provided a good fire load.

[@markpetersonjr4352]

GET YOU SOME!!!!!

[@pipersmitty87]

so Im guessing the management didn't keep up on the physical fitness of their Sprinkler system? Or maybe their fire prevention is in deep doo doo.

[@jacobkeppler1984]

Black smoke coming out of the roof

[@scottdore4890]

I've never noticed but was curious are home Depot roofs bow string truss ??

[@evosolutionsllc.910]

Shoulda played the home Depot theme song.

[@BrettonFerguson]

Music is not necessary IMO. But at least it isn't techno like most videos on KZbin that add music. Mmm-cha mmm-cha mmm-cha mmm-cha mmm-cha mmm-cha mmm-cha.

[@Powerstroker250]

How about we let the video play without the music?

[@kingtut7563]

What helmet cam you using? Seems like really good video quality.

[@timgossett2150]

Great job

[@fdMT_EnGy]

Nice try gentlemen, it was a losing battle inside from the start. Smart call to vacate the building.

[@sethtutty5259]

Was good until the music started. Missed all the comms

[@GMan-yv8cb]

Good Video! Music sucked, and detracted! Would have Much rather listened to radio transmissions, on-site coms, and ambient noise!

[@HuntingdonFirstResponders]

Not saying anything people here haven’t said already, but I’ll never understand the need to put music over a perfectly good video. Completely ruined the video for me

[@peakbagger2014]

That got my blood fucking boiling!!! Awesome work guys!

[@KM-qx6nh]

Great interior view and ride along.............but the music ( any type or genre ) blows. Would love to see more, but lose the music.

[@GoodieDickman]

Why the music?

[@Tbone757]

was the music necessary ?

[@spudatbattleaxe]

I liked the music thanks for adding 👌

[@invertongod6993]

my chilf hood home dept😞

[@tannerlloyd744]

Hell of a video

[@parkthata3208]

I used to live next to that home depot

[@mtnbiker49]

Are there any additional hazards with there being high quantities of fertilizer?

[@michaelmoran2059]

Great video, pity about the music!! Really no need for it!

[@mystictiger3312]

Sweet video

[@guruofendtimes819]

Cut off the damn music this isn't a circus

[@footbase199]

Jesus that two and a half wasn’t doing shit! Don’t see that too often

[@Bluebird_Bum]

Musics gotta go. Its so loud and makes no sense being here

[@Biggestfoot10209]

Cut the damn music

[@geebee7529]

Please re-post minus the music. You ruined what would have been a good video I needed to watch on mute. Part of the experience is the sound too.

[@pnwlove6159]

The music completely ruined the video, and I stopped watching it at that point.

[@joshears1113]

You really need to re upload with no music, you kinda killed a really good video just my opinion 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@puffybobs]

well was a good video until the music started.