HUGE grass fire 40mph wind 3-29-21 Brookville Ks, part 1

[@AsymptoteInverse]

Hats off to you guys! I'm a civilian, and I've only been face-to-face with a grass-fire once. It was in dry, tall grass. Flames must've been ten or twenty or thirty feet high at the time. Three of us were trying to at least keep the fire away from my dad's railer with rakes and blankets and buckets, but we were losing. Some local firefighters showed up in a truck just like this one and had the thing contained in what felt like fifteen minutes. Saved our bacon.

[@trxtech3010]

Would you people stop with that "Hats off" term it sounds so god damn stupid

[@Cool-Cat1]

@@trxtech3010 Why stop using it? It's a gesture of respect taking your hat off for someone but people don't wear the same type of hats nowadays and so it's now just a phrase.

[@brawler4456]

@@trxtech3010 would you prefer "dicks out"?

[@Kremithefrog1]

@@Cool-Cat1 Hats off to your response!

[@whythis-]

wow the phrase "you missed a spot" can really affect the outcome of the fire spreading

[@mightymaligator9738]

I know this is a volunteer dept. but if you guys could come up with a head set comms system between the driver and the firefighter, that would be extremely helpful in these situations. Great effort.

[@jrockyhill]

Some of your trucks do hard to wear with a helmet

[@andypressley4702]

I'm a fire fighter from Abbeville sc. We have alots of woods and grass fires here may the good Lord be with all fire fighters

[@Redchew10]

Kicking ass as usual. Would be interesting to see what you guys could do with newer equipment and more staffing.

[@johnschaefer124]

Damn, I assume there are units at the head of the fire? You have a great driver btw. Yall are almost telepathic. I know how frustrating being on a booster can be

[@jrockyhill]

@@johnschaefer124 we wanted to start as far back at the fire as we could we were the closest station about a mile and a half to get to the fire and had trucks coming from 25 miles away to help as far as I'm concerned the person running the hose is pretty much in charge of the truck but he and I both work well together

[@geoffreyshively6955]

Brush fires are the worst. They can relight multiple times, the wind carries that fire fast and far and it can be highly unpredictable. These guys are doing their best. The only thing I would say is they rushed a little the first time up the fire line. You have to soak ahead of the flaming front to stop it from gaining fresh fuel.

[@johncarr5659]

I am a former Fire Chief from New Jersey who spent 20 years in Colorado. While there I spent 10 years working and training as a wildland firefighter.I Enjoy your videos that show a much different way to fight fires. What type of equipment do you use? Water tank size, pump size?

[@kensakamoto258]

I'm a Calif firefighter. Their equipment looks like a small pump with its' own engine, large tanks of several hundred gallons and minimal tools or accessories keeping weight down. Basic formula for large grassland areas.

[@RealJeep]

Is everyone from New Joyzee a former fire chief or does it just seem that way?

[@jrockyhill]

We are actually looking to replace that truck it's an early 80s International 1,100 gallons with a 60 gallon a minute nozzle upfront also has an inch-and-a-half in the back

[@kevinsloan3019]

These guys are obviosly experienced just the way they use the fan on the hose and use of the truck been there done that for 18 yrs great video to show the new guys for training!!!

[@jrockyhill]

Thank you I'm coming up on 23 years

[@remp5529]

Sadly, I kind of figured I would see a video from you with all the heavy wind we've had recently. We had gusts around 55 here in NEK the other day.

[@jrockyhill]

It was the same day we had Gusts 50 plus

[@KosukiFire]

Glad we had smoothbores when needed for high winds... 🙌

[@kevinstewart7792]

I felt like your driver was thinking about s’mores there for a little bit leaving you in the toaster there a little too long 😂 thanks for the hard work

[@BLACKMONGOOSE13]

Did my guy just check the time while he was fighting fire!?

[@pizzasubs]

this may be a strange question but when you have to travel over terrain like this, if they could somehow make a brush rig like this but instead of having tires on it, they could somehow install Tank treads, would those make it easier to actually navigate terrain like this?

[@paulojorgemachado5573]

Very good work you know what you are doing, a old brush truck but with 2 good FF. That nozzle is giving you some work... and the wind is not giving you a break.

[@Woody615]

Great job. I know it's dangerous, but that looks like a fun assignment. Has anyone tried to use one of those water trucks that are used on construction sites, that have the big spray nozzles on the front and back? I wonder if you could just drive around the perimeter with the fan spray on. That would be cool if you could.

[@edsalinas9996]

I didn't realize how difficult it was to drive one those fire trucks or hard it was to handle a water hose.

[@aidenlodo2877]

Very interesting mate can you explain why you use that branch

[@stephens2755]

Leaf blowers can work wonders in such low grass fires. Proven !

[@shanestamball1886]

About 3 years following ur channel, starting to think you need a better pump setup, or a second independent pump to run a high pressure smooth bore line.

[@jrockyhill]

Found out after we were done that I had three or four fins on my nozzle broken

[@nickwolter86]

Why in the hell would you run a smooth bore on a wildland fire?

[@JasmineLindros]

@@jrockyhill I wondered what all that fiddling was about, as it wasn't nearly cold enough for you to have ice plugs.

[@jrockyhill]

@@JasmineLindros I found out after the fire I had about four fins on the nozzle broken which wasn't allowing me to have full stream I thought I had a plug-in the nozzle and kept trying to flush it but it would not flush either

[@shanestamball1886]

@@nickwolter86 penetration into the wind, and duff, a 1inch forestry line with a 3/8th tip is how 75% of wild fires are dealt with in this country. Especially when you get into woods fires.

[@dectzhao]

The angle with the sun is poetic.

[@Bobs-bd3yo]

Great Job! Still makes me nervous when you are in the green with that hard of a blow. Is that a tender or what and how many gallons is it? Tough fire to fight.

[@jrockyhill]

Technically it's classified as a tanker but it's pretty much just a big Brush Truck it holds 1100 gallons

[@Bobs-bd3yo]

@@jrockyhill perfect size. It would be nice to have a tender like that in our dept. We have 3 brush trucks and a 2500 gallon tender for wildland. Are you ever planning on showing off your fire department? I like rural departments compared to heavily funded cities and counties it really shows the rest if the world what we do on little or no budgets and still get the job done.

[@EstorilEm]

@@jrockyhill sounds like an old Detroit diesel 😈

[@jrockyhill]

@@EstorilEm old international but it does sound like it

[@buckberthod5007]

@@EstorilEm DT466. Not a Dirty Detriot

[@Kilrinstinct1]

How many gallons does this truck hold? That was pretty impressive

[@jrockyhill]

1100

[@jaso5114]

@@jrockyhill During that whole episode I was thinking you were hooked up to a hydrant with the endless amount of water you put out of that nozzle

[@jrockyhill]

@@jaso5114 as big as this event was I knew we would probably be one of the only trucks there for a bit it was really hard to get to so I told our driver that we had to take it nice and slow and make sure we got everything out the first time used as little water as possible we did have a couple of Lights but we almost nailed the whole thing in one shot it was two and a half miles long

[@ethanhooper403]

How much water is on that truck?

[@jrockyhill]

1100 gallon

[@jeromyw385xp]

it can vary depending on setup and size of truck but can be between 1000-1500 gallons on some brush trucks some smaller and some larger too. just depends on the area of departments and again there setup ok.

[@tooslick4986]

How come they couldnt soak the the grass and soil properly once while going forward rather then a quick forward and backwards.?

[@derrickself9602]

Stop forward progress, then “mop up”.

[@Adelaide_Transit]

Absolutely killing it, my man if you had access to the shit the volunteer departments here in aus have you'd be the mega fire fighter.

[@jrockyhill]

Thank you for the kind words good luck with your fire season this year

[@Adelaide_Transit]

@@jrockyhill Good luck to you as well.

[@liammcdermott4112]

Yall fought a long hard battle I'd have you on my team any day you definitely earned a cold one

[@ccramit]

It's an uphill battle with those winds.

[@keelankoehn4085]

When and where is your anchor, flank and pinch. I know u all are jus volunteers so am I but no hating I know you don't have the time to train🎉 or funding for it but best of luck. If u get a chance go watch( its jus a grass fire) good job kicking but.

[@cdmartin194]

Grass fire so suck with that high of winds. Great attack and video. Have you ever thought of doing videos of your different trucks you respond in and info about them and which are your favorites?

[@jrockyhill]

On the list to do we have 4 stations

[@daltonlightfoot6889]

Why not have a sprayer on the front of the truck, kind of like a cropduster sprayer.

[@amouse6931]

Some fire trucks have a remote control nozzle in front. The driver can run the nozzle from the driver's seat.

[@mikem1956]

Is the cage on front homemade ?

[@jrockyhill]

Yeah haha

[@mikem1956]

@@jrockyhill got any pictures?

[@mikem1956]

@@jrockyhill it looks very effective and efficient.

[@jrockyhill]

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[@jrockyhill]

This video should have a little bit of footage of the truck

[@Uriakttv]

Makes me nervous seeing people fight fires without their scbas. Just watched my friends dad lose his life due to chemical burns in the lungs from fighting forest fires. Stay safe bro

[@JohnDoe-se1xm]

@erik sand with the amount of waste and harmful materials getting into the environment these days I have no doubt that firefighters in the future might have wear SCBA while containing such fires

[@user-lb3db5qq5d]

@erik sand Ladies and gentlemen! Here we have another sucker who doesn't use SCBA's, Because you don't fight vegetation/wildland fires with SCBA's. Say hello to your cancer lungs in a few years from me!

[@amouse6931]

@@user-lb3db5qq5d At least there isn't nicotine in grass fire smoke. And you don't breathe it multiple times a day every day. I'm a firefighter that doesn't use an SCBA for a grass fire.... Plus usually the smoke isn't that bad. Just hold your breath through the thickest.

[@kainhall]

is that an old 2 stroke detroit??

[@jrockyhill]

It does sound like it but it's an old International

[@Ethan-tq4ce]

Was that a Sterling truck or Freightliner?

[@jrockyhill]

Old international

[@Ethan-tq4ce]

@@jrockyhill oh ok

[@xxbreak1backxx554]

is this part of the reno county fire?

[@xxbreak1backxx554]

nevermind

[@jrockyhill]

No I did listen to that fire for a long time until ours paged out

[@johnbartolik2]

While your flowing water whip the line up and down and throw the water down the fire line. You’ll extinguish more fire and make your water last longer. My old chief taught me that.

[@נתןקלמן-מ1ב]

Huge grass fire and only one fire truck?

[@jrockyhill]

Fire was over two miles long and 3/4 wide we were the only ones in that part of the fire

[@sethkress4137]

Looked like a volunteer rig? Those guys probably weren't even getting paid

[@snowybooooy]

that is a Tuesday here in Australia

[@mikejones6974]

Good job!

[@JohnnyRhett]

Dude, do you have faucets that have sensors on them??? Open up and saturate it.

[@Southernswag8283]

RIP to all the fallen insects and bugs…. May we forever remember this tragedy and mark it on our calendars to never forget the memories of those bugs. I pray the Lord watches over all of the surviving family members that was able to make it out of the field. May they rest in peace and enjoy their new greener grass on the other side 🫡

[@jonmantooth5804]

this actually looks fun

[@luiscarlosbotas3538]

Deves usar o lado da forca da Agua para o lado da queimada..

[@shahrinali7249]

Strong wind..take care bro

[@Johnadude3]

You guys really need to get some comms going on

[@airone321]

The fire-eating Heroes !!!

[@miguelgarrido5877]

Esque no hay un tractor para que pase arando y así no sigue el fuego

[@dionsiustakarokarokarokaro3929]

👍👍👍

[@qrcodeguy5669]

Did these guys steal a fire truck and are larping for the day? Wouldn’t last a day at my department.

[@jrockyhill]

It's probably because you're fire department has completely different terrain and a different style of doing things you probably wouldn't last a day on our department no one tactic works the same in different places

[@qrcodeguy5669]

@@jrockyhill you wouldn’t even get an interview chief

[@dennismullens41]

Ground sweep system is you friend.

[@skoop7641]

Need a tractor and plow much?

[@tribulation138]

nature's natural fertilizer

[@panosdel5709]

subliminal fire

[@xxusrxx4247]

"Jesse wake up we need to move the rv”

[@GT-43]

Sprayin and prayin

[@potaitoh69]

Infinite water glitch

[@bmck5002]

Don't smoke kids. Let's the pros do it for you.

[@kennethschultz6465]

A spoon ful biodegradebel sulpho In EVERY 1000L water remove Surface tention so water Cling to the straws and Put out the fier inside the straw

[@monsanto.official]

don’t know how to work a hose or what are you doing bro

[@jrockyhill]

At the beginning of the video the nozzle was very very plugged and it was stuck and wouldn't flush that's why it kept changing the pattern

[@edwardcarberry1095]

Big business Engineering the weather for fires. Makes those who control lots of money.

[@stevebrewer1720]

Be safe out there!

[@timbales3652]

I thought as a rule you stay in the black.Looks borderline careless to me.

[@OnlyDubai]

It looks so scary 🥹 it’s going forever

[@reddyuda]

Fuck, I was supposed to go to sleep like an hour ago....

[@matthewanderson7766]

Hard to stop what nature wants

[@erichhitchcock3368]

Man that looks like fun! (as long as nothing goes awry) Lot's of FF's can get fooled by those. I recall one where I had taken my coat off...if I did'nt have the line I would've been in rough shape. Stupid.

[@REALPressGR]

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[@semperfidelis8386]

Need some nozzle discipline when runnin off a tank there, bub. Can't fog into the wind.

[@MadRhetorik.]

Been there done that. We used to call the basket on the front the bitch basket lol.

[@jrockyhill]

Haha we fight over who gets to go up front

[@TsunauticusIV]

You tried. Better/more experienced wheelman would have helped.

[@janaburritt6939]

Praise God they got it out

[@lucioadrianomendonca2944]

Trator grade more efficient

[@thecamocampaindude5167]

Meanwhile i be pissing on it

[@zachz699]

Lil butthole of a fire didnt want to quit haha. nice job

[@hongbibluo2789]

草原滅火資源不足

[@inherentnature5938]

Riding on the bumper is a really good way to get killed brother. You can pull the booster inside and spray out the window if you guys don’t have spray bars

[@eddiewages7486]

Protect infrastructure and let it burn the land will be better off .Arkansas burns fields all the time makes grass come in earlier and it gets rid of under growth around trees

[@juancena930]

Thing is, uncontrolled grass, fires, and fields that large. When its that dry, can get to Forest real quick, and will be a national forest service issue.

[@LinuxJedi]

you’re in a fire truck with a ram run those twigs over bro

[@DaxxTerryGreen]

Who the F is driving? Slow down bro

[@barendblom1279]

i clicked like when it was on 911

[@niceyokosuka8956]

素人ですか？　しっかり火を消しましょうよ！水の無駄遣いです！