LAFD Brush Fire: Ballona Wetlands

[@aportman58]

Typically I don't watch much incidents when it comes to wildland fires but will say watching this one was awesome, especially with it being a smaller wildland fire seeing basic wildland strategy and operations come quickly come together to keep it from jumping anchor point and taking off big time! Ground and air coordination seemed to be textbook!!!! Great job LAFD!!!

[@hectorrod745]

Thank you LAFD for saving our beloved Protected Ballona Welands Ecological Reserve even though they’re not protected from the RV encampment… My entire family truly appreciates your impeccable service to Westchester & Playa del Rey. God bless you all 💙

[@sabbathfan1969]

Very good footage 😀👍👍 Nice to see mutual aid with Los Angeles County fire department 🚒🏬 Thanks for the video & the channel!!!! Excellent content, keep up the good work!!!! Thanks for including the La city & County fire communications as well!!!!!!

[@joeloveland6283]

California has one of the best mutual aid systems anywhere.

[@rp1645]

Thank you for showing this. Just the amount of brush wildland area that burned so fast, with a quick Response. It's incredible the amount and fast moving those Wildlands fires burn. Good knock down by LA.

[@ericweiler6571]

This is exactly how little fires can become massive fires. They usually never have ideal conditions like not having hydrants around. One reason they rolled so many engines. I know accidents happen but I'll never understand why people aren't more careful when it's so hot outside. These fires aren't the easiest to put out either. You have to hit every single ember and hot spot or it comes right back. Aside from now wearing SCBA gear, these guys did a damn good job in my opinion. You can tell this/these dept(s) have a lot of experience with brush fires like this.

[@lmdemergencyphotography2004]

All you guys in LA have really AWESOME footage of almost anything down there! There's a reason why I want to move there. Everyone is always busy! I'm gonna start with a firefighting career here in Abbotsford just across the border from Washington, and move to LA to continue with the career

[@DaleDix]

Very expensive to live there

[@joeloveland6283]

Best of luck on your career. Work hard as they hire from the top 10%.

[@armandosoliz1455]

Great camera work, love the radio traffic. Stay safe.

[@darthwalls1]

Great job! Loved hearing Engine 51 being mentioned!

[@malcolmcossar6447]

Great Footage and Coverage!

[@redheadeddude6863]

I love seeing footage like this. I'd love to c a part 2 if there is a part 2.

[@susanallen1100]

They sure were hustlin’

[@braddavenport2009]

Brush fires are the worst ones, those FFs from any Dept out west have a tough job in wild fire season, Stay safe, ….also always liked how LAFD and LACFD supply hose is perfectly loaded…almost a shame to lay it off the hose bed…lol…stay safe again Friends.

[@Jason-7212]

I live on the Texas Gulf Coast and have spent over 12 years in the fire service with small rural volunteer fire departments. Worked many brush fires with fuel loads three or four times this dense, and we usually had to fight them with not even half the manpower and units as shown here for much larger fires. Had a friend in the department here that had been with a department in the LA area at one time, had some good things to say about the departments out there, and some bad. I can say that it must be nice being able to throw that much manpower and equipment at a fire, that you don't have to be out on one for 3-6 hours in 90+ degree heat with 90% humidity. Been to multiple brush/grass fires where we had fire fighters go down with heat injuries.

[@perrytaylor10]

More value threatened than in rural Texas

[@Jason-7212]

@@perrytaylor10 Much more value when the fire threatens hundreds of acres of crops, oil wells and associated equipment, or pipeline stations. These wildland fires can still do millions of dollars in damage, even when in a rural area. A single 100 acre field lost just before harvest could mean hundreds of thousands of dollars in loss to a farmer.

[@perrytaylor10]

@@Jason-7212 I agree that there is still value. But hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage to a field of crops is a drop in the bucket compared to the infrastructure and density of California. Multi-million dollar homes are threatened every single day in California with a 365 day fire season and extreme wind events coupled with VERY low humidity compared to the South.

[@Jason-7212]

@@perrytaylor10 True there is differences. In the South our Fire Season is shorter. Saying that the destruction of a few hundred acres of crops is a 'drop in the bucket' compared to the infrastructure and density of California is pretty inaccurate. The loss of several hundred acres of crops is the loss of income to a farmer, also the reduced amount of that crop on the market can drive prices up. Then you have the danger of the fires burning in to a pipeline pumping station. There are chemicals that are pipelined along the Gulf Coast that are more flammable than natural gas, as toxic as Mustard Gas, and as explosive as Nitroglycerine. Then you have the oil wells all over the place that naturally leak natural gas. Fire gets to one of those that is leaking much of that and you get a fire that can cost over a billion to put out. In short, wildland fires are dangerous regardless of where they are. Each area has their own special dangers. The fire fighters in Texas have been real lucky in the past that there have been no major wildland fires along the Gulf Coast itself. Especially considering that at least 75% of the coastal region is protected by small volunteer fire departments. The state has had a few of the wildfires similar to California in the past few years, but they have been further from the coast.

[@theroachden6195]

Depending on where you are in LA depends on how hot it gets but it can get to 90% in some of LA County pretty easily. Just because it isn't humid doesn't mean they're not cooking.

[@bondservantministriesinc.672]

Good to see those Explorers getting some nozzle time!!! Great catch Sir!

[@310fire]

No explorers were on this incident.

[@cdemendoza5965]

that was a tahoe

[@bondservantministriesinc.672]

@@310fire who were those in the black helmets?

[@dudeflynn2781]

@@bondservantministriesinc.672 Culver City

[@hosedragger-204]

Explorers and live fire is a bad idea. Too much liability

[@aportman58]

With almost 3 decades of in the fire service (retired captain) I have always said I will take the nastiest structure, refinery, chemical fire any day over a "true" fast moving fuel rich wildland fire!!! California firefighters are the best win it comes to wildland firefighting!!! Be safe to all firefighters in these extreme high temperature summer days we are experiencing across the nation!!!

[@choprox01]

County 58 is like fuck that we're gonna hit it right here.....🤣

[@johnpappas2060]

Good coverage. Excellent job. Thanks 😊

[@310fire]

Thanks for watching!

[@georgehasler142]

Great job by Los Angeles COUNTRY FIRE Department and the Los Angeles City Fire Department to all the men and women with both Dept"s always work safe

[@caomhnoir386]

county*

[@kirbythompson8032]

Outstanding video!!

[@KunuMcGruder]

I would have just let it burn to the road and go out on its own. The fire appeared to be surrounded by asphalt roads. Regardless, those City and County guys are among the best in this country.

[@owensweetland342]

THAT'S a brush fire 🔥. 👍👍

[@Henry-vu4cd]

Great footage

[@lynskeyti9940]

They got those forestry lines in operation fast

[@blinko656]

Great footage great audio nice job

[@douglasnorby4006]

Nice video of brushfire operations..

[@MD21037]

Excellent stop!👍

[@shaofuchang515]

God bless those tenders who have to repeatedly go back and forward and back and forward to the nearest source so the boots on the ground can keep fighting. So much fuel out there :(

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

At 6:00, there’s an LAFD engine carrying a YELLOW livery, with blue stripes ! How come? I thought that all their vehicles were red.

[@310fire]

Engine is out of LAX

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

@@310fireThank you for your reply, for which I am grateful. Just a suggestion: please remember that KZbin is an international platform. I am from the U.K., and it’s only by chance that I happen to know that LAX is Los Angeles International Airport. Readers from elsewhere, perhaps with English not being their native language, may not.

[@DRFelGood]

Wow unlike Cal Fire 🔥 you actually fight fires 💪💪💪🇺🇸

[@mer2705]

I didn't see John Gage or Roy DeSoto there

[@hlpang1075]

I was rooting for the fire

[@Jimmythefish577]

That’s why you need Type 3 engines boys, pump and roll and the ability to go off road.

[@jeffreydegeeter9830]

LAFD has some type 3 rigs but usually only deploy them on major brush incidents

[@hosedragger-204]

Works great, until you're axle deep in the wetlands. Plus that's a big no-no because it's a wetland and under some sort of federal or state protection due to "ecological" reasons. (Or so I've been told)

[@DaleDix]

@@hosedragger-204 being burned is part of the life cycle, correct. You should have preconstructed containment lines.

[@markybear92840]

Ok, so I know LAFD is switching to those old style helmets in yellow. What agency is wearing the old style helmets in black?

[@310fire]

Culver City

[@hqln55a]

Really a great example, the county captain with just a brush jacket on. Other than that great progressive lay

[@RobinPMac]

Great work by all, any idea how it started ?

[@310fire]

Unknown how the vehicle fire started.

[@549BR]

It was both LAFD, and LA County FD.

[@CP78]

Amadores

[@TheWaynelds]

And of course there’s gotta be a bunch of cars driving by (and getting in the way) when things like this, or even tornadoes, are occurring. Derpy derps

[@bouffant-girl]

These firefighters did an awesome job! However with flame heights as tall as were present, the additional use of bulldozers would definitely have been an a valuable additional resource! I fully understand that this brush is a valuable ecological habitat,but clearly human life was also endangered! This alone, would have justified the use of bulldozers!

[@eriksand9262]

The fire was right up to the road. There's no room for a dozer to do anything. Unless you are referring to the opposite side of the fire 🤷‍♂️

[@bouffant-girl]

Yes,to clarify a bulldozer could have been deployed on another side of the fire if available,and to cut a dozer line to attempt to limit the rate of spread of the brush fire if necessary.

[@MrMarkcalland]

@@bouffant-girl and sunk into those wetlands

[@peanut111shorty]

Was that an LAX engine??

[@310fire]

Yes. E51 is assigned to LAX.

[@edoesnotlose2898]

What department was that in the black traditional helmets

[@310fire]

Culver City FD

[@rd4660]

I’m sure all the homeless who live there had nothing to do with the fire. …..

[@glenncoop5396]

What’s the scanner you use brand and type

[@310fire]

Motorola

[@glenncoop5396]

@@310fire what’s the type of scanner what do I look for I understand the brand but what’s the type of scanner or how can I find.

[@watchthe1369]

Sigh, they got it done. but they could have been doing so much better. They had forestry hose packs but no clue what to do with them.

[@moemcgovern7345]

Why don't they shut down the traffic?

[@310fire]

LAPD had an extended ETA

[@bentheguru4986]

LOL, I bet you now figuring out that urban firefighting techniques suck for veg/rural fires. Over sized hoses, low pressures, excessive water flow out of branch and sill idea of pulling a hose on top of your shoulder. 2 ways to deal with this one: First- Get a 1" layflat, running it at 100PSI and keep flow rates down. Use branch from hip. Way easier to fight and move. Other- Get a drip torch and ring it in and burn it out.

[@walters49]

Quick knockdown ' .

[@randybaker9265]

No wonder they lose so many acres and building out there no team work at all and no clue what there doing !!!

[@BigDuke-md8ec]

Put the water ON the fire

[@sammyn9345]

They did

[@dudeflynn2781]

Should’ve just let it just burn to the street

[@0524cami]

Seems like the county was better prepared then the lazy city

[@Jerry_SWMO]

Looks like an episode from the Keystone Cops. What a disorganized group. Does any fire departments do any training anymore? The truck stopped so far away the lines wouldn't reach. Then a guy fumbled with a connection for quite some time.

[@cb7527]

What a joke. I’d be embarrassed.

[@0524cami]

No use of deck guns!!!

[@timothyreed8417]

Where do they get the water for a deck gun? It will suck your tank dry in 30 seconds or less…then what do you do for water?