LAFD Task Force 66: Sheared Hydrant

Los Angeles Fire Department Task Force 66 (Truck 66, Engine 66, & Engine 266) and Rescue 66 were dispatched to a traffic accident involving city property on 67th St. x 8th Ave. just after 1AM.
Units due: Task Force & Rescue 66, and LAPD.
There were no injuries, LF66 was able to shut the hydrant down.
Location: Hyde Park / South Central, Los Angeles, CA
Date: Wednesday, September 9th, 2020
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[@davidwooden4175]

That is one way to flush the water mains

[@josephastier7421]

That engine bay is cleaner than when it rolled off the assembly line.

[@roxyda1876]

imagine that cop giving that vehicle a citation and having to pay her insurance LOL

[@merrymanrc]

I was thinking how come the city don't paint a color so fire department can them and know which one to go too

[@Rick_Foley]

This not first shear-drant video where the LAFD tries every valve but the one adjacent to the hydrant.

[@BrentKiley]

Is there 3 valves for the one hydrant? Or they are just not sure which one it is or?

[@BiigMystery]

Typical fire guys come out start turning what ever valves they can find having no clue or care what it turns off.

[@hyperfluff_folf]

If its a ring network you would have to isolate the hydrant from both sides, that is possible

[@DRFelGood]

Excellent footage 🚒🚒🚒

[@VerilyVerbatim]

Is there some reason as to why heavy duty bollards are not placed near the hydrants? This is obviously an issue, as it's been happening for decades now....?

[@hyperfluff_folf]

New ones usually get that in some areas but its cheaper to just send out a bunch of firefighters in the aftermath i believe, also its safer for the ones hitting the hydrants

[@southlafirephotography]

Nice footage!

[@shumcr]

theirs got to be a better way to clean the engine

[@dannyhonn973]

Question. I saw a video of yours, Light Force 94 at a shear off, and they seemed to have the same issue of getting the cover off to get to the valve. Is the cover that hard to remove? Just asking.

[@FB1ResponseVideos]

when the streets get repaved, the valve is often blindly covered, making it harder for firefighters to access. thanks for watching

[@Denver645]

Do they. It have a GIS that shows hydrants and shut off valves?

[@arizonafirebuff1433]

Nice footage! Didn't u get them shutting down a hydrant not to long ago?

[@FB1ResponseVideos]

thank you. and yes i did, 66's first-in is infamous for hydrant incidents, i've got a few more coming out.

[@arizonafirebuff1433]

@@FB1ResponseVideos ur welcome! And that is interesting how they get so many.

[@jrv5567]

$3 million worth of vehicles to bring all that manpower to carry $500 worth of tools to do a job that the water dept should have done. But...the water dept would not have a video on KZbin ;)

[@andrewm1058]

In LA due to how valuable water is the fire dept responds to these calls

[@josephastier7421]

@@andrewm1058 Good observation. Losing 2,000 GPM in Los Angeles is a major emergency!

[@the_mcmartin]

Makes me wonder why drivers don't steer away and go straight towards a hydrant. It's a lot worse than hitting a pole or a tree. 2000GPM 😵‍💫

[@vegasjay2326]

There is more than one water line feeding that hydrant?

[@jr_ffrobbiegameplays2612]

The drive just wanted to be safe and make sure the car did not catch fire while y'all are responding to the scene.

[@Casey_Bass]

Whenever more trucks show up to fix the cities broken pipe then show up to a commercial structure fire

[@nathanr.8556]

Free car wash!

[@toxifyfnlive7099]

Well good thing is the car is not totaled. 2 bad news it’s gonna a biggg bill

[@Vladimir_Varavva]

engine wash, upper price

[@cdarting91]

Well at least the undercarriage is clean.

[@Greenbrico]

I got a head actk

[@seventhecat4828]

Is it necessary to bring lot of firefighters and vehicles just to turn off water, only need just one vehicle. Such waste of money.

[@chirpyr6219]

Well they need the manpower and the equipment from the engine and the ladder. Half of em probably went home once they got on scene. Don’t be ignorant

[@FB1ResponseVideos]

Seven The cat, on a traffic collision involving a sheared hydrant where the driver/patient are still on scene, LAFD dispatched a task force (T66, E66, & E266) and a paramedic rescue (RA66). the engine and rescue are tasked with patient care, the light force (T66 & E266) is tasked with shutting off the hydrant, as light forces carry the equipment to do so. and like mentioned above, engine and rescue split pretty quick when there was no patient to asses. hope you can see that everyone has an important assigned job in this "waste of money"

[@jasonstewart7112]

@@FB1ResponseVideos I agree , the fire department were probably originally turned out to a car crash so they’d send the resources required to deal with that first

[@busoldmanphil7293]

@@chirpyr6219 The prybar is carried on the ladder truck, the valve handle in on the engine and the third truck carries the guy who guesses where the valve is.

[@MegaShanes1]

Its only a Lexus.