PRE-ARRIVAL: Sofa burning in living room, working fire signal transmitted in Whitehall, PA

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Just before 8:30AM, Lehigh County Fire Dispatch transmitted the box for a house fire located at 3239 Parkview Drive in Whitehall for a sofa burning in the living room.
Deputy Fire Marshal Bilder arrived on location and signaled a working fire. Lehigh County upgraded the box and dispatched Ladder 2 (Catasauqua), Rescue 11 (Greenawalds) and Air 32 (Woodlawn).
Chief of Department Dave Nelson arrived and grabbed the water can and darkened down the sofa that was inside the front door after the occupant of the house tried to remove the burning sofa.
Engine 3811 arrived and stretched a hand line to back-up the Chief with the water can. The Chief removed the sofa from the house. Firefighters checked for extension and ventilated the dwelling.
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[@ForestNinjaZero]

I guess they found the "seat of the fire." 🤣

[@irishdrums4753]

Good first knock with the water can…hard to tell how much time there was between the first due engine and when he hit it with the can…also like that he got it outta the house after the can was empty. That single dude Likely saved the structure.

[@darylprescott8130]

Training at its best

[@traderjoe477]

Thanks to the firefighters for NOT destroying the windows! To many times they destroy everything without any need.

[@virgilhilts3924]

Thanks for proving you know nothing about firefighting

[@gervanwilliams1409]

I can’t believe it. They dragged the sofa outside while it’s on fire. Amazing guys these are.

[@darylprescott8130]

Trained professionals

[@Trojanny]

That's protocal !

[@joehyundaitech7961]

yeah but how long did it take them to do that and if this was in ny i would have had it out with a water can befor they could carry it out also where is there scba ha ha there is nothing like a ny ff

[@debdeb5093]

Great job guys, when in doubt just pull it out!!!

[@jplff1630]

The one time someone with a garden hose could actually put the fire out and no where to be found.

[@brucecook5612]

Shut the Front Door

[@dmullen68]

Great work to get that couch outside thats a good save on the house

[@adelliaadams3722]

Smoke damage is a bitch though

[@billpizzaman4700]

Cant believe they refrained from opening the roof.

[@photone]

Ahhh...The classic 'Punch the siren button so the 'Q''s winding down in the background during the arrival report' move!. I'm surprised the room didn't flash over the way that sofa was rolling. Chief got a good knockdown with the can...amazing how much fire you can knock down with a water can if you use it properly.

[@virgilhilts3924]

Thanks for proving you know nothing about firefighting

[@stephenmather8513]

Do you even know what a flash over is. Have you ever seen one?

[@roydelta1]

Didn't the guy have a garden hose 🚿🤣

[@jackhartsough3]

Great neighbors too no one could even grab a bucket anything?

[@debbiemarie1180]

I was thinking the same thing

[@dw3403]

still winterized?

[@markybear92840]

DId anyone, prior to the engine arriving, think to grab a garden hose and maybe douse the couch?

[@peterarvanitis6497]

Excellent video work brother

[@joker432]

That was very well executed

[@FireAlley]

Great video!

[@michaelmcclure4263]

Garden hose? Fire extinguisher? Bucket of water?

[@pauljames5914]

Bet that house has a terrible smell in it now.. someone was careless with their cigarette..

[@dw3403]

could have been a space heater.

[@Trojanny]

Home extinguisher ??

[@Trojanny]

P.S. Anyone notice how really good & professional Ukrainian firefighters were ? Still dedicated & caring today, as they search through rubble !!!

[@benschwan673]

For all of the KZbin Firefighters in the comments let me enlighten you a little.... first, the home owner is in no way equipped to handle this and would have likely been seriously injured by trying to fight the fire or move the couch; second, this is a room and contents fire on a ground floor room, so the first guy in was not in much danger, therefore it was not necessary for the scene commander (white hat) to be suited up; third, keeping the door open was providing ventilation for the structure, closing the door would have allowed super heated gasses and flammable vapors to build up inside the house, exponentially increasing the risk of a backdraft when the door is reopened, and fresh air from outside is reintroduced to the fire.

[@gregsatterly9412]

You're the most sensible one on here and you're correct in your assessment. I am a 20 year volunteer firefighter and I completely agree with you sir.

[@benschwan673]

@@gregsatterly9412 I have 14 years this year.

[@brandonseyfried1251]

a couch fire in a closed room would have had that place rockin'. Good job getting it ventilated.

[@MrTimo540]

I've been a You Tube firefighter for 3 years now. With all of my extensive training I would have to agree with your assessment.

[@andyoxleyonhistravels]

Keeping the door open is feeding the fire. If you have no crew ready to fight the fire shut the door. The fire will use up the oxygen thus suffocating the fire. The neutral plain will be low to the floor when they eventually have a crew to enter. As long as when they open the door they have a charged hoseline to put a few pulses in to the compartment then any flammable gases are diluted straight away thus removing any chance of a backdraft.

[@nayanpanchal39]

Great video billy

[@aaronkershner2685]

Got love around 5:49 the guy just wearing bunker pants is smoking.

[@frankrothe3064]

The only time I saw only the couch burn was on Married with Children. You know, Peg's couch !!

[@jackhartsough3]

I like the 1800s fire extinguisher in the garage come on baby I know I got ya for a reason 😏

[@NINA_2005]

Great job bill and great job to the fireman

[@19irving]

That's a lot of smoke for 1 soda. What was it made of?

[@southernoregoncatmom6519]

Probably, composite wood, polyurithane and fabric.

[@davidlenzi3551]

Fire fighting 101. IC assesses the situation, determines the appropriate response, assigns a firefighter to the task, continues to direct operations including arrival of apparatus. Directs and assigns firefighters to overhaul the structure with a minimum of damage. Perfect application of personnel and tactical assignments very little water applied inside the structure achieving knockdown. Less cost for repairs.

[@leightongalleries6057]

How long to pressurize a line? Jeez? Does no neighbor have a can or garden hose? This is nuts.

[@MusicLoverPearson]

WHAT IN THE HELL IS a garden hose going to do?

[@fgllc]

@@MusicLoverPearson It would have put the damn sofa out. You don't need a 1 3/4" to squirt 5 gallons of water!

[@roadrunner4]

@@MusicLoverPearson It is going to put water on the fire, in the same way the first firefighter used a hand held fire extinguisher did, put probably better.

[@gregsatterly9412]

With the water pressure I have and using a 3/4" hose off a yard hydrant I would have been able to put that sofa fire out completely in a matter of minutes. So don't tell me that a garden hose wouldn't work in this situation.

[@wilsjane]

@@gregsatterly9412 When the fire first started, they tried to drag the settee outside. At that stage, a few pans of water from the kitchen would have put it out, before the firefighters even arrived.

[@marcstevens1461]

Absolute love your work there bill

[@newsworking]

Thank you.

[@dnovids]

Personally I feel having the door open was venting the fire. If you kept the door closed you would be allowing the smoke and fuel to build up in the structure. Once the oxygen was introduced by opening the door the room could haves flashed causing more damage to the structure. By having the door open the flow path of the fire would likely move to the exterior (depending on wind direction). Am I wrong in thinking this?

[@brianwilson8119]

I wouldn't say you were wrong. Generally we say "closed the door," but like you said, depending on wind direction and whether or not there was another open window or door on the opposite side of the structure, it would be 50/50 as to whether it would vent out the front door or blow further into the house.

[@colleen31]

I hope they educated this man about closing doors when there's a fire.

[@pauljames5914]

But maybe having the door open let toxic smoke and heat out and possibly preventing a flashover.

[@nashaimon]

@@pauljames5914 feeds in more air, one of things they teach now is to close the door and stop flow path, containing the fire.

[@quietreader4190]

@@nashaimon I watch TheMajestirium quite often dude, he covers FDNY trucks / response / fires... in most of them the FDNY busts the windows to the outside open when its in apartment buildings. In businesses when they are on roof I've seen them cut open a small part of the roof so they can check things, maybe get a good angle to get to the main part of a fire that needs to be knocked down. Closing the door really only applies to making it harder for the fire to spread to a different room, thus keeping the fire contained in the room it started in. And in some cases its not feasible to close the door, especially when the wall and door is on fire and there is quickly building smoke.

[@mikez7842]

Wow. Is all I can say. How many errors did this dept make. Let alone the home owner making the biggest mistake

[@sahmuleadams5270]

Garden hose or water can would solve this drag the couch out into the yard. Oh look a damn smart firefighter was doing just that!!!!! I guess I should’ve waited?🤷🏻‍♂️ a homeowner and a pair of even mitts could’ve saved the day

[@computerrodeollc]

Oh , 3631 is still in service?? When will the new tower be in service ??

[@MelanietheRN]

GREAT JOB FIREMAN 👌👍👏💪

[@mikebobier5051]

Hey its just the sofa burning. Let's wait until the whole house catches fire. That way we have a real fire

[@jelracer98]

Caused by smoking right

[@seekingthemosthigh5978]

NO JE#$%^# LIGHTNING I GUESS.

[@chrismckenna5361]

That one guy is a fucking beast

[@thomasprociuk9079]

you think that white helmet would have shut the door way to go you goon!

[@billdacitizan380]

no open to let out smoke and heat. He is not the goon!

[@JoeL-uk6wx]

Feed the fire all kinds of fresh air, lucky that didn't turn into a fully involved before first engine arrived.

[@beholden_to_ducks]

Great idea. Let the heat build up in the structure. There couldn't possibly be any negative consequence to that. Especially when they pop the door to go in and put it out.

[@jmt8706official]

@@JoeL-uk6wx Research what a flash over and a backdraft is, then come back and tell us we are all wrong...I'll wait...

[@joehyundaitech7961]

all of our fire chiefs carry water cans in there trucks I dont understand why someone did not find one or hook up a garden hose real fast. I guess we do things a little different in ny

[@MusicLoverPearson]

Tghat's what the homeowner should've done was pull the couch out?

[@joehyundaitech7961]

it took way to long to get water on the fire period

[@joehyundaitech7961]

one fire chief stayed out side the whole time coat cant even close and no gloves he should have had a pack on his back and gloves on and helped carry the couch out instead of standing on the lawn maybe he should watch this video and be retrained I was in the fdny for almost 40 years

[@geoffg8840]

Engine 3811 has a great q siren. Lol

[@adelliaadams3722]

Wasn't hard to find the **seat** of this fire...

[@ItsTheCostanza]

Hey a quickie

[@newsworking]

Yes it was!

[@ItsTheCostanza]

@@newsworking you like Quickies

[@sethcreech1014]

Jesus saves

[@rico334]

If that big guy in the red shirt and black toboggan is the owner, he needs to be put in jail for arson, couches just don't catch on fire all by themselves.........

[@southernoregoncatmom6519]

Could've been a dropped cigarette.

[@alularussell778]

I must not understand the "big picture" but what ever happened to busting out the garden hose while waiting for the big boys with the big toys? Have people evolved into helpless idiots ? Kudos to the big guys though.

[@patricialong61]

It took long enough .stayed inside long enough to damage more than usual.

[@ItsTheCostanza]

None of you people in the comment section are firemen, so I would stop commenting about the problems about this fire because there is no problems at all. Trump 2024!

[@fgllc]

Nice try.... Are you?

[@computerrodeollc]

SET THE TRUCK UP !!!!!!!!

[@peterarvanitis6497]

Ok? On the last part of comment

[@patricialong61]

No,not now but that couch was left in there to long while they was running in & Out of the house just looking at the sofa burning home owner could have drug it outside.

[@jmt8706official]

@@patricialong61For dragging it outside, depands on how long it was burning before the homeowner noticed, it also could have lit up quick. He may have been elsewhere in the house. Not saying you're wrong, just giving more possibilities.

[@tbo2341]

Well usually so far as is due to saying a sofa on an extension cord getting drunk falling asleep with your cigarette in your mouth LOL oh I won't rule out a cell phone either lithium batteries can't take the heat they blow up when they're left on the charger too long that is hilarious that firemen drag that burn couch out the door

[@Johnny64ism]

how much ya wanna bet it was careless smoking

[@johnmcdermitt1693]

FLOW PATH!!!!

[@rd4660]

I love how the fat guy is not prepared to rescue the first guy in if he needs rescue. A turnout coat and a beat up helmet doesn’t make you a firefighter.

[@andyoxleyonhistravels]

I cannot believe he was wearing such a shitty old fire helmet and didnt think to close the door.

[@gregggoss2210]

@@andyoxleyonhistravels, he didn't care. He was pissed because he got interrupted while he was on his second plate of ribs at Chili's. It was probably better that he left the door open to let out the smoke and heat . That other poor bastard had to try to quell the flames with a dinky water can and then muscle the flaming sofa out the door by himself.

[@andyoxleyonhistravels]

@@gregggoss2210 if you shut the door you starve the fire. Simple really. That said I think you're right he was pissed as he was probably eating ribs. Lol.

[@andyoxleyonhistravels]

What the hell you babbling about fella ?

[@beholden_to_ducks]

@@andyoxleyonhistravels that isn't 100% accurate. You don't starve the fire fully. The fire is still going to feed on the air in the building and heat is still going to build. Recipe for a backdraft

[@geoffreymiller5422]

Close. The. Door. 🤦‍♂️

[@jonathangeorge9841]

Well glad I dont live in Whitehall

[@rad9541]

Lots of reasons not to live in Whitehall anymore. It's like an alternate reality compared to the 90's or 80's. Like a nightmare you want to wake up from