Oklahoma City 5-Alarm Fire Audio 2/8/2022 [Oklahoma]

Fireground audio from the five-alarm fire in Oklahoma City, OK on 2/8/2022. Audio is not in real time. The audio is used under a Creative Commons license from Broadcastify.
Thumbnail photo credit to Jake Logan.
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[@steve78pugs]

That dispatcher was solid, never broke stride and/ or character and kept everyone informed and accounted for. Great job OKCFD💪💪

[@dieselteen0770]

This is what teamwork can do and nobody ever realizes, people think they can do things on their own and end up failing and hurting themselves,

[@aportman58]

Great job OFD in spite of all the obstacles encountered on this fire! It seemed every tactic decided hit a dead-end road with no water at multiple key points. Seems like OFD overcame all of these encounters successfully!

[@sandyyyy231]

Thank you for your service👍

[@travisshields5667]

I think ocfd did one hell of a job with the hand they where delt. The fire fighters working in these big cities do this for real every day. Good job to all the ocfd firefighters that was on this fire

[@AeroVisionNY]

Kudos to OCFD and its members for a well-executed and disciplined attack on an extremely difficult fire, made worse by inoperable standpipes. A fire in the cockloft of a large building without firebreaks, and is self-ventilating through the roof, is always a tough fight. It was not safe to put members on the roof, and the fire was spreading so quickly, that trench cuts would not have slowed the extension. Fortunately for all, this building was unoccupied. And it doesn't appear that any members suffered serious injury.

[@skidude8989]

Those crews were left on the 5th floor LONG after they should have been removed. Heavy fire in new construction and water problems. Time to bail out. Piss poor operation and the risk factor was way over the red line.

[@jeffvanschoonhoven5171]

This was a long duration fire. Please post the rest of the tactical radio traffic

[@SittingWithDogs]

I’ve worked with that roofing material at a job. The only thing that works is foam

[@jeffvanschoonhoven5171]

Having lived in OKC for 5 years I know for a FACT that OCFD is an absolute first rate dept . Having listened to this radio traffic I can find no faults with tactical operations on this fire

[@belgianmalinoit9665]

This audio scared the crap out of me. Helluva fight, but as soon as they started talking about everybody getting off of the 5th floor I would pulled the trigger and got everybody out.

[@MaH112]

Anybody can explain what an investigation group is?

[@mikedacey5944]

TPO is a roof membrane and apparently it pools like a flammable liquid.

[@belgianmalinoit9665]

Did they roof with napalm?

[@stueyexmcfd]

Pretty much

[@medic1rn12]

Sounds like they did a good job with a very difficult situation. Glad no one was seriously injured.

[@kunar69]

What idiot designed roofing material that is extremely flammable and why the heck would anyone use it?

[@joeburros4878]

Its cheap and this is red state more about making money

[@joeburros4878]

It America still they don't care if they can make a dollar

[@SittingWithDogs]

No kidding bro

[@oinchadoomandwolfboy]

@@joeburros4878 This is a very VERY liberal area with a lot of extra local regulations.

[@joeburros4878]

Wow don't they check the trucks before they go on shift

[@jessicamerriman2336]

Yes we do. Sometimes stuff happens though. How many times have you worked, or started to work, with home power equipment and it won’t start or breaks down? Every item is checked and rechecked, but Murphy is a Firefighter. It’s not negligence, it’s life happening.

[@MrChrisH33]

Lots of monday morning quaterbacks like hearing themselves talk in the comments

[@joeburros4878]

Did they push fire into bldg

[@Kylehikes47]

What do you mean?

[@oinchadoomandwolfboy]

You can’t push fire. It’s scientifically proven. Are you even a firefighter or some keyboard troll? Honest question.

[@charleso8826]

I think there needs to be an investigation of this Fire by an outside agency .

[@jessicamerriman2336]

State Fire Marshalls office will do just fine. Or are you saying OCFD started this fire? Stay in your own lane. We don’t tell you how to do your job, so don’t tell firefighters.

[@charleso8826]

@@jessicamerriman2336 I never implied that the firefighters didn't do their job.. I did imply 1 firefighter was speaking a bit much... & Should be politley spoken to.

[@jessicamerriman2336]

@@charleso8826 his ccmmand will correct him if they feel it necessary. They do not need outside investigators or agencies to do that. Should I come to your workplace and record your mistakes? No! Because it's not my place. This isn't yours as well.

[@charleso8826]

@@jessicamerriman2336 Fair enough.. I apologize to OKCFD.

[@jessicamerriman2336]

@@charleso8826 takes a big person to apologize. The reasons we get a little touchy is most of us had civilian jobs growing up of many varieties. None invited the criticism that emergency services get. People watch firefighting, Paramedics, etc on TV and are suddenly experts. As a 27 year Paramedic/Firefighter I had so many try to tell me how to treat patients medically, we didn't respond fast enough, etc. Some would downright want to fight if we didn't give the patient this med or that med. Just know what doesn't make sense to civilians is crystal clear to us. If a firefighter gets in a hurry and say, vents the roof early, it could flashover and kill everyone inside. Firefighting and Paramedicine is a ballet of protocols, tools, knowledge and quick, but organized chaos resulting in the best outcome available. 🙂

[@chrisbarr1359]

Engine 11 talks too much!

[@charleso8826]

I agree Chris .. Otherwise Command did a decent job.

[@Cthippo1]

Probably a new, or acting, company officer. Still, I would prefer someone who talks too much over someone who does not communicate important things.

[@charleso8826]

@@Cthippo1 Both points are equally noted

[@schmegle1]

Way tooooo much

[@joeburros4878]

Yea maybe less talk and it doesn't go to 5 th

[@joeburros4878]

No sprinklers

[@skidude8989]

They blew it ! They are lucky they didn't lose firefighters. Heavy fire above the 5th floor in NEW type construction. They should have been out of there LONG before they were.

[@JoeKalinowski-jb1cy]

Joe kalionwski Rd Apt Bear

[@joeburros4878]

Who goes with all that talking why aren't crews just numbers it's a waste of time and energy this is a terrible fd

[@jessicamerriman2336]

Did you graduate fire academy and out ten years in on the job? Yeah, just another troll.

[@jeffvanschoonhoven5171]

@@jessicamerriman2336 hey Jessica. Why was Nichols Hills not added to the record.. their station is 4 blocks away at the most? And they have that quint as their first out company

[@jessicamerriman2336]

@@jeffvanschoonhoven5171 can’t answer that. Not dispatched? No mutual aid agreement? Truck could have been down or no crew? Could have been anything?

[@jeffvanschoonhoven5171]

True.. or the village .. I've learned NOT to second guess OCFD or any of the small city depts they do mutual aid with

[@jessicamerriman2336]

@@jeffvanschoonhoven5171 it’s a fluid situation that changes daily. I started out as an AmCare Paramedic. We were known officially as the Central Oklahoma Ambulance Trust (COAT). We were subsidized by Oklahoma City $760,000 a year. Our Executive Director got in a personal pissing contest that involved a high city official. We were then dissolved and (EMSA) brought in because of that pissing contest. Not our professionalism, complaints or any other negative experienced by our patients. EMSAs first year subsidy? $4.3 million. The city official liked EMSAs Executive Director. Just insane!

[@georgewashington2890]

Ahhh, smoke in a 5 story building and the first thing you do is ask for a chief? This is a really poor job. Send them to the NFA.

[@aportman58]

You must be a new (or stupid) textbook firefighter with still much to learn...I forgot you already know it all. Sadly you won't survive long in the real world of career firefighting...

[@micahdouglas9113]

Poor job? Are you serious? They were following the National Incident Command System. Why would you not ask for a chief? Once the chief arrives on scene, they take command and the company officer can get back with their crew. 100% you ask for a chief on a five-story building with smoke showing from the roof.

[@jeffvanschoonhoven5171]

@@micahdouglas9113 true that. And upgrade to a full commercial response which is exactly what E-11 did. Even with E-22 & E-18 self assigned. They both would have been toned out to fill the 1st alarm assignment.