Pre Arrival Brush Fire New Jersey State Forrest Fire Brick, New Jersey 4/3/23

[@dabuya]

Great little video of a rapid response, preventing the spread of a brush fire. Thank you for all of the clips you provide for our entertainment.

[@brianmcmichael2698]

Well done to the quick response and knockdown. We were evacuated two years ago from what. started as a small fire that spread out of control. Thank you to the brave firefighters every where. #PineStrawberryStrong.

[@bobby_D]

Yea, that fire was CRAZY!!

[@TalbotBrooks]

Love the breakers. Your area, northern Michigan, and Cape Code (where I started on the job) are the only places in the US who have them and know how to use them. We used to keep 300' coils of 1" cotton jacket charged in 4 x 4' boxes on top of the tank. It was soooo much lighter and easier to drag around - came off easily because it was charged already and was relatively easy to put back up with just 2 guys. The drop-down steps on the back - those are brilliant!

[@NotEthanNorbury]

As a volunteer firefighter and retained/on call firefighter from Australia, I was going nut watching this firefighter walk into the smoke with no respiratory protection, no head protection and only a over coat, but just in general what makes me pissed is when firefighters wear half there gear on the fireground, your PPC is there for a reason. Love the fact you beat the engine and all the appliances

[@cjritchie9701]

“Fire ground” lol. This is a piss poor brush fire. Relax. You’ll Never catch us wearing a pack for a brush fire lol

[@John_Montefalco]

@@cjritchie9701If I wanted to I’d go on air, rather be safe then sorry.

[@cjritchie9701]

@@John_Montefalco on a brush fire?

[@John_Montefalco]

@@cjritchie9701 on any fire, I would do it for my own health. Id at the very least have my air pack on me.

[@melodynpepper]

Awesome response times by all involved!

[@davidglaum2538]

They have some nice equipment.

[@tomfrombrick]

5:34 awesome horn. Love that rig

[@michaelscaturro3817]

As a former firefighter in New York myself as I’ve seen in some of the comments below the utter lack of safety I saw in this video is a direct result of poor training. I see that it is a small fire but don’t let that fool you , it’s always dangerous.blue jeans and no gloves or air pack is 100% a NO NO. !! This is why firefighters get hurt or even die.

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

You don’t use air pack for brush or forest fires…

[@CMNIK1051]

@@jerseyshorefireresponse but gloves, helmet, and eye protection is a must, and today you can wear some light firemask with p3 mask inside

[@projectingintothepast356]

Back in the day the police could have dealt with this with the shovels they carried or anyone else, but people don’t seem to do that anymore. Anyway’s nice job of stopping the spread.

[@Jimmythefish577]

PPE? We don’t need to stinkin’ PPE. If you’ve got time to get to the hall, you’ve got time to pull your wildland gear on, your family will thank you.

[@NJtoAzMountainBiker]

The first truck is on the road most of the day. They dont have a firehouse they respond from.

[@brandonseyfried1251]

The first two brush trucks there are NJ State Forest Fire Service units that are out and about. The other two are the first due department. Their big deuce-and-a-half lookin' thing is pretty awesome. A lot of those companies had surplus military 6x6s in the 70s and 80s.....virtually all "built" in-house. Pt. Boro had one that would go out-of-town mutual aid to fires in the pine barrens with 8 or 9 guys on board. My dad has Super-8 no-sound home movies he took from the back of the rig on some of those fires. Different times.

[@ffjsb]

@@brandonseyfried1251 Most of those "built in-house" trucks were dangerously overloaded and they acted like they were tanks. This one appears to have a proper sized tank and looks to be professionally built. Lot of guys got killed in those old home built trucks.

[@brandonseyfried1251]

@@ffjsb yeah, like I said, different times. I wouldn't say ours was overloaded, though. It was a surplus 6x6 flat body they mounted a 500 gallon water tank and skid pump on, with a 4" tubular steel roll cage the guys in the back could stay inside while operating. It did knock down some pine trees. It had a flip-down steel screen to protect the windshield while bombing through the woods.

[@Halo-pw1qn]

This video is cool thanks for making it

[@shaofuchang515]

I put out something of the sort with a 2.5 gal water can just a couple weeks ago, though for me there was no wind and it contained itself largely on the center median. With wind and on the shoulder it will spread really quickly and I wouldn't doubt it if it was a cigarette, its been very aggravatingly common here.

[@danbrit9848]

i love the mad max fire rigs

[@hellosmiddy4335]

As an Aussie the fact they only had jeans and the jacket on hurt my brain bc if there’s a fire no matter what it’s full PPE but cool to see the difference

[@hughman3241]

Most aussie brigades would be the same

[@cjkokay]

​@@hughman3241seriously no. We gear up properly. I'll get credit on response and jacket. Have to be volunteers, so still a big thanks and keep safe.

[@jorgebriscoe404]

Love the unique apparatus trucks

[@ccent8509]

Quick response Quick knock down that wind would have done a lot of damage good job

[@pendoreille9185]

Great video. We were supposed to have fire weather on Long Island . Cloudy and calm all day.👍

[@NeilM01989]

Liked and shared

[@wilder11354-rp8ir]

Local police always park where best fire attack would be. DA!

[@davidkun9565]

Good job👍

[@nayanpanchal39]

Great video

[@TalbotBrooks]

Gentle suggestion. A can in your trunk is $125 and you can do miracles with it while waiting for your rigs.

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

My next purchase will be a water can I only have a dry chem right now and didn’t wanna discharge it in the woods like that.

[@williamkolstad6435]

It's been 6 years since I moved from there but I knew immediately that was North of Rt. 70. It looks like the jughandle across from the post office.

[@bobby_D]

Always gotta see how far we can go before the cops say please move 😂😂. Great video. As usual! You do really great work bro.

[@charlesharnois3684]

Good Job Brothers, With That Wind Things Could Have Lit Up! Better To Have Apparatus, And Not Need It!,🔥🔥🔥🚒🚒🚒

[@rebelliousmedic]

2479 is a sweet truck.

[@erickaegi629]

Are those rigs home made military surplus or does a actual company make them?

[@klwnsniper]

Depending on the rig some are old surplus then made into brush trucks for the specific department . The forestry trucks are all built by a manufacturer on either a dodge pickup chassis or a Ford. Some departments buy old surplus and manufactur their own rig themselves i have seen also

[@erickaegi629]

@@klwnsniper ty

[@jepsdog3859]

Our Pensaukee volunteer fire department Oconto county Wi purchased a 1973 surplus Duce and a half and added a 500 gallon water tank with a 400 foot 1” hose reel with a Honda electric start pump and compartment with room for 8 wild land fire backpack sprayers and shovels rakes rubber flaps and pickaxes.

[@firetech792]

There is some military surplus but most of the NJ state forest fire trucks are built in the NJFFS shops. That state buys brand new chassis and the shops do the rest of the work.

[@julioguzman6898]

Showing up in full structure turnouts for a brush fire is a no no, here in california cal fire all we use is dual complian nomex pants and brush jacket with some missoulas

[@fandoria09]

Clear evidence it was caused by a lit cigarette tossed from an automobile window. This is why they make ash trays for the automobile. They come in very handy even during windy days or during fire bans, which include smokers.

[@bradmagnuson6963]

New cars don't have cigarette ash trays, or a cigarette lighter.

[@mikehoysler4322]

What evidence was found that made it clear to you?

[@fandoria09]

​@Brad Magnuson you can buy ash trays at any location that sells cigarettes or ash trays that fit over soda cans. And there are still older cars out there that still has the working cigarette lighters and ash trays in them. My 2001 Chevy Blazer still has them but I always had a traveler ash tray kept in it as well. Anyone who smokes knows this.

[@fandoria09]

​@@mikehoysler4322 if you pay attention to what is being said at the end of the video, it was indeed a cigarette that caused the fire.

[@mikehoysler4322]

@@fandoria09Suggest you go back and listen to the video at the end. The videographer says “maybe a cigarette”. It wasn’t the forestry guys or anyone associated with the fire dept that say it on the video. Again, where’s your clear evidence? In all likelihood it wasn’t lightning or an exothermic reaction and possibly a cigarette. There’s a big difference between possible & definite.

[@JakeRoy98]

Maybe because I'm in a smaller town but do you ever feel awkward getting close and filming these things. I went and took pictures on a brush fire we had a week ago and although I was just taking pictures from a far I felt a bit awkward like they might question me.

[@bigbuck1318]

At least the grass on the other side of the road didn’t catch

[@andyneipert2527]

This brush fire did look very big

[@trashcanman5591]

They whip in there with that first truck 😂😂😂

[@NJDRONEMAN]

Lol I came right to the comments for the same . My man was moving

[@trashcanman5591]

@@NJDRONEMAN on my road I live i a busy road and cops and fire and rescue fly by here

[@ritirons2726]

Typical of NJFS. Driving way too fast. They do that all the time.

[@0524cami]

A couple shots of an extinguisher would stop the spread

[@robertchristensen2633]

Love truck 2479

[@jameshardware802]

All of them I want to see all the trucks

[@dongelinas5990]

And it took three cops to confirm a brush fire. They couldn’t help themselves, they had to act important and have you move. Pathetic

[@user-peach408]

He was on the edge of the road when Speedy Gonzalez came in on his red cape(driving to fast at the scene). They had a right to ask him to move to the other side for his safety. I will be glad when the pendulum swings the other way and the cop haters stop buying in to all the media hoopla.

[@Jimmythefish577]

Don you have no idea how many looky-Lou’s show up at fire scenes that just get in the way, the ridiculous speed the first rig came in at is exactly why he was told to move.

[@dug2fire]

Is it doubtful??

[@jameshardware802]

Are you a actual firefighter if are can you show all the fire trucks in obsessed

[@mikehoysler4322]

Obsessed? I’m confused, thanks.

[@johanrebel]

Which State Forrest? Forrest Gump?

[@davidbott9401]

New Jersey Forest Fire Service

[@mfcjr1]

LOL!

[@bmurphy1928]

I enjoy these videos and I understand the multi apparatus response but seriously, the size of the fire where the video started; I think I could of have stomped that fire out with sneakers on, let alone with the shoes the cops wear.

[@rdbimages]

Gosh, if only you were there to save the world!

[@redrubi3942]

​@Bob Barr yea and you are the same guy complaining about how high your taxes are. Ridiculous response. All about inflating the shout count.

[@bmurphy1928]

@@rdbimages I know, RIGHT???😁😁

[@ffjsb]

@@redrubi3942 You CLEARLY have NO idea of what you're talking about. This was an absolutely reasonable response.

[@rdbimages]

@@redrubi3942 LOL! Hey, Comanche Dawn (whatever that means), when did you ever hear me complain about taxes? Oh, that's right, you didn't. You just make things up to get attention. Well done.

[@markcheshul8844]

My word - 3 State Forest Fire Brush trucks for a brush fire 10 feet off the road that the Police could have put out with a fire extinguisher. No wonder my NJ taxes are so high!

[@joe_mosc]

Rather have them and not need them then too need them and not have them

[@gregadomeit4020]

​@Joe Mosc you said it there Joe. If his house was 40 ft behind that fire he would be calling for air drops.

[@joe_mosc]

Yup, Forrest fires are so unpredictable

[@jamescoakley4319]

What an ignorant comment.

[@charlesharnois3684]

Another Arm Chair Expert! Instead Of Crying and Complaining, Help Out!🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mikemuppet3807]

Why smoking should be banned nationwide. DID you know? Aerial fireworks were banned in most states for two reasons. 2nd reason is the chemicals were deemed unhealthy for the environment (which is strange being those chemicals are allowed in most food and tobacco products). The #1 reason is starting fires. But here is a fact-Lit tobacco products are responsible for fires that burn over 6 million acres annually, whereas fire works are responsible for less than half that. Any way that road is not really traveled on a lot so most likely some one being stupid,

[@mikehoysler4322]

While I’m not a smoker, in 2021 tobacco was responsible for $12.14B in tax revenue so if that cash evaporates unfortunately it’s gotta be made up somewhere else. I agree smoking is unhealthy and a leading cause of cancer but I also know we have free will & the Gov’t already has their fingers in too much of our lives. According to the American Pyrotechnic Assoc only ONE State has banned all consumer fireworks: Massachusetts (interesting as it was the birthplace of the American revolution). Three States only allow sparklers: Illinois, Ohio, & Vermont. The other 46 States & DC don’t ban aerial fireworks at all. I don’t know that a lit cig caused this & neither do you, unless it was yours. If you want to direct your concern, how about the guy in the brush truck who came ballin in and then layed out into a smoky environment with zero PPE & no SCBA? Bet he wears a mask tho to go grocery shopping.

[@projectingintothepast356]

Statistics showed that most of these fires are started by arsonists or Antifa.

[@ffjsb]

Fireworks are legal LOTS of places. Most of the stuff in fireworks is NOT in foods either.

[@g.r.4853]

After 35 years as a VFF, I got little to say. The fire was put out but turnout gear and SCBAs were sadly lacking.

[@jerseyshorefireresponse]

Don’t wear air at brush fires, I’ve never seen anyone anywhere ever do that.

[@karlanderson3523]

Cigarette thrown out the window of a car??!!

[@robertcable6348]

Brush 34.

[@mrt7936]

1st one arrives 1 person dressed in civvies, does put a jacket on and goes in by himself, are civvies classed as PPE? (Personal Protective Equipement) then a second person turns up again civvies and puts on a jacket. then 2nd unit turns up again in civvies, i never knew jeans were fire proof. then real firefighters turn up fully dressed Well Done them. Yes it was only a small fire, but it doesn't stop you getting burnt. I hope they got repremanded and given more intensive training on how to dress and not attend alone.

[@robertnelson432]

Talk about overreacting. In my day I would have handled it myself with a broom rake. Might have been better off to burn out the small area so there would be no need for an additional response.

[@jasonstark6780]

cops could have put that out with fire extinguishers in cars. Just stand there with there head in there butt.

[@mikehiggins2694]

So you stand on the EDGE of the road filming and Ego Cop tells you to move. Then the Cops stand right smack in the MIDDLE of the road. Geniuses.

[@5thdegreekempo]

they need there or four more lazy cops to stand around and do NOTHING.

[@publicsafetyinvestigations999]

just let it burn itself out, ground is very wet still

[@johnlang6366]

Wow great commentary.!!!🙄🙄🙄🙄