Toronto Fire Services: 3 Firefighters Dive from Window of Burning House

Toronto Firefighters responded to a two storey home with reports of 2 people trapped. While searching for occupants on the second floor, flames began rolling over their heads, forcing them to make a rapid escape. #TorontoFire

[@artmccomeskey738]

nothing more frustrating then finding out the occupants were standing outside all along....great job boys....nice video showing VES technique and a properly done emergency egress and all three made it out with no injuries.......don't panic and use your trainning

[@JB91710]

Art Mccomeskey Don't get yourself into a no win situation in the first place. Where were the officers and any fire fighters who were standing around when a Pole of the fire watchers Should have been going on. The First thing you do is ask everyone around, "Who owns this house and where are they?"

[@Chris-jv7im]

+JB91710 It's not always the firefighter's fault. I've been on scene a couple times now when after asking that very question, they were misinformed and state the occupants were still inside. The problem is often with the occupants failing to report their escape to the authorities on scene, and not with the firefighters

[@wilsjane]

As soon as it is known that their is no one inside, a specific air horn signal should be agreed to stop the search and get firefighters to safety. The crew hanging around outside should have made a priority of finding out the true situation, along with the most likely location if anyone was still inside. Firefighters do a great job, but often seem to be let down by poor organisation and communication putting them at risk.

[@Trojanny]

Frustrating, however, also a relief, ESPECIALLY when you didn't find any inside.

[@Trojanny]

EXCELLENT !! Let firefighters know if all out. If not, suspected location(s) inside.

[@lom3ardo]

This is why you have to take out the whole window when you vent. Not just the glass. That took way too long to "bail out"

[@jtcool8162]

Agreed. Slow bail outs. I have seen a guy dive out the second story window on to the ladder head first engulfed in flame cause he got flashed over on. Lucky his turnout gear did it's thing. he walked away with some minor second degree burns. All that to Say if he bailed that slow he would certainly be dead. Granted he had some incentive to move quickly. Lol

[@SittingWithDogs]

Who the F are you to criticize this amazing emergency exit? Let me guess you’re a volunteer in a small town that thinks you know it all right? Shut up dude! You couldn’t even tie these guys shoes

[@stormont323]

That voice scared the crap out of me!

[@deborahsoucy2884]

Great video, I loved how fast they got out --- Debbie

[@tyronesandoval2348]

Thank you for your great service.

[@NJP76]

Amazing story! Very well put together video, and production quality. Hearing the story directly from the three firefighters really took it home for me. Props to you for the video and a big big Salute to these firefighters...as well as firefighters everywhere out there putting it all on the line every day for us. *Salute!*

[@foxytaepiretefox1593]

NJP Vlogs -N- Stuff I'm a firefighter in Winnipeg and this happened to me but it was a six alarm fire my crew fell through the floor and I was the last one in line so I didn't go through the floor but when I saw them fall I immediately grabbed the door frame and went down the hole letting my guys use me as a human ladder. And at this point I was a Captain. Greetings from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

[@ericweiler6571]

God Bless our Canadian neighbours. These firefighters risking their lives for the sake of others. That’s a true hero in my book. “The true North strong and free”

[@michaelswinehart2788]

Escaping like that two times, was scariest moments of my career. Try to not panic, keep your with, and a WHOLE LOTTA PRAYING.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@m1t2a1]

Used to live across the road from Ed, a Scarborough fireman. Captain, Chief? It was the '60s and '70s. Such good friends with my dad. When we replaced some windows, they had to be big enough to fit through with an SCBA on. Even the typical tiny basement windows. Rented or borrowed a big to me gas powered saw to cut cinder blocks. To control dust and heat, a little water should be sprayed on the blade and cut. Ed came over to help. He sprayed a little water. My dad and I had a running joke after that, about what "put a little water on it" means to a fireman. The basement wasn't finished yet, windows were the first step, so it was easy to push all the water into the floor drain. It was a lot of water. Personally, by the time I was 8 or so, I really appreciated the large basement windows for sneaking in and out of. Don't tell my parents.

[@lisal8984]

True firefighter bringing up the rear. Thank you sir

[@joer3481]

Great teamwork...I have the highest respect for our brave firefighters and first responders...GOD bless all of you....

[@tm13tube]

That's a lot of gear to go through the window. Glad they were okay. It baffles me it didn't occur to the occupants in the backyard to notify the firefighters no one was inside. Too many people don't think about anyone but themselves.

[@aaronmichael7116]

He did what's called a "tank dump" on our dept. We train to do it blacked out. Doing it in the light is much easier, as you can guess.

[@billcook9313]

Hats off to all firemen

[@djwhisperbb4665]

Fire Fighters ROCK! 💜

[@conspiraciesarejustgreatst2059]

Man, that poor first guy....he was trying to get out and down the ladder while his two partners are in the oven like room. They were probably getting anxious as the first guy struggled. Thankfully he was able to move despite his setbacks

[@kakolisen7771]

great job! love

[@buckeyehockey1979]

We had a fire at an apt years back. 8 units, one got struck by lightning (the only non occupied unit). When I got out (there was not any fire in my unit), I left the door open to my cats an escape (I couldn't get to them, they were all fine). As soon as I saw a firefighter starting to search the building, I made sure they knew everyone was out of that unit. This is why. While that day there was no loss of life of any kind, it easily could have been a different story.

[@porshprix4286]

Much respect to the fire department

[@MEYanZav]

There was a rollover which would make it very hot, but I wonder if it was also a hot fire because they were in the exhaust flow path, since they entered through the top window which would be the same window most heat would try to escape from (heat rises). I've read exhaust flow path temperatures can go up to 260C which is close to the upper limit of what SCBA masks are rated for.

[@aportman58]

Great emphasis on importance of RIT preparedness!

[@JEUNGURA]

Jeff looks like he's seen some fires in his life.

[@emmaleem9315]

God Bless you Hero's 🇺🇸🙏🏼💖

[@k.s.333]

Just think, when this fire took place the house was worth perhaps $300k. Whatever's there now is probably worth $1.25 million.

[@jordan-otss]

For fucking real! I was just a dumb 1st year university kid back then!!!!

[@urbanfiretraining5242]

glad they got 'ooot'

[@thecod1ngsoftie151]

It made me just fall back onto my bed in frustration when I found out the occupants were outside since they found out about the fire. Firefighters were injured trying to look for them.

[@25mfd]

Glad these guys made it out. Also the tip of that ladder is in the wrong place. at a window, the tip of the ladder should be placed right underneath the window sill, so the tip of the ladder won't create a very dangerous tripping hazard when exiting the window. as seen at 1:10

[@nxlznl5754]

I love his voice

[@Trojanny]

Wondering - no water from down below (base)??

[@btcbob11392]

They should have never gone in through that small opening, they should have broken the whole widow out before trying that.

[@duenge]

When taking out a window...TAKE IT OUT!....

[@OneSkiWonder]

Fire rolling over their heads, huh? That's some pretty smoggy fire!

[@michaelswinehart2788]

I fought fires where you would see a slight flicker of the flames at best. The smoke appears if you could cut it !!! Firemen out there know what I am referring tto.👨‍🚒

[@JohnpaulDejoria666]

Yeah no fire visible. I though the flames would be auto exposing with this headline. Much respect to the FF , but this is a can job in Bushwick Brooklyn.

[@kuljautus]

When house is burning and a window is open upper floor it is situation like a fireplace. All smoke and heat goes to open window in upper floor. Aisles and stairways acts like a chimney. Is it better attack both teams from first floor? One team takes basement and another team goes up. Fire can´t so easily surprise firefighters.

[@sqeekykleen49]

bad ass. so lucky.

[@Howard3S]

One armchair thought. Tight fit on the way out. Maybe Take out the entire center portion of the double window frame for larger egress hole? Glad they got out okay. sounds like old construction. too bad the folks in the backyard didn't make themselves known or were not checked into by anyone. Stuff happens.

[@aaronmichael7116]

Thanks for your acknowledgment of "armchair", as there is a TON of that with these vids. Many of them made by non-ff's, who have no idea, and would shit themselves if in the same scenario !!!!

[@boldibbb]

Ladder should be even with the sill it partially blocked the exit

[@BIGDROC99]

TYFYS

[@juliasantacroce3366]

I think this is every persons worst fear.. gives me anxiety just watching

[@jerrym1310]

Had they cleared the entire window and window frame they could have walked out. They got stuck because they didn't think before going in. I am glad that they were able to get out safely. As for they primary search being negative, a 360 of the first arriving officer may have had found the home owners quickly.

[@jerradtough5113]

That uses valuable AIR and time. Our tanks only last so long and doing a primary search plus adrenaline uses enough. They made it in and out they knew what they were doing.

[@owensweetland342]

It appears none of the three men buckled their waist belt on the airpack. Not the way I was trained. Could cost ya in the long run.

[@Johnny7051MC]

Glad they made it out!! I gotta' say though, watching this video and the first fireman's exit from the structure, I was yelling hurry the fuck up!!!! Hurry the fuck up!!! Damn!! With that many firefighters behind you in that situation, time is essential!! In training, the instructors teach us how to escape a building in fires like this, just like the last few firefighters did, head first slide.

[@KH-bt2fs]

His leg got stuck in the ladder

[@davidrandolph9120]

A Captain or Lt should always be the last out. I would never bail out before making sure my firefighters all got out before me

[@JB91710]

The water in the hose not only extinguishes burning material it will also COOL the hot gasses. Open the nozzle to a 50% cone and spray the ceiling long enough to cool the space down. K.I.S.S. A burning material can't burn if you soak it with water. If the air is hot, cool it with water. Keep to the basics! Find what's burning and Soak it.

[@TheModernSnipez]

JB91710 Hope you don't plan on doing that right above you. Unless you love steam burns.

[@lindanwfirefighter4973]

TheModernSnipez I agree if it was hot before it would scalded them to death in seconds.

[@joe0813]

ya it can cool, but a fog pattern also creates a shit ton of hot steam that can also burn you

[@williamsimmons152]

@@joe0813 212 degree water is preferable to 1300 degree radiant heat.

[@JB91710]

@@williamsimmons152 Don't start using common sense and logic in the comment section or you will be as hated as me.

[@davemarshall706]

The department i belonged too you searched with a charged hose. Break off from hose in hall way search rooms.

[@rmcleod5591]

Wasn’t that a charged hose to the left of the ladder going in through the window they would eventually escape from? I’m not a firefighter myself so I’m just asking.

[@PMAN-jj1hn]

No line on the first floor? Them guys are lucky for sure!

[@1971efc]

Looks like the first mans B/A is tangled with the 2nd man out

[@ryanc6128]

Shouldn't they have more than one Ladder so you don't have a traffic jam of firefighters waiting their turn to escape when shit, hits the fan?

[@JB91710]

The first guy out needs training in going out head first. The other two were out quickly. The biggest problem is that they most likely did inadequate fire fighting before and during this search.

[@ryanc6128]

The first guy out was the fastest lol The 2nd guy was taking forever

[@murieltainter5936]

Is that how you spell ladder in Canada ? I like the way they pronounce the out.

[@TheModernSnipez]

Yes. Can never have too many ladders.

[@chrisroll4688]

anytime your taking a ladder headfirst its a rough day

[@Derekva40]

this is why we practice ladder bail outs.

[@micha1195]

0:22 minute you can see that smoke got unbelievable high temperature and it's preparing for flash over. Firefighters should not be there long time before they did.

[@micha1195]

I'm just curious. Aren't they to old for working in such a hard conditions? Secondly... Why they had not broken all the windows to do a proper ventilation and then searched the hsuse if they knew that the hight temperature is coming? Thanks to this, they could get rid of smoke and quickly find a fire so they could solve the problem quite quickly. PS: I'm from Europe and we have here another tactics to make this things done that's why iam asking

[@fredericbouffard7619]

As long as you're in shape age doesn't matter so I cannot speak on behalf of them... But for the part about ventilation it's a good thing that they didn't broke every window. To do so would have only feed the fire more oxygen which would have resulted in the augmentation of the fire growth and the rapid deterioration of the environment. The more you contain a fire from getting oxygen the slower it will increase since it's one of the three elements needed for a fire to evolve. They did what they thought was right and it didn't work. A fire can get out of hand and thankfully no one got hurt!

[@JohnpaulDejoria666]

Much respect for the FF, but this title is incredibly misleading

[@user-vu4kn3lw4p]

เยี่ยม นะจ๊ะ

[@crazycraigy01]

That's rookie shit the ladder is to high and is not level with the ledge....The chief or sub should be written up..

[@must9819]

Man the way they say out is wild. But I suppose it's the same with southerners and northerners. Good job, but first guy maybe should have went headfirst. Just my stool seat opinion

[@SittingWithDogs]

Those guys were goin in to get people! They’re F hero’s. Seriously those are the guys you want going to get your loved ones trapped in a house

[@aprildonovan7096]

Hope no one was killed

[@dariomariotti4527]

que mal trabajan..

[@lelandlee5008]

NOT REALLY WELL PUT TOGETHER WERE THERE PEOPLE IN THERE OR NOT

[@camburton4109]

he got stuck because he didn't take the time to put his mask on properly his undone hanging waist strap hooked in the ladder

[@JBart3112]

Yep! All went in with waist bands undone. That's what got caught for the first guy going out. Wonder if they'll fully don their PPE next time. Half-assed stuff. It didn't say, did they loose track of the nozzle when they were inside?

[@jayalexander9439]

Maybe if you buckled your waste belt you would not have got stuck and put others in danger

[@lgg2304]

Wow! It doesnt look as dangerous as it is. Lol, shit I call it quits when I bite tongue or cheek, then these guys clock in...

[@jspriver]

ventilate

[@ofcv1238]

Not dumping on ffs, 2nd story entry with flash over smoke already present was useless and ff risk, nobody on that floor alive...should have been more strategic on ffs offensive approachx

[@brianfordham2515]

TFD full of old white guy our little chinese, vietmanese and philipino immigrants arent goin to do so well...

[@JB91710]

There's no excuse for that if you are doing your job of venting the windows, eliminating the flames and cooling the gasses. Use The WATER instead of Playing Hero!

[@ffandrewd2986]

He’s not playing hero. I think he was searching for a victim, but I don’t know because I wasn’t there.

[@ALee8456]

Loser

[@JB91710]

@@ffandrewd2986 If they didn't eliminate all the Visible Burning Material first and then bring a charged line in there with them, then they were playing hero or Reacting without Thinking, at the very least.

[@paulthomsen3788]

Clown show.