Detroit firefighters take extreme measures to stay warm at fire house

Detroit firefighters take extreme measures to stay warm at fire house

[@TacoStacks]

Every year its cold, this should be no excuse. get em a heater

[@wolfgamingnetwork3542]

They probably buy new ones each year But its detroit you cant have nice shit no matter what

[@nicholaslandolina]

Space heater is OK for building of that size

[@MD88Pilot]

There wasn't much they could do. The city of Detroit had a horrible budget 5 or so years ago. Many vehicles were out of service and needed repairs.

[@thisismyname1701]

@@MD88Pilot bruh you could buy a few hundred dollar heaters (which would be baller IMO) and boom your set just turn it off when you gotta open the doors and fire them up when you settle in but better yet just buy the 15 dollar heaters for each fire fighters bunk and then boom you gotta a typical detroit solution to a typical detroit problem 😁👍

[@michaelorosco1436]

The city of Detroit should be ashamed of this! It's an absolute disgrace that these men who save lives, have to use their own finances to survive in a station that the city should be maintaining. 😡😡 SAD

[@coolbeyblade5]

You’re about 7 years late bud

[@SuperApplefan1]

@@coolbeyblade5 sad

[@groundofbeing9733]

They don’t have cash dude, why don’t you donate money?

[@SuperApplefan1]

@@groundofbeing9733 Because tax payers pay taxes It’s not tax payers fault Politicians don’t know how to manage money

[@Great-white-tiger-hunter]

Odd the way KZbin works lol and nobody looks at the dates . But firehouses are always falling apart around us. They will build a nice place then never ever spend any money on maintaining it .

[@mackie252007]

cut politicians pay! To pay real heros! an take care of our real needs!

[@anthonythorp7291]

Cut their benefits. Pension for life for serving 4 year term is absurd.

[@Swampie02]

@@anthonythorp7291 well the 4 year term is in the constitution so you can't change it wheather you like it or not

[@anthonythorp7291]

@@Swampie02 "Cut their benefits ". 4 years of work anywhere else does not get you a full pension. It is the pension that needs change. They work several short term positions collecting several pensions. There should be one central pension for gov workers.

[@iacksumter]

@@Swampie02 you can make an amendment to it but thats what you get when you let democrats run something

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

I know a couple DFD firehouses from inside. Rain comes through the roof, no common alarm system, malfunctioned air conditioners or heaters and so on.

[@catboattwo]

Sowas würde man eher in Russland erwarten und nicht in den USA..... Erschreckend....., erst recht in Anbetracht der Tatsache das Feuerwehrleute in den USA ja offenbar ein extrem hohes Ansehen genießen.

[@jonwilliams9228]

the DFD commisioner has excuses for everthing...

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

Now, he is off and hopefully back to LA! ;o)

[@javieranguiano4654]

Jon Williams that's Detroit to everyone.

[@fire58372001]

@@javieranguiano4654 , so what ever happened to Flint's water problem?

[@FreedomtowerStudios]

I feel bad for these fire fighters! They need to take care of them better!

[@walterfink9782]

Hope this issue, has been fixed, permanently. And hope new fire stations have been built, to replace the old ones.

[@brandons2411]

there's still no money lol

[@chechnya]

What happens when big business ups and leaves, leaving thousand without jobs, fewer taxes to pay for infrastructure.

[@anthonythorp7291]

They left for a reason. Theft, vandalism, violence makes it hard to stay in business. And this happened before BLM movement.

[@jonathanjacobo612]

@@anthonythorp7291 even worse because of the BLM movement. All it caused by was violence and vandalism. What a joke.

[@anthonythorp7291]

@@jonathanjacobo612 BLM is a political movement and sadly has nothing to do with solving problems. I was willing to jump on the bandwagon till I got better informed. I support the blacks.....correction, colored in their plite but do not support BLM.

[@RK18771]

We shouldn't be giving foreign aid to countries when we have problems like this at home. Disgraceful!!!

[@SeamHead33]

exactly and I don't know why more people don't understand that

[@RK18771]

@Kyle McCullough The whole country is reaching a crumbling state! It doesn't matter which side you vote for. We should not be giving "foreign aid" to any country!

[@RK18771]

@Kyle McCullough agreed but if you were bankrupt you wouldn't be giving money to other people.

[@marccook2399]

You could give Detroit 100billion dollars and still nothing would change

[@peterpiper47]

Nice profile pic crackhead 😊

[@mistergrampy6452]

Nice how having the TV news team sorta helped move along communications a little bit.

[@SeamHead33]

That is unacceptable but taking the Air Conditioners out and closing window would help.

[@adam100a8]

“It got chilly in the house, mama said put on the stove”-Baby smoove

[@teedee5978]

Put a democrat in each firehouse. They're full of hot air.

[@jaypitts3100]

Politics ain't got nothing to do with humanity

[@pigjubby1]

Another democratic city.

[@stansmith4054]

Yep.

[@firestarter2991]

been this way for decades there equipment is so out of date it is sad. Yet we can have major sports complexes yet we need someone in there to take the city back

[@keithadams812]

Notice all the window air conditioners on the 2nd floor..... How can you say you're cold and have window air conditioners take them out.... It's literally like a leaving the window open in the Winter...

[@FFEMTB08]

It’s sealed up you moron.

[@billhouse8199]

Well hopefully they got it figured out. Because winter is coming. An there is time to check things out before it's too late again.

[@Sandi4856]

Jeff Vaughn. Why did you leave San Antonio? Loved watching you on the news!!

[@rupe53]

He said something about contacting the owner. Does the city rent this building? If so they should be reading the rental agreement to see who is responsible.

[@collin2864]

If I understood what he said correctly, he was talking about speaking to the owner of the company contracted to work on the heating system.

[@rupe53]

@@collin2864 ... that makes more sense.

[@JM-fr3cd]

God bless those guys.

[@Aksel27]

My chem teacher in HS definitely left the bunsen burners burning during winter because the district office controlled our air conditioning.

[@dwightrucker3299]

If it wasn’t for the bereavement that Eason was going under the bus on camera

[@SpartacusColo]

Total BS. One guy on bereavement and the heat can't be dealt with at a fire house until the local news steps in? Total BS. If it's true, it's still BS-incompetence running the department.

[@Tommywilko18]

Where does there funding go? Thats crazy

[@htaylor69]

Ok i get no heat and the fire dept. is having money problems ok i get that but what i don't get is who's white ranger rover is that sitting right there in the the headquarters door what official could afford that vehicle is that a city or private vehicle.

[@DarcoXZ]

Tom: "Why is it too warm in here" Ben: "Did you turn off the gas?" Tom: "Gas?" Cheif Larry: "GUYS THE STATION IS ON FIRE" Tom: "CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT" Cheif Larry: "I CAN'T THERE STATION IS ON FIRE AND THEY WON'T PICK UP Phone in office: phone ringing in the background trying to call the fire department Cheif Larry: "Well we are the only Fire department...

[@jimrootismypresident3067]

*hears phone ringing in the background trying to call the fire department*

[@DarcoXZ]

@@jimrootismypresident3067 LOL

[@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi]

#greatest country in the world ..... apparently

[@kali1607]

The American politicians need to ask themselves what is most important:- 1. Sending brave men to fight and die for no good reason in Afghanistan. or 2. Spend tax payers money on protecting those tax payers by providing top quality fire fighting and medical services. Surely the choice is a very easy one.

[@sabereaseera1384]

Over reacting much? No snow, sun is shining... I’m not saying that means it can’t be cold but I’m over here in 3 feet of snow -30 degrees and haven’t seen the sun in 3 weeks with all the snow clouds

[@run4funorgo4dough]

For starters take out the window a/c units

[@bryanspencer7916]

It’s literally 34 degrees out here today

[@NinjaThatLongboards]

So they have 1 facilities person and let them take leave without a backup?

[@CherylBeatrice-j4x]

Love❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@babylov3r]

The government should giving more budget to fire fighter department than others. If one of fire fighter department been shut down it will cause huge problem in that states. They want saving life in quick response but if got no suitable equipment also problematic

[@waynerichards8606]

I did make a comment on this when a Chief or commissioner has a budget it’s not just his salary it’s maintenance of fire equipment and trucks and buildings the firefighting as whole a politician is a politician

[@herrasmies2663]

so how cold was it?

[@squanto7795]

For a second I thought this was an onion broadcast 😂

[@jared2807]

A kerosene/diesel Mr. Heater works great. $400 for a big one and it makes lots of heat

[@lilnade9096]

Idk why I’m getting this now and the city changed for the better

[@jamesdurwoodchance]

911 responds back to caller saying " sorry no one to respond due to the fact the local government doesn't want to do anything and all of the firefighters are in the hospital due to the flu caused by a lack of heat at the firehouse ."

[@cardiackidjones2848]

Wow, seems just silly to me that there is no heat in firehouse.

[@nooner1228]

This recommended to anyone else or no?

[@nkpv808]

Yep just today! Glad it was.

[@anthonythorp7291]

Nope, not me. You can't prove it was.🙃

[@cristianvelasquez893]

Yea and all of them have been about detroit

[@Tailstraw_xD]

Title: Detroit Me: Aww shit, here we go again.

[@noahjones8213]

This has changed as of 2017

[@worldbuilder3262]

Still happening, hasn’t and will not change.

[@waynerichards8606]

The DFD commissioner is passing the buck he is a politician not a firefighter and if he was then his day are long gone

[@colinvos7304]

Wait so they don't have heat, but they do have A/C?

[@alkalos]

wait is this in detroit beacuse i saw this fire highter station its close to my house

[@XHollisWood]

Interesting

[@quranfrazier157]

This is a shame, age has nothing to do with why there is no heat. My fire station is 125+ years old and we never have problems with heat air or anything like that. We are volunteer so we don’t get money from taxpayers meaning we have less funding than big departments like Detroit.

[@stephenprosser2621]

Simple fix. Since burn was put out awareness was started. This for commissioner is a joke. Don’t put men in abandoned-buildings. Primary search and out. Don’t even put water on it unless exposed buildings. Let it go. Get out the current mayor. If it where not for that maybe business would return .

[@peterpiper47]

Maybe stop embezzling funds and the true hero’s will have what they need.

[@edstevens6839]

The commissioner should be visiting each fire station in person regularly, not rely on a single "liaison". In my opinion, he is NOT a good leader.

[@AmericanMX]

Detroit has had these problems for decades. Detroit has also been run by democrats for decades. That should tell you all you need to know.

[@wolfgang548]

If there wouldn't be so many women on welfare and section 8, maybe they could get some funding from the government.

[@anthonythorp7291]

Housing, food, education. Way too many programs out there. They're all being abused and all need restructuring.

[@bigdogkgh8945]

Plot twist: They set it on fire.

[@johnswanson2600]

He's Channel two.

[@RedWolf3893]

Idk why this, after 7 years lol, is being tossed into my suggestions but I sure as hell hope they have those Firefighters, Police, EMS and support staff fully supported by taking care of their facilities and vehicles, should be no excuse whatsoever, these people are literally out there saving peoples lives and they have to put up with no heat, raw sewage, decay, broken buildings/equipment? That’s nonsensical and tbh pretty shameful that it took a news crew to get them off there asses to do something 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@SpartacusColo]

They have one person dealing with facilities for 34(?) stations? They were out on leave and that was what the problem was? Ya.

[@nkpv808]

Exactly. I smell the bs from here.

[@supremetakio69]

Eight years later, It’s still the same maybe even worse😭🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@daver6107]

Thank god our station isn't like that. This just sucks when you comeback from a run your station doesn't have heat when your cold.

[@brothazoot]

***** You feel good about yourself, that you corrected this guy on his punctuation? Fuckin tool.

[@brothazoot]

***** Apostrophe (‘) - (punctuation mark) a symbol that stands in for omitted characters (as in a contraction), marks the possessive form, or in rare cases, creates a plural form.

[@brothazoot]

Touche good sir. I stand corrected.

[@leeeverett1278]

Lee: What? This isn't school! This is KZbin!

[@leeeverett1278]

Lee: I already know how to write and spell. Just what's the point on doing it on a place where you watch videos and have fun?

[@onroute9732]

Step one, remove the AC units from windows 😏

[@Howard3S]

Boiling water on the stove is ok and safe for a while if monitored. Having the oven open and running continuously is dangerous. It is not geared to run constantly and the flame aprt can become brittle and breakdown or break off and cause raw gas to run.

[@pratiknath3267]

America: flex billions to flex. America: forgets their own people

[@michigantrashtrucks3994]

Somebody give them a millon dollars and tell them spend it on these houses

[@DIphone129]

They would’ve wasted it then or it would’ve been embezzled😂This video is aged, Detroit’s doing a lot better now.

[@eash1872]

That's such bullshit that any fire fighter sould have to deal with something like that anywhere

[@jmigoe75]

Where's LeDuff?!?

[@b.j.banditt206]

Shit; where's Wolchek? He runs the HALL OF SHAME!!!!!

[@nevohteeb17]

is that jeff vahn ?

[@jzero90921]

This is why you dont specialize your city in just one industry. They should take those warehouses and get some logistics business in there, distribution hub comes with a lot of jobs and more money to fix the crumbling infrastructure not only at the firehouses but all critical city services

[@disneyfanatic9658]

Why are firehouses like that? That’s disgusting.

[@tracker766]

What do they expect?! It’s Detroit.

[@brianr8581]

Cant keep the heat on? If the dims get the presidency we all will be in the same boat. To the Detroit citizens, keep voting for dims! Its been working great for decades!

[@cherrypepsi2815]

Bruh it's called a firehouse for a reason Just set the building on fire

[@scottcarson1973]

Take out the window AC close the window keep heat in

[@bernardschmitt6389]

0:52 well said feet

[@countryshaner141]

Oh that person is away right!!!!

[@nicholaslandolina]

There should be other people for facilities than 1

[@845835]

You would guess that they would have been plenty warm with the whole city burning around them.

[@hillismicheal2878]

put in a wood stove man where is America's ingenuity going waiting on a decision you're gonna wait forever.

[@pondersoa8223]

NOW THAT IS FUCKING DEDICATION !!!!"

[@fcfdladder22]

I feel terrible for detroit thats not right that this shit is happening to them

[@thejewsarecomingjosefstali640]

They created their own problems.

[@jaqwansmith]

Wow

[@Saosin49]

Lol John. Leduff is awesome

[@mrwonderful2142]

You can start by taking the air conditioners out of the windows

[@anthonythorp7291]

It is amazing how they, regardless of who they is, always "needs" more money but never do anything to conserve what they have.

[@Gaston4760]

what will be the next fire trucks have run out of diesel and the volunteer firefighters will have to bring their own water from home,

[@martinvisokey8958]

The fact of the matter is there are no men. If there was one man among all those boys that man would have fixed whatever needed fixed to make heat.

[@ericpippen7915]

You do no they have to follow the building codes and just can't do anything they want due to this. I dont agree with it, but it could make it worse for them and why should they have to fix problems that the city should be doing anyways. That's suppose to be what the tax money goes towards.

[@martinvisokey8958]

@@ericpippen7915 . It's nothing out of the ordinary for someone to hook up an external heater it's no big deal those air conditioners didn't come from the city,, somebody brought them from somewhere and put in the window

[@beckybuck5031]

amen

[@Tmetrvlr]

Glad that bum wasn't rehired as commissioner....

[@DJ-bh1ju]

Democrat President in 2013, Democrat State, Democrat Governor, Democrat Mayor, Democrat Council.... Do we see a problem here?

[@LOL2YOU]

Fuck it. Defund the fire department.

[@KINGSPL]

wow look how crap the kitchen is

[@bradleyhouse3180]

2:14 reporter rips a fart.

[@catwithabat7163]

Can’t have shit in Detroit, even heat

[@mikesacco8457]

Whoever runs that area. FIRE THEM. VOTE THEM OUT.

[@sherry4914]

That was right before the city went bankrupt years ago.

[@mikesacco8457]

@@sherry4914 Bankrupt or not. That’s a shame. I know several fire fighters and they need to be ready to go. Not freezing.

[@amandagarcia8430]

I woulda went in there and kept them all warm ;)))

[@awfulaim912]

+Amanda Garcia paramedics need some of that heat too

[@jasonwheat9836]

Amanda Garcia the garbage men and coroner's office needs heat also...just saying

[@honeyplug]

Aaaahhhh the fidgety burn of herpes used for public service!

[@Newt5029]

Sad-

[@patrickbagnano1561]

Maybe cut back on Welfare for lazy people and take care of fireman and police.

[@jerryjohnson3360]

but your heat is on

[@johntodd3379]

That is Pathetic...

[@jacob7539]

Jesus Christ get there heating fixed for fucks sakes who turns heat off to a fire station even if they dont pay there bill give em a few extra days christ

[@squiggymcsquig6170]

This is old. Things are quite a bit better now.

[@anthonythorp7291]

But shouldn't have been that way to begin with.

[@squiggymcsquig6170]

@@anthonythorp7291 Oh, absolutely. It was even worse than the "no power" story. I was a firefighter in a city near Detroit, and around that time I went to Eastern Market in Detroit one day and one of their pumpers was parked there. The engineer was in the truck while the officer was doing business inspections. I asked the engineer if things were getting any better for them, and he told me to go to the back of the truck and look under the tarp on the hose bed. There was not a single length of hose on that pumper -- the city claimed they had no money for hose -- and the engineer told me that the city demanded that the truck be kept in service. They would rather have had a useless truck "in service" than have a station shut down which would look bad to the public. I suggested the papers should be told about it, and he said I was free to try, but others already had with zero results. You're right that it never should've been that way, but, like I said, things are much better now, at least for the Fire Dept.

[@brianwest8119]

Unfortunately, ever since the 60s, things have steadily gone downhill in Detroit. Police getting their employment terminated. Buildings being so old that being maintained is a task on its own. Money being hogged by the super rich while the poor are just barely getting by.