On scene fire video, what mistakes do you see?

Indiana house fire: From Lake Station yesterday morning. Here's the write-up with this video- Crews were dispatched to a reported house fire at 3804 East 36th Ave just after 10am on 8-27-09, police had all residents evacuated before fire personnel arrived on scene. After a line was advanced in the front door it was determined that the easiest way to access the fire was through the roof. Two lines were used from the roof vantage point and the fire was brought under control with no injuries. Fire investigators have determined the fire started due to an electrical problem.

Basement fire, side C of structure. Dispatched as possibly occupied. No one was home at the time.

Information with this video shot last Wednesday in Saginaw, Michigan:

Don’t you Just Hate It When That Happens?

Bringing out the big guns for a mud rescue, Fire engine extrication.

This looks like Engine 2 from Newstead Fire Company of Erie County, New York after a barn fire. The tractor doesn't do the job so the excavator was brought in. This can and does happen. Nice and dry and firm at the start and as you dump water for rural water operation the ground get really go soft on the operator. If you were aware and had the time a materials not a bad idea to place cribbing or planks under the tires in situations like this, but hey conditions are not always ideal.

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It’s  played on a real MONOPOLY board, except the street names have changed, and of course the game pieces are FD-oriented.  Instead of going to Jail, you get sent to the Chief’s Office.  The Chance and Community Chest cards have been replaced with Backdraft and Flashover decks…..and you can really get burned there!

The rules are same as the traditional game that we all grew up with, but the winner gets promoted to Fire Chief.

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Good PSA from The UK “Texting Can Be Deadly”

Good PSA video from the UK. Doubt that you will see this on American TV, but you never know, that why I am putting in this Blog so that it will get some play other than You Tube. The texting while driving controversy continues. My guess is that it will get banned in automobiles in all areas the US. Would speech recognition for testing on a mobile device be any better? The is a very graphic video and should be shared. Good on for driver education class. Now this is an effective Public Service Announcement. But will people actually get the message? Texting is deadly while driving. Parents, watch this first before your teen does. This NEEDS to be banned.

CNN Airs Graphic "Texting Can Be Deadly" Public Service Ad

Bus camera catches July crash of Raleigh's Ladder 4 while responding.

 

Watch story and interview with Chief John McGrath

Our friend Jeff Harkey at FireNews.net was first out of the gate with this one. This is the video of the July 10 crash of Raleigh Fire Department's Ladder 4 that injured three firefighters. The video comes from a surveillance camera on a city bus.

Double-LODD in Buffalo

 

BUFFALO, NEW YORK, FIREFIGHTERS ARE ON THE SCENE of a 04:00 AM 3-alarm fire that has just suffered a partial collapse trapping two FF’s that were inside conducting a search.

TV station WGRZ is reporting that Buffalo Fire Commissioner Michael Lombardo confirms two firefighters did not make it out. He says they thought they heard someone pounding for help in the basement. When they went in for the rescue, the main floor collapsed under them.

A reporter on the scene is saying that the officers on the fire ground fear that the FF’s have perished.

Update, 8 am:
The fire is in a 2-story building that has a delicatessen on the ground floor with living units overhead.  The firefighters went missing shortly after the units began working the fire a little after 4 am.  Some of the local media are reporting that the firefighters have not yet been able to locate the missing two despite breaching the walls in an attempt to get into the basement area where they are believed to be buried under the collapsed floor.

Pair of Buffalo, New York Firefighters Missing in Building Fire
Fire officials say two Buffalo firefighters remain missing in the basement of building where the first floor collapsed during an early morning blaze.
Fire Commissioner Michael Lombardo says the firefighters were inside the convenience store on the burning building’s first floor when it collapsed Monday morning.
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WIVB-TV Channel 4 has two videos reports so far.
This first one has footage of the fire early on at its peak:

This second video has an interview with the Fire Commissioner who tells of the tragedy:

 

From Firegezzer.com this morning

Good First Arrival Video, What would you do different on this one ???

This video show on arrival, would make a good T&S class video. Watch the time ticker on how long it takes for the crew to get a line on the fire. Priorities could change if the time of day was different?, Looks as if everyone was out on arrival. Good old deep seated attic fire? Notice that they break the upper floor windows and no smoke shows?

On August 20, 2009, at 1:27pm, calls came pouring into the Harford County Fire Dispatch Center reporting a house on fire in the 600 block of Angel Drive, which is located in the Long Bar Harbor area of Abingdon, Harford County. The first arriving fire engine, which was from the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company, arrived at 1:36pm. They used their hose lines to begin extinguishing the fire. A hook and ladder truck from the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company, as well as other units from the Abingdon Volunteer Fire Company, Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company, Kingsville Volunteer Fire Company (Baltimore Co), and Aberdeen Proving Ground Fire Department also responded and assisted with extinguishment. There were no reported injuries and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

A fire Thursday in Harford County, Maryland. The picture below and account of the fire are from Andrew Doyle: