Footage from Durham, NC Engine 3 and Ladder 1 at working duplex fire.
Video from a February 2010 duplex fire in Durham, North Carolina.
Interesting.
Engine 3, Dash Camera
Ladder 1, Helmet Camera
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Not the best video to show, running a red light and entering a VACANT house with the roof involved like that. For What?
Awesome Knock down. Nice aggressvive interior attack. But whats with the Ladder takin the line in lol. But besides that nice knock down.
How do we know it is vacant? How do we know it is not vacant? If one half is vacant, does that influence our actions towards the other half? Can we work safely from the unburned half?
Just encouraging constructive debate.
Bill Carey
Interesting two videos.
The response could be critiqued to death, so I won’t really get into that too much, other than the video itself would be a great teaching tool to show new drivers. There is a lot of good stuff there to see, as well as a few bad things. It’s a learning video, see if the new drivers can pick out the good and the bad. Coach through the bad, highlight the good.
The attack to me was interesting. Truck opened up the front (nice job on the guy telling his partner to mask up, and the camera man masking up…you see how crappy it got real quick), and when they reached the rear the engine still didn’t have a line into the building. Now not knowing the total situation of the call (the music muted the radio transmissions, low manpower, water supply issues etc.) it seemed like the engine was having issues getting set up. The line had a good lay, but exterior fire in the eves semed to knock the engine company off their game. Possibly they wern’t fully masked up before reaching that porch and conditions forced them to retreat and then try and grab the line from under the railing to attack the overhead fire(my speculation)? Personally that back porch bottom railing would be taken out to help get a better lay in for the engine guys. Once they got setup and into the fire it looked like they made rapid progress and had a good attack on the fire.
The truckie video was a good example of not letting early set backs ruin a fire. Given the initial fire conditions on arrival, the building was still standing , and noone got hurt, so I see that as a good day!
Guys thanks for the comments. @ Joe – in defense of E-3 “running a red light” I will have to disagree. They pulled up to the intersection and saw their way clear. If you listen to the truck engine you can hear the truck gearing down and slowing down where the driver could stop of they had to.
Second, the call did not come in as a vacant house on fire. No one knew that until the house was searched and the call was over. Remember, a house is not vacant until it has been searched and an all clear is given.
Last, sorry about not being able to hear the audio on the helmet cam. When I post videos, I personally don’t like to hear myself so that is the reason for the music over. When we opened up the front of the house, the Engine was making a push in. They got about 10 – 15 foot inside the back door when it flashed on them. It was unknown at the time but an accelerant had been used inside. With the venting of the front, the wind driven from the back = a flash fire. If you listen to the radio traffic on E-3′s dash cam at the 4:10 mark you will hear the Captain on E-1 tell everyone it flashed. This was the reason that they had retreated to the porch when I came around to the back.
Again, I really appreciate all constructive input. It is what makes us better at our job! Stay low and let it Blow!!
Thanks Carl. We appreciate the background as much as the videos.
Bill Carey