House fire video: Waldorf, Maryland.

WOW
WTF is up with all the animosity? Where’d the BROTHERHOOD go? In case you idiots hadn’t noticed, which I’m fairly certain of because you’re too busy bashing each other, the ultimate goal of our PROFESSION is to safely extinguish the fire/mitigate the emergency/prevent injury.
Nowhere in Probie school do I remember the class on beating up your fellow firefighters because you don’t like what they have to say. I think there was a word used instead, something like, “Tolerance” or “Teamwork”, or maybe it was “Respect”?

Has the fire service come so far from our tradition and history that this is where we find ourselves? Hateful spitemongers who have nothing better to do than bash others anonymously?

I can’t see the videos, they were gone before I arrived at this little hate-fest. I do see, however, all the misery and hate spreading through what should be a lively discussion of why we are better than this. There’s a reason things change in the fire service: Someone DIED. No one is out there saying, “Hey firefighters, you should do this because it’s in your best interest”… No, they are telling US to follow the STANDARDS because one of our brothers or sisters was killed by the very thing they are trying to change.

Guys, get a clue. If you don’t want to wear the gear, be willing to accept that it may cost you your life. If you do wear the gear, understand that this profession is filled with dinosaurs who learned it a different way, and haven’t accepted the fact that our job is full of dangerous things we can’t predict.

Stay safe, take care of each other, and take care of the job. In that order.

DCFD Back Step Grunt…..good looking out…if that neighborhood you witnessed this disgraceful and inexcusable act has an Homeowner Assocation, I would demand that you get answers to why tootles wasn’t properly leashed. What if tootles ran out into the road and caused an accident..geez willickers…

@FM….ease up wildhorse and stop reading so many safety articles out of FireChief magazine…I know i’m not getting to worked up over this and I’m sure neither are the fellers who bravely put out this fire, whether they had shorts, flip flops or their Absolute firefighter t-shirts on…And by the way, I don’t think this is the first fire Waldorf has gone too…Kudos to Waldorf for putting out another fire….and to the gentleman in shorts…please tuck in your t-shirt, its looks more professional..lol

@Seymour…well said and your right about LODD’s and that I cant recall a single fireman who lost his life because he was wearing shorts while holding a hook or anything outside of the fireground…..i think its ironic that the people you mention are more than likely the ones that make their safety comments on here. To only know what they’ve been taught at the training facility and nothing else…of course seeing people who routinely put out fires and are comftorable doing what they are, is going to look foriegn to them..

I am glad to see that there is real firemen out there with street sense instead of the ones with book sense. Book sense is good for exams and resumes but not for firefighting. And the other thing the more they try to make it so called safer and make more rules on how to put fires out we still kill about 100 firemen every year. Go figure.

I saw a sign that said “Fire zone, NO PARKING” and by golly geesh, guess what. Someone parked in it. I tell ya, the things people do.

@Flasher…it beats last lawn standing..

All these safety critics have never seen the street smart way because they’ve been brainwashed over the last decade by reading the same safety article, written by the same people who have repeated that same article, but in a different way. How many times can you write about the same friggen thing over and over and talk about the same crappola year after year.

Well, if it weren’t for the suckers like yourself who flock to see their beloved heros like Uncle Brunacini to the ever popular Dennis “out of town” Rubin, they would be out of business. You relate to these types of people because they made it to the top by taking every class and college course known to man, but since they probably never put out a trash can fire, they’ll continue to talk the talk and not walk the walk and will spread there garbage onto people like yourselves who feed off their germs so you can go back to your Hose Co. and spread them on to the street smart fireman.

And on a side note, I saw an Outlaw Biker yesterday wearing flip flops and chaps…Cmon dawg safety safety safety….

Hookman, Rubin I have nothing in common with except for rank. I am a retired Chief. Nobody here is my idol or anything else. What I was saying is there were alot of funny things put on this board and I hope its always like that. It breaks up the crap that people want to dwell on over and over. get a grip!! Its not your board!! Dave put it here for the public. Like the guy said about his kid with the Orange Juice my son drank Prune Juice this morning and had to take a dump. Man what will they think of next!

Don’t you guys have lives to get back to? All the commenting here would leave the uneducated to believe you’re all “make believe” firemen, with nothing better to do…

Glad I know better, eh?

DCFD Backstep Grunt….I’m glad to see that you’ve taken action as this sends what kind of message to the society that makes up welders. Though I’ve not taken the necessary steps to hold American Chopper accountable for their safety violations, I’ve recoreded in my safety log book, the numerous times when Vinnie just hot dogged it around the shop without any disregard for his brother workers….

@Flash….I’ll always man up when I’m wrong and I hope you find it in your heart to forgive me. I presumed your comment was made towards the individuals in the video..MY BAD…

@mark…everyone that went into the fire had their PPE on, however, the people outside, though not wearing full or any PPE, had no influence on the fire going out, because none of them went into the tiny framed wood structure to tame the flame.

Hey Hook! Just wanted to let you know that I ate at Firehouse Subs today on the “Hook and Ladder” side of the room. I’m an Engine guy. Have been for 21 years. Never been assigned to a ladder. Love those guys though. Did it out of spite.