STATter911.com regular reader Clark de Bear alerted us to this video. It was shot yesterday afternoon at a two-alarm house fire on Furnace Road in Washington Township, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County). Shortly after the 2:00 mark it appears part of the roof gives way almost taking a firefighter with it. No further information.
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I think its funny how you all sit here and bust on people. how about you get up do it. they are just doing what they are asked to do.
More chief s then firefighgters, how many white helmets? red, or yellow or no helmets at all. hotterville.
Where are the hose lines? Looks like a job for a smooth bore 21/2.
2 1/2 inch would be a little overkill. Look at what the smoke is coming from and where it is not coming from. Lots of smoke coming from the eaves and other roof members. Basically, nothing coming from the open doors and windows. This is a attic/truss-void fire in a manufactured home. They are designed and costructed to get the most structure out of the least amount of building material. Not a good occupancy to utilize roof operations on. This job could be handle with hooks and 1 3/4's in an organized fashion. Pull ceilings put wet-stuff on the red-stuff.
If you're going touse a saw on the roof, a chain saw is the wrong tool. There are comercial roof vent saws with carbide tooth chains available that will cut the sheeting and shingles like butter. It took all of 10 seconds of watching this to realize that he's using a tree saw not a roof saw.
Nice saw for tree trimming, firefighting, not so much…