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This is an interesting video. It is taken from the house next door by what I assume is a mounted security camera. It shows the first wisps of smoke coming from 2161 Lincoln Avenue in Ogden, Utah just after 6:30 PM on Tuesday. It also captures the homeowner frantically screaming for water as the fire grows.
At first it wasn't clear who the man was yelling to. After further checking, it could be that he was directing his screams across the street to someone at the Ogden Public Safety Center at 2186 Lincoln Avenue. It houses the Ogden Police Department, Ogden Fire Department and Weber Area Consolidated Dispatch (911 center). Station 1 is at the far end of the complex from the home that burned. It faces 22nd Street.
The arrow on this Bing Maps Bird's Eye View points to 2161 Lincoln Avenue. Click here to see more.
Here is more from Michael McFall at the Standard-Examiner:
Ogden firefighters quickly arrived at the house and had the fire out within a few minutes, said Deputy Chief Chad Tucker.
One man, the only resident, told firefighters that the sound of his smoke alarm going off woke him up, Tucker said.
Once the fire was out and firefighters could start inspecting the damage, they found that two of the man’s cats had died.
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Ogden Fire Department photo.
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Gotta love the exterior attack on a bread and butter fire and berating air while hitting it from outside.
What's with all the standing around? For starters, how about a primary search? Engine company, how about going inside to check interior exposures? Somebody grab a hook and start pulling on the inside to check for extension and on the outside to start overhauling. There's no excuse to be standing in the yard in the early stages of a job like this.
OK, granted, the jobs right across the street suck because you don't have your normal time to get your act together, but over a minute after arrival to get a line stretched into the front yard?? Really??!!
I'll reserve my personal opinion / comments on the homeowner. I'll just say I'm sorry for the loss of his pets and damage to his home. What still amazes me after all these years is the panic and disbelief of the civilians. Fire is still truly something that happens to "the other guy" in this country. I have to echo the previous comments. But it would appear that this is yet another FD with inadequate staffing on their apparatus. Maybe I would be less aggressive too if my jurisdiction just didn't care about having enough people on the rigs to get the job done without waiting for 3 or 4 units to get there. They certainly aren't Stockton ready.
Have to agree with you Chief, the homeownwer is having one of the worst days of his life, none the less, I'm crossing him off the list of those allowed at my emergency.
The people who post in here absolutely positively must be retarded.
And I assume that includes you?
Nice one Fire21.
Mike, I'm going to assume you meant retired. That's okay, being retarded, I mean RETIRED, I get those two mixed up all the time myself.
Apparatus brakes set at 3:58, exterior water at 5:45?
I agree with you Mike, these people that post time after time just crack me up. All these guys that comment on all the wrong things must be cheifs. All you guys are so great,you guys must be perfect at the jobs you do. Why don't you guys get jobs and do something constructive with your time.
So, what exactly are the "right things" to comment on? And since I have seen you post at other times, I assume you crack yourself up? Just asking.
In DEFENSE to the public who say that the FD across the way should've been more responsive. Off the beaten track a bit, but in my small hometown, a woman was run over (backed over) while retrieving Christmas presents from her trunk. Dragged under the car and across MAIN ST. and smashed into my Grandfather's garage. The PD is ONE house over from the scene and it took them 25 minustes to respond. The woman died, and to this day (20 something years later) NO ONE has been charged with her murder! So, the conclusion is…………THERE IS NO EXCUSE!!
Nice station
time it takes 911 to dispatch, about 1:30 seconds, time it takes to dawn gear, 1 min, get to trucks and put scba's on, about another min, thats 3:30 seconds, someone yelled "call 911" 30 seconds into this video, and you can here the first siren at 3:33, thats three minutes to get out the hall to the house, these guys did a great job with what they had.
Dan, I don't think anyone's condemning the response time. The problems seem to be once the FD has arrived…things seem to slooooowwww down a bit from the sense of urgency implied by the sirens and airhorns.
Maybe windows on that side of the 911 center might have sped things up a bit on the dispatch side…lol
Anyone else wondering why somebody trains a security camera on their neighbor's yard.
Crowbar,
I was wondering the same thing as soon as I saw the view, what the heck is that guy up to most of the time that I would need to put a camera on his front yard.
The security systen was setup to record ongoing issues between neighbors. The Police are constantly responding to calls from both parties. Police review the video to verify claims made by either side.
Both the Ogden City Police and the Fire Department have reviewed footage of the fire and what went on way before the fire started. The fire department has been given over an hour of footage to review and to use in training purposes.
2161 is the address where the camera is located. I belive the correct address of the fire is 2159. Doesnt matter much though
Dan,
It's don your gear, time it takes to don your gear. If I were using the wrong word, I would want someone to tell me. If that guy had just run across the street I be the FD would have been there in 2 minutes.
All that hard work and effort of Alexander Graham Bell's was apparently all in vain…
Did anyone else hear the apparent womans voice say “What the hell did he do now?” right around 2:24.
A little late… but its nice to see everyone armchair quarterback. I love to see fire guys lose thier minds over little fires as simple as this one and rush into things. Everybody is such a bad ass fire slayer on the internet.