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ProvidenceFireVideos.com‘s Matt Gregoire, as usual, captures the action at a four-alarm house fire yesterday in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. You will hear a bit of yelling at :48 on the video as two firefighters on the tip of the ladder suddenly find themselves a little close to the action. Matt labeled it a close call. The fire on Kasey Court was reported around 7:30 PM and was in an area with no hydrants.
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Very nice. They accomplished their task and had a quick response by the ladder operator to get them out of harm’s way.
Wow. Props to Matt for the video capture, and amazed respect to the toasted Uxbridge firefighters. Thank heavens the ladder operator was paying close attention.
They shouldn’t have been there. The fire had already self vented through the other roof and that plume of thick fast-moving smoke seemed to be doing just fine venting itself. They’re lucky they were only flashed a bit.
If there was no need to vent, why was there so much smoke PUSHING from the vent hole?
Someone needs to go back and relearn what the purposes of ventilation are.
Also, no one has commented on the fact they were wearing ALL their PPE. Masked up and everything. Good reason why right here. Had they not been, someone would have been in the burn unit at best, another LODD at worst.
Call me a safety sally, but right here shows why we wear our gear, all of it.
Sean I assume you are an engine guy, that’s ok not everyone can be a truck guy. It is obvious they had a great vent that was needed, turbulent dark smoke pushing hard. That said there is a time to get the hell away after the job is done. Great job by the pedestal man, there is a sure example of why there should always be someone at the controls when operating on a roof.
Nice work, really. You are supposed to vent directly over the fire, so when you push the ceiling in you should be prepared for fire to vent. The second guy on the ladder shouldn’t have been there. He isn’t doing anything more than be in the way of the vent mans retreat.
Anybody notice that every window on the side they are operating on is still intact? Bunch of guys in the yard, but nobody has the thought to horizontally ventilate? NO, we’ll just bake a truckie. It’s the simple things that will get you hurt or killed.
LOL! I love how everyone is screaming for them to get the ladder and FF’s away. Did they not think the whole they created with the hot thick black pressurized smoke would not become a “chimney”?
Good tactic, but extend the whole wider and longer to let more of that crap out
Great job on the nice vent hole, but once you cut it and smoke is pushing like in this video, don’t hang around to admire your work. Get off the roof or ladder and live to cut the next hole. Stay Safe Brothers!
Shows the difference in newer aerials versus the older rigs. With such a long low-angle extension with 2 guys on the tip, that could have been a different experience.
Capt 45-2: Why do truck guys cut holes in the roof?
So they can look in and see the real firemen at work….
Gotta echo what others are saying…cut the hole and move away. Any rookie could have seen that coming a mile away. There is no point in sitting there admiring your work. Admire it from a safe distance after the chimney lights off. Kudos to the guy on the pedestal, he got them out of there quickly.
so one guy says to knock all the windows out and possibly extend the fire to other presumably “unburnt” portions…..now thats a great tactic.
Haaaaaaaa Engineman Come on brother that one is soooo old you have to have something better then that!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXG_aEe41nk
so one guy wants to start horizontally venting and possibly extend the fire to the assumed “unburnt” portions of the home…..now thats a great tactic. they did a good job, operator did a even better job of saving their butts. cut, vent, move on.
Maybe I should have said to horizontally vent correctly? Horizontal ventilation will also relieve heat and smoke. If they are in offensive mode, and attacking the fire; horizontal venting will help them. I agree that you must control your ventilation. Venting the windows below their ladder position will not compromise anything that unburnt. Not venting may cause the unvented rooms to build up with heat, and you guessed it; cause more damage. Remember there are different types of ventilaation that when used correctly and together; will aid in controlling the fire. Vertical, horizontal, mechanical, and hydraulic. Try it sometime.
Couldn’t the hooks be put to better use on the 2nd floor instead of the front yard?
Thick, highly pressurized smoke! Very, very lucky. The smoke was venting hard, why hang around? Koodos to the engineer. Did I read post from a “truckie” inquiring as to why no one had yet to ventilate BELOW the fire? (Taking the second story windows).
Just to make sure of my horizontal vent theory, I found some later photos of this fire. They did vent those windows, and low and behold; that side of the house is still there. Imagine that.
As I’m sure you know very well, successful venting requires teamwork, timing and coordination. Perhaps the interior crews were not ready for horizontal ventilation at the time the video was shot.
If all the 2nd floor windows were intact, and there were no ground ladders to the 2nd floor, were there any crews on the 2nd floor pulling ceilings and working the attic fire?
Firefighters have great Guardian Angels. Two brothers saved from the dragon.
OK am I the only one who noticed that the guy at the turntable RETRACTED the ladder! A quick thinking move but, ROTATE. Thats good way to get some prosthetic legs for your crew or at least get a long time off on disability. Vol. Firefighter, I bet you have a FD afgan and matching pillow on your couch.
Retracting was the only real option other than raising the stick, to the right there was a small roof it would have hit, to the left it would have hit the main roof. The stick was almost at full extension so the limb issue really wasn’t an issue.
assuming from the video that there is very little to no heat or smoke on the second story, and all the smoke and heat is in the attic, then why the need to horizontally ventilate the second story?
Rotating would have claered the little peak on the front of the house. Had a little bit of room before a leg injury from retracting, but something to consider. Man did that fire coming through the roof excite some chiefs in the front yard. Heard at least 4 different commands from the OIC’s (Outside & In Charge!)