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Helmet-cam video from a house fire in Prince Edward County, Virginia on Wednesday.
A fire ripped through and destroyed a home on Whittaker’s Lake Road late Monday night.
We’re told that the fire broke out at about 11:00 PM and rekindled later Tuesday morning. Firefighters from numerous companies were on scene for hours fighting the blaze.
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So much for the video…wonder if the person who posted it got in trouble.
http://youtu.be/Vj71-5krVLs
Here is the link to the video on the new account.
Andddd it’s gone!
Good to see some young bucks in ppe gettin some attack time. Well of structure with a rapid attack monitor.. wish i could have been right there with them!!
What are they running for…..seemed like the whole joint was goin when they got there. No exposures seen for miles……Not a fan of running on the fireground…..you lose sight of your surroundings and what’s going on. You could very well….”run into trouble”
I’m still seeing it at 2030 Saturday evening.
Some Blitzfire action … and a pile of rubble.
I still get sea-sick from some of these helmet cams.
good decision pulling the blitz fire…. how about some solid tips for defensive operations and getting it a little closer, and kick the kinks out as you walk by. Strike Da Box K
Welll, I watched it through the link. Two things stood out.
Nasty pounding horrible music accompanied the video. It must have completely disoriented the fire fighters. When will the manufacturers stop putting teen aged music systems on apparatus? It obviously works as torture, causing the firefighters to lose the ability to fight fire.
This fire dept did a damned fine job of saving the swimming pool…driveway looked pretty good too.
Still there.
Although I hate it when I go to a fire and a rock concert breaks out.
10 minutes of my life I will never get back. Glorified exterior attack of a foundation.
I think the soundtrack for this job should have been “The Final Cut” by Pink Floyd.
They may have had the main body fully involved but what about the bravo side of the structure? Looks savable if they had gone about it the right way. I.E. knock down the main body with a little more water and some lines into that side of the house. Just my 2 cents
We were in a rural water situation. The blitzfire and two 1 3/4 hand lines were putting out more water than the tankers could keep up. As far as for the running, we were concerned about the second propane tank bleveing or the release valve failing. The first tank pressure relief valve worked properly. Although the house was a lose the brand new 1500 chevy was saved and we tried to save the 2011 STR-10 Challenger in the garage (1 of 10,000 made). However that was the only property were were able to attempt to save when we arrived on scene. The man power we lacked on scene resulted on 8 total companies being on scene so our options were limited until then. Keep in mind Prince Edward County fire departments are 100% volunteer.
Don’t sell yourself short, but don’t use it as an excuse either.
“100% volunteer” doesn’t mean “we suck.” Unless, of course, you actually do. Which has little do do with payroll status.
Not selling short by any means. I am simply stating that is why we lacked man power during the initial attack. People were still out of town or at work when tones dropped.
No Music Version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjrZkJPmksA&feature=plcp
The garage, Im assuming thats what is to the left of the main body of fire, could have been saved. The placement of that blitz nozzle was not very good and wasn’t doing anything except bleed off what water you had. If it had been the garage fully involved and the house untouched wouldn’t you make an effort to go in and push the fire back out? Its the same idea here just flipped around. The most effective way of putting out a fire is to go to its base and kill it. Once again, just my 2 cents
I agree and hind sight is always 20/20. It is definitely a lesson learned. However, I am not an officer yet, (Need a few more years under my belt. Only been doing this for 4 years now.) and I don’t to speak for him by any means, but I believe the logic was with the water and man power on scene and the rate the fire was progressing, it was too risky to put us in the garage. Just my logic from what I saw on scene. In the raw footage from the time I arrived in scene it took 9 minutes for the garage to be fully involved and collapse, and Co.1 was on scene 5 minutes for I arrived.
If we had started in the garage would it have made a significant difference?