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A civilian documents his neighbor’s house ablaze and the Los Angeles Fire Department in action. The fire occurred around 12:30 PM in the 7900 block of Beckett Street in Sunland. The video shows time stamps throughout the incident to better grasp the response time and fire spread.
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Nice leadership by the captain going cross country on the roof without even sounding… I am shocked to see an LAFD captain do that. Doesnt matter if a group of FF’s just crossed that area, conditions change rapidly
I think he “time stamped” his video with a broken wach.
I hope he had a broken watch – that fire didn’t look like 20 minutes passed from start of the video to the arrival of the first apparatus.
So what’s with the 2 doods wandering in and out of the house? The YT poster said homeowners weren’t home at time of fire.
I was impressed at seeing I think 10 FF’s on that roof at one time! Couldn’t have done that with their plump brothers from the Spring Valley fire.
I was missing the stand alone police girl from the earlier video of today- she could have mentioned the craziness of going back in and out of a burning building to the guys who kept doing that.
I am not critizing their actions, but is there a rule of thumb regarding the number of Firefighters on this type of a roof?
Did they really wait 20 minutes to call?
Not one to Thursday quarterback but…
A little long to get that line in place.
Granted manpower looked slim at first.
Heard alot of guys asking for water throughout the video.
Alot of guys on the roof to vent. Alot. First guy sounded, but after that not so much.
Single family dwelling.
The job could most likely have easily been handled just fine without expensive foam.
Interesting to see the line on the roof.
Just out of curiosity, not criticizing, was that a 1.5″ line?
Truck was quite a ways around the turn, looked like could fit due to the engines placement around the turn.
And once you’re on scene its a good practice not to let the homeowners back in, ya know, in case the ceiling comes down on em or the smoke renders them unconscious.
Just food for thought.
First, you can only get that quality production in Cali. Dave tell Vitto, please…pretty please, with a cherry on top go f@#ing digital. Lol! Secondly, the homeowner was pretty calm. Lastly, how many Truckies can one roof hold? You get a little bold when it is only one story. Good job though.
I’d like to add a “Pretty Please” to that message for Vito.
Whats up with all the “Big Time” FD’s have poor fire ground operations?
Is this the new way of doing thing’s? Has the basic rookie school set up and fire attack been thrown in the trash?
Exterior fire that extended into the truss space on the outside via the soffit? No smoke on the inside, work focused on the roof. If I’m the property owner, I’m happy that all the stuff in my house is not destroyed during fire attack or is more salvageable than it would be if they opened up the ceilings.
California has strict building codes that allow higher roof loads and potentially longer failure times due to earthquakes. Don’t wig out about tactics, yes they are different because the building construction is different.
Not enough roofmen.
Why would you want to put a parking lot in a residential neighborhood?
They had more guys on the roof then some dept’s have on the entire fireground !
Outstanding job by LAFD!
Bringing their own water to the fire, engine guys went inside to pull ceilings, perfect.
The line aloft was to reduce the chance of the asphalt shingles burning.
All around a good job.
A lot of IC’s would have watched that truckie put his hook through the roof and pulled them all out. Probably a few Statter readers.
think that was a caf line so not bad the was it was used
I’d like to see one of the LACoFD PIO weigh in with the real response times or when the 911 call was received.
Ted
LACoFD — LA County Fire (170+ stations)
LAFD — LA City Fire (103 stations)
Strike a 2nd…we need more Mofos for roof ops
These boys need to come to Illinois and see how to fight fire. 10 guys on the roof???? I wonder how many guys are in the inside??? This should have been an easy knock, 3 engine comp MAX!
Oh I’m sure the Mighty Illiani can really slay it…whatever hotdog, you’re right, you’re the best…When I think of the best departments in the country, I think of Illinois
Now the video is marked Private and won’t start. I guess the rest of us won’t get to see it.
Started just fine for me here on the West Coast (the video).
Maybe it’s just you?
Keep in mind, the guys on the roof were all working, the ladder was placed properly, I saw an attic ladder, salvage covers,and pulling tools going in the door and hey!, the house is still standing as are the exposures to either side.
BTW, I agree with West C
An “easy knock” with 3 engines? No, my friend, a typical California response is 3 engines and a truck plus a chief officer and medics.
Notice the aerial was never needed ’cause the Firefighters on the roof did their job with skill and speed.
BTW, I agree with West Coast, a good observation.