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This is one I missed from Highland Park, Michigan that was posted last month by hpz1442′s channel on YouTube.com. Here’s his description:
We responded to a report of fire in a building on hamilton st around 2130 the night of 6-16-12. We responded with 2 engines, 4 firefighters a LT(OIC) and a Sgt(engineer). We arrived to find a large 1 story commercial building almost fully involved, with heavy fire through the roof. the building was sandwiched between a large occupied church and several occupied bussiness’s. Our OIC decided to dump our monitor, establish a decent water supply and attack the fire with hand lines. The water pressure from the hydrants in this area do not give out enough pressure for multiple sources of “big water”. The pump on this truck will shut itself down. Once water supply is good, building was opened up, we made an interior attack on the north side of the building where the roof was still intact @around730 min mark. @around11:00 min mark we make entry into the main part of the building where the roof is completely burned away and there is fire just about everywhere you look. We stuck mainly to the center of the building in order to stay away from its exterior walls. Yes we cut the locks with the jaws in the beginning, no we have no bolt cutters. Yes we used inch and a half, no using anything larger was not an option. The fire was extinguished without any injuries or damage to the surrounding buildings.
Also on STATter911 …
- Helmet-cam: Highland Park, Michigan house fire. – July 12, 2012
- Helmet-cam video: House fire in Highland Park, Michigan. – June 1, 2012
- Helmet-cam: Highland Park, Michigan house fire. – October 29, 2012
- Helmet-cam video: Three homes burn in Highland Park, Michigan. One person dead. – February 22, 2013
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Yes you did! Awesome!
You guys are doin a great job out there!
You did all that with only 6 ff’s ????
You all are my favorite FD hands down!
Stay Safe guys
Excellent work guys. Good decisions, good techniques and excellent work with limited resources. Stay safe!
Great work, especially with limited resources.(Video one of the best helmet cam videos.) Especially impressed with (1) getting monitor nozzle in operation quickly and (2) use of straight streams. Some other dept’s would have wasted time forcing entry and getting handlines with fog streams in operation. This team had water on the fire within a minute or two after arrival, the way it should be done. Glad to see that these guys really know what they are doing.
Ok, I’ll be the jerk- what was risked versus what was gained here? The entire shift could have been easily wiped out in a collapse- would we still be singing their praises for doing so much with so little?
No. We’d be asking why the HELL they were in that building.
Well said BH. They were aggressive and kudos for that but easily could’ve been caught in a collapse of what was left of the roof
I say nice job considering that this dept. has only 6 men on duty, no mutual aid, no fire station, and last I checked their ladder was out of service. Personally I am impressed and I thank the member with the helmet cam for bringing the Highland Park story to the forefront. Maybe BH and Bob Sacramento should take a road trip out to Michigan or (better yet) shut the f*** up.