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Video from cris stevens of a fire yesterday on 15th Street, Southwest in Lehigh Acres, Florida. There is additional video of the fire here and news coverage here.
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Also on STATter911 …
- Raw video: Lehigh Acres, Florida house fire. – February 26, 2012
- Raw video: House fire in Lehigh Acres, FL. – August 7, 2012
- Helmet-cam: House fire in Jacksonville, Florida. – May 6, 2012
- Raw video: Townhouse fire in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. – March 14, 2012
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Are you kidding me,who is the clown with no gear on holding a manilla folder in his hand. I observed an interior attack with a 1.75 preconnect,with heavy fire,gusty winds and a fire load of all wood, but most importantly where is the 2 in 2 out rule, the 2 humps in gray fire T-shirts. What about RIT, oh my god, this video says it all, incompetent officer. Who is he,what is he reading the contents of the folder, a step by step guide of what you didnt do. This is embarassing and could have been deadly. Bad operations and tactics
He is probably the Chief.
How do you know 2 in/ 2 out was appropriate?
Sir, anything you have to say which is worthwhile has been overshadowed by your lack of professionalism. Name calling is unnecessary and unprofessional.
Maybe 1 of those “humps” is the 1st due driver. Did you expect him to abandon the pump?
Holy smokes!! A video of firefighters with a line stretched inside the building and spraying water on the fire? Finally.
Only drawback I see is that the line either appears under-pumped or possibly kinked somewhere. Chasing kinks is a non glamorous but important job on the fire scene.
Here’s what I saw: 1st video…If what you’re doing isn’t working, try something different, such as another larger line working interior with the smaller line. Perhaps water or manpower shortage at the time affected that.
2nd video: The water applied to the attic via the eaves was working somewhat, but they stopped…don’t know why. Considering the initial attack was losing ground, I feel evacuation of the structure was justified. That was lightweight construction, and could not be trusted to stay up there very long.
They have a Fan in the front door, but there is a pretty stiff wind coming from the C-side of the house. With a fan you make vents opposite it, closest to the fire, but it looks like the wind is winning this battle.
Probably would have been a better move to attack from the C-side and go with the wind.
Would hate to see another Houston like LODD from a Wind Driven Fire.
“I know there was something in this folder about fires, where is it?” Chief, didn’t you see the roof sagging? No, your honor. I was reading my checklist and hadn’t gotten to the look at the roof box yet. Put the damm papers down,get your gear on, do your 360 and pay friggin attention to your crew!! My God have we not impoved anything in the last 10 years since Charleston?
10 years since charleston? If your going to rag on the guys at least get the date correct. June 18 2007 to be exact. And i really don’t see any similarities between the two fires
Was that a PPV fan in the front door?
Was the line on the interior????
Look at the flames. The almost look like they are gas fed. Seriously, take a closer look. It’s not uncommon to see gas lines in attics anymore…. I know, I know. It is Florida. But still.
I have seen plastic/PVC type natural gas pipe in attics in Florida.
This isn’t the first video Dave has shown us from Lehigh Acres.
’nuff said.
Actually, it appears to be somewhat of an improvement over many of the other Lehigh videos. At least they went in on this one.
Still lots of work that needs to be done, but not sure there was any saving this one, with the wind and a good attic fire.
Light weight truss construction, well involved fire in the attic area. This was a defensive fire from arrival. Maybe they need to review this article.
http://www.firefighternation.com/article/firefighter-safety-and-health/indicators-switching-offensive-defensive-attack
Class A foam works well in this kind of a situation with limited personnel.
Was that a fan running I heard?? Hope not! No need to start our own wind driven fire. Looks like a simple fire, pull some ceilings, spray some water. Certainly not defensive! Give me a break firefighthero..