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Video from Craig Hendry (SarniaFireBuff) of a three-alarm fire on Thursday in Ontario’s Chatham-Kent. Details from Craig at CKR:
Fire crews responded to a reported structure fire at 445 Indian Creek Road just after 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon to discover thick, heavy, toxic smoke billowing from the house. Firefighters tried to knock down the fire quickly, but the fire was already in the walls of this balloon frame construction house. Fire traveled through the hollow walls of the structure spreading from the basement to the attic, which made it difficult to find and extinguish the blaze.
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Balloon frame?? Don’t think I’ve ever seen a one-story balloon frame.
I did not see any lines inside. I the policy to hit it from the window? If so, I feel sorry for any victims inside. What a shame in tactics. I am blessed to not be a member in that department
By the time I arrived, about 20 mins after the initial call, firefighters had already been inside, and pulled out due to the amount of fire through out the home. This is a small city with two stations and 10 firefighters on duty at a time. 2nd alarms and above bring in off duty personnel and spare rigs. As I am not a firefighter, I can’t comment on the tactics used here. Most of this footage was taken from the Alpha and Delta sides, the Bravo side is where FF’s made entry, and where most of the work was taking place. I didn’t get footage of that due to the amount of smoke and steam on the Bravo side. From what I could see of the B side, FF’s were being fairly aggressive, trying to contain the fire, and get back inside.
One word “WOW”
I’m not impressed. Watched a couple other videos from these guys…not impressed.
Great. Open the roof draw the smoldering fire in the basement up the wall voids and into the attic. Turn each void space into a chimney, great idea.
Pressurize and ventilate the ground floor with PPV and a suitable vent exit, make entry & rapid search. Knock the fire in the basement through the basement windows. Once the primary is completed upstairs, fully extinguish the basement fire. Now you can chase the fire in the voids — but they aren’t acting as a chimney, as the basement has been extinguished, and there is no free flow out the attic.
That was painful to watch.
Older balloon style construction, Expose an Extinguish! They most likely dont see alot of fire.
Im glad I dont live in Ontario
Wonder if anybody went inside to open wall and ceiling.Get ahead of the fire!
Bungalows of that time period actually are balloon construction. The floor joists of the 1/2 story are nailed into the wall studs of the first floor with no “cap” on the stud wall.
Guess I got to believe you Mr. Trucker. Still haven’t seen it. Wondering how they attach the roof rafters/truss members if there is no “cap” at the top of the framing. I understand what you are saying about the floor joists.
Also, if that fan was running at the 2:50 mark, it surely didn’t help their efforts. Not a big fan of forced air, or as some call positive pressure, fire attack.
Roof rafters are attached to the floor joists of the 1/2 story. These are very common homes around the country, especially in older cities. During the depression, large 2 story homes fell out of fashion.
Gee !!! I wondered who brought the Calliope to the scene. That was the worse I have ever seen in fireground operations. It would have been better to let the house go to the ground.
Ugly fire apparatus, ugly firefighting. My eyes are in deep pain from seeing this video. Ehhh?
Friggin’ Canadians lol