I don't know about yall. But when im enroute to a fire. I come off the engine with my air pack on and a tool in my hand. Seemed like a very confusing scene.

I saw more pointing at the fire with hands than hoses.

The best way to attack a fire is to point at it! It goes out almost immediately.

Good thing it was a mattress store, not Sofa King, 'cuz this group is Sofaking screwed up.

I guess they spent all their money buying that expensive engine and could only afford one SCBA

Always good to see people getting off the truck ready to work. Not.

Five feet from seen, no body in front of you. * Blairs the air horn*

Where's the Benny Hill theme song to complete this video.

Way to many mistakes, starting with the police not stopping traffic. No SCBA'S being used upon arrival. They should use this for a training video, learn from all there mistakes.

Poor planning. Also, terrible placement of ladders. Never block entrances or exits.

Why are they only wearing half of their PPE when the first engine arrived and the second arriving

Amazing footage, I'm a volunteer myself and I can tell this is a mix of Volunteer/part/full time departments

Laid all that fine inch , and put it out with 200 gallons of water. The more and more I watch all these you tube fires makes me actually realize what a good job we do in Memphis. Pull up fully dressed , pull a pre connect bust in and fight fire. The next engine in can get water supply if needed.

What in the volunteer is this?

lots of running around & pointing. not so much firefighting.

Heavy smoke showing... let's pass this hydrant and let the second due unit catch it. Makes sense.

Instead of screaming bloody murder at the 2nd due engine to lay out from the scene, why didn’t the first due engine just lay in? I see this in a lot of videos of Whitehall FD, do they have an SOP that states the first engine must blow past the hydrant and rely on the 2nd due engine to secure a water supply? Doesn’t seem like it’s a fail-safe system.

Dang, gas is $3.04 a gallon!

Soooooo, do we always wait for second due engine companies to pick up a hydrant for the first? Those guys could have had a major problem on their hands if it got through that wall. 6 minutes, no water! even though there was a PILE of machines there. Really lucky that job didn't take off on them, you know, because everyone would have to stop to go get a SCOTT and then go to work. Yikes😱

5 minutes in, and I can say at least their heart is in the right place. Since I do not know specifics of the department, the crew or this fire (unlike some) I won't critique anything I see in a simple youtube video.

This is a great training video. There are many things on here that need to be fixed.

nice job newsworking

hit the air horn a little longer with zero traffic in front of you. yard breathers.

Literally the most chaotic fire scene I have ever seen.

guy stretching the first line running around with a beard and a radio strap with no radio in it. gotta love pa lol

Just.... wow. 5 minutes to charge a line?

Just started my fire career this year and I have to say that looked a mess, my captain and chief would of chewed my butt for not having my gear ready, no gloves were on and there about 20 people just waiting for something to happen. I don't know much about fire service yet, but I know I would of got my butt chewed out if my stuff wasn't on completely and ready to go.

No point to act chaotic, no civilians trapped.

Again, Whitehall PA. A place I'll never live at

Once the fire is in check slow the response of the remaining units!

I am at such a lose for words. COMPLETE LACK OF TRAINING AND SAFETY. The 3 fly ladder was thrown over the front door-going to what or what purpose?

Seems like a great department. What citizen wouldn’t want a fireman who gets off the truck in just his bunker pants? Or a whole crew that gets off without packs on? Or a crew that takes 5 minutes to get water on the fire when there are people inside? Report of people trapped and I see no primary search being done. Bunch of morons. I feel bad for the people who that department “serves”.

Not sure man. In my department we roll with a 1+5 crew and 2 already put on their SCBA and even masks while driving. They can be in there in 10 seconds. But we might have been doing it wrong all the time. These guys seem way more relaxed than we are. Maybe we should've just been watching fires instead of fighting them. Less stress must surely be good for the blood pressure and stuff...

Pointing at stuff helps. Air packs are rare and expensive. No need to fight the fire with water, it will burn itself out. Hey get more trucks, can't hurt.

Feels like I'm watching a circus act..

"Get water in there right away". No shit, sherlock.

Excellent video.

The first engine company seemed really agitated

+ shows up in BIG force. - take for ages to put some water on fire (wating til it grows biger?)

Man they did good to keep it from extending boy they sure have really nice fire apparatus in pa area i was passing thru Scranton areA and was headed back up to Maine when they had a call and man they had the best looking trucks with rotorays crazy 8 and sounded like some even had more then 1 q on it man I was in heaven lol love your code s thanks for sharing on here with the yt world

So a quick summary “fuck fuck fuck we actually have a fire what do we do, shit I didn’t sign up for fires”

This is just horrible. No one is breaking windows or even attempting to put out the fire. Police didn’t even stop traffic. Bad positioning for the ladder and no one wears their SCBA. When the second engine arrived, the firefighter literally stood in front of it while it was going fast. No one is attempting to stop the fire. Just pointing. Absolutely embarrassing and pathetic. This is just sad.

The camera quality is stunning. What do you use?

Classic 1 line fire with just tank water & Remember It’s not the size of the fire but the Thrill Of The Ride !!!

God bless you be safe and ok

Wow, Shaking my head.

That must be a well built structure since it didn't burn down. One thing for sure they are consistent.

great video

usually don't comment but that was hard to watch

Perfect big expensive window and nobody breaks it...cmon!!

Sooooooooooo many things that should be fixed. But hey I’m not an instructor so it’s not my place haha

Did I miss the whole fire part? I'll watch it again...... nope... musta blinked when the fire part came into play...

WOW !!!!!

Update enroute, "Light smoke showing" = come of apparatus SCBA on - First arriving apparatus establish a H2o supply? You may need more 1000 - 1500 gallons - Strategically placed ladder at egress point - WTF is w/ sirens + air horns all the way until the apparatus comes to a stop on scene!!!!

Thank god for that ladder thrown in the front. Some volly depts are better than others. Cant group them all together. Around here Penndel and Nottingham are volly but id put them up against any paid dept. They train hard and work hard and efficient. And i wasnt a member of either. Just my observation.

why wasnt anyone packed up on the what looked like first engine in?

good job peeps👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

WHAT FUCKING FIRE 🚒🚒🚓🚒🚒🚒🚑🚑🚑🚔🚓🚓🚔🚔🚓🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

Riding the back step while laying a line- is that SOP?

Saved more than the foundation, nice job boys!

I have to agree with all the comments, but it's nice to see our product (Spartan) roll up to a scene!

Good job

No leadership no direction no urgency not equipped properly prior to arrival on scene, everyone is doing their own little things!! Like a circus unfolding before your eyes. All these equipments means nothing without the right training and supervision.

Why are they sooo bad at fighting fire? I'm in a city where most people don't do their jobs and the firefighters are better than the firefighters in this video!

let’s goo mattresses!

>Engine marked with "The Nut House" nickname and mascot ✔️ >Cringey "When everyone else is running out, we're running in" decal ✔️ >Guy in the officer's seat is wearing no coat or helmet, but we can see his TMFMS-type t-shirt under his suspenders ✔️ >Firefighting prowess gained from training and experience ❌

Is this a Volunteer FF? No SCBA's on as they get off the truck??? Burning mattresses are bad for your lungs

This hurt to watch

Can anyone explain the placement of that first ladder over the entrance? I actually want to know what the though process was, and why they didn't throw it to the right where they had more wall, more roof, and could extend it past the edge of the roof?

That is the worst attack I've ever seen in my life

I would get fired on site for this type of work, specially ladder placement, one person can carry and throw a 24 foot ladder, and how do you get on the roof with that placement.

Why would this get posted? It’s pretty much a football bat in video form.

And you wounder why the US fire departments are a living joke around the world? Lots of people, lots of uncharged lines, all are doing nothing. Get a grip.

got a bad feeling when i saw the man from coroners office helping out at 1:28 ;o)

Dam it must of been a slow day in that town.... the fire departments called a group meeting...

Glad to see that are all wearing there air packs, and why the hell are people that are not on Fd standing at the front door?

Really? A mattress firm ad came on before this.

Awesome video. And fast attack.

Week later this store had smokin good deals on slightly used mattresses

Running those air horns and sirens right up until the parking brake is applied. Really necessary?? Jeez

Someone likes the airhorn while arriving....241....

volunteer fire dept's vs paid full time dept's....

Bad placement of the ladder they should have went off the side of the building. Also stop traffic all together so no one gets hit

Nice beard on the one firemen haha

At 8:29 there are several chains hanging down under the fire truck, what are those for? I've seen them on non fire department trucks also.

I'm seeing a lot of criticisms, and admit I am not educated in any way on fire, but right away I noticed all the windows still intact and wondered if there was some backdraft risk under consideration...like maybe if ppl were out they paused action deliberately? of course this does not excuse all the guys who dont have their gear sorted... a perplexing scene for sure

I've seen enough videos of this Whitehall crew. Remind me to never move there.

Well where do I start, the good part first, they didn't start smashing all the windows, someone was smart enough to realise the fire was in the cladding so it was extinguished quickly. In the UK all pumping appliances carry water so if you turn up first the first thing the driver does is locate the nearest hydrant, where it starts to go wrong, I think the Officer in Charge panicked and called for a '2nd alarm', I have seen this happen before and it's not uncommon, very embarrassing for him, all I can say is he won't be the last do it. He is in charge he should taken charge the moment he got off the appliance instead you could see that everyone was pumped up with adrenaline and not working as a team, this happens when you turn up to a potential 'good' job, its for the OIC to take control and stop this happening. As for the Fire Dept on the whole performed badly, it appears to be due to lack of training and discipline, sorry chaps for being so negative.

And now....let's hear the response from some critically acclaimed KZfaq fire chiefs.

All I can say nicely is please train more!!!

Was the postal man checking for out going mail while the buildings on fire?

Do you think anyone has a clue what they are really doing. A preconnect should have water in 20 seconds. People should be readdy in SCBA upon arrival. I know where I don't want to run into problems, Whitehall PA.

Just HOW many trucks need to turn up to a fire the size of a wheel bin? And why all the bloody noise? No fire to see. No traffic. No smoke to see. Crew walking around with nothing to do. Clearly emergancy is over before it began: so honk that horn brother, like it's the end of the world! That fire ladder up against the burning section of the building AND right in front of the front door! Surely putting it to one side would be prudent! But no. Someone decides to fight the fire with a stop ladder from underneath. Ok. So why is the first ladder still in the way?

I always wondered. What are those chain-like things hanging from the underside (rear) of some of the fire trucks? I've seen it many times but I have no idea what they are for.

ISO rating infinity!

Anyone wonder how a little mom and pop mattress shop is but a few hundred feet from a corporate giant mattress shop, and the mom and pop burns? 🤔

Wow wow wow when and how did I not hear about this happening I literally know right where this is located please explain how I didn’t hear about it

ahhhh the sofa king sofaking good lol

Arriving on scene, yellow line already out......then where's the Water...?? I hear a lot of Sirens, People not ready comming from the Firetruck, and then running around, like a Chicken without a head....!! No wonder, whole Blocks are going up in flames, with such Brigades..!!

Hày Chief can we sleep on it for a while and think about how we screwed up. Oh right the mattress store burnt down. There are no mattress to sleep on.