The guy on the top of the ladder truck who right away stopped the house next door from burning, is the hero.

Great video.Terrible fire fighting.

Watching this tore me up. Many years ago myself, my husband and our 6 kids (ages 1-12) survived our house burning down. It was July 7th at 9:00pm , I put the baby down to sleep and was getting a few of the other kids ready for bed when I smelled what I thought were firecrackers. I opened the door to the garage and flames shot into the house. After running through my house and getting all our kids out and to a neighbors ALL I COULD DO WAS COUNT MY KIDS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I did not sleep for 2 days and just watched my kids sleep and carry on (and would continually would count them) in our hotel room. We lost almost every thing (what didn't burn, the soot ruined the rest). It's hard starting again with the clothes on your back, but my family was whole!!! I would not wish this on anyone, ever!

This was a great response. They saved the foundation.

The house was sure a mess, but afterward, the front lawn looked marvelous!!

Seems like almost every vid I watch is a good training vid for how NOT to put out fires. Sometimes, it takes 12 to 15 minutes from arrival to put the first water on the fire. Neighboring houses seem to always catch fire even when there was plenty of time to prevent that.

Virgil Hilts ,1 most faults have been covered by others ,1 miss use of water on other house ,a good spray would save water damage ,2no attempt to find seat of fire in building 3 crew members just walking ,4 no attempt to still kill fire in roof area ,Yes I have been in charge of all sorts of fires

Exposure protection for adjacent structures is key. I see time and time again where this is not done only escalating the incident further and requiring additional resources. Most departments focus on the big fire and don't pay enough attention to adjacent buildings. Nice job guys! Ladder trucks!!!! What an awesome tool. I wish our municipality would invest in one. They make a huge difference in initial knock down.

...Aleays like how the secondary arriving pumpers or apparatus units hook up to the hydrants and lay out their lines while the truck itself slowly moves up the street towards the fire...

Oriented strand board houses. They use the thinnest boards possible. Notice how quickly the roof and wall burn through? Truss structure made with 2x4s that are held together with thin steel gusset plates flimsy enough to bend easily in you hand. They have a bunch of little prongs that are stamped into the wood to join pieces together. The prongs on these plates don't extend far into the wood and in a fire, weaken quickly and fail. These structures self vent quickly, burn hot and set the too closely built neighboring structures on fire. They build these houses fast and charge ridiculous prices for them. A well cared for older home is a better way to go.

Great video that shows how quickly your physical possessions can go up in flames. This is what it looks like when you build houses so close to each other.

The firefighters took a long time to extend the magiro ladder. They waited for the fire to spread throughout the house and neighboring houses to use the magiro ladder. And after they extended the ladder, it didn’t do a very effective job as required by American tradition.

Engine set up too far away for the deck gun to reach the flames. Tower sat there for 7 minutes with no one in a rush to raise it. Saw no one laying lines into the front. These guys new at this? Gotta get water on it quicker than that.

These guys showed how to get the job done. You can watch multiple videos of much larger departments send multiple times the number of units and personnel to the same size fire, only to spend much longer to get the fire under control and to allow the fire to spread to more units before they do so. These guys are really on the ball. Great initial attack, worked to protect exposures as soon as they had assets to do so, contained the fire primarily to the original structure with extension to only the top of one neighboring house and the siding of the other. Going from initial attack to mop up operations within 25 minutes with only 2 engine companies on scene of a fully involved multistory residence. This is how it's supposed to be done.

Rightly or wrongly, I watch a lot of these fires (I'm a Brit' by the way) and it always amazes me that, in most cases the British Fire Fighters get started much more quickly than the American ones and are much more likely to run, rather than walk. In general the Americans are very good at what they do, but their fire fighting seems to be the exception.

Seemed to take the firemen forever to get the water going. Very stressful. This is exactly why houses should never be built so close to each other. I feel so bad for the people who lost their home.

Gas leak, I understand. Thank God the utilities put a stinky gas in with the supply so it's massively easier to detect. Bummer this happened though. Hopefully they have insurance.

That really sucks for the homeowners. Obviously it's material things but the loss of money invested, memories and personal affects is a hard pill to swallow.

Наши ребята в разы лучше работают при куда худших условиях. Это фиаско ребята.

That house wouldn't go out with out a fight, an man, the fire fighters gave it their all! Amazing job!!

I was a firefighter for 18 years and if we took that long to set up our equipment we would have been out of a job. They should have called for backup while travelling to the fire as the would have been able to clearly see from all the smoke that two fire trucks wouldn't be enough.

Thank God everyone were okay!

It took them 7 minutes to get water coming out of that truck. Those fire fighters sure were taking their time!

As slow as they were getting water on the fire I’m surprised they didn’t lose more houses.

Houses too close together. Common situation with modern subdivisions. Seemed like the FD units were overwhelmed for a short period.

That plastic house burn like hell and the ladder engine is very slow attacking the fire

The small fire that started on the structure on the left should have been caught earlier, it went into the attic real quick!!!!

Whenever I see a fire. I've seen a few. I allways think God don't let there be any people or animals trapped in there

It looks like there was a major problem getting a stable and adequate water supply. There were constant issues with maintaining effective water streams on both master streams and hand lines. Mains probably barely adequate for domestic supply when all of the houses were finished and occupied. Building density way too high for the type of construction in the neighborhood.

Always so sad when it’s house fires, people’s lives going up in flames. Can’t imagine the feeling!!

Good job knocking down an already out of control fire and saving neighboring homes. Thanks Firefighters 🚒 !

The house on the left didn't need to be on fire at all! They just waited to get it lit. I give these slow fire fighters a "D+"

Good job on the video Juiced! I have always been against this stupid vinyl siding, it just burns and melts real fast like crazy, melts, then the heat causes houses next door to melt within 5 minutes you have fully involved 3 burning houses, then it ignites. My heart almost stopped when the house on the left chimney started to flare up and it looked like thy would never get water on it in time. What makes me mad about building codes, is they require us to add fire blocking in our stud walls, use fire caulk and fire foam to seal up our stud walls where they meet the rafters, seal all cracks, yet they allow this flammable crap on the outside of the building that causes the whole building to flare up. They need to start banning this material and force them to use siding that is fire resistant. When they keep allowing this material per code, it is as if the building inspectors poured on the gas and lit the fire themselves.

Excellent fire scene video. Thanks.

Yeah bad time to walk the dog bro…God Bless the family.. at least u saved the neighbors house.. good job 👍

7 min before that stick started working. Yikes. Get your big guns on it fast. Nice forward lay by E40.

Good FF job. Good cameraman job.

Señores cada ves que salgan a un rescate o emergencia que mi Dios del cielo siempre los cuide mucho, que El Padre Hijo y Espíritu Santo siempre estén a su lado, que cada día regresen a sus casas con sus familiares, porque su trabajo es fuerte y muy peligroso, y a pesar de eso ustedes dan siempre todo por el todo. Lo que hacen ustedes es admirable. Uds son un ejemplo a seguir. Saludos desde Venezuela Estado Zulia.

Armchair quarterback here..... I'd give it an 8 out of 10. That ladder stream was amazing. Really kicked ass. More trucks sooner probably would have helped, but overall a pretty damn good job. Could the truck on the right have been parked closer? Like others have said, I hope they had rigs at the back.

Working safely .. priority...

I would never buy a house next to another house they are way too close and this is perfect example now three houses destroyed

Good for you helping out and knocking on doors!

Если такой дом загорится, то тушить его бесполезно, нужно спасать соседние постройки. Эти начали тушить один дом, в итоге загорелись ещё два.

That fire spread fast! Great camera work very clear and up close thank God noone was hurt but the houses are really bad.

6:10 bravo side exposure catches..get water on the exposures!

Charge the yellow line! Which one? There all yellow!

Maybe that house on the left didn’t burn down but it suffered a lot of water damage. You can see that the shingles on roof got blown off by the water pressure so water likely entered the house.

that looked like Cali. Nice sharp pictures

Einfach unglaublich, wie lange die brauchen, um überhaupt einmal ein Strahlrohr zum Einsatz zu bringen - in der Zeit brennen zwei weitere Häuser . . . und überhaupt: ich habe noch nie einen amerikanischen Feuerwehrlehr rennen sehen!

nice job getting all this, so crystal clear and steady.

That fire fighter doesn't even seem to know the concept of evolution. A fire fighter is pouring water in an odd place.

That ladder engine shot off the fire Is magnificent

These GREEDY developers squeeze as many houses as they can, as close as they can when they build a new subdivision. There NEEDS to be new laws requiring at least some distance between structures.

Look at those firemen. They were so enjoyable to watch there. Yes, these were not their properties. Just like what you can see in the ERs.

BRAVO ZA VATROGASCE NA VRHU MERDEVINA, TAKO SE RADI. OD 5 VOZILA SAMO ON RADI! ŠTA KA MU NESTANE VODA ZA ODREĐEN MLAZ, ZNAČI ODE LEPA VILA, GORI NIKO NE GASI, SEM ONOG NA STUBAMA. SVAKA MU ČAST!

Wow! #1 priority prevent other homes from catching fire...after saving lives.. main focus should have been other homes next to the lost cause already on fire..to prevent worse mess & save property that shouldn't be lost.

If that day dreamer on top of the aerial would have clobbered the main body of fire early on, there would have been no Bravo side exposure issue to contend with. And worse he's straight streaming the exposure. Put a little narrow fog pattern on it, cover more area, wet it good then turn on the main fire quick to get a knock down. There was a handline in operation on the exposure. The house was not going to grow by relentless master stream watering.

Need more guys and water pressure. Dad is firefighter and said that they need more power all together.

This is Calgary. Never a one house fire in a newer subdivision. Always 3 homes or more. Thanks wood construction and homes 5 feet apart.

No attempt to prevent extension on the left until the house was already on fire. It obviously starting to smoke but they took no notice. Very poor that. Wetting the wall would have prevented spread. And of course matchbox houses too close together.

nice worke!!!! fire mans

I’ve never seen such a slow crew. Heartbreaking.

Nice fireman

These fire men look like they just come to show their presence. Not to contain the fire. They are moving so casual

Hey, ladder truck dude! Notice how fast the exposures cooled off when you put water on the FIRE!

I'm not a firefighter so maybe I just don't know better but it sure was frustrating to watch water being dumped ten feet short of the one fire and then seeing the neighbor's house catch fire.

3 minutes I've been watching this and that ladder truck is still not being prepared for this fire that's the first thing you start to do when you get a ladder truck there and start getting it ready up in the air for the water

I love how all the arm chair firefighters want things to go quicker !! Go become a firefighter and tell me how to do it quickly!

great job on the video. The best part with this no one was saying OMG over and over. You held it very steady. And the fire dept did pretty well, all things considered.

Fireworkers in Belgium learn : first protect neighbour propertys, then attaque fire at the burning house

It's obvious they don't have enough resources not only to extinguish the main fire but to avoid it from spreading to the neighboring buildings.

Looks like a nice street/suburb...I hope the houses have been rebuilt ok.

Боевая техника у них конечно с нашей не сравнить.И состояние рукавов.Наши раскатаешь,соединишь,дашь давление-Петродворец отдыхает.

very important for firefighters to practice their reaction times

I hope that there was not kids or pets or people inside and thank you to the fire department to saving the house next to it,from MICHELLE madson in happy valley

They should use your video on how not to attack a fire, always protect adjacent houses that are not on fire

Atleast the front of the house stay together. But I still feel bad because 3 housed caught on fire from 1 house. But I'm happy that everyone was safe. 😊

I live in this neighbourhood, and I distinctly remember when this happened.

Buti pa jan makabago mga pamatay apoy sa pinas wala ata ako nakitang firetruck na may hagdan 😢😢 salute po sa inyo

An excellent video thank you for sharing

I've never seen such a bloody lazy slow fireman in my entire life. The Authorities need to look into it.

Good job. My lawn has been watered good.. For next one year

You saved one house.. lost one house. Wouldn’t call. That a win.. did the best ya could.

Just my thought as Iam not a firefighter. I would think the hand lines would work to protect the exposures while the ladder truck, which has a greater volume of water, would work on putting out the fire.

I feel so sorry for the people who lose their houses to fire, it's a horrendous loss everything you work for is gone but as long as humans and pets get out that's what's most important, I sometimes wonder what starts these fires and have people should be more careful and mindful of things that could go wrong they look like very beautiful homes

The real problem here is what’s mentioned in a few posts here. The proximity of houses to each other caused a bad series of events. It wasn’t the firefighters who didn’t do their jobs, it was the fact the house in the middle was so well gone on arrival, that the heat and wind combined caused two more to go up. Don’t take much to start another house going , when one is roiling already, and two more are close by. They did what they could and fortunately no lives were lost. Houses can be rebuilt, lives lost.. can’t.

Triển khai lực lượng quá chậm chạp , phải càng nhanh càng tốt , chứ đợi khi bùng phát lớn thì dập lửa thêm phần kho khăn hơn , thiệt hại trầm trọng hơn , vì khi đó nhiệt năng rất lớn , những vật dễ cháy ở gần nó cũng tự cháy , Còn như ở Tp lớn nhà cao tầng liền kết mà như này thì chỉ có cách đợi cháy xong rồi dập .

Super drones at every fire station would be good. Calculate the radius and duration of the drones battery. They can access hard to reach spots at fire sites.

Nice video. Thank you for sharing.

Never seen a ladder truck set up like that pick the rear up that far!! My old dept chief would have ripped us a new one for that! Things pitched forward big time thought the out riggers were simply to stabilize the truck not make it so you can change the wheels and maybe a brake service while there

Yes a fire department not trained in or by NYFD . Understand putting water on A fire puts it out. Work together work quickly. And putting water on exposed property keeps them from burning as well. Not wait till its in the basement.

If some think these houses are too close to each other, they havn't seen the track houses in west side of San francisco where easily over million US dollar homes literally touch side to side.

I built a new house in 2001 and the city I was building it in required 15 ft on each side of the home so that's 30 feet between you and your neighbor. This scenario probably would never happen in my neighborhood, you had one house fire with 3 other homes damaged.

this is what happens when in my opinion the houses are set too close to one and other we had a fire in a area where the houses was set like this on a windy day by the time we got the fire out 5 houses was other total losses or damaged very badly and it had to go to 3 alarms

When houses in close proximity burn at one fire the people to blame are the zoning boards that permit very small lots and close together houses and developers who want to sell more houses per development area. Simple as that. Increase survival of houses by making lots larger and separating houses by larger distances. Not sure how complete interior fire sprinkler systems control fires but that seems like a good idea. Not many around in rural areas, seems like an urban code.

I would have loved to have done this job ,it should have been my calling but it wasn't to be so I became an emt on an ambulance here in the UK best wishes to all ❤😊

Looks to me like the water pressure was a big problem here. Good equipment and the team seemed to do the right things and it was only 3 minutes or so after arrival that they started but without adequate pressure, your just pissing in the wind.

Thank god no casualties... cameraman perfect

Sorry, these guys kicked azz trying to deal with 2 exposures and the main fire. Tower 18 was set up and in action within 5 minutes. These things take time, They did a great job! Vinyl Siding in close quarters is not your friend, Give them a break, walk a mile in their shoes. Great Job CFD. Retired Chief.

With houses built this close to one another it almost should be a standard to inspect yours and your neighbors house also to make sure they're up to code and have proper fire prevention.