God be with you and your family, Raechel

Really sorry for your family lost god be with you all

So thankful you and your family are safe!

😞😞😞

"AMEN" ! 🇺🇲

I’m 19 years in FD, be 50 years old next year. Do it for free, still going in every time we have a hot one.

Amen brother

I absolutely agree. The deck gun was the only thing that made sense. Parking the truck 2 houses away was wrong, blocking everything from attacking the fire. Really bad fire fighting.

Maybe it's a parade piece not fire fighting. Very poor

Anyone happen to hear the radio ask for the power company to expedite, not a 1 to 2 hour response, for a hot powerline across the road in front of the house? That is why equipment and men were not right in front of the house initially.

@@tallmansfavorites7563 you are so right. These key board worries would poop themselves and run away if they had to face something like that .

The stick ALWAYS goes in front.

Best wishes and thank you for contributing. It's a great way to contribute to your community. I'm 75 and it's been 30+ years since I volunteered. I have difficulty getting around these days, I wish I was able to help out. Driving a fire truck is a critical task.

Bless you

I appreciate and thank you for your volunteerism. I hope this doesn't apply to you, but the mandatory training requirements are getting much more demanding. I'm 9 years younger than you, and I tried to help in the same way. It quickly became more than I wanted to do. Not because of the dangers and expectations at the fire scene. Because of the hours and hours I was required to travel around and attend classes. We live in a litigeous society. People don't seem to understand that what goes around comes around. The same crowd that's always looking for the "lawsuit lottery" is crying the loudest when they need help and no one close by is "qualified". I hope you find this not to be the case.

@@peteheyde7999 Yes, I have to wonder about the training requirements, especially since the volunteers are often expected to pay for their training out of their own pockets. My experience was in the 1960-80's. Our department had it's own state certified instructor and most training was done in house. We never had to pay for outside training either. Back in 1968, "EMS" training was Red Cross Basic First Aid. Now the option is highly skilled training...or no EMS response at all. Fifty miles east of here, residents have been warned to expect SLOW OR NO EMS RESPONSE due to lack of personnel.

If the firefighters had access to the drone footage they would have attacked it differently is my guess.

@@petergardner5002 If the firefighters had any TRAINING they would've attacked it differently....

Always leave room for the aerial.

Big fire means big water

Can you imagine if guys have gotten trapped and they couldn't have gotten that ladder to the window to save them

les pompiers ne sont pas des violents venez faire un petit tour en exagone l'on vas vous remuer le fiont cela vous ferait du bien heureusement que les notres sont plus energiques et l'on en est fier bravo au RSPP. ou ala BSPP comme l'on dit meintenent.

Says the pretend firefighter who's never worked a fire in his life It must suck going through life knowing you couldn't get even one FD to accept your application

Why have a ladder truck if you stop that far from front of fire building. Hand lines must go inside to extinguish the fire.

@@philberg9234 Ladders are toys for officers to play with. You can't fight fires with a ladder. All you can do is wet down floors and fill basements.

For someone who knows everything! Ladders are a tool which each dept may use differently

@@philberg9234 Another useless human chimes in. There isn't One USA department that knows how to use it correctly.

What’s the deal with them talking about more air packs are on the way? Do they not have enough packs for the crews that responded? I seen more guys without packs then with. I do agree with the comment before with the ladder being entirely too far away from the Fire building. That was the perfect fire for a deck gun for kicking the shit out of it, especially if they had lack of manpower in the beginning. I wasn’t there so not sure what they have for manpower and or for guys that are interior guys. I’m interested in the run down on this job, so if someone that knows this department hook us up with the run down. Looks like they did what they could do with who and what they had, so keep on keeping on fellas 🤙🏻

Someone said in the comments that a live line was down in the road in front. Said you could hear it in the radio traffic. So that’s possible the reason. Near the end of the video the truck moved .

@@JS-zb1vv There are references in the description of the power line being down. At 02:16, pause the video. The power line that is down is from the phone pole in the bottom center of the shot. At 30:08 down power line can be seen marked by cones. Notice that that line is right in front of the Aerial truck. At 37:50 a discussion with dispatch concerning that down line is heard. Also at 38:13, 40:01, 42:37. At 48:03 Aerial truck is being relocated.

You in your recliner is hard to watch. Nobody is looking for your opinion.

I’ve seen SO MANY people complain about the horrible response time to these fires, but when there is even a breath of bringing in a paid department, these same PI$$ERS & MOANERS are the FIRST to scream, yell, and SHUT DOWN any increase in their property taxes needed to fund such a system. How do I know? I attend our Twp monthly meetings and have witnessed the bullcrap. Can’t have your free fire fighting and quicker response time too!!!!!

@@marshanotmarcia7433 my volunteer company pays us $10 a call, and now we also finally got our volunteers to work 12 hour shifts for a driver only 7 days a week around the clock and the ones that work get paid by weekly. We found that what is most needed is a driver to be at the firehouse 24/7 and also we are working hard to make sure most of us are able to drive and kick ass as a real chauffeur and not just to get water to the nozzle but if anything at all goes wrong that chauffeur can fix the problem to keep the water flowing

@Cessna Driver do you volunteer to risk your life fighting fires?

I alternated between 2 drones. My wife helped secure the audio. Sad to capture someone’s tragedy but it does help to prompt everyone to ask important questions about safety.

Thanks for your prayers. It may have been an out door grill on the front porch.

This was my home. Everyone made it out safely. 2/3 animals are unaccounted for still. It was started on the front porch more than likely the new blackstone grill we had just gotten.

They don’t have to put these fires out they don’t get paid or anything they do it bc they want to be nice we don’t live in the city so they don’t get paid

@@selinanichole7084 If they really want to be nice, they should probably get some training

I used the DJI mini 2 and the DJI mini 3 pro. I alternated between them. Only one at a time in the air. In the future I think I will launch the second and land the first and alternate that way, not missing any time.

In England we use a mix of wholetime and on call firefighters the on-call one don't have to be available 24/7 but commit to a minimum number of available hours, the on-call are also paid for training and shouts, in my mostly rural county on-call firefighters do a 32 day (paid) course at the county training facility prior to joining their station, it helps that hydrants are absolutely everywhere, manning is still an issue in the small villages during the day due to most people working outside the 5 minute response time

It was blocked completely and they couldn't open it, the family couldn't get out that door either, they went out from the side door because the back door was stuck

I’m not sure. I was wondering the same thing.

Noted and changed in the description.

What a stupid comment.

They didn’t have to put the fire out they don’t get paid we don’t live in city

Just stop being a dick to everyone in your profession. Just stop.

It does not look like that at all. That car was hardly on fire when the video starts

"The fire started with the car," you are joking, are you not or do you just like to show how little you know about fire ??? VFDs and the pretending to be firefighters that respond to a fire scene, you just gotta love them, one and all !!!

@@theshadow4292 Lighten' up Buddy.

​@@theshadow4292 relax dude I I can see how looking at the aftermath somebody might think that I even thought I hope the fire department gets a chance to look at the video because they may think the same thing we got the advantage of watching the video from before responders got there. You just need to take it easy again I can see how somebody would think that looking at the situation and not having all the information

The fire started bc they were grilling and the grill blew up

There was a power line down. Once the utility secured it they repositioned the Aerial. There are some time stamps in the description that help illustrate that particular situation. At 02:16, pause the video. The power line that is down is from the phone pole in the bottom center of the shot. At 30:08 down power line can be seen marked by cones. Notice that that line is right in front of the Aerial truck. At 37:50 a discussion with dispatch concerning that down line is heard. Also at 38:13, 40:01, 42:37. At 48:03 Aerial truck is being relocated.

What’s time is that sound heard on the timeline?

Next to useless so far away, but eventually it moved closer..

Maybe the keys were in the house and too panicked to think about grabbing them. I believe they also lost their pets.

I'm a month late on this, but she was looking for her keys in her purse and when she went to move her car she realized it was already too late because the car was super hot and caught under a minute after she moved away from it. The lady herself is an older women with health issues, and she was panicking about the car because it was brand new. She did NOT purposely leave it there for insurance. She just didn't have the time since the house went up in flames so quickly with the car quickly following it with how close it was. (Grill on the front porch started it. It burst into flames).

Let us know how to accomplish this if it happens to you. Real sympathetic hack

@@psdesert7907 You don't know anything about me or what I've been thru!

It doesn't help with the construction materials, in the UK with homes built of brick usually an residential fire is almost always a contents fire not a structural fire

Limited manpower by the sounds of it

Pathetic display.....

Yes because 20+ ton apparatus can just magically teleport themselves across miles of roadway

It's called traffic and stupid driver's that won't move to the side of the road when they hear/see a Fire Truck, Ambulance or Police Car heading in their direction!! Get a grip, will ya, Geesh!!

You need to take into account that these are VOLUNTEER Firefighters!! It's not like they can slide down a pole and jump into an already warmed up truck. The firefighters have to 1st get to the station from wherever they are in the town. 2 get their gear on. And 3 wait for the rest of the crew to show up before the truck can leave the fire station. There is probably a minimum amount of personnel needed to operate the truck. You can't just have 1 single fire fighter jump in the truck and leave without anyone to accompany him/her. You can say fine, have the rest of the firefighters meet the truck and the scene but then that becomes a clusterfart with parking and firefighter's cars and trucks all over the fire location. That would also require the volunteers to drive the normal speed limit and obey other traffic laws. Sure, they might have red lights attached to their car that they can use, but a screaming fire truck is going to get thru traffic a lot quicker and more safely than a car or truck with a light and a beeping horn! Then you also need to take into account that if you have a bunch of volunteer's cars parking wherever that it could hinder ambulances and other fire fighting equipment from getting in and out of the area quickly. Finally if you have a bunch of firefighters arriving at the scene at all different times and parking wherever, they need to get to the fire and check in with the command post and get their assignments. It would hinder operations if the command has to stop every few minutes to explain everything and get them where they need to be. All this takes up a lot of precious minutes. Now compare that to having a few firefighters with the truck before it leaves the station. They are able to change in to their gear on route to the fire and perhaps get a very brief plan of attack before they even get there. They are in a big screaming fire engine with lights flashing and horns blowing loudly so people are more likely to see and hear it well before it gets to them and they move the hell out of the way! ( At least in theory!!) Once on scene maybe one firefighter gets out with a hose to hook up to a fire hydrant while the truck drives closer to the scene. The guy who jumped out connects the hose to the hydrant as the truck comes to a stop. Now another guy jumps out and connects the other side of the hose to the truck, turns on the pump and boom, water is ready to go to whomever needs it. Meanwhile the rest of the crew gets out and goes and does what they were trained to do. Hopefully they are able to put the fire out in as quick a time as possible. This is a far better and more efficient to get the job done.

It's a call or volunteer Fire Department. It takes time.

I wasn't putting anyone down. I was just making a statement about the video. I'm not stupid, I know it takes time to respond to an emergency, especially with volunteer departments.

I had that same thought. 😂

Pretty sad that that’s all you think of when an entire family (MY family) just lost their home! Regardless of the color of the house, that’s pretty insensitive of you. I’ll be the first to admit it wasn’t my favorite color, but it was my home and now I have no home. Thanks for showing how heartless some people can be even during a tragedy.

WOW!! Just when you think the world couldn't get anymore Idiotic, it produces another twat waffle!🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️.

Serial dick strikes again. You are just awful.

There was a power line down. Once the utility secured it they repositioned the Aerial.

@@fo727 There were people there long before they got there, they could've come in the other way. What's the engine's excuse for parking so far away???

You are playing with a short deck.

@@RLTtizME Oh good, the no-content, non-firefighting troll is back....

And who are you?

I am retired fire fighter from Ohio That's who I am, I know how it's done

@@davekreidenweis3126 So you are replying to yourself? Everyone is a retired FF on these comments. Why are you people dicks to each other? What is wrong with you? Keep in mind that we are not interested in your narcissistic commentary. You don't need to supply the world with your wisdom. Everyone knows more than everyone else on these comments. Don't embarrass yourself...although it is too late for that I suppose.

As easy as that sounds, you do realize that poor communities like Ridgway will NEVER have a career fire department....

@@danbender2161 i unfortunately have to agree with you. As someone who lives on this street and being a kiddo of one of the fire fighters, it's all volunteer and unfortunately alot of the fire fighter's work places DON'T honor their role and let them leave without being written up or fired.

That works too

Sort of an ignorant comment considering they are all volunteers. If you fire them, you would have zero fire protection. Most of the country is covered by volunteer fire service, although it is increasingly becoming a career thing since newer generations don't like to contribute to the communities as much, since it takes away from their computer gaming time. sad.

They didn’t even have to put the fire out they don’t get paid we don’t live in the city

It's all volunteer around here.

Patrick that cost a lot of money they might not have the tax base to hire full time.

@@davidglaum2538 No just decades of RepubliNazi government so all the money went to gaslighting the citizens instead of dealing with reality.

@@roger0929 what does that have to do with nazis? maybe use other sentences and think about it

@@TAPNAX The Nazis banned books and abortion. They attacked racial and sexual minorities. Republican ideology has been fascist in nature for at least 100 years. This was the political party that prevented FDR from declaring war on Nazi Germany for many years simply because they agreed with Hitler and a majority of them still do.

Great job? These guys should be embarrassed. Apparatus placement is horrible. This fire could have been knocked down in 15 mins with proper use and placement.