be nice he has this life on the line

I love me some helmet on backwards time!!!

@@WhiteSeaLeviathan LMAO

David Decker just an idea i have had! big fire trucks are heavy slow at accelerating and hard cornering so wouldn't it be handy if you had a quick response van that carried reels of hose that could connect to the closest hydrant, (where possible that is) its just that i think that could save valuable time please forgive me if you have already thought about this. not saying or implying this was a slow response because it wasn't, pls all stay safe

Thank you for being such great humans. I appreciate you. I am showing my 6 year old what can happen if people are not careful with fire.

I work with a great team that always gives it 100%.

Just shows how a "few" people can get the job done. if this were in NY City there would have been at least 30 guys and 20 of them would have been standing around.

That first guy with the hose out was a animal!! Great job.... NO, Amazing job.... how its supposed to be done.... Great leadership Mr Decker!

@@trvman1 You apparently have no clue as to what you're talking about. NYC structures are just a tad different. Obviously you've never been there. And the "20" members out of "30" all have a purpose and are awaiting orders. Rescue companies, squads, truck, engine, FAST. A LOT more structure needs a lot more back up for interior ff. Also more alarms are called sometimes for equipment, not manpower, so the equipment gets put to use while the members wait for assignment. HUGE difference between residential structural firefighting and 3 story and up balloon construction with cocklofts. Learn fire ground operations then you can run your mouth about a department you know nothing about.

@@fdMT_EnGy I have seen several video's from the US, where crews are standing around with no self motivation, waiting for orders from disorganised chiefs. However, I have NEVER felt a need to criticise an operation from your company. With run down apartment blocks, commercial structures badly run or abandoned, you have one hell of a job, which is always well organised and efficient. With the time it takes to put some of these fires out, people tend to forget that crews need relieving, so those guys standing around soon get their turn. PS.... Those timber framed lofts, often without fire separation between buildings, must feature in your worst nightmares. Regards, (from London UK)

Well said Terry. Compared to other dept. I've seen on YT, water on target here is lightning fast. Impressive.

the house was torn down and is now a vacant lot i know because i checked on google earth

yeah true, despite getting a hose line with a burn through, they had water on it in 2 minutes.

That’s excellent training at work

Every video I’ve seen, these guys are the fastest and actually work with some urgency. It’s as if they care about doing a good job. Crazy, I know.

Komdiv Maklenskov Very glad to hear everyone is safe, thats all that matters! Things can always be replaced.

Sorry for your lost. So many memories and personal possessions can be lost in a house fire. Most importantly, I'm pleased to know that no one was injured. 💙

So sorry glad the dogs made it

Glad everyone is safe and okay. What about the House? It was a beautiful House and along the whole neighborhood

@ The address map view shows nothing now but dirt sadly.

Thank you sir. Enjoy your retirement. I'm looking forward to that day.

yeah I was thinking the exact same thing "I'm SO not sticking around! SEE YA!"

Thank you.

​@@commandvisionfirehow tf did that fire not touch the car

That was a firefighter (perhaps a driver) in navy duty uniform. PD had black uniforms and left shoulder patch...ie. 3 officers who crossed in front of the house @20:31mins.

He knows his job!

I agree with this! That was a hell of a knockdown!

He could've used a bit more pressure.....

Yeah, what about the guy who ran in and dragged the hose right through the burning porch, resulting in the hose burning through?! Not a good idea... and I know since my Dad was Fire Chief of Neptune NJ when I was 10 back in 1983, and we lived a block away from the house. I grew up with FF & EMT, eventually becoming both.

Thank you.

Actually they had to back up because of the radiant heat.

@Hayden's Special Needs Channel watch the siding on the house to the left, even in that short time it blocked the view the siding began really being affected!

Correct. If there is a porch roof on the alpha and charlie side I will typically order ladders to the bravo and delta side first to ensure there is a means of egress.

Didn’t see a rit team . But great knock down

Thanks.

Great department no doubt. Another city to check out is Stockton, CA. Very busy department, always aggressive and fun to watch.

I don't think that was a cop. Probably an engineer or someone off the medic. Never seen a cop with his radio on a strap.

kizza DON will cut him some slack for dragging the nozzel acrocss the concrete tho. Haha. 😯😟

i have seen alot of fire videos where police have grabbed a house and helped out

Definitely looked like a medic

It wild for fire to be put out

So you're playing armchair firefighter. If there's fire through the roof there's no hurry and by the time they got to this house it was a total loss. Just glad the other house didn't catch fire

Larry Keene your a real ass, you know not a frickin thing about firefighting I bet, and get hardons watching videos like this and finding flaws to comments stupidly about

Well i am a retired ff and some of these American fire departments are pathetic. How can you defend them. This one here is top notch and it starts from the top. Oh ya im Canadian.

Why is everyone so concerned about the Chief’s helmet? Maybe gets in the way when looking up at the house to upstairs & can’t see if on right!

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Thank you sir. I don't think that will be a new trend, but hey, I made it work. LOL

David Decker Actually back in the mid 70’s that was the trend for some of the senior firefighters that I worked with. It was used a lot when large amount of water was being applied from a master stream or a 2 1/2”.

Nice quick aggressive knockdown . Good work

Steven Phillips why though?

Keep water from running down back of your neck.

thanks to them our major cities across Canada and USA are still standing the smoke is all we have had to worry about thanks to them brave heroes. I am struggling to breath but their sacrifices is all I can think about half the time. I just wish I could hug every single one of them and tell them I love them. I live in London Ontario, we have fires in all directions I trust them with my life.

I have always allowed comments, until it gets to the point of being unproductive. And trust me, I have been raked over the coals even when I thought we don't a good job. Lol. Sometimes people believe if they don't do it a very specific way then it's being done wrong.

Its cos usually other crews want the fire to spread they love big fires

GENERAL KENOBI show me proof of firefighters purposely letting fires get bigger. anyone that works for a large, paid department knows big fires ARE NOT FUN after your first few times.

It was still smoking at the end of the video. Which means there was still fire. So it didn't go out fast

@jim spurlock OSHA doesn't get a vote in Ohio.

Ski Dude Yup every video I’ve watched it seems like they are very well trained and good at what they do. I never hear any type of panic in their voice and it seems like everyone just “gets it”. You can tell these guys are close and train a lot....it shows

Great example chief! You're looking like a drunk!!!!

Common on really have anything else you can say? Give the Chief a break! He isn’t there to impress by how he has his helmet on he was there to put out a fire you idiot!

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Thank you.

Boy they are lucky it didn't. Look at that siding, and I'm pretty sure I saw it smoking at couple parts.

I noticed the siding melting as well

Michael Muraco that's why you hear command directing first arriving unit to protect exposure on bravo side (house next door) That's #1 priority. Very good command here.

The easement requirements change over the decades.

I grew up on the south side of Chicago. " Back of the Yards area " Houses there are 3 1/2 feet apart. When one house is on fire, it usually starts a fire on the houses next to it. The house we grew up in burned down. It really was sad. I feel so bad for the family's.

yep, or brick! Seriously tho, zoning sux in the cities

@mtuckster I used to live in this city and I purchased a Victorian home there that was over 100 yrs old when I bought it. There are tons of old solid built homes like this in the city. Unfortunately this is not a high income area (street wise). But it still has working class people who still take pride in their homes & yards. Bricking an entire house of this size would probably be about the same cost of the homes on that street. The house prices in that area use to range from $45k - $65k and from the looks of my last visit they have probably decreased. Vinyl siding is much more affordable and looks better than rotting wood that needs repaired or the old asbestos black shingles. When I went to visit a couple years ago, these houses were starting to deteriorate due to lack of upkeep. ALOT of the older folks have died who took care of them through the years. Also the city has been hit with the same drug problems everywhere else has experienced. The main industry Owens Corning shut down, along with other companies that once paid good wages. So those that have good jobs have to commute to Columbus each day and those are not blue collar jobs. So many of the workers that lost their jobs were blue collar and didn't have the same skill sets to find employment in Columbus. I bought my home in Newark because of the affordability. My home was located in a historical area, where all the house are well kept and there are rules to keep these homes from being cut up into apartments, etc. I paid $75k for my home in 1991. If my home would have sat in the German Village of Columbus where homes comparable to mine sit, I would have had to pay $500k - $1 mill with no parking. My home still had all the beautiful woodwork, floors, doors(unpainted)with their brass fixtures, fireplaces with original small tile work and oak mirrored mantels, pocket doors, transit windows, a 2 car garage, plus additional off street parking and a yard 6 X the size of what I would have in German Village. The heating and a.c. had been upgraded, the wiring was upgraded in the basement and first floor. The 2d floor and attic rooms still had the old knob and tubing wire. I grew up in a ranch, but always loved this style of homes. I knew when I purchased it that I would have to replace all 47 windows....yes I said 47..And yes, I budgeted for it. Old windows were single pane with the rope pulley thing in it. I put ALOT of labor and love in that house. Mostly undoing others screw ups, before I could start new and proper installations. I ended up selling it in 2008, because my ex said it would make things so much better between us. If I would have put it up for sale in 2007, I could have sold it for $150k and doubled my money. But as you know 2008 brought on the mortgage crisis. It wasn't full blown when I sold my home but foreclosures were starting to appear. And prices dropped. I sold it for $100k still making $25k and I had it paid down really low too. And most of the work and money I had put into the house was cosmetic( replace railings on front porch & deck, painting, Victorian style fixtures, remodeled or updated 3 bathroom, etc) except for the windows & added insulation which I did upfront that slashed the heating bills in half from what the previous owner paid. I wanted to buy a good home in a good area that if I lost my job, that I could get a job at McDonald's and still pay my mortgage. So I was lucky to sell my home during that time period. Others had to sit on their properties or take a loss after the mortgage thing. There was a lot of bank fraud with mortgage brokers there. So nobody was qualifying for mortgages. Recently Newark did suffer another big loss to the community when the Longaberger Co went out of business. Longaberger was always good to the community, employed a lot of workers and brought tourism to the area. Newark is still a nice town to live in and offers ALOT of small town activities and now has easy access to Columbus. So you still can go to the arena concerts or watch major league hockey and soccer...And of course you have your Ohio State football. So living in Newark provides the best of both worlds affordability and access to big city entertainment/life. Sorry I was so long. I miss living in Newark ALOT, but sadly life has taken me on another path. But if you still like those big old homes...There are plenty more there that are bigger and nicer than these

Skip the vinyl and wood! Cement fiberboard is the way to go! Less expensive than brick, can look very much like wood siding, and is tough as nails!

It melted, didn't catch fire. Vinyl siding is fine.

@@tewksburydriver8624 ..”it melted, didn’t catch fire” another 3-5 minutes it would have been burning very well.. I saw lots of this.

I forgot to add few comments, in many of your videos, your span of control are greater than 8 is this acceptable in your department? Also, when you ask two and sometimes 3 engine to work in division 2. Are they reporting to one officer or each engine officer are working alone? I noticed that when you are calling them for PAR.

Finally, someone gets it. Thank you.

Sometimes it takes ages to get the power company to turn off the electric.

Agree!

Gidagorfen: Not to criticize, but I live in Ottawa, in the province of Ontario. Ottawa is the capital of Canada. I don't know if this law is municipal or provincial, but I do know that if you do not have fire insurance and liability insurance, you cannot get either a mortgage or a lease. It's not negotiable. Everyone has to have it. I think that should be a universal law. It wouldn't be that expensive to pass.

Barefoot0Walker vinyl siding don’t last long with that kind of heat! If the home owner was smart he/she would have replaced it with cement fiberboard siding. The stuff is tough as nails, outlasts most other siding 10-1 and takes a hell of a hot fire to make it burn! Much hotter than a normal house fire.

@@jaykneegarner2479 i know that vinyl is susceptible to this sort of thing. it was just so sad that such a pretty house was destroyed like this.

Thanks.

Two reasons. The ladder had to back up from the front of the house by order of the officer. He said the fire was so hot he couldn't get out of the truck. After the backed up some there were trees blocking the stick. Also, I do not typically assign a crew to the roof on most house fires. The vast majority of the houses have plenty of windows that can be used for ventilating. It's faster, safer, and less manpower intensive. Thanks for the questions/comments. Happy to hear another brother made it to retirement. Take care.

@@commandvisionfire Thanks for clearing it up. I knew I wasn't getting the complete picture of what was going on by only seeing the one dimension of the video. I want to compliment you and your department for having a dash cam and posting these videos. I'm retired and enjoy them for my own entertainment but I'm sure active firefighters and officers can learn from your videos.

@@alaninnh Thanks. I wish more departments would post dashcam video. I think it's a great learning tool.

Amanda Hudson siding

Several years back (2010 or so) we had 3 apartment buildings (3-4 stories each) burn down in the complex behind my street. Then first building fire started because of a careless cigarette butt thrown in the mulch/pine straw around the building.. The other two adjacent to it burned down because the vinyl siding melted and caught fire. There was only one apartment building in between the fire and my street. The winds were so strong that night, the whole neighborhood was in danger of burning down. Two years ago had another nearby apartment building burned down in a complex of buildings across the road from the other complex in the middle of the night. Don’t think they ever figured out what caused that fire. It was just recently rebuilt. Renters insurance! Inexpensive and absolutely necessary!!!

James Eddie put out a devastating ( for me that is) hay shed fire with a little bitty garden hose with crap for pressure in the beginning. Extension cord shorted in my chick brooder( devastating part) caught the 10 bales I had just put in the shed on fire. Was burning probably 15 minutes before it was discovered. Too late to save the chicks. I grabbed the hose and went for it as best I could. Got the fire out then started pulling shouldering hay out of the shed. FD is a mile from my house but I knew that if I waited the damage would have been worse. It probably took me 10 minutes to get it knocked down. I know I was lucky but I was able to teach a couple of teens how to put out a fire and how to overhaul one! Wish I could say that was the only time but a visitors battery shorted on his ATV and caught the seat on fire then my dad almost burned the garage down while burning boxes! I put both of those out quickly too! Don’t panic and act fast and chit can be saved! Still won’t use a regular brooder lamp when raising chickens! It’s been 6 years and it’s still a big nope!

lidsman22 average hose costs are depending on size , I know a 5” can be more expensive. When it’s out, going in does have multi purposes. One to make sure it’s out and overhaul( pull down ceilings and stuff to make sure it’s out behind walls and ceilings) and yes to look at damage and find a cause. Hope it helps

There is zero animosity between police and fire in our city. The PD is dispatched automatically on all cardiac arrest calls, and on several occasions has arrived before us and started CPR. We have also trained the PD on how to administer Narcan to Heroin overdose patients. The PD does an outstanding job assisting us, and we do the same for them.

+David Decker all i have is sheer respect for you if anything you are literally a real life superhero to many. I used to live in Ohio now in Florida if i ever come that way again i would love to have the honor to meet you one day and shake your hand and personally thank you for your service not only to the county but to this country.

Looking a bit closer, that appears to be a fire fighter that doesn’t have a kit on. So he might be a part of the EMS sector perhaps?