PRE-ARRIVAL: Fully involved structure fire in Whitehall, Pennsylvania

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3 жыл бұрын

Friday evening around 18:00 Whitehall Fire Department was sent to the rear of 2121 North First Avenue on a structural fire. When I arrived about 4 minutes later the fire was already through the roof. The structure looked like an old barn style building that was being used as a wood working business.
Whitehall Engine 3 (LC3831) arrived first and brought in a water supply from the front of 2121 North First Avenue and up the alley to the fire. A hand line and a 2 1/2 hand line were stretched. The hand line operated on the north exposure and the larger line hit the main body of fire. The Squrt on Engine 3 went in-service to hit the main body of fire with the larger hand line.
Catasauqua Ladder 231 came in the alley from the south side and set up. Exposures on sides 1, 2 and 4 were starting to smoke. The vinyl siding on all the exposures melted.
#fire #2ndalarm #firefighting

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@aaronkershner2685 3 жыл бұрын

Whitehall fire did an outstanding job. First thing protect the exposures then when they got more man power and equipment on scene attack the fire good job guys.

@nancyrauch2644 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! And, great job to the Whitehall and Catty Fire Depts. Excellent job on saving the exposures ! Thank you !!!! :)

@chucklogan7296 3 жыл бұрын

Great job protecting the houses on both sides of the fire!! Well done in terrible conditions

@moemcgovern7345 2 жыл бұрын

My heart skipped a beat, when the dog ran into the fire scene. Glad I wasn’t the only person who saw him.

@chrisanthony579 3 жыл бұрын

I haven't lived in PA in a long time but I'm pretty sure Whitehall Fire Fighters are still all Volunteers. Thanks guys and girls!

@gregadomeit4020 2 жыл бұрын

Great job Whitehall F.D. got exposures cooled down then onto the fire. You saved alot of families for having their worst day. Take care and be safe.

@FireRescue80 3 жыл бұрын

I'm loving the footage Bill. Keep up the awesome work!

@newsworking 3 жыл бұрын

thanks Jared!

@FireRescue80 3 жыл бұрын

@@newsworking Yup. No problem.

@zzthumper72 3 жыл бұрын

Next time they might want to stay a bit farther away from a compromised wood structure that could collapse. No need risking your life for a gutted building.

@johnbratley6926 3 жыл бұрын

(From the UK) Great job with limited resources in dire conditions. Trouble is so many buildings in the US are of timber construction. Many new builds are of shoddy timber framing with little fire separation, fire fighters have a hopeless task when they go on fire the best they can do is prevent spread to neighbouring properties. Stay safe and keep up the good work.

@firefighterpk2440 2 жыл бұрын

Great job working the B/D side exposures with limited help and 1 line stretched. Worry about the ( already gone) fire bldg when more help shows up and water supply is established. 👍

@karenshagawat9210 3 жыл бұрын

Great coverage Bill.Thank you to the firefighters and first responders.🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒

@stephyc.992 3 жыл бұрын

Cool videos! Enjoying them from Kentucky😊

@newsworking 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Stephy

@Tindometari 3 жыл бұрын

It's odd how resistant snow seems to be to radiant heat. I wouldn't have thought the snow on that SUV would have lasted two minutes at that proximity.

@politedog4959 3 жыл бұрын

snow reflects most of the radiant heat

@DavidStruveDesigns 3 жыл бұрын

Snow is actually a REALLY good insulator. There's a reason native Inuits (wrongly called "eskimos") use compacted snow to build shelters with ;)

@Tindometari 3 жыл бұрын

@@politedog4959 True -- as a planetary scientist, I grok albedo. I think I was really expecting more effect from hot air and the heat conduction from exposed metal parts of the truck. But then, thinking back, I've seen fires under metal roofs with snow on them, and there too it seemed to take a surprisingly long time to melt. I wonder if there's some odd insulating effect in which heated water creates a thin steam layer.

@Tindometari 3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidStruveDesigns Oh, yes -- if you ever get caught out in the teeth of a blizzard, building a snow cave out of compacted snow is *the* way to survive. (I've actually done this -- protip: think about your floor and where meltwater drains to. In winter wilderness, being wet easily ends in being dead.) True facts -- but the main point is wind insulation. It'll be 0-5° C inside, cold but manageable, but what really kills in those situations is wind chill (which can end you, though slowly, at anywhere below 10° C).

@robertbrady9597 3 жыл бұрын

amazing video on here tonight great job to all the brother who work on it

@Mustang6971 3 жыл бұрын

Whitehall seems to have a lot of fires makes you wonder how many ems and rescue calls they run,and if there is a possibility of them getting the funding for career firefighters to cut response times if they are a super busy department.

@1982MCI 3 жыл бұрын

Are they all volunteer right now?

@Mustang6971 3 жыл бұрын

@@1982MCI yes they are 100% volunteer

@joeburros4878 2 жыл бұрын

Yea the Republicans don't want pension for firefighter

@engineer5213 3 жыл бұрын

Great save on the exposures

@Cthippo1 3 жыл бұрын

Good job Whitehall, that was the right tactic at the right time!

@jrunner5k Жыл бұрын

unless there was a video cut at 3:00 it was 57seconds from parking brake to water put on the exposures, thats fantastic

@r.a.hassel8006 3 жыл бұрын

You know the thing is about wood frame buildings like this is, no matter what kind of FD you run, wood frame buildings will be 100% gone no matter what....

@lindahoff7391 3 жыл бұрын

Not at all true. Room and contents fires are extinguished frequently with out structural extension.

@r.a.hassel8006 3 жыл бұрын

@@lindahoff7391 Really egg head? Does this type of wood frame "pole" building look like it has "rooms and contents" to you? This building is essentially a barn. And guess what happens to barns when the go up? Yeah, watch the video.

@lindahoff7391 3 жыл бұрын

@@r.a.hassel8006 Perhaps with a little more training you will figure it out. Keep working toward that goal.

@46fd04 3 жыл бұрын

Overall, it was a good job. I did like the one Chief having his gloves strapped to his helmet. He looks "cool" LOL. If that was me, I'd be looking for my gloves wondering where the hell I put them. This is why they are always in my bunker pants pocket, left side with my flash hood. I ALWAYS know where they are.

@r.a.hassel8006 3 жыл бұрын

Funny, about 25 years ago, I started strapping my gloves to the top of my helmet to dry them, because putting them in the fire station dryer would just destroy them.....so yeah.....like this chief it would be not hard to find my gloves.....

@46fd04 3 жыл бұрын

@@r.a.hassel8006 Great idea about the gloves. Thank you

@notthatdonald1385 3 жыл бұрын

Big fire, good training for the more complex, dangerous ones.

@skiqsr 2 жыл бұрын

Cold weather fires suck, support your crews

@Arfshesaid457 3 жыл бұрын

The camera work... showing everything but what’s interesting.

@littlehuey5679 2 жыл бұрын

Good job with the conditions you were handed , heavy fire and snow never mix !

@pauludulutch4353 3 жыл бұрын

Just relax people and enjoy watching something burn down and listening to the stupid comments of the onlookers.

@dfgiuy22 3 жыл бұрын

That's pretty harsh dude. They got a oxy/acetylene tank out and finally managed to get the car out. Did more than most people on many of the jobs I've been to. It's easy to criticise when sitting at home eating chips, watching KZfaq.

@jimmccabe801 2 жыл бұрын

@@dfgiuy22 but what would all the know nothing youtube firefighters do with their time. Lol.

@dfgiuy22 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmccabe801 To true Jim, to true :)

@coleman4840 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmccabe801 Don’t worry, that JB 90 whatever his name is will preach about his deck guns and booster lines. I hope to God you never had the misfortune of seeing that guy. He incites arguments with other people for no reason

@jerseyshorefireresponse 3 жыл бұрын

wow amazing catch this was cooking for a while

@tyrese3745 3 жыл бұрын

"Burning down the house" - Talking Heads, 1983

@1982MCI 3 жыл бұрын

Good song right there Brother! Back to my high school days

@jurgenkuhlmann9194 3 жыл бұрын

@@1982MCI There's another song by the Bloodhound Gang that could fit the situation: "Fire Water Burn" (2002): "Da roof, da roof, da roof is on fire..."

@MoXSaNdMaN 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome Video Bill!!

@newsworking 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ron!

@franceinegelven677 2 жыл бұрын

Thank u fr good info on circumstances Thankfully no family or pets here

@Emilio-Esteban 2 жыл бұрын

damn, in3 minutes this structure went from smoke signals to fullblown campfire. i keep forgetting how fast a fire can spread.

@tmilesffl Жыл бұрын

Those fires burn really hot, but the snow on the car out front hasn't melted.

@elizabethshaw734 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice work and quick as well! Was this a house or a garage that worked on cars or what? The people were smart to get their car out of there and what could have been acetylene or oxygen tank and everything else they could grab in the time they had.

@ItsTheCostanza 3 жыл бұрын

Always first on the scene

@BGBG-dq2rd 3 жыл бұрын

🤔🤔🤔🤔hmmmm

@davidjames3777 3 жыл бұрын

Very good work on the video Bill.That dog running toward the fire was not good.I have 2 chimneys,one a fireplace and, the other a wood stove and, I don't use any, because of concerns like this.I want a wood stove with the long pipe that goes through the roof.The chimneys are my main concern and, I wish I had a house built out of metal and brick.

@moemcgovern7345 2 жыл бұрын

In the future when we have snow, you may want to clean the windshields of the cars. Of course only if it's safe.

@moemcgovern7345 2 жыл бұрын

My brother and I had to move our cars, or we would have lost both of them.

@tammytrevino265 3 жыл бұрын

That guy said " hell this is gonna take a while so im just gonna sit down " and the other guy had to hold him down to keep him from flying up.

@1982MCI 3 жыл бұрын

He was being held so the pressure from the hose didn’t blow him backwards, not to keep him from flying up. If he would have opened that hose all the way it would have blown them both back to the fence

@robertyoung3992 3 жыл бұрын

The road conditions were horrendous

@fireaxeco1 3 жыл бұрын

Good video, you put water on what's burning and the exposure problem goes away...

@tomp8871 Жыл бұрын

That's amazing. The vehicle out front with the ice/snow never melted off?

@tombauer7715 3 жыл бұрын

Good job Bill.

@newsworking 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike!

@semproniodensso3353 2 жыл бұрын

The best exposures protection it´s to put the fire out ASAP!!!

@riedansie9601 3 жыл бұрын

Someone asked earlier why the fireman sit on the hose..? I want to say its to keep those big lines under control. All that high pressured water and a hose on the lose could be a recipe for disaster I'm guessing.

@r.a.hassel8006 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!! There are two types of hose firefighters use as "attack" lines 1 3/4" and 2 1/2", now this firefighter was using a 2 1/2" hose which under normal circumstances would require two to three firefighters to control, being that this firefighter was by himself running the hose into a small circle and "sitting" on it was the best way to keep control of such a large hose.

@riedansie9601 3 жыл бұрын

@@r.a.hassel8006 Thankyou for the reply.

@thysenb 3 жыл бұрын

Keyboard warriors are back at it. lol

@ph11p3540 3 жыл бұрын

Yay keyboard warrior. They make the world colorful. You should be so thankful.

@MusicLoverPearson 3 жыл бұрын

STFU

@thysenb 3 жыл бұрын

@@MusicLoverPearson You.

@dfgiuy22 3 жыл бұрын

I can't stand people who have never done anything like this, telling those that do it daily how it should be done and they can do it better. Love to take em to my brigade and get the 2 1/2" line and crank it to 1200kpa :) get them to try and hold that for 5 minutes!

@schmegle1 3 жыл бұрын

@@dfgiuy22 nobody should do it the way pennsyltucky does it

@jamesfraser4173 3 жыл бұрын

One of those Whitehall firies sounded like Andy Devine! Kinda looks like Andy, too!

@jacobkeppler1984 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work guys keep it up 🚒🧑‍🚒🇺🇸

@MusicLoverPearson 3 жыл бұрын

DAMN IS THAT THE ONLY FIRE TRUCK IN THAT TOWN?

@binky8501 3 жыл бұрын

Oooh momma..ya ain't saving that one..dont matter if they're all out at this point they aint coming put

@bongalord4800 2 жыл бұрын

Loving it 🙂

@juliecasey5196 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome footage

@markmullin4246 3 жыл бұрын

Geez us getting dizzy trying keep up with that camera flipping all over damn place!

@newsworking 3 жыл бұрын

When you’re filming in the middle of a fire scene, I need to constantly move with the firefighters and other dangers that are within the fire grounds.

@ph11p3540 3 жыл бұрын

Let the boys in turnout gear do their jobs. They are the experts with the right gear.

@michaeld8443 2 жыл бұрын

When seconds count, the FD is only hours away lol

@miamifan7525 3 жыл бұрын

That dog was like I buried a bone over here was going to risk its life to get it

@deborahsoucy2884 3 жыл бұрын

Great video -- that must have been very very hot filming this fire --- Debbie

@hillievangenderen5231 Жыл бұрын

Heel cool

@matt89108 3 жыл бұрын

When you live in a class 9 town, think fire sprinklers.

@andrewdaley3081 3 жыл бұрын

What is a class nine town is it something to to with response times or voluntary fire fighters. Andy England 🇬🇧👍❓

@matt89108 3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewdaley3081 It's an ISO fire class rating. It's used by insurance companies to price fire insurance.

@andrewdaley3081 3 жыл бұрын

@@matt89108 thanks for the information. Andy England🇬🇧 👍

@springbucks 3 жыл бұрын

☹️ Glad no one was hurt

@GrCent Жыл бұрын

That thing was a tinder box just waiting for a fire.

@robertyoung3992 3 жыл бұрын

This looked like it was out of control right from the start

@Runtothefire 2 жыл бұрын

Nice catch F/F

@TransDerwinOverdrive 3 жыл бұрын

Camera work inspired by the movie "Cloverfield"

@sallykershaw4837 3 жыл бұрын

May be a dumb question but why do they sit on the hose? Never saw that before,

@r.a.hassel8006 3 жыл бұрын

Good question! And it deserves a good answer. There are two main types of hose that firefighters used to attack fires. The standard 1 3/4" hose which is used to put most fires out. But this firefighter was using a larger 2 1/2" hose which produces a larger volume of water flow, and is extremely heavy. Being that this hose is larger and extremely heavy it would normally take two to three firefighters to control. Now being that only one firefighter was on this line, he wrapped it in to a small circle and "sat" on it to keep good control of this heavy line, which is standard procedure for such a large hose.

@sallykershaw4837 3 жыл бұрын

@@r.a.hassel8006 Thank you!

@michaelcollins4236 3 жыл бұрын

@@r.a.hassel8006 sure beats wrestling an anaconda!

@mongolikechewchew2475 3 жыл бұрын

Yep,if he were to try and stand with the 2 1/2 fully opened up,without at least 1 backup, he would be going for a wild ride! Amazing how hard it is using a 2 1/2, especially advancing, while on 1 knee,with a shitty backup team! Lol

@NIGHTOWL-jf9zt 2 жыл бұрын

Terrible for these people but it looks cool as hell, Fire and Ice!

@chrispuckett84 2 жыл бұрын

They should use a fog pattern instead of straight streams.

@sinjon 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. The ladder truck had the right idea

@Utubin 3 жыл бұрын

Question When structures are total loss why waste resources and most importantly safety of the firefighters. Why not just provide water of nearby structures just as needed and let the structure that's on fire burn itself out.

@coleman4840 2 жыл бұрын

firefighters will do both. It’s important to spray down the exposures which are the nearby buildings but you need to tackle the root of the problem which is a big fire. Embers can be spread by the wind And it can affect even more buildings. I hope that answered your question

@Utubin 2 жыл бұрын

@@coleman4840 Yes. Thank you.

@buggiesmama11 3 жыл бұрын

So sad!! Someone's whole life, just gone 😕😰😱💔

@InstrumentPilotBartram 3 жыл бұрын

was that puppy found that went into the fire?

@launderedcotton8070 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I saw it running in the opposite direction a few minutes later; don't think it actually went into the building at all, thankfully.

@InstrumentPilotBartram 3 жыл бұрын

@@launderedcotton8070 Good

@abbottcooper3243 3 жыл бұрын

Very good coverage. Excellent video.

@andrewdaley3081 3 жыл бұрын

Yes its okay apparently its name is Oscar.. Andy England 🇬🇧👍

@garrythompson4132 3 жыл бұрын

"What time in the morning do you want the bulldozer there?"

@areaone3813 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that is a goner huh. Dam.

@NON_BIDENary 3 жыл бұрын

I pray that dog 🐕 didn’t become a frankfurter and came out safe

@bobvidoni5898 3 жыл бұрын

That was one hotdog, indeed.

@AshAshiLOL 3 жыл бұрын

She is okay. She was so scared. That's one of my aunts dogs

@NON_BIDENary 3 жыл бұрын

@@AshAshiLOL oh thank god sorry about the fire 🔥 though hope everyone else was ok also

@jimjonrs3932 3 жыл бұрын

His name is Oscar.

@AshAshiLOL 3 жыл бұрын

@@jimjonrs3932 her name is kayla but alright then

@sassydiana7 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Bill

@derrickw3021 3 жыл бұрын

That building is GONE !

@moontecker 3 жыл бұрын

Yea because its all wood.

@danwetzel4021 3 жыл бұрын

y is apparatus parked so far back that squirt could have put a better hit on fire if it wasn't so far back hit it with the big guns let hoses worry about exposure

@Brian13549 3 жыл бұрын

Well power lines and the heat from the fire can damage the truck

@solmaris1 3 жыл бұрын

So sad 😭

@Unknownrobloxdude 3 жыл бұрын

Why do they keep turning off the hoses!

@april-spring 2 жыл бұрын

I guess that car didn't catch fire, because of the snow load on it.

@MrHarryhere69 2 жыл бұрын

Snow Sucks, Just get the marshmallows.

@rd4660 3 жыл бұрын

The dog....lol.

@skyportalmusic7178 3 жыл бұрын

Jesus Loves You

@KRiiB78 3 жыл бұрын

“Hey Siri... Show me clusterf*ck”....

@littlemizredhead 2 жыл бұрын

Poor dog is traumatized 🥺 I hope it didn't have any humans in that building.

@P4hs 3 жыл бұрын

Exposures? . . . Just throw snowballs !

@lakeraves1 3 жыл бұрын

Fire 🔥

@Mrquartermile 3 жыл бұрын

Kind of a circus at first but things worked out in the end.

@tinabutkus4619 3 жыл бұрын

I hope that dog is ok ? I hope it didn’t run into that fire

@freeman2399 2 жыл бұрын

Doggy didn't want to live no more.

@robertyoung3992 3 жыл бұрын

not sure this looks like it was O2 fed

@mcgoofe1871 Жыл бұрын

As a kid who survived 2 house fires this is soo good to watch! Good job guys

@earlking4299 3 жыл бұрын

Look never melted snow off car. Wow

@abbottshaull9831 3 жыл бұрын

Partially melted.

@JenSwarbrick1966 3 жыл бұрын

THE DOG! What happened to the dog?

@AshAshiLOL 3 жыл бұрын

She is safe!!

@JenSwarbrick1966 3 жыл бұрын

@@AshAshiLOL Glad to hear it!

@P4hs 3 жыл бұрын

4:32 - Someone loses it.

@abdule924 3 жыл бұрын

I bet the hydrants were frozen

@areaone3813 3 жыл бұрын

You guys have a ton of snow. Shit

@jvolstad 3 жыл бұрын

Break out the marshmallows.

@bobterrana6554 2 жыл бұрын

Why is the aerial letter a 1/2 a mile away

@joeburros4878 2 жыл бұрын

I love all those ff not wearing scba

@billseka4141 3 жыл бұрын

I see to many firefighters standing around watching it burn to the ground before they even attempt to put water on it, west catasauqua fire station is just a block away and yet they let it burn to the ground.

@larrythomas7079 3 жыл бұрын

@thomas breton exactly! William Alardice one of 2 things. If you don’t like what’s being done, get your butt out there and volunteer. If you already do volunteer, stop it with the keyboard criticism.

@davemarshall706 3 жыл бұрын

Its a lost cause right from the start.

@kentcarter835 3 жыл бұрын

That is because you don't have one single clue, William, but you still have to make a silly comment.

@jimjamess8633 3 жыл бұрын

I’m not a fire, person, nor do I pretend to be! Anyone can see the building was a loss upon the first arriving truck. They protected the other exposures first to keep them from going up. Once more manpower became available they attacked the main source. Great job people, especially in that weather!

@notthatdonald1385 3 жыл бұрын

It was a write off from go. The building was a total loss.

@BGBG-dq2rd 3 жыл бұрын

I cant stand "micro management"!!!!! "Do this, do that"...whatever!!!!

@bobby_D 2 жыл бұрын

I really can’t stand people. Like someone can’t control their fucking dog during a structure fire?? Jesus Christ get your goddamn dog and put it somewhere!!!!

@jvandyke8079 3 жыл бұрын

Was I the only one thinking clusterf***? A master stream setup early, but then a 2-1/2 here, a 1.75 there and there, a loose propane tank rolling around the alley, and a loose dog running into the fire! What a mess! Can anyone tell me why the master stream was shut down? a couple of 1.75 to protect exposures and let the master do it's job... Party over quick...

@brunner2136 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a volunteer department chill out brotha

@poppiarlin5612 3 жыл бұрын

You wasn’t there! Maybe something called available water supply. Master streams are not always able to reach the intended target such as an exposure.

@jvandyke8079 3 жыл бұрын

@@poppiarlin5612 I know I wasn't there, but I DID see the video... WHAT A MESS!! If YOU were paying attention, you would notice that the master shot a goodly amount of water, hence, it had a water supply... Then if you had noticed, the ladder was not extended... It could have reached right over the top of the burning building.... I don't have to be there to notice these things...

@notthatdonald1385 3 жыл бұрын

@@brunner2136 Never mattered to us volunteers on Long Island. We trained like the paid guys, and took pride in our work. It was a 2'nd full time job. "Volunteer" or not.

@brunner2136 3 жыл бұрын

@@notthatdonald1385 Not for ever department tho, the company right down the street from me is not as trained as I wish they would be.