People really need to watch this video. I suggest that if the homeowner was present during this fire, there is an excellent chance they could have saved it with little more than a garden hose ( the first house)

Two questions: (1) would it be possible to make my own firebrand machine and run my own tests? (2) would the fire department let me do that?

Triage of a house, undefensible, move on? Or give it a foam coating and pray? Does it have a sprinkler/ mist system?