Fire Critic An Unadulterated View of the Fire Service
This is a pretty decent video of a house fire in Sacramento, California. You watch it and let me know if you noticed what I did. Below are some observations (not trying to armchair quarterback) from the video.
- There was early (in the video) collapse of the ceiling in the garage. Two firefighters were working inside the garage when it happened. Neither were injured.
- The firefighter on the far right with the hoseline had one thing on his mind…saving that corner of the garage.
- I could not tell if other hoselines were in place. The angle of the video does not offer a decent view of the main body of the house so it is hard to tell if it was saved or not.
- A firefighter is seen on the side of the fire engine messing around with an airpack. I wonder what the hell was wrong with it. At around 2:30 he is seen messing with the pack already on his back. At 4:23 he gives up and lets another firefighter mess with it. The airpack is finally put back on at 5:16. I would have just grabbed another pack!
- The guy videoing has a great remark about how he and his neighbor “Barbara” will have to look at this burned out house for a while.
- As reported by another neighbor, an exposure was saved that had began to catch fire. I believe this was the house on the right.
- The guy videoing thought that the PASS alarm was actually a smoke detector and remarked at how it was great that it was still working.
Two-Alarm House Fire Destroys Antelope Home
Firefighters battled a two-alarm house fire in Antelope that destroyed one home and threatened four neighboring residences.
Sacramento Metro firefighters say the home on the 3900 block of Balverne Court in Antelope was ‘well involved’.
There were 34 firefighters used to battle the blaze, and command staff contained the fire in 22 minutes.
There were no injuries to the firefighters or civilians.
The cause of the fire is listed as undetermined at this time, according to the Sacramento Metro Fire Dept.
The damage is estimated at $300,000.
