Firefighters are called to a house on fire. First arriving units find heavy fire from single story home with major extention to neighboring house. Extra units are requested and multiple companies respond to control both blazes.
Read More »FDNY: Putting it into Perspective with Exposures
I just watched a video and I will share it below. The house is small, yet the amount of firefighters on scene is a lot. It is in New York. In order to get that many firefighters on scene, MY city would be looking at close to 3/4 of our resources. Plus there is a platform AND a stick in the air. That takes some keen apparatus placement. The description states that it went to a 2nd alarm and quickly to a 3rd alarm. Again, as I look at the house I think that it just so small...sure there is an exposure about a foot away, but it is brick.
Read More »Another House Lost Before Firefighters Can Make a Decent Attack
Here is a short clip of firefighters staging an attack via deck gun from the street. This house is long gone. It is hard to know the factors which contributed to this house being devoured by fire so quickly. It is amazing that the exposures haven't caught on fire yet though. This is one of those benefits of light weight construction and increased fuel loads inside homes these days.
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