Video Wednesday

First it’s there and then it’s not, good reminder of taking notice of conditions around you.

Reminder of why knowing building construction and why it is important to you!

This is a video from a recent taxpayer fire at Bronx Box 55-3563. There was a partial roof collapse, followed by a collapse of the front parapet and exterior wall. Operations at this fire were changed from an offense to defensive attack because of heavy fire and concerns about the structural integrity of the building. Prior to the collapse all units were withdrawn and collapse zones were established. Suddenly without warning the front parapet and exterior wall collapsed. There were no injuries as a result of this collapse because collapse zones were established early on and all members remained out of the collapse zone.
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Note where the Police squad is parked in this video from YouTube from Spring Valley IL

At 10:23 a.m. SVFD got a structure fire. It was a duplex home and was fully involved. Fire originally started out in the garage. Ladd FD, Peru FD, and Depue FD also responded. This is mostly the equipment that responded. Firefighters put out the fire very quickly. Illinois State Fire Marshall was called to the scene to investigate the fire.

Nice On Arrival video clip - Gary Indiana and from MABAS21 GFD crews were dispatched to a reported house fire at 2028 Ohio on 03-08-10, on arrival Engine 12 advised of a working fire in a 25x50 frame house. One line was stretched and an aggressive attack was made. The fire was brought under control within minutes and nobody was injured.