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Around me, if one catches fire, they're instructed to dump the load on the road and deal with the cleanup later in low density/open areas. In an area like a city, it should be kept within the truck like shown in the video.
Yeah that's actually the best way. I saw it a few times too in my country when a garbage truck caught fire. (What is rare here.) Dump the load, at best on a wide open space, that makes it way easier for the fire department, and when the fire is out call a wheel loader to clean up. But sometimes the fire already damaged something on the hydraulics or something and it cant be dumped anymore.
Saw one dump a burning load in the middle of a 4 lane highway and idiots we're practically driving thru the fire and spreading it. That's the typical Lost Angeles mentality for you.
30+ year Firefighter, here... If you're hauling (regular) trash and the load starts smoking or burning, try to find a safe place to dump it out before your truck gets destroyed. We'll deal with it on the ground. (Emphasis on the "safe place", though. And yes, sometimes that's not easy to find.)
Especially in a city. If it is windy at all, you wouldn’t want to dump it out before the fire truck arrives. Better to have your truck burn up than to burn down a city block.
@@slitor Good point. Batteries should never be thrown in the trash, regardless the type. Luckily though, plain old alkaline and Ni-MH batteries do not ignite like Li-Ion ones when crushed, if someone were to throw them.
This also goes for disposable vapes. Aside from wondering how there's any reason beyond profit for this to be legal, they have to be disposed of as hazardous waste because of the li-ion battery inside.
They only run in movies. Professionals don't run all over the place. Running and rushing is a safety hazard. Also, there was no lives in danger and Hollywood style rushing and shouting would have made no difference. Movies vs. reality.
@@formatique_arschloch a bit of sense of urgency wouldnt harm .. plenty of places / countries where they are A LOT quicker. Could safe a whole dumbtruck paid for by the people
Let's hope everyone is doing ok the paramedics and firemen deserve a lot of credit your service and time and efforts are deeply appreciated thanks don't work to hard love you guys thanks great catches as usual way to go appreciate you guys stay safe out there ! Joe
There is always a 🍆 rider like you in these comments sections... Praising people for doing their job. Do you do this at Starbucks? Do you find a comment section to go into and tell everybody that we should praise and thank and pray for the people at Starbucks that handed you your coffee?
In Australia they have high pressure hose reels on the trucks and water gets put on the fire in about 20 seconds. Time this from on scene to water on - so painful to watch.
Pressure and speed are good, so long as a sufficient VOLUME of water flows at a sufficient RATE to absorb the given heat. Where I'm at, we stopped bothering with the red hardline reels years ago, and developed preconnected 1.75" attack line loads that can be deployed faster than in the video, and drilled for fast deployment.
@@stevenlindhorst7579 You are rather missing the point. The problem is that such a slow response in producing water, will still be present at a structural fire with persons trapped.
@@heli-crewhgs5285 Doesn't dispatch inform them when there are casualties (usually)? I thought whenever someone is trapped for example that they tend to bust ass to get it done.
We have hose sprays on top of our engines, but we never use them. We rather use our hose and then have them back up. We like to break our back so we're never too lazy.
They should have had water on the fire much faster than that! Maybe a little extra drilling would be in order. Trash trucks ain't cheap!!! VG video, thank you.
If those idiots describe themselves as "professional" fire fighters, I would hate to have to observe some "amateurs". Those men are the most incompetent people I have ever seen.
2:06 the fire truck arrives at the accident. 4:30 first water comes on... It takes 2:24 minutes to get some water on the fire.!! Why does it take SO long to get some water on the fire???
I'm not a fire-fighter so I am curious as to why the pumper arrived at 2 minutes into the video but the water hitting the fire didn't commence until 4.30 minutes in. Is a delay of two and a half minutes a usual procedure?
By the look of A lot of fire fighting videos here on TH-cam, this seems normal in the US. For some reason. Strange outdated design of trucks, no high pressure reels and sometimes just badly trained people.
Thank you to those who replied to my comment. Insurance premiums in Canada and the USA must be sky-high. I would hope that the actions of those involved in these fires are quicker when lives are at stake. I repeat, though, I make these observations as a non-fire fighter.
I worked for a garbage company here in Ohio for 5 years. I had a truck fire like this one. I was instructed to dump it on the street. Made it easier for fire fighters to go through the garbage to thoughly put it out. Then a bobcat was brought in to rescoop the mess up. Bottom line don't put chemicals or batteries in the garbage this here can be avoided
I think the “horn” sound was the engineer priming the pump. I saw on another video where a firefighter was describing what was going on and said the horn sound was the engine priming the pump.
I am Glad to see that the Company Officer Ordered a Hydrant Connection to be established. Cleanup takes a little bit longer, but Youcare also prepared in case things suddenly go Sideways 😊😮 Good work Boys and Girls. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK 👍
I am amazed at how long it took them to get water on the fire. That's your bread and butter. Shouldn't take any longer than 30 seconds to get water out.
The truck has a very very limited amount of water. If you spray the water out at full pressure nonstop you will run out of water after 2 min max. And after that you are dry until you find a fire hydrant. Therefore they are most likely very conservative with their water as long as the fire does not hop over to other things.
@@isaacrocksyay The truck get's more damaged the more it burns in it. Thus, the quicker the better. In Sweden we have water on within 20 seconds. No rushing!
@@blackdification So instead of starting to wet the fire you do not use water since the water might go out... well, that is just, no... Of course you save water if you do not use it but then, why even have firefighters there in the first place? And they really should start using high pressure reels. So so so much better. Takes 20 seconds to get water flowing.
a lot of waste/ recycling fires these days are caused by the incorect disposal of LI-ION batteries, when crushed they can become unstable and dangerous, Good vide mate
Batteries are a form of energy storage, when damaged, they release large amounts of energy in a short time. Even worse, lithium reacts directly with water which makes for easy self ignition when compacted by the garbage truck.
My guess is they are just tired. Most fire departments don't actually respond to fires all that much, usually running around to medical calls. Plus understaffing is an issue all over the place.
These guys never know what they are dumping into the truck, it's not their fault. I saw one years ago on I-95 in Florida on fire riding down the interstate and the driver didn't even know until people starting waving at him.
Surprised they waited so long to find a place to park and dump the load. There's a video of a garbage truck on fire in NYC where they didn't dump the load in time and the heat affected the hydraulic system making it where the load couldn't be dumped. FDNY had to cut a hole in the side of the truck and attack the fire through that.
Lol i saw a 5 alarm a big one on a 3 story building in montreal and with 5 house made out of wood ( so its normal it burned fast) it took abt 25 mins for the bog flam to be out and the rest abt 1
The fire is contained and slow-burning. That, and running is a good way to trip and injure yourself. Also, running in full bunker gear is a pain in the ass.
Interesting that the engine had to operate it's primer. Do they run dry pumps in the winter? Seems unusual for a city department with short response areas. Once the preconnect line is flaked out (should be 15-30 seconds for this easy operation) , the line should have been charged. Monday morning quarterback, but it would have been better/easier to lay in from the hydrant, eliminating the hand stretch to the hydrant.
Yuck! Most times they will instruct the driver to completely dump the burning load onto the pavement, if possible... Then the FD douses the pile while picking through it to make sure it's all cold out... Then the garbage carrier brings front end loaders and roll-offs to clean up the mess... Then the pavement gets hosed down... In some areas, depending upon ordinances, the EPA has to inspect the area afterwards to insure nothing is contaminated, depending upon the type of waste that burned...
We had a Rumpke trash truck fire a couple years ago on a Friday afternoon rush hour. The driver pulled into the intersection of two major state routes and dumped the load and he was full. We rolled up in first due Engine 3 and was like what the hell it was roaring. No one on the engine realized that that's Rumpy's policy pull into a parking lot or open area and dump. Why the driver didn't drive another 500 yards and pull into the church parking lot? Traffic was backed up all 4 ways for miles, it was a mess!
Never tackled a fire on your own wait for the professionals to come and put it out doing it your self can course injurie because the fire service have the right equipment to do it and have special breaving equipment
@@SkyOfTheUniverse it's from another channel and a different clip from a different truck. but basically a car battery, a spray paint can and some wiring are in a compactor and it starts burning. th-cam.com/video/UusktxHD9Mg/w-d-xo.html
This happens because people throw used mobiles in the trash. Their batteries catch fire when cracked, and since garbage trucks compress trash to fit more that's exactly what happens.
They probably connect the fire hydrant just to have full load of water when the job is done - in case there is coming another job straight away where they will need water. Not because they will need it for garbage truck.
The trash-truck's called Lush. The fire crew used their skill and judgment to extinguish the blaze. That was brizing like Brize Norton for a while there - blast-furnace.
As someone from Spain, where firetrucks, will take less than 20 seconds to set hoses and get water on the fire, it boggles my mind why the USA still uses such a slow outdated hose system,
Love how the garbage guys are just doing their own thing. As soon as the FD shows up your first action should be going to the FFs and asking them what they need or what you can do to help.
How would a fire like this one start? Chemical reactions? How often does a fire start in dump trucks? Should there be a fire arrest system of some kind on hazard materials trucks like this type? Thank you.
I'm curious, never seen a fireman take so much long to actually begin putting out the fire, I've seen this too in other videos with US fire response, why is that?
Well to be honest, everybody had get Ppe on, scene size up, find hydrants, hook up hoses to hydrants. Remember the truck was moved? Don’t be quick to comment if no experienced if not ever done the job.
That truck was open for 90 seconds before they finally got water on it, imagine how much bigger it could have been if there was more than about 5 bins of rubbish in the back of the truck.
Okmulgee has a recycling center and it has yet to have an incident of oil and chemical containers causing fires I guess it doesn't hurt to find necessary caution signs rather than cardboard precautions
Ive seen this same thing happen multiple times before and what they all did right away that this guy didn't do was empty the truck onto the road right away right where he's sitting.🙂🔥👍✌️
Yes, the optimal solution is to eject the load. However, when you are on a city street with cars parked all around, it's not such an easy call. Yeah, you might save the truck, but you *could* inadvertently have the cars catch fire, which would then expose the garbage contractor (or the city) to that liability. And if the world's slowest FireFartArounds show up, now you have cars with gasoline on fire. Who wants to deal with that ? Sometimes you have to go with plan B, or plan C. But yes, ejecting the load is the best chance of saving the truck. First time I saw a gt fire, I came around a blind curve on a limited-access highway, and there was buddy, dumping right there in the slow lane. It did not take long for the fire to puff right up once the stuff was released from the confines of the steel body. Fortunately, traffic was light, so we all headed for the left shoulder and squeezed by.
Man, it sure isn't like in the movies where they rush to get the fire put out. And it's not like it's just this FD, every video I've watched with other FD, they just take their sweet time.
Not in every place / country. If you watch some dutch fire dept videos, they have some water on within 10-15 sec after arrival. If its not immediately the big hoses, they start with something small
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I love when firefighters are literally rushing from their station and once they get to the scene, they look like slugs
better to rush and not need to than take your time and have someone die
This is a no big deal fire lmao
@Jim-Slip US? this is Montreal, Canada lol.
-sigh-
Fire is out, minimal property damage, no lives lost, what’s your complaint?
@Jim-Slip 😁
Around me, if one catches fire, they're instructed to dump the load on the road and deal with the cleanup later in low density/open areas. In an area like a city, it should be kept within the truck like shown in the video.
Good observation and thanks!
Yeah that's actually the best way. I saw it a few times too in my country when a garbage truck caught fire. (What is rare here.) Dump the load, at best on a wide open space, that makes it way easier for the fire department, and when the fire is out call a wheel loader to clean up.
But sometimes the fire already damaged something on the hydraulics or something and it cant be dumped anymore.
Yup keep the load packed and go to Murf .
Never saw a truck come in smoking that much,at the landfill its easy to deal
Saw one dump a burning load in the middle of a 4 lane highway and idiots we're practically driving thru the fire and spreading it.
That's the typical Lost Angeles mentality for you.
That’s what we were taught.
Actually the operator of the truck is the real hero as he constantly risks his life to improve the situation...
Imagine how dirty our streets would be without these guys, thank you to all garbage men
Indeed. Where I am, they receive $100K per year.
Thankyou. That being my profession it means a lot to hear someone voice their appreciation.
30+ year Firefighter, here... If you're hauling (regular) trash and the load starts smoking or burning, try to find a safe place to dump it out before your truck gets destroyed. We'll deal with it on the ground. (Emphasis on the "safe place", though. And yes, sometimes that's not easy to find.)
Great comment
I'm 14 turning 15 in september how is the job for you? Because Im trying to become a firefighter when I'm older or so
Especially in a city. If it is windy at all, you wouldn’t want to dump it out before the fire truck arrives. Better to have your truck burn up than to burn down a city block.
It looks as though he couldn’t find a space to dump his garbage.
@@AEMoreira81 That's possible.
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Good one lol
Watching the flames inside the truck almost felt like looking through a fireplace. Quite interesting
Yes it was like a fireplace
Your service is deeply appreciated thanks to everyone who responds keep them safe out there way to go appreciate your style you should be proud ! Joe
Thanks mate
and that is why you're not supposed to throw your old l-ion batteries in the trash
Yep true
Not just Lit-Ion, any batteries.
@@slitor Good point. Batteries should never be thrown in the trash, regardless the type. Luckily though, plain old alkaline and Ni-MH batteries do not ignite like Li-Ion ones when crushed, if someone were to throw them.
This also goes for disposable vapes. Aside from wondering how there's any reason beyond profit for this to be legal, they have to be disposed of as hazardous waste because of the li-ion battery inside.
Good points guys
After the fire department arrives on the scene there damn sure is no sense of urgency on the part of the fire guys to hook up and put the fire out.
They only run during training
They only run in movies. Professionals don't run all over the place. Running and rushing is a safety hazard.
Also, there was no lives in danger and Hollywood style rushing and shouting would have made no difference. Movies vs. reality.
@@formatique_arschloch a bit of sense of urgency wouldnt harm .. plenty of places / countries where they are A LOT quicker. Could safe a whole dumbtruck paid for by the people
It wouldn’t have made a difference truck is already getting written off and vehicles don’t explode like they do in the movies
Let's hope everyone is doing ok the paramedics and firemen deserve a lot of credit your service and time and efforts are deeply appreciated thanks don't work to hard love you guys thanks great catches as usual way to go appreciate you guys stay safe out there ! Joe
No one got injured
Baby fire😂😂😂😂
There is always a 🍆 rider like you in these comments sections... Praising people for doing their job. Do you do this at Starbucks? Do you find a comment section to go into and tell everybody that we should praise and thank and pray for the people at Starbucks that handed you your coffee?
In Australia they have high pressure hose reels on the trucks and water gets put on the fire in about 20 seconds. Time this from on scene to water on - so painful to watch.
This isn't exactly and emergency not life threatening anyway
Pressure and speed are good, so long as a sufficient VOLUME of water flows at a sufficient RATE to absorb the given heat. Where I'm at, we stopped bothering with the red hardline reels years ago, and developed preconnected 1.75" attack line loads that can be deployed faster than in the video, and drilled for fast deployment.
@@stevenlindhorst7579 You are rather missing the point. The problem is that such a slow response in producing water, will still be present at a structural fire with persons trapped.
@@heli-crewhgs5285 Doesn't dispatch inform them when there are casualties (usually)? I thought whenever someone is trapped for example that they tend to bust ass to get it done.
We have hose sprays on top of our engines, but we never use them. We rather use our hose and then have them back up. We like to break our back so we're never too lazy.
Amazing how slow they are to attend to the fire it's like watching slow motion
Not life threatening and the truck was pretty much empty surprised the fire extinguisher didn't do the truck
Slow motion
Slow is fast
They should have had water on the fire much faster than that! Maybe a little extra drilling would be in order. Trash trucks ain't cheap!!! VG video, thank you.
If those idiots describe themselves as "professional" fire fighters, I would hate to have to observe some "amateurs".
Those men are the most incompetent people I have ever seen.
2:06 the fire truck arrives at the accident.
4:30 first water comes on...
It takes 2:24 minutes to get some water on the fire.!!
Why does it take SO long to get some water on the fire???
I have no clue. It seems to be a very common question in this video eh
@Dorothy and Toto 🙄😳
In the meantime, the truck is moaning in pain. 2:54.
Lazy firefigters
I'm not a fire-fighter so I am curious as to why the pumper arrived at 2 minutes into the video but the water hitting the fire didn't commence until 4.30 minutes in. Is a delay of two and a half minutes a usual procedure?
By the look of A lot of fire fighting videos here on TH-cam, this seems normal in the US. For some reason. Strange outdated design of trucks, no high pressure reels and sometimes just badly trained people.
Yeah this was in Montreal, Canada but I know there have been issues of under-funding recently.
@@SkyOfTheUniverse yeah the fire fighterz in america suck ass as can be seen in this video
Thank you to those who replied to my comment. Insurance premiums in Canada and the USA must be sky-high. I would hope that the actions of those involved in these fires are quicker when lives are at stake. I repeat, though, I make these observations as a non-fire fighter.
@@tc7009 this video is in Canada NOT the US
I worked for a garbage company here in Ohio for 5 years. I had a truck fire like this one. I was instructed to dump it on the street. Made it easier for fire fighters to go through the garbage to thoughly put it out. Then a bobcat was brought in to rescoop the mess up. Bottom line don't put chemicals or batteries in the garbage this here can be avoided
I think the “horn” sound was the engineer priming the pump. I saw on another video where a firefighter was describing what was going on and said the horn sound was the engine priming the pump.
Thanks a lot for the information.
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I am Glad to see that the Company Officer Ordered a Hydrant Connection to be established. Cleanup takes a little bit longer, but Youcare also prepared in case things suddenly go Sideways 😊😮 Good work Boys and Girls. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK 👍
I am amazed at how long it took them to get water on the fire. That's your bread and butter. Shouldn't take any longer than 30 seconds to get water out.
Didn’t look like they were to concerned
I’ve seen allot of fires on here that if they pull water as soon as they arrived could save allot of buildings
The truck has a very very limited amount of water. If you spray the water out at full pressure nonstop you will run out of water after 2 min max. And after that you are dry until you find a fire hydrant. Therefore they are most likely very conservative with their water as long as the fire does not hop over to other things.
They aren’t pressed, the fire is contained, the truck is metal and won’t burn. They took their time because they could
@@isaacrocksyay The truck get's more damaged the more it burns in it. Thus, the quicker the better. In Sweden we have water on within 20 seconds. No rushing!
@@blackdification So instead of starting to wet the fire you do not use water since the water might go out... well, that is just, no... Of course you save water if you do not use it but then, why even have firefighters there in the first place?
And they really should start using high pressure reels. So so so much better. Takes 20 seconds to get water flowing.
a lot of waste/ recycling fires these days are caused by the incorect disposal of LI-ION batteries, when crushed they can become unstable and dangerous,
Good vide mate
Lithium reacts with moisture and ignite like crazy
Batteries are a form of energy storage, when damaged, they release large amounts of energy in a short time. Even worse, lithium reacts directly with water which makes for easy self ignition when compacted by the garbage truck.
I also wouldn’t be surprised if it was a disposable vape, which have a lithium ion battery in them.
I didn't search for this but I clicked on it
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This must be the first large fire this fire department responded to. Their enthusiasm is incredibly underwhelming .
My guess is they are just tired. Most fire departments don't actually respond to fires all that much, usually running around to medical calls. Plus understaffing is an issue all over the place.
Professionals don't run all over the place, that's how accidents happen and the job gets sloppy.
Movies vs. reality.
Large fire? Come on dude, this is why you kids stay in the comment section.
too be fair, it wasn't exactly a school with kids trapped in
The thumbnail looks like the guy has a flamethrower
These guys never know what they are dumping into the truck, it's not their fault. I saw one years ago on I-95 in Florida on fire riding down the interstate and the driver didn't even know until people starting waving at him.
Yeah it must happen often
As a garbage man, my first instinct would be to open the back and dump the trash out. It minimizes damage to the truck and improves safety
Good point!
I thought lithium batteries were green! 🤣😂
I guess not if they are disposed of improperly.
Good to know they give garbage trucks a wash with a water hose 😂
Surprised they waited so long to find a place to park and dump the load. There's a video of a garbage truck on fire in NYC where they didn't dump the load in time and the heat affected the hydraulic system making it where the load couldn't be dumped. FDNY had to cut a hole in the side of the truck and attack the fire through that.
Wow these firemen are the slowest I’ve ever seen!
Lol i saw a 5 alarm a big one on a 3 story building in montreal and with 5 house made out of wood ( so its normal it burned fast) it took abt 25 mins for the bog flam to be out and the rest abt 1
There was no legitimate reason for a Big Rush. If Human Lives were endangered, The Firefighters would have been Hustling Chop Chop!
With something like that, they're not in a hurry, the fire can't jump anywhere and no one is really in danger.
It-is-contained-in-the-back-of-the-truck-to-begin-with,all-you-quarter-back-firefighters-who-probably-never-fought-a-fire-Former-Active-Volunteer-30+years-active.So-in-sense-no-rush-just-setting-up-to-then-do-what-is-needed.
A garbage truck on fire. The perfect representation of Canada.
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AND THAT IS WHAT I CALL.... A DUMPSTER FIRE
The fire men don't seem to be in any rush.
they never are in america its weird
The fire is contained and slow-burning. That, and running is a good way to trip and injure yourself.
Also, running in full bunker gear is a pain in the ass.
@@gwyrdd.youre special ed. Montreal is in Canada.
Canada IS America you fool!@@stevendarveau2090
I've got to reply again because YOU FOOL!!!!!@@stevendarveau2090
You have 2 options...compact the load as much as you can, or get to the nearest parking lot and dump your load before you lose the truck
Yeah it seems like a lot of folks have been saying the same thing. I guess they got lucky
Interesting that the engine had to operate it's primer. Do they run dry pumps in the winter? Seems unusual for a city department with short response areas. Once the preconnect line is flaked out (should be 15-30 seconds for this easy operation) , the line should have been charged. Monday morning quarterback, but it would have been better/easier to lay in from the hydrant, eliminating the hand stretch to the hydrant.
Interesting analysis! Thanks
Isn't freezing a problem in a place like Toronto? That looks like winter to me so I wouldn't be surprised if they keep the hydrants dry.
That sandwich shop must be thrilled, lol
Well, at least it wasn't Dagwood's..... If you know, you know.....
I love how the fire department was able to put the fire out! This is a great video!
Thanks mate
Very nice weather for December 13th indeed
Yeah we get lucky sometimes with nice weather in December.
Yuck! Most times they will instruct the driver to completely dump the burning load onto the pavement, if possible... Then the FD douses the pile while picking through it to make sure it's all cold out... Then the garbage carrier brings front end loaders and roll-offs to clean up the mess... Then the pavement gets hosed down... In some areas, depending upon ordinances, the EPA has to inspect the area afterwards to insure nothing is contaminated, depending upon the type of waste that burned...
I'm just glad the truck is okay....
I can't tell if your comment has rude intentions to it
Garbage collection and incineration all rolled into one, now that's efficiency!
I'm happy to see they called the urgent fire department
They sure took their sweet time.
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I watched this at playback speed X4 and they still looked so slow in getting a hose going. I hope these guys don't go to house fires!
Thank God the fire mishap didn't get out of hand leading the truck to get damaged.
Yeah good point!
Fire fighter like slow motion
Quick as hell😂
Wow Pat you really are good at catching special events! First time I see a garbage truck on fire!
I know eh? Sometimes the right place at the right time.
I agree!
if a garbage truck on fire will it smell like crap for few blocks??? it got to be burn poo thing
@@SkyOfTheUniverse Gotta throw that Canadian eh in there haha!
You know its serious when the video gets 1 million views
Yeah I was not expecting that lol
Truck and drivers life is saved👏🏻
happened a few times here too, but they dumped it out onto the street before they put it out and scooped it back up again
Yeah I bet these are common occurrences and each place or person deals with it differently
There’s just not enough space to do that safely here
Didn’t look like it was that full
probably a lithium battery in there, which makes it just reignite. this sort of thing is going to become a more common issue.
Good reporting..great video..wouldn’t want to near there and smelling the smoke
Thanks mate
"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get !"....during your lunch break....
Yep a lunch break between 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm in the middle of downtown certainly beings surprises!
We had a Rumpke trash truck fire a couple years ago on a Friday afternoon rush hour. The driver pulled into the intersection of two major state routes and dumped the load and he was full. We rolled up in first due Engine 3 and was like what the hell it was roaring. No one on the engine realized that that's Rumpy's policy pull into a parking lot or open area and dump. Why the driver didn't drive another 500 yards and pull into the church parking lot?
Traffic was backed up all 4 ways for miles, it was a mess!
Wow interesting story! Thanks for sharing
Attack seemed feebly coordinated like no one knew what to do. Tank water could have been applied sooner.
Thanks for the input. Good observation
Looked coordinated to me. Tank water takes while to be applied because the pump had to build pressure first
@@blackdification In Sweden we have water on within 20 seconds so...
@@Xanthopteryx this is america where fire fighters are all doofuses who cant pass high school its the only job they can get
@@tc7009 volunteers in the country, sure. Not a city department with professional firefighters. These guys know what they're doing.
Never tackled a fire on your own wait for the professionals to come and put it out doing it your self can course injurie because the fire service have the right equipment to do it and have special breaving equipment
Yes! Exactly!
that brings *"smelling like hot garbage"* to a whole new level 🤢
When I hauled garbage we were told to dump it then to total out a truck. It was for a national co
Am i missing those old Mack B models! Todays trucks are just a pile of junk. Thanks for the video!👍
My pleasure! Mack trucks are cool
What caused the fire? The last clip I saw it was a 12 volt battery that started it.
I really have no idea. That sounds very possible though. Do you have a link to the clip? I'd love to see it from another angle
@@SkyOfTheUniverse it's from another channel and a different clip from a different truck. but basically a car battery, a spray paint can and some wiring are in a compactor and it starts burning. th-cam.com/video/UusktxHD9Mg/w-d-xo.html
That video made me think - I have never seen a garbage truck with a fire extinguisher.
You're right very true. Unless maybe they keep it inside the cab. I'm not sure though
Here in the Netherlands the fire brigade already went home, finished the job, before they in Montreal had the first water on the fire .....
They probably came from home.
This happens because people throw used mobiles in the trash. Their batteries catch fire when cracked, and since garbage trucks compress trash to fit more that's exactly what happens.
Yeah that makes perfect sense as to what causes these fires.
There's quite a wide variety of devices these days that use lithium batteries
They probably connect the fire hydrant just to have full load of water when the job is done - in case there is coming another job straight away where they will need water. Not because they will need it for garbage truck.
Thanks fot the video, te fire was not so special, but i enjon
the 4K resolution thanks man!
Yeah I have some more exciting ones on my channel under the fires playlist. Thanks for watching!
Proves the point. That if the fire is bigger than a small trash can.
No fire extinguisher can take it out.
Yep you're right
The slowest team ever
The trash-truck's called Lush. The fire crew used their skill and judgment to extinguish the blaze. That was brizing like Brize Norton for a while there - blast-furnace.
As someone from Spain, where firetrucks, will take less than 20 seconds to set hoses and get water on the fire, it boggles my mind why the USA still uses such a slow outdated hose system,
Love how the garbage guys are just doing their own thing. As soon as the FD shows up your first action should be going to the FFs and asking them what they need or what you can do to help.
I dunno, they are not paid firefighters.
Man, those firefighters are slow to get setup.
Safety first, friend.
How would a fire like this one start? Chemical reactions? How often does a fire start in dump trucks? Should there be a fire arrest system of some kind on hazard materials trucks like this type? Thank you.
My pleasure. I think it was a lithium battery maybe and yes probably a chemical reaction like it getting crushed or leaking.
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Congrats on your most popular video man
Thank you!
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I'm curious, never seen a fireman take so much long to actually begin putting out the fire, I've seen this too in other videos with US fire response, why is that?
I am not sure to be honest.
Because it's Canada eh? They had to have a safety meeting before they started and had to make sure nobody had hurt feelings.
Well to be honest, everybody had get Ppe on, scene size up, find hydrants, hook up hoses to hydrants. Remember the truck was moved?
Don’t be quick to comment if no experienced if not ever done the job.
Give the driver and the helper a raise… on cities there is no open space to dump the hot load
Very true
I'm surprised that the garbage truck wasn't burned down, it was all just inside, thank goodness 😅
Yeah I was surprised too haha
Omg wow! 1 MILLION VIEWS!!! Amazing work Pat!
Thank you so much mate
Don't throw BATTERIES in the thrash!
Exactly
I was so scared for the firefighter scooping out the garbage with the hatch raised up only by heated hydraulics, good hydraulics!
I bet it was from people throwing out lithium batteries.
Yes exactly
That truck was open for 90 seconds before they finally got water on it, imagine how much bigger it could have been if there was more than about 5 bins of rubbish in the back of the truck.
Okmulgee has a recycling center and it has yet to have an incident of oil and chemical containers causing fires I guess it doesn't hurt to find necessary caution signs rather than cardboard precautions
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Ive seen this same thing happen multiple times before and what they all did right away that this guy didn't do was empty the truck onto the road right away right where he's sitting.🙂🔥👍✌️
Good observation
Yes, the optimal solution is to eject the load. However, when you are on a city street with cars parked all around, it's not such an easy call. Yeah, you might save the truck, but you *could* inadvertently have the cars catch fire, which would then expose the garbage contractor (or the city) to that liability. And if the world's slowest FireFartArounds show up, now you have cars with gasoline on fire. Who wants to deal with that ? Sometimes you have to go with plan B, or plan C. But yes, ejecting the load is the best chance of saving the truck. First time I saw a gt fire, I came around a blind curve on a limited-access highway, and there was buddy, dumping right there in the slow lane. It did not take long for the fire to puff right up once the stuff was released from the confines of the steel body. Fortunately, traffic was light, so we all headed for the left shoulder and squeezed by.
The only thing more toxic than that smoke is the telephone calls the garbage company got from the residents that day.
@@TheBigdog868 Good one 😂
Nice job Fire Mans ❤🔥🐶
Seemed a long time to get that first hose charged..
why didnt you dump immidiately?
in my country if garbage truck catches fire you need to dump all garbage in the middle of the street
A very good video Dear Pat.👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you!
They’ll blame it on the English speakers, as usual.
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Man, it sure isn't like in the movies where they rush to get the fire put out. And it's not like it's just this FD, every video I've watched with other FD, they just take their sweet time.
Not in every place / country. If you watch some dutch fire dept videos, they have some water on within 10-15 sec after arrival. If its not immediately the big hoses, they start with something small
Movies aren’t real.
@@glowilk5377 Yes they are! I've seen them on TV with my own eyes 👀🤡
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Being a sanitation worker needs more credit.
Why are there so slow on getting water onto it
Good thing the truck wasn’t very full. It could have been a lot worse for sure!
Yes good point!
If the guy operating the truck left the compactor down it would cut allot of air off to it to just saying everybody reacts differently
"This is officer farva, team ram rod responding!"
You mean Chief Terry McConky. Farva got promotoed and a got a special chair to fart on. :-)
Fire department didn’t seem like they were in much of a hurry. No wonder peoples houses burn to the ground when the fire department arrives!