Inside the lives of firefighters in Atlanta's Squad 4 | AJC Docs

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  • @robertsmith470
    @robertsmith470 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Strangely enough, inside a house fire is the most relaxed my brain has ever been. Something about the chaos, and knowing your brothers have your back as you're doing something good.

    • @goodolslippyfist7339
      @goodolslippyfist7339 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Funny you say that because that's how I've described it to my parents and my girlfriend, something about the warmth, the roar of the fire, the excitement. It's all very exhilarating. It's all scary chaotic and fun all in the same swoop. But as soon as the line is in my hand or I'm backing someone up on the line, that's all I gotta worry about is that fire and it going out.

    • @robertsmith470
      @robertsmith470 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Good'ol slippyfist things are much simpler in a fire...The wet stuff goes on the red stuff, and everybody goes out the same way they came in. There's no worry about bills, or drama, or politics, or BS. It's just stay alive, make sure your team stays alive, and put out the fire.

  • @scottl3789
    @scottl3789 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Hats off to the Firefighters! Like the military, most run from the destruction, they run to it! I just started volunteering at the local Fire Station. I'm too old to be a fire fighter, but I can drive, get them there safely and make sure they DON'T run out of water!

    • @waynevanluven9447
      @waynevanluven9447 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for your support

    • @dougfalstad5227
      @dougfalstad5227 ปีที่แล้ว

      You sir are awesome!

    • @justinwade9723
      @justinwade9723 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for doing that man. That’s arguably the most important part of firefighting 😂

  • @markieschofieldjr9076
    @markieschofieldjr9076 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Police, firefighters, teachers should be the highest paid career

    • @Predkite
      @Predkite ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yeah and childcare imo, protectors or the public or children should be a high paid honourable role in society

    • @schoolbus6028
      @schoolbus6028 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Forgot the paramedics 💀😭

    • @bdanielcal4608
      @bdanielcal4608 ปีที่แล้ว

      Teachers lol kids these days are dumb as a stump so teachers no way

    • @truckingoperator
      @truckingoperator ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed

    • @waynevanluven9447
      @waynevanluven9447 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's not about the dollar it about helping people

  • @djlouyang98
    @djlouyang98 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    best job i ever had. i would never replace the brothers and sisters i work with. shout out from Spartanburg, SC

  • @firefightergotoguy
    @firefightergotoguy ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Outstanding. I love this guy. He understands his subject matter to a level rarely seen. Class act!

  • @fcriii
    @fcriii 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Outstanding! Well done documentary. My mother used to attend church across from AFD Station 19. Met those guys. Great bunch. We all have a lot in common. It is a brotherhood! Remember the fallen. Work as a Captain for a large dept. in TN.

  • @ColinEft
    @ColinEft ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Interesting I came across this video and found out you worked for the Kansas City Star. I am a third generation FF and my grandfather, great uncle and great grandfather all retired from KCMO Fire Department. I did some research years ago through the Kansas City Star to try and locate publishing's about my predecessors and found a few interesting articles. I cannot thank you enough for what you do, stay safe out there!

  • @ceobigspoon
    @ceobigspoon ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I just put my resume in for Atlanta fire and I literally can’t wait to help out the community and create a bond with the brothers and sisters around me!

    • @romellomadrid7730
      @romellomadrid7730 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What county are you in I'm also trying to get into the fire business

    • @FalconsFanForever
      @FalconsFanForever 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Awesome good luck brother

    • @thekiabshow
      @thekiabshow หลายเดือนก่อน

      Any update? did you every get into AFD?

  • @leftystrat62
    @leftystrat62 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "...I said yup, these boys go in and get it" That's how we were trained, 28 years in the 2nd oldest paid fire dept. in the country -Providence E10

  • @FalconsFanForever
    @FalconsFanForever 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hats off to the brave men and women who work hard to keep our fire men safe I want to become a fire fighter very badly and im 33 years old.

  • @catman11o
    @catman11o ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Outstanding Photos and well told truth of the Greatest Job Ever. Well done sir

  • @JohnPaul-ii
    @JohnPaul-ii ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for your service Frank, RIP.

  • @johndavies7180
    @johndavies7180 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brought so many memories back. The brothers will keep er goin!!

  • @michaelcrossman8739
    @michaelcrossman8739 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Local high school is currently hiring a janitor. starting pay is more than I make as a FF / Paramedic.

    • @zesolodar
      @zesolodar 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      sounds like your in the wrong city. where i live a basic firefighter/emt (not cheif or anything like that) median pay is 65k. if you make captain it jumps to the median pay of 106k

  • @Paramedic772
    @Paramedic772 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That was amazing….and by the way you ARE a brother….brother…

  • @mr.moostache6740
    @mr.moostache6740 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was a good documentary, and the photos of the firefighters at work are worthy of being mounted on a wall.

  • @cpo87
    @cpo87 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This guy is legendary 🔥🔥

  • @tnzayatz6579
    @tnzayatz6579 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Mr. Spink, you done good.

  • @Mark-em5zm
    @Mark-em5zm ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Don’t wear dirty gear brothers. I know it’s not sexy but clean those helmets and get those bunkers looking new. Wear your mask and stay on air especially through overhaul. It’s not worth the early death. Keep it aggressive till the end.

    • @douglasiles2024
      @douglasiles2024 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's amazing how the mentality has changed over the years. It used to be that dirty/smokey gear was the sign of a veteran guy who had seen a lot of action. Little did we know what it was doing to us. Trading in your old gear for a new set used to be the last thing a guy wanted to do. Now we know better. But how many brothers and sisters did we lose from this bravado?

  • @electricsurge7435
    @electricsurge7435 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    firefighters are the "special forces" of first responders. Everything that police and paramedics dont do, they will do it

  • @moemcgovern7345
    @moemcgovern7345 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Firefighters are worth their weight in Gold.

  • @AzPoolguy
    @AzPoolguy 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Cancer is the leading cause of firefighters deaths. I was a little dismayed that the crews sat in the bays on couches to relax. The stations had exhaust extraction systems but it looked like they weren’t used. Sad, diesel smoke has a high concentration of carcinogenic products. I was a FF for 36 years. I’m a cancer survivor, prostate cancer which was considered a presumptive cancer in my state, Wa. Thankfully. Atlanta Fire looks like a kick ass department. Nice report.

  • @johnnybuice1404
    @johnnybuice1404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great job Spinks GSD#34 @2:25 in

  • @drop12341
    @drop12341 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well done. Very well done. Bravo Zulu!

  • @Burritosarebetterthantacos
    @Burritosarebetterthantacos ปีที่แล้ว

    Not a single ambulance in this entire video😂

  • @b.a.d.2086
    @b.a.d.2086 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done!

  • @chancesGLEC14
    @chancesGLEC14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Name of song ?

    • @ajcvideo
      @ajcvideo  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Terrible Tommy by Ryan Horne

  • @FINfinFINfinFINfin
    @FINfinFINfinFINfin 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Holy crap. You should have rode with Engine 16 to see some good interior attacks. Not the Squad shooting water from the parking lots. I will say nobody can beat them when it comes to roof ventilation and overhauling. I think Hank Williams was the first out gay fire captain as well. Great guy.

  • @blackice3395
    @blackice3395 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great fucking video!

  • @dadlifeadam
    @dadlifeadam ปีที่แล้ว

    Wish he would come photo the Georgia Forestry Commission!! We are underpaid, overworked, and exhausted yet no one cares to listen to us!!

  • @jamescampbell1242
    @jamescampbell1242 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maybe in my next life I can work for a real fire department

    • @280StJohnsPl
      @280StJohnsPl ปีที่แล้ว

      Which one would you choose from ?

  • @watchthe1369
    @watchthe1369 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    With a facade like that how do you forget the 2 eyes and toothless grin look? Amityville fire is what may as well be called.

  • @Kzh207
    @Kzh207 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    American houses are so weird. When they burn, they burn as a whole. Nothing seems concrete. Everything is inflammable.
    Never seen such tactics used in europe but I think these kind of houses are the reason.

    • @lynskeyti9940
      @lynskeyti9940 ปีที่แล้ว

      Most have no concrete other than the foundation, average flashover time is 3-6 minutes. I have seen a house become fully involved in less than 15 minutes.
      Our minimal flow is 150 GPM or around 560 lpm

    • @SouthernGround
      @SouthernGround ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All burning buildings can kill you, American houses as you mentioned can kill you faster, that's why we fight them so aggressively and carry bigger balls in doing so, you have to if you wana make to 8:00am. But in the end firefighters around the world face the same and have one goal, to go home at the end of your shift or event in the case of the volunteer.

    • @280StJohnsPl
      @280StJohnsPl ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SouthernGround " carry bigger balls in doing so, " Really...what department are you a FF at ?

  • @notthatdonald1385
    @notthatdonald1385 ปีที่แล้ว

    You can see this video is dated when there's no mention of a 'fast truck'.

    • @douglasiles2024
      @douglasiles2024 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Fast truck"(s) (or a RIT truck) have been around long before this video was made. Every department uses their own terminology. What really brought that to the forefront nationally was the Worcester 9 fire.

  • @johnnytoppside
    @johnnytoppside ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you boys. Hope to be there soon!

  • @280StJohnsPl
    @280StJohnsPl ปีที่แล้ว

    Severe kink in the handline at 10:08.....a good Engine Company would have not done that

  • @williampell8458
    @williampell8458 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Vertical ventilation is just not a good tactic

    • @evanknox2395
      @evanknox2395 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It is if you do it right.

    • @williampell8458
      @williampell8458 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@evanknox2395 don’t use it in the uk, and the fires still go out.
      Seems to put firefighters in unnecessary risk. But that seems to be the American way.

    • @tadtanakatsubo6067
      @tadtanakatsubo6067 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@williampell8458 honestly, we could care less about how things are done in the UK. We have our ways, you have yours. Our ways work for us. Simple as that.

    • @williampell8458
      @williampell8458 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@tadtanakatsubo6067 not a great attitude to have if you want to develop and improve your self and the tactics you use you should study the practices of other brigades. Glad I don’t have you on my watch

    • @tadtanakatsubo6067
      @tadtanakatsubo6067 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@williampell8458 we would never agree either way. I’ve seen enough of European tactics that I don’t agree with. High pressure washer attack lines, a lot of operations from the exterior, hose reel attack lines. So again, America has our ways, Europe has their ways and they are very different as are the mentalities.

  • @thebronzetoo
    @thebronzetoo ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video!! Terrible Tommy is a great song!
    RIP Frank...

  • @suffer247
    @suffer247 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    13:33 WTF exactly is that roofman doing? The roof is vented, fire is ripping out of it. GTF off that roof.