Residential Structure Fire, Sycamore Avenue Division 5 City of Hesperia
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RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE FIRE
On July 4, 2021 at 11:40am, SBCoFD responded to a Residential Structure Fire at the 17K block of Sycamore in the City of Hesperia. First arriving engine found a working fire in a single story home that had extended into the attic. Firefighters made entry to the home with hose lines to search for any occupants and limit the spread of fire. Truck crews supported interior firefighters with vertical ventilation on the roof above. The fire was ultimately held to the rear portion of the house. There were no injuries to civilians or firefighters reported.
I understand ventilation improves the interior conditions. But wow, what the fire itself doesn’t destroy, the venting and water will destroy the rest.
Nice to watch a well staffed and professional operation. Nice stop.
THe way it is supposed to be done!! Great communication, coordination, and overall a fantastic job SBCoFD!
its so weird hearing your dispatch our ones in New Zealand are done by person but i do have to admit its a neat system thats for sure
Real question here no hate. Why do you guys mark every vehicle medic engine or medic truck? Do you have engines and trucks that don’t have ALS equipment or a paramedic on them?
Great job!! I miss firefighting
Typical Cops! Of course they’re pulled right up to the scene blocking our entrance.
2 questions.
1. Why do US fire departments cut holes in roofs and no other country in the world use this technique?
2, why cut a hole in the roof when there’s already fire coming through the roof?
God knows they seem to think it's great. They wasted time cutting holes in the roof when the fire had already vented and nobody was putting water on the fire for ages. Its a shallow pitched roof so no benefit being up there. Just gain access from the ground and put water on the fire, it's not difficult.
The holes they cut didn’t release fire or smoke.
1. Other countries have different methods and materials for structure and roof construction.
2. The holes cut serve to release the toxic smoke and gasses from the roofs beneath, making those rooms more survivable for a trapped victims and the firefighters working there, and reducing the risk of flashover. While in this fire the roof already had a hole, the firefighters were not able to see that until they climbed up, and likely also cut to determine how much the fire and smoke had spread through the roof as well .
3. To address the point below, while this ladder company crew is on the roof, there is an engine company going interior with a hose to put water on the interior. The roof team is venting to help them with visibility and safety by removing some heat and smoke from the interior.
@@andyoxleyonhistravels You understand the difference between an engine co and a truck co?
@@stephenlunt2251 Yes it did.
Great comms on this job.
I have to agree, spot on. Stay Safe, Bee Free.
Nice job Lads! Retired after 30 years. NEVER FORGET 343
Good to see some fire videos again.
Get ya phones or video cameras pumping again.
Very cool to watch! Well done
Are you guys using blue card IC?
Why do firefighters cut the large holes on roofs? Seems to cause the fire to get worse, I’m sure there’s a good reason .
It ventilates the fire, so yes it does add oxygen to the fire itself.
However, since you're opening a hole in the roof it allows the structure to expedite smoke faster which disrupts the thermal layering of the smoke. It's why they tell you to crawl in fires, as heat rises. Essentially, the flames are bigger but it's a whole lot cooler inside the structure which helps prevent more items from combusting.
I miss being a paramedic
Great bread and butter fire- Nice job guys!
What is a blue helmet in SBCoFD? Engineer?
Our ambulance operators wear the blue helmets. We have transport ambulances in some areas of the fire district. These units are staffed with single function non safety Paramedics and EMTS. In these areas they are on our first alarm assignments. They prepare for any potential victims or medical for any injuries that may occur. They also assist with rehab along with hose loading, bottle changing, and clean up.
@@SanBernardinoCoFFs What do you mean, by "non safety"?
@@jed-henrywitkowski6470 We have two different defined benefit retirement systems. One is safety and the other non safety. These individuals are single function paramedics and EMTS. They are not dual function firefighters who provide fire suppression and rescue roles.
@@SanBernardinoCoFFs I think he was making a comment that EMTs/Medics are also part of "life safety" regardless of whether they are dual role or not. I was a firemedic for 17 years and to call EMTs/Paramedics "non-safety" is demeaning and indicative of the larger issue with EMS.
@@Nervegas It has nothing to do with “life safety”, its simply a pension thing
Is that Dominic Torreto's house?
What State was this in.
San Bernadino county, California. Just east of LA county
Nice job knocking that one down.
Simply...Outstanding gents...Stay Safe, Bee Free
Awesome to see the police blocking out the scene per normal ….
And it's normal for firefighters/paramedics to drive/walk right across accident/crime scenes and scatter evidence and not follow the directions of police officers.
Great aggressive firefighting!
Why cut a vent hole in a roof that already vented itself??? argh!!!!!
To make sure the fire has not spread, also helps release a lot of thermal energy to help kill the fire. They did it right.
@@f0rumrr No they did not. Ifsta recommends one vent hole directly over the seat of the fire unless the fire has already self vented. They were up there because they were checking a box, not using their heads. Exception would be a trench cut to cut off fire extension in a long structure which this clearly was not and at the firewall. THATS why firefighters die every year. Know what to do but KNOW WHY YOU ARE DOING IT!!! Nice try though
@@MRBIG-lg9zl You talking like firefighting a science when its really a practice.
@@f0rumrr Apparently a practice in stupidity in this case. Every job on the fire ground has a purpose. It's not about checking boxes. They need to know why they do what they are doing. Rooftop operations are some of the most dangerous on a job. If the friggen roof is vented, stay off! Doing it twice doesn't help anything.
@@MRBIG-lg9zl if you’re too scared to get on the roof and create much more survivable conditions for potential victims and your crews then just say so. You don’t have to go arm chair quarterbacking another crews fire.
Lots of fires in California....
Ok, fire is self vented. Why the fuck are you on the roof?
From a total loss to a total loss. 👍🏼
Jesus saves
Cops always in the way
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Being on that roof accomplished absolutely nothing other than tying up manpower, spreading the fire throughout the attic and putting yourselves at am unnecessary risk.
How was there time wasted getting water on the fire because a truck crew was on the roof?? While that truck crew was up on the roof, an engine crew was more than likely inside putting water on the fire 🤔
@@eriksand9262 You are right. I copied and pasted that roof work comment from another video and didn't notice the other sentence about water came with it. The roof work comment does stand. Although, on second look, it took an awfully long time to make those flames go away. In such a small house, that means they didn't get the water on the burning material very fast.
@@eriksand9262 Because regardless of what the engine was doing, the fire had already self vented above the point of origin. So any new vent cuts are introducing a flow path towards unburned sections of the attic while not removing much in the way of additional heat and smoke as they already have a path out of the structure. His point still stands, the Truck crew could have been working on other tasks such as salvage or helping the first in engine get said hoseline to the seat of the fire instead of venting an already vented fire. Even if they were doing a 2/2 split with primary and vent, the two on vent can be working to accomplish other things. That roof represents a massive risk to the vent crew for very little benefit in this case. I have never understood cali dept's obsession with vertical vents. They have their time and place but are not the end all be all of firefighting tactics. Yet I routinely see videos of crews on roofs with fire well vented through trying to just make more holes for no reason. Did no one learn from Fresno?
You are clueless. Oh and wrong.
@@Nervegas spot on
Ok, I see what they are doing. I saw another video where FF was hitting the roof with their tools and wondered what they are doing.
They are feeling out where the trusses are.
It is called sounding the roof. Notice how they walk the ridges no cross country. They are making sure the roof is sound.
They mostly making sure the structure they walking on has not been weakened.
So all sources of fires in California have been related to the following: Smoking, Drinking or Drugs ( and lately illegal fire work storeage). However funny thing is that the California Fire whoever person is banned aerial fireworks stating that there are chemicals that are dangerous to the environment ( that was the last report), prior to this he stated it was a primary cause of fires in the month of july (so we all get punished for what happens in one month). So here is my counter, cigarettes and other tobacco products have more harmful contaminants than any amount of fireworks has been proven to cause health related issues yet they are allowed to continue to be sold in the state. They are also responsible for more fires and damage caused by fires than Any other source relatable to fires. I just think the fire chiefs and all them guys that make these laws are complete idiots we all know they get paid off to make these stupid decisions.
They shouldn't let people build house unless hydrants are put in first
Easier said than done in many cases. Here in my town (where I'm a Probationary Firefighter) there's no municipal water supply as there isn't a sufficient tax base to pay for the cost of installing one along with the upkeep costs.
Instead we have "dry" hydrants spread around town at various lakes, ponds, and manmade ponds on private properties where they've added dry hydrants to give us a fill point in the event of a fire near them. Our first due on a (non-commercial) structure fire is our engine which has 750 gallons of water and 30 gallons of foam on it. On initial attack we run foam in the initial attack line(s). Our second due is our 2,000 gallon tanker, followed up by our 75 foot "straight stick" aerial ladder with 500 gallons of water on it, then last is our 4,000 gallon tanker. Meanwhile, we're getting mutual aid rolling with tankers and manpower before we're even out the door of our own station. That way in the time it takes us to reach the scene, they're usually getting to their stations and about to roll out around the time we arrive on scene. If it turns out we don't need them then we can cancel them either right before they leave, or very shortly after they start rolling from their stations. If we need them, then they're already on the road and we've saved about 10+ minutes of wait time by starting them responding early. This is the way my entire county operates and it works well and has resulted in saving many buildings that could have otherwise been lost. Every region has a different way of operating, and different factors influencing why they operate that way. In the end though, if it work for them then there's nothing wrong with operating differently than other areas
Do you have a sprinkler system in your house and if not why not? Hmmm?
Soooo…people aren’t allowed to live out in the country then? If you live outside a cities limits. More than likely there won’t be a water main for a hydrant to be installed.
@@eriksand9262 😛😛🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@RLTtizME my trailer is so old I can't even get insurance on it.
ye lets cut the roof up when not needed. wasted 7 minutes before water was put on. oh and i am a fire fighter in the largest emergency unit in the world 10 years
That's what makes your comment so concerning if not scary.
You know the crews assigned to going on the roof, aren't the same crews going inside with hoses, right?
@@eriksand9262 He said he doesn't know what a hose is...can you explain that to him? Thanks in advance.