Firefighters trapped / fire helmet camera

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Comment by Chuck Wetherton on July 17, 2010 at 2:19am

This is a Chief's nightmare I'm glad they kept there heads and bailed out. I believe this looked like a small to medium deal fire to them. I realy do not believe they knew there was that much extension let alone that much fire still under them. This is why sounding the floor is so important and how many of us do it on single story homes? Hardly anyone does and this is what can happen when you dont if the floor had been sounded they woud have made a discovery of a soft floor that showed its head when ventilated. Fans are our friends and can show the seat of a fire quickly. This is a clasic lower compartment fire and how fast and what can change on you they did nothing wrong. I myself would have backed out to the door to make a safe point. They didnt and thats the attack crews choice and not any of us arm chair quaterbacks.

Comment by sean currie on May 25, 2010 at 5:38pm

I am glad everyone made it out and got home to there familes, but thats why when you put the fire out you look for extention before you begain to ventilate if it has not done so already.

Comment by Barry Harpur on May 19, 2010 at 10:36am

I hate those fans. Just open windows to ventilate!

Comment by Mark Baker on May 16, 2010 at 11:56pm

Glad that there are other firefighters that share their experiences so that everyone can learn.