Popping the Top!

Fire units were dispatched to a small SFD with fire showing. Upon arrival units went all hands to make an aggressive attack on the fire due to high heat conditions Ladder company 8s outside team opened up for the Engine company and the fire was quickly extinguished. Here is a POV of the OV firemen from L-8

[cuwnudi]

I like the placement of the second ladder in the back yard as an escape route.

[loadb]

For anyone curious the technique is called vertical ventilation. It’s used to exhaust for the attack team

[codyking]

That's how you knock down a fire. 6 minutes and the fire is pretty much out. Well done guys! The firefighter with the camera is a beast, one handing a ladder and a chainsaw!

[Guffy]

Saw the trucks pull up and you guys somehow put out what looked to be an absolute lost cause, that's incredible! Don't get me wrong, the house is burnt to a cinder, but that looked like something that'd be a pile of ash before it went out, and instead a recognisable structure remained.

Incredible job!

[ze_pilot]

I had a shed in my backyard that was an eyesore and I wanted it gone. I invited the local FD to come out and do some training on it before I tore it down. This is exactly what they did including the escape route (even though it wasn’t set on fire until after they were done) it’s so cool to see how they trained applied in the real world

[jonlengel]

Q pegged, quick and methodical, purpose driven and knows his job. Very well done, bravo to the brothers in this video!

[FireGuy]

Wow! You guys knocked this one out of the park, nicely done! Total hustle from the OV, and bonus points for setting up a second means of egress. People will gripe about the climbing angle but seriously that's splitting hairs at this point. It's not often you see such strong work on YouTube. I'll be showing this to my guys tonight!

[biggtuna]

Great truck work and awesome communication with interior crews. That looked like a text book coordinated attack!

[Thunderbyrd.]

Very quick and methodical attack. Guys appear to be experienced and worked well together.

[meaper]

It is fascinating to see the different approaches in other countries. I'm a professional firefighter in Germany and we never ever cut holes in the roof. The buildings are constructed differently, we have almost no wooden houses and mostly ceramic roof tiles. I get the idea behind vertical ventilation, but IMHO it depends on the situation. In this case it worked great, but there are a lot of videos where it seems to be unnecessary, counterproductive and/or extremely dangerous.

[exothermic]

Grabbing and throwing ladders, climbing to the roof with tools and doing work in full bunker gear with an air pack on is exhausting. Hats off to this guy for getting after it.

[JamesHolben]

Gladly, no firefighters were injured in the making of this outstanding, real life, house fire response!! Kudos to the whole team.

[Dirkdersoldat]

Just subscribed. I am currently a Probationary Firefighter up here in the Chicagoland area (also assigned to a truck company). Watching this is very helpful in order to be the best I can be for my crew. You guys handled this fire like true dedicated professionals and there's something to be said for that. I can tell you guys are a pretty aggressive no BS department. Thanks for the upload!

[CarTalesCrew]

That hunger to cut that roof 😂 great throw with both ladders. Great cut

[MrFluffytheTurtle]

Wow ive never seen a firefighter pov before that was fascinating. Virtuoso teamwork

[ruhele]

WOW! That truck crew knows their job! Outstanding work!

[firey]

Got to say that’s what it’s all about team work, no panicking, professional knowing your job and being aggressive. I’d want these guys and girls turning up to my house if it was on fire. Great work. From a UK firefighter, Manchester.

[ralphross]

I was a firefighter thirteen years. Lots of training and good equipment keep firefighters alive. Support by our fire departments and vote for financial support when it's on the ballot.

[stephenlong]

Great job! Very well cordinated attack! Love how you got tje roof opened up quickly also had 2 points of egress off the roof.

[rikiku]

The engine company had water on the fire within 70 seconds from the time they arrived on scene. This is probably the fastest I've seen American fire-fighters get water on a fire, which is outstanding! I'm assuming the second ladder was put on the house as an alternative escape route?
Kudos to all involved, your training is clearly top notch.