Inside a burning house

On April 21, 2015, Columbian reporter, Emily Gillespie, geared up with the Camas-Washougal Fire Department to observe fire training on a Camas home. Gillespie partnered with Chief Nick Swinhart and entered the burning home where she learned about firefighting procedures and safety.

[edcnskully]

Okay people.... Yes, the firefighters started the fire. It was for training (as she said in the video)! Sometimes, people will donate cars, and even houses to the fire department so that they can train in real life scenarios, instead of using the same ol burn building that never actually burns down. And I can nearly promise that they're going to build a new, maybe even bigger house on this lot. If firefighters didn't train like this, they might not be prepared to save your life if your house starts burning down. Real life scenarios seem to be the best way to train...

[gamiller]

if any firefighters are watching thank you for the risks you take every day

[maverick]

For those wondering why they let this house burn to the ground is because it was going to be demolished.
Contractors often call fire departments to come practice on old houses that need to be destroyed so the contractors can save thousands of dollars by avoiding the hard labor of demolishing a house.

[isolatedintrovert]

Ok, for all of yall wondering why they are burning down a house. Its a controlled fire and most likely used for cadet training, and the house was most likely removed for a bigger building.

[ericaparsons]

Like if you respect our local firefighters

[heidilynch]

Firefighters saved my home from being destroyed by a house fire that broke out in my neighbours home (our houses were attached) so much respect for these guys

[paulhammerich]

As a former volunteer firefighter these training fires were a great way to put new firefighters in what it is like to be in an actual fire. It can be a way to see if any firefighters have developed any bad habits that they picked up over the years. Years ago when I was a member of an Explorer program we were brought in to knock down out first fire, there nothing better than to be on the nozzle fighting your first fire.

[patrolpilot]

Have two houses that will be donated to volunteer fire departments. Sad to see them go, but the training they will provide... priceless.

[Hezenzhen]

Firefighters: we have successfully put out the fire

*card declines*

Firefighters: 2:05

[Imuetinyanosa]

I seriously respect fire fighters so much. Risking their lives to save those of others, and also the shelter & investmemts they have made❤ God bless you all

[calvinbratkovics]

These people are amazing and extremely fit. I believe we need to be celebrating our emergency workers more and not just the military.

[bj]

The city of Indianapolis did a training burn on my sister's old home she had rented for sev yrs. They lost nothing of course, but some great memories from those yrs, so still sad to see the place burn. Makes you think how terrible it would be to actually lose everything in a fire possibly incl family members.

[katiemeeks-hyde]

Thank you to all Firefighters ❤ You're all true hero's

[bootknockk]

I been a firefighter for 15years, it’s good they are doing this live burn evolution because it’s the closet you’ll get to a fire as per training wise, we train very often because of the job we do .It helps us with remembrance and being able to refreshen our memories because of the different types of fire we encounter on a day to day basic.

[jordyn]

Y'all don't know how well fighting fire with fire works... and the pain of drying, managing and rolling a shit ton of hose. Respect to all volunteer and career firefighters out there..

[lisuki]

Today my neighbour’s house got burned. There were a lot of firefighters and a lot of witnesses including me. Thank god everyone survived. It was my first time seeing a fire crisis. I pity the victims. I saw the firefighter’s truck. I look inside and there’s a lot of equipments there. Theres a very long ladder too. Alright, alright. Im gonna tell you how the house got burned.

- It was raining heavily
- A lot of thunderstorms
- Their power bank exploded 3 times

Don’t worry. Everyone is safe. We just went to random neighbour’s houses and stay there while the firefighters take down the fire. It was a fun experience.

Thank you firefighters, you all really saved my neighbours’ lives. Including me, of course.

Moral of this crisis:

Don’t play with your phone while charging. It will explode.

[williamfairchild]

I want to be a Firefighter when I am older in the future and rescue people from burning buildings

[killerta]

Makes you wonder what was actually wrong with that house, looked honestly pretty nice

[capilope]

Awesome video! Probably the best firefighting reporter story ever.

[LifeOfSxmmer]

I’m in fire cadets and I can’t wait to finally be old enough to help people