Pre Arrival Fully Involved Car Fire Garden State Parkway Wall NJ 2/19/24

Wall Township - MM 98 NB - Working Car Fire -

Around 4:20PM Wall Township got a call for a reported car fire on the GSP around 98 NB by the 195 exit. Shortly after another call came in saying 98 NB Left Shoulder, District 2 Glendola Company 2 was dispatched and the fist arriving chief confirmed the working car fire on the left shoulder. Engine 2-73 responded and quickly deployed the booster reel and had water on the fire, then they overhauled the car for further fire suppression. No injuries were reported and everyone got out safely. Great response by Wall Township District 2.

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[Mike]

About 40 seconds from arrival to getting water out of the hose !
A good and quick job.

Is that a booster line I see. If so congrats to this dept. Most depts don't carry these anymore and rely on 1 3/4 which has to be stretched before charging. A booster line has instant water. No it's not meant for structure. But if you know how to use it can control a good amount of fire until a bigger line of needed can be deployed. Everyone had a tool coming off rig and very quick knock down thumbs up to this dept. Job well done

[johnwashburn]

These guys did everything right. The booster line was adequate and conserved water supply. All wore PPE. The engine was parked properly and at a safe distance. The sawzall was started up before needed.

What else is there to say?

[EWS]

Finally, somebody that's embraced the booster reel.

[paulconner]

Best one I’ve seen. Water on fire in under 45 seconds. No messing around with lay flat hoses.

[DBR]

Good video. Thanks for sharing and not panning the camera all over the place.

[jackmeoff]

That is a good sized crew that showed up.

[DD]

Nice stop! Amazing that some people are still driving in the lane next to the car on fire!

[AllenPortman]

Say what you want in my first 10 years in the fire service (30 total) we used only red lines for vehicle fires --- it worked! I know modern day vehicles present many new challenges and hazards compared to vehicles made a decade or two ago! Be safe JSFR!

[joegaito]

Great job great team work and great and sweet catches as usual still going strong great team efforts are deeply appreciated thanks they deserve alot of credit tons of it let's honor and appreciate the paramedics and firemen who proudly serve us your service and time and efforts are deeply appreciated thanks lets stop and hope everyone is doing ok right wonder what the couse was stay safe and warm out there love you guys thanks its a service we can't live without right ?!!! Joe

[AllenPortman]

Stay away from tires and front and rear gas-bumper shock absorber! We have had some blow lately they were like a bomb going off! Great coverage Jersey Shore Fire Response!

[Token_Civilian]

Bummer for the motorist. Fire crew took care of that in pretty short order. Was that burning magnesium under the pax side? Sure looked like it to me - fond memories of old 60's VW bug transmission cases that met a sledgehammer, and campfires (7th grade me learned all I needed to know about the brilliant white flame of burning Mg tape in science class).

[mikemerko]

Hey great work everyone being on air on this call. See way too many fighting outside fires with the proper PPE on. Great team work as well.

[robertgildea]

I am watching from Elmira NY good response time from the fire department

[fireykev]

Rolled up, utilised booster, all wearing BA, except the oic, good job, only observation to note is the fire truck should have been parked at the opposite angle on the road.

[ladder]

Great Stop and everyone safe!
from Calgary

[thenussbaum]

See booster lines do put out fire's folks and what a fine job this crew did.

[jimratliff]

That was the most manpower I have ever seen hop out of one engine. Overall a pretty darn good fire attack. Last guy out, close the door to the engine. I do like seeing all the guys with full structure gear on and PPE on an auto fire. Lots of toxic off-gases come from car fires. But...
Note that the FF with the "2" on the back of his helmet (he got out of the officers seat on the engine, likely the Engine's Captain) did NOT have his Nomex hood on or his SCBA pack belt fastened. He should as the senior officer, set the model for the crew to follow....Those are not good things to see him miss. The engineer at the engines pump panel should have on his reflective traffic vest, since he is on the traffic side of the engine doing scene protection/blockage and he needs to be seen. One FF could have placed road cones out since they had a great army of guys on scene. So, not bad overall I say, but I did not understand the booster/hard line use. We never do that on car fires for attack. Maybe for mop-up. Just a different SOG I have not seen.

[irahoffman]

If you come upon an emergency (crash, fire, etc.): #1 - move you vehicle out of the flow of traffic – you don’t want to become part of the emergency. #2 - call 9-1-1 – don’t assume someone has already done that. #3 – if safe to do so, render aid. Don’t forget, you don’t want to become part of the emergency. #4 - Once the 9-1-1 call has made, and emergency responders dispatched, especially to a controlled access highway, it will may take 10 minutes, or more, for them to get to the scene. #5 – Drive safely!

[TramHuongeo]

Car fires are becoming more and more frequent