EARLY ARRIVAL TWO ALARM Structure Fire Brick New Jersey 9/26/24

Brick Township - Two Alarms - 776 Lexington Drive - Ocean County - New Jersey

Just after 8:00 AM Brick Township Police Department received a call for a reported structure fire at the address of 776 Lexington Drive off Sally Ike Road in the Herbersillve part of town. The caller reported smoke & flames showing on the phone with dispatch. First, the Police & Fire Chief (2400) arrived to find a fire & smoke condition emitting from the structure. Seconds after 2400 asked for a second alarm assignment. That brings in every Brick Township fire company plus Point Pleasant Boro & Howell Township. The house was under construction according to the workings and neighbors on the scene. There was a crew working on the house at the time of the fire. First, due engine 2471 came into the scene grabbed a hydrant, and began to stretch a 2.5-inch attack line to the exterior of the house. Shortly after an interior line was stretched of 2471 a 1.3/4 inch line through the front door. First due layer 2325 was set up in front of the structure and went inside to work. 2435 was the second due ladder & put up the bucket behind 25. Crews inside and outside battled the blaze as fire ripped along the roof line advancing to the B side of the structure. Shortly after crews were able to stop the spread of the fire along the roofline and the fire started to darken down in color. Crews from Howell Township 19-1 and Point Pleasant Boro subsequently arrived on the scene. Heavy fire damage was seen from the outside of the house as the flames went down. Soon after the tower ladder operated and the bulk of the fire was knocked down with a combination of all hand lines and tower ladders. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time and is under investigation. Crews remained on scene for about two hours hitting hot spots and assisting investigators. Nobody was injured & there were no firefighters injured. 
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Apparatus on the scene -
2400
2471
2325
2213
2100
2200
2110
7503
19-1-77
19-1-66
7500
7520

[Badger]

Rumor has it that this department never lost a basement.

[rexmayn]

Take your time boys, it’s only someone’s home. Perhaps the old guy in charge of hooking up the hydrant supply line should think about retirement.

[ajosephbaumhauer]

OK I have not been on a fire truck in 50 years but here is my two cents
1. The fire is through the roof immediately deploy the deck gun and SLOW THE FIRE
2. While that is happening pull your hand lines and mask up
3. Shut down deck gun and go in to attack the fire
4. Get a ladder up so you can attack the fire in the attic ( fighting the fire in the Attic requires pulling down dry wall and its hidden)
5. Now that the fire is knocked down you can search for hidden fire and hot spots
One man’s opinion

[MR.]

This is the most laid back fire scene that I’ve ever seen.

[michaelfrancis]

Coming from the UK, I'm always amazed at why your FD almost waits for the house to burn down before putting any water on it.

[larrymotley]

Been watching these Jersey Shore fire depts for the last 3 years.. They HAVE NOT gotten any better. Don't know why it takes so long to get water to the fire. Most of them move like they came from the local geriatric

[jimgriffin]

As a former volunteer fire fighter, I know how chaotic a fire scene is, and never comment on these videos. However, this firefighting effort was one of the worst I've seen. I can't believe the old guy didn't make certain the connection to the truck was secure. Stopping an arriving apparatus for no reason? Unreal

[LucaBrasi]

Holy clusterfuck, that's one of the worst attacks I've ever seen.

[daydubia]

Never seen so many firemen just standing around doing absolutely nothing. You guys let this house burn down no good.😢

[garystewart]

The drone view near the end of the video says it all! The entire middle portion of the structure is destroyed by not deploying one of the ladder trucks immediately. Show this video to potential home buyers in this area so they can buy elsewhere..

[jeromejeffery]

That house is a possible total loss because the first fire truck response was ridiculous I can see firemen doing nothing

[Naplesfrank]

Imagine you are the homeowner watching those bumbling idiots trying to hook up hoses to water. What a shame. This happens in almost all of these NJ fire videos. 😡😡😡

[douglaslee]

Confusion. Chaos. Anarchy. Disorder. Wasted manpower. SIX guys standing in the street watching a house burn down. No supervision. Pumper/plumper guy can't hook up a hose that doesn't fall off.
Come on guys. I mean COME ON!

[tjerkheringa]

So impressed by the speed and assertiveness of this crew. This example of fire fighting will be important training material for generations.

[jackmeoff]

A hydrant and a deck gun, and no water on the fire.

[Natnast]

The lack of urgency coupled with the amateur effort is a complete nightmare.

[wolfpacva]

They sure dont hurry to put out the fire. They walk around like nothing is happening.

[kallen]

Over 3 minutes to get water on the fire is unacceptable. Use tank water, and move with a sense of urgency. Let the second due tap the plug.

[MrFiredog]

That was downright hard to watch, from the initial attempts at water supply to the fire chief stopping the first arriving ladder from a proper position, saving it for His own company? Wow, all this and no plug uglies?

[dannycostello]

I can't believe local officials can watch this and read the 1000s of negative comments and do nothing to improve the fire departments. I understand that they are volunteers but if this is the best job they can do it's time for all paid jersey shore fire departments. Volunteers are great for little rural towns but the jersey shore is millions of people modern shopping malls office buildings. If they can't handle a house fire what about a huge insedent with lives at stake. That home owner is paying at least 12, 000 a year in taxes, he deserves better.