Early Morning Duplex Fire: LAFD Station 66

At 0426 hours, Los Angeles Fire Department Battalion 13 companies (& E15) were dispatched to a structure fire in 66's first-in on the 6900 block of S. 10th Ave.

Units assigned: Battalion 13, Task Force 66, Engine 15, Engine 57, Rescue 66, & Rescue 266

TF66 & E15 were first on-scene of a one story duplex with fire showing from one unit. E66 was primary fire attack with backup from E15 & E57, LF66 went to the roof, RA266 handled the displaced resident (who was not injured), and BC13 was 10th Avenue IC.

E15 was moved up at 57's due to a structure fire in 57's first-in. E57 became available shortly after dispatch and was added to the incident.

Knockdown was called at 0439 hours, the fire was confined to one unit, unknown cause.

Location: Hyde Park / South Los Angeles, CA
Date: Monday, October 17th, 2022

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[rd]

Big balls, they walk right into a burning house!

[JF-cnmv]

Sad seeing FF’s risking life and limb on a BS…Abandoned residence…well done fellas!

South Central LAFD does it right!

[mikefargo]

Bread & Butter duplex fire in South LA. Sad to see the department going to the CLOWN helmets.

[stevehayslip]

WHAT THE HELL YOU SHOULD TO READY TO GO WHEN YOU STEP OF THAT ENGINE IT IS UNREAL THAT THEY ARE NOT READY

[DDillys]

Nice job, next time cut over the fire.

[echohunter]

It's unbelievable how many videos we see where personnel are showing up on a scene and are not packed up and ready to go..spending a minute or two getting ready there when they've been sitting in a jump seat since they left their station and should be ready to go in the second they step off the apparatus. That wouldn't go over well at our department and you'd get relegated to the back of the bus for not being ready.

[henkmolenaar]

sow it takes 2 minutes for water on the hose?!?! and why going in the house? spray water in the window... you can see the fire come out of the window. we in the Netherlands do it way different. and we have water on the hose in like 10 seconds... 2500 liters of water in the tank.

[JB]

The USA fire disservice has no clue what the job is. Hustle to attach supply lines even thought each unit should have at least 500 gallons onboard. Hustle to set ladders even though the fire is visible in a first floor room. Hustle to Finish dressing when they don't have to to put that fire out. A bee line to the front door even though the fire is clearly visible right next to it. The front door is wide open feeding the fire. They go inside to stop the threat they could have done in half the time from outside. No consideration for their families. Absolutely no reason to play on the roof. Good old USA fireplaying.