12.07.08 - Working House fire, 1133 Congress St. Whitehall, PA

[Firefighter5130]

Ok am I the only one who sees what morons they are, I'm from PA but I know not to hit a house with a Bucket unit, how stupid can you be. Christ ol mitghy.

[rockinfireman95]

id like see you do better what are you in hillbilly hell?tankers and brushtrucks land?

[Firefighter5130]

I was born in Philly and Grew up In Jersey, I will be more then happy to show you how we do it and you call me a Hill Billy, you can't even spell or Put a Sentence together, so please Finish the Second Grade then say something to me, Moron.

[JTFD81]

@rockinfireman95 first of all asshole all depts have diff protocols. we use our ladder truck here in IN for all kinds of fires. so before you got out putting a fire dept down like you do why dont you really think what you say. and fucking jersey has there own ways of fighting a house fire, so keep ur disrespectful comments to yourself

[ToonHarpie]

thats my cousins teachers house o.o but he lives in PA and i live in NY

[pinkismything7596]

THATS MY MUSIC TEACHER'S HOUSE! HOLY CRAP! lol

[Anglynn74]

Well the Christmas lights are still lit, that's a good sign lol.

[tanker051]

i like how u use the old whitehall numbers but is there anyway u can give the lehigh county numbers for the apparatus to?

[tanker051]

thanks for the info!

[ehirner]

Just some constructive criticism if any 36 guys see this. A lot of time was spent on tower operations for a one-story roof. A 14' roof ladder would have worked just was well and taken a fraction of the time. The two-story roof was laddered. Also, I saw a charged handline early on yet it wasn't used until the very end. With the fire seen rolling inside the enclosed wall, it might have been a better alternative than the water can.

Overall, nice save. Could have been ugly. Good job.

[MettaFireRescue]

I'm going to agree and disagree with "ehirner". I agree and dont understand why the aerial was placed in service to get to the garage roof. A ground ladder would've been quicker and just as practical (especially as the ff's exited the basket anyway). I disagree, however, on the use of the can. I'm sure the homeowner appreciated the FD's decision not to use the can thereby preventing A LOT of needless water damage. Nice stop.

[ehirner]

I can understand that. However, later in the video, the handline is used in the opened up exterior wall.

[captivemrhanky]

nice video