Fire in Woodside Queens E-292 L-163 First Due

[FireFighterVolunteer]

I'm In the states be sides the bed of one big hose we also have what we call minute man bed lays which Is 2beds 600 feet each we just pull it off and go real simple. We can also add hose but we usually never have to

[twit101]

@FireFighterVolunteer Awesome to see what others have, we run 4 beds, 2 off each side, 200ft each. Just recently we were hit for a structure fire, we arrived on scene to find the structure was a vacant building off the road, we had to add to the crosslay in order to reach it

[pyro999maniac]

sorry.....How long to actually get some water on it?

[Himdarling44]

@pyro999maniac It's not as simple as water to fire. Judge the lengths of hose you'll need, around the corner 3 lengths, one up the stairs, that's four, one up the stairs to the second floor that's 5, one for the second floor that's 6, one more for extra. Ok pull 7 lengths off the back of the rig, hook up to the hydrant, hook the 7 lengths up, stretch the line, flake the line, charge the line, chase the line knock out any kinks, flow water. Think YOU can do all that in 1:40 seconds? If not STFU.

[pyro999maniac]

@Himdarling44 i am a firefighter and in the UK that is the exact reason we use hose reels. no working out lengths. just roll it off the reel. we are putting water on within about 45 seconds. instead of having hose beds just reel it. it is so much more simple. It is interesting how the americans do it though. like we dont have companies of firefighters for different things all of us are trained to do all jobs on all types of appliances instead of one, we dont wak around on the roof to vent etc.

[Himdarling44]

@pyro999maniac I've always wondered where hose on UK engines was. Sometimes I wonder how you guys get things done and I'm pretty sure you say the same about us. Very different styles and it's interesting to watch both. BTW all the firefighters are trained to do all the jobs on the fireground, however they are broken down into companies in order to seperate jobs out quicker. Instead of having someone have to tell them to do something, they already know their job and go right to it. Like n the vid

[pyro999maniac]

@Himdarling44 we dont have a permanant assignment except our station. when we arrive for our watch we get told which truck we are riding for that watch whether it be an engine, arial appliance or a rescue tender etc an which position we are riding in. we are not permanantly assignedto an engine company or ladder company etc. :)

[Himdarling44]

@pyro999maniac Very Interesting, there are some departments like that here in the states but most of our larger city departments have the individual assignments. Either way keep up the good work over in the UK.

[pyro999maniac]

@Himdarling44 haha we will dont worry :) you too! you been busy recently?

[Himdarling44]

@pyro999maniac Not for this month. We were VERY busy last month. But so far this month has been exceptionally slow. Did have a pretty interesting car accident the other day (we call them MVC motor vehicle collisions here, what do you call them in the UK?) Anyway we don't have them come through very often but a cattle truck (tractor-trailer) rolled over on it's side into a ditch and took about a 5 hour extrication to remove all the livestock which most survived. 35 in the truck and only 5 died.

[pyro999maniac]

@Himdarling44 yeah been slow here too. we call them RTC (Road Traffic Crash) coz some guy a fair few years ago (when they were RTA Road Traffic Accidents) said that he couldnt be blamed because the police calling it a Road Traffic Accident implied no-one was at fault! that is a pretty interesting crash. i've had a car get stuck between underneath a lorry before.....between the tractor and the trailer in that gap underneath! like a movie :P

[Himdarling44]

@pyro999maniac That same thing happened here in the US. They were always called MVA for motor vehicle accidents and now they have to be called MVC. Let's continue this conversation in a private message to keep from clogging up the comments section any more. 

[pyro999maniac]

what box is that?

[Nickpec10]

good job guys way to leave room for the truck!!! always important

[MIKCURIE]

Is that a contractors truck i see in the driveway......hmmmmmm

[joek0617]

i think it qualifies as fully involved

[Char1zard93]

Awesome catch!

[HighOnLife1985]

Excellent quick knockdown guys =D

[rdh72]

Correction, Offensive mode of operations and the first engine has command!

[steelheadkid24]

@rdh72 more like first due engine passes command and takes fire attack 

[rdh72]

Thats a two story residential structure, fully involved on A side, going to defensive mode of operations. First in ladder will have command! Good job FDNY!

[TheEMS41]

@steve072370 thx y so much sir, Chris FDNY Ladder 4

[CHCFD13]

tell that dude to put a shirt on, he's in public!

[ratcliff532]

charge the line!

[superbuff861]

nice initial knockdown

[drilltowera]

good clip. some delay getting water on fire though

[latajohnny]

Was a gas leak?

[UJustR4pedMe]

how was it started??