San Mateo CA Explosion Fire Audio 9/9/10

[Madlax99]

I'm still so amazed how this event was thought as a plane crash at first.

[barryc261]

@Madlax99 Well, when you consider that no one (even some of the gas company employees) knew that the pipeline was there, their assumption is more reasonable. A large jetliner is the only thing that firefighters could think of that was capable of causing that massive of a fire within a residential neighborhood. It's only after the fire continued to fiercely burn, that they realized that they had a much larger problem on their hands.

[fireAKems]

Good job to all. Taking something to chaotic and making it into a working force is truly something that comes with experience and training.

These guys did just that.

[pdquick1]

Awesome job!

[blinko656]

Oh and Fire Dispatchers were cool calm and professional. They sounded great, GREAT JOB to all the county dispatchers who were involved.

[blinko656]

Listened to the dispatch and command structure being set up. Sounded perfect to me.

Command, divisions, staging, Medical etc. Well done men. Tough job, no water and a ton of homes to evacuate and then recheck.  Water tenders are a good thing...

Retired

[PaulsPhotoService]

To bad they didn't have this back in 1991 when the Oakland Hills Fire happened or the 1989 Earthquake

[jbeaul]

Talk about skill and talent under pressure. They responded and assessed this so quickly and then provided rescue. There seemed to be no wasted communications. Brilliant.