2 Alarm Fire, 18 E. Essex ave, Lansdowne, Pa

Companies were dispatched for smoke coming from the house, "In the area of..." Crews stretched numerous lines to the interior and had heavy fire in the basement extending to the 1st floor of a 3 story balloon frame SFD. Evacuation tones were sounded for all crews to exit the bldg. 1 Fire fighter lost his means of escape thru the interior and had to be helped to exit thru a 3rd floor window. Crews went to an exterior attack with 2 Ladder pipes, deluge guns and several large diameter handlines. There were no injuries reported. http://www.feeneyfirefotos.com

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[lewisbran]

this fire doesnt make sense to me..you have plenty of pipeman ALL over...was there an issue trying to find the seat of the fire? and why are so many people jus standingbaround and so concernd with the roof or laddering the bldg.?

[Firefoto3]

@lewisbran exactly why I always say, "please don't critique a fire just from a picture or short video clip". The video is taken over more than a 2 hr period of time. Therefore, conditions change and so do tactics. The seat of the fire was orig in the basement with not very good access. The fire then extended thru the walls into numerous rooms on all floors of the bldg. The ops went from interior to exterior and back again. 3 alarms of manpower is why so many were standing around, manpower pool.

[wyleek09]

@ jasonok7 r u fire fighter? If not then u dont knw how it is to fight fire.... we get paid that much to put our life on the line, everybody life is priceless.... if u live in lansdowne town or city whichever, n your house catches fire then wat? r u still gonna complain about paying taxes for the FD. Me im a city of newark fire fighter and i think alot ppl complain about tax dollars for the FD. until they house catches fire,,, and then thats wen da respect comes in for us firefighters.

[jasonok7]

lansdowne fire dept. what a waste of tax payers money !!!!!! you guys get over 100,000 dollars for what ??? stop wasting my money!!!!

[bowtech333]

cmon guys get the lead outa yur ass and get sum lines on that fire asap instead of standing around watching it burn

[SUPERTRUCKIE14]

bad things all through this one!!

[TheHookies15]

I know up where I am located in Berks County PA when the evacuation tones are sounded your to report to your respective apparatus and wait so they can get a head count, now every county I guess may be different.

[georgethe09]

Crazy night,Crrazy night.

11/7/2007

2245hrs

[BIGZNJ]

Good footage, but when an evacuation is sounded, last time I was taught 22 yrs. ago, you went to manpower pool to be accounted for no matter what you were doing.