07.25.09 - Second Alarm - 253 Pine Circle, Walnutport, PA

Walnutport Station 29 was dispatched to a hair dryer on fire at 253 Pine Circle at 2250 hours. Slatington (24) and Lehigh Twp (47) also were on the ticket for the first alarm.

Chief 29 (Kirchner) arrived minutes later and signaled a working fire in the living room of a one-story single-family dwelling (S/F/D). Quint 29 arrived and stretched a handline to the living room and knocked down the fire there and in the bedroom. Chief 29 struck the second-alarm as the fire extended into the cockloft. Minutes later the fire vented through the roof. The fire was contained and under control within 30 minutes and the companies wasted no time taking-up.

The second alarm brought in Slatington and Lehigh Twp for a full response along with Palmerton's Tower Ladder.

Another fine job by W.F.D.

Notice the straight bore tips on the handlines? Good Job!

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[jan3415]

"Notice the straight bore tips on the handlines?"

The smooth bore tip works great for defensive attacks or in this case to get into the cockloft, but you don't want them on when you are making an aggressive interior attack

[newsworking]

A solid bore stream is the fire stream of choice in interior fire attack. They have advantage of penetrating heated atmospheres to

reach the seat of the fire, while providing the least disruption to the thermal layering commonly

encountered in these attacks. Use of fog patterns should be avoided because they disrupt this thermal

layering bringing hotter gasses down to floor level, and they produce great amounts of steam which causes

a much greater potential for burns of firefighters.

[xxnewmikexx]

nice vid as usual im trying to think of where this is in walnutport

[newsworking]

It's one street north of Main just off of Cherry. Between

Cherry and Lincoln Ave. It's a small street with culdesac.

[usardave]

Why not just go to the roof and open it up right at the beginning?

[Madskull5]

These guys are either making asses of themselfs or they just love to make more destruction then needed. Removed from duty is AGREED!!! I lost a house to these firefighters. And tons of stuff with it because the futher away town got there first. WTG!!!!

[stingrae669]

i agree with Paramedicmxr, this is the almighty lehigh twnshp, and walnutport we are talking about here,they are the best ( in there eyes) except they are AFRAID to go in and do an interior attack. and then why didn't they just kick the vent that is on the roof and had fire showing off and spray a FOG pattern into it wow fire goes out. For the three fire companies that don't do interior attacks, get your ladder trucks in position and flood the house like you always do!!!!!!!!

[lablove02]

I live right behind there i saw that fire!

[Sancho264]

I see nothing wrong with being on your knees to vent a roof. He's spreading his weight out and he won't cut himself with the saw. IMO Standing is Extremely unsafe. You can lose your balance very easy. You can cut your foot or other body parts and your weight is concentrated on your feet and not being spread out. AND you're bent over causing strain to your back.

[Sancho264]

Not sure what the interior crews were doing but they had fire in the attic and for some reason arent getting it out. The choice was made to open up the side of the structure to gain access to the attic space. Once that was opened I could see the fire was extended throughout the attic space and growing quickly. I know this because I was looking in it. The entire attic space was knocked down quickly. They did have a line inside, I wasnt in there so i dont know what went on.

[Paramedicmxr]

And i love all the text comments saying you should have a fog nozzle for an interior attack.

If you know how to use a solid stream nozzle, you will put the fire out just as fast as with a fog nozzle, and you wont roast. Lets face it. Even a straight stream still has a "spray" coming out of the nozzle.

Newsworking had the best post here. I just wish he would remove "another fine job" from this video info, becuase it was clearly a joke

[Paramedicmxr]

the firefighter venting the roof on side A of the building is retarded. All he is doing is drawing the fire his direction and into the attic.

Get your asses inside the house, pull some ceiling, and spray some water into the attic, and holy crap look at that the fire is out!!!!

I wanted to puke when i read "another fine job by the WFD". You guys should all be relieved of your duties for being retarded

[Paramedicmxr]

Seriously. How in gods name do you guys call yourself firefighters. That is a freaking "living room fire" according to the comments.... then why the the crap do you not have a single hoseline going INSIDE the building? That was the most pathetic display of firefighting and tacticts i have ever seen in my life. You tards let a room and content fire destroy an entire house.