Terre Haute Fire Department -8th St House Fire. Flashover???

The video response is pics from that fire.
Terre Haute Fire Department - 1819 N 8th Street house fire raw video. Filmed by Firefighter Tim Hough. Awesome video, thanks Tim.
Terre Haute, Indiana

09-14-07 House fire, Terre Haute
Possible Flashover?

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• Terre
• Haute
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• firefighters
• flashover
• rollover
• indiana
• iaff

[ohiosnowrider]

Let us not forget that poor decision making and poor tactics can lead to becoming part of the problem and not part of the solution. Some questions to ask yourself, where is the truck crew and why is vertical ventilation not being accomplished? Why are we venting windows away from the fire? Do we want to draw the fire toward this area? An understanding of fire behavior and fire dynamics would tell us not to do this! There is much to be learned from this video.....learn what not to do!

[frhwk03]

@93CFD Seriously?!? That early ventilation drew the fire into the unburned A side of the house. Had there been anyone inside the building it could have been drastic. We can just be satisfied with "the fire went out" when our safety can be jeopardized

[ANDY13865]

if they would have been reading the smoke they would have know it would flash and ventialtion should have done above the fire and not in the univloved section of the house

[JoshyBallz4]

David W. Dodson...might be good to look up some of his smoke reading material!..Stay safe!

[kasgasna]

MORALEJA: Si a va a efectuar ataque interno es una casa, la cual arde violentamente en porción importante y no hace destechar paralelamente (necesario para ventilar inteior y prevenir un flashover), antes de entrar, rompa TODAS las ventanas.....

[KillYouOFF]

@frhwk03 it wasnt the fact that it was "early ventalition" but horizontal ventilation. These clowns just break windows in heavy smoke conditions causing flashovers. This department has no type of operation, and poor decision making. That truck needs to be on the roof cutting. Look how slow these guys are, you have heavy smoke and fire showing, and these guys are taking their time and just sizing up the building.

[93CFD]

unfortunatly the people responsible for the 9 deaths are too stupid to realize that they did anything wrong... it pisses me off more every time i think or hear about it... chiefs on scene were socially promoted,,, first engine in rolled wrong,,, i could go on and on... bottom line is they were in there because someone who was too scared to pull a ceiling because it might damage a piece of furniture... it never should have happened...

[grizzleybearz282004]

9 DEAD I DONT KNOW IF I COLUD LIVE WITH MY SELF AFTER THAT MISTAKE

[ffjsb]

@frhwk03 The A side was not unburned, it was at ignition temperature, it just didn't have enough oxygen to produce flame. The ventilation was too early, the hose line should have been manned and charged, but it would have flashed regardless. They just wouldn't have the "Oh Shit" moment.

[93CFD]

@MIKCURIE yes if you dont cool the space enough... before flash hoods we could tell if it was getting too hot when our ears started to burn... then we would cool the space again ...but yes, spaces can flach more than once..

[MIKCURIE]

Can an area fashover more than once

[TheWaynelds]

how do fires start in the middle of the night if people arent awake to accidently start them?