Bad fire rescue

T he 2 FF's were inside the building (the came in by ladder basket) for recce. In a few moments of time it became very hot and decided to backtrack a little bit. When they exited the building, they jumped into the basket and on that moment a flachover occured on the first floor. The flames reached over the basket they were in. In this hot situation, the emergency stop in the basket was put in the "on"-position by accident. It took a while to get it cause at the meantime, the ladder operator is unable to work with the ladder when the stop in the basket is on.

They came down while the basket was in fire. No injuries. But it could have been worse! The ladder operator could have retracked is ladder when he saw that the basket was hanging in the flames but he didn't. That was the rescue of the 2 FF's.

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[H2R25]

hey i couldn't agre more than you.

i'll be so pissed off for whoever its controlling that ladder down in the truck for not moving me away from the fire..

[Firefighternorway]

Thank god it ended good...

[t3hroOf]

@H2R25 Read the description! Emergency stop was pushed by one of the firefighters in the basket by accident!

[kissfanbilly]

@JohnConnor333 were all brothers dont descriminate

[engineco3wfd]

That's fire officer material right there. Someone is getting promoted.....

[Skylabz0rz]

In our department, one man stays below as a spotter for this very thing (well, and other things). We have a 105' Pierce Aerial that has dual controls up top and down below. I would also question the placement of the bucket so close to the fire because there was no way anyone was coming or going in that window. @JohnConnor333: We are volunteers as well, trained the same way as paid fire fighters, use the same gear and should have the same SOPs.

[JohnConnor333]

looks like he wanted to toast like a marshmallow. Must be a volunteer fireman

[Dwaas88]

@H2R25 You and 11 others sould read the context. The flames reached over the basket they were in. In this hot situation, the emergency stop in the basket was put in the "on"-position by accident....

[RANGERDAWG290]

Omg the guy controlling the ladder is probably down there like "Yep, he's fightin' a fire....oh dang...oh that must be hot. Wow, that sucks. OH CRAP!"

[pigjubby]

Protection line.

[93CFD]

that was frustrating to watch...we had an sop that said that one man stays in the bucket at all times to avoid this problem...i understand about the 2 in 2 out rule,,, thats why we take 3 men in the bucket unless we are just putting out a trash fire ie, a fallen or fully involved building...as far as a water curtain goes, ours only worked when there was water flowing...

[TheSpockman]

bad position and stategy placement of ladder way too close i hope he has insurance