Cambridge Fire Responding

Cambridge Fire Dept responding to a possible brush fire. B8, E17, T6, E1, T7.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Cambridge
• WI
• Fire
• responding
• brush

[kevinsilverado]

Jesus, what do you guys send on a structure fire???

Every truck out is a liability...

[ResQ92]

As several comments below describe, you can never be sure what you are responding to until somebody is on scene (people driving by are often unreliable). This turned out to be nothing, but we have had brush fires where we were out trying to contain it for 5-6 hours despite having good response times. We use priority fire dispatch and so they tag certain calls certain levels (alpha thru echo) depending on callers answers to certain questions. So high level calls get more resources.

[FOGBIT44]

That is quite a bit of trucks responding for a "possible brush fire" but if you could tell me was it confirmed a brush fire? But again this is in Wisconsin not Pennsylvania so if it was a brush fire you would have a good water supply and I think fires move faster out west and the south then in the north.

[ResQ92]

This turned out to be nothing, but had it been something big, the units would have been readily and immediately available. It is much easier to call units off after discovering it is nothing, than to have to wait for them to arrive when you find out is is something big. Most of these units stage nearby the scene while the first out truck investigates and determines the next course of action. The only water supply we would have on something like this would be from our trucks (tankers).

[MatthewQLlewellyn]

ALWAYS over-respond. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.

[CATERPILLER30]

Prolly both volonteer and some full time that's how my station is

[SavingLives4Life]

@kevinsilverado I would rather have it and not need it, then need it and not have it. It's always better to get on scene and slow the companies down responding in (or possibly cancel them) then be in a bad situation and need them when you dont have them.

[redneckfutureFF95]

That's an interesting response, Tanker's normally second out around here, unless the Engine is a pumper tanker, anyway, nice vid.

[SASD209]

Holy crap that's a lot of trucks!!! Well, I guess better more than not enough. Nice job!

[BrKapp11]

is this fire dept. a volunteer or full station? 

[chechnya]

@MatthewQLlewellyn I'd agree to that for a structure fire or alarm, but a brush fire? And a "possible" brush fire at that. A lot of firefighters die coming and going to a call. But what if there just so happened to be a structure fire WHILE all of their apparatus and manpower were out on a "possible" brush fire? It's happened before.

[moabmutt]

nice peterbilt @ 1:15

[CWOBabcock]

That would (clearly) be because the raised roof of the cab blocks the lightbar from being visible in the rear. One of the most common 'style' of accident Fire Apparatus are involved in is being hit from behind. Clearly, this department is worried about the safety of their fire fighters, which SHOULD be primary for ALL fire departments on this planet.

[goosehunternate]

what state was this vid made in?

[RailsandRoads]

why does the last engine to respond have a Lightbar in the rear?