Fire Hose Gets Away

Hose gets away from firefighter while fighting a school fire in New Orleans on May 28, 1985. A District Fire Chief is first to begin controlling the situation.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Fire
• Hose
• training
• New
• Orleans
• fireshouse

[Mudrattoy]

The engineer should have had that line shut down immediately!

[zaffdoc]

The pump operator was 1 ½ blocks away and the engine was pumping into 4 lines

[urmombiznatch]

@zaffdoc yea an thats what radios are for

[zaffdoc]

@urmombiznatch Sure, just let the hose whip around while you try to find a HT to radio the pump operator.

[zaffdoc]

@urmombiznatch Oh, just let the hose whip around while you find a HT to radio the pump operator. I wonder why they didn't think of that..

[austin4226]

Where was this guy's back up man?? -- This looks like 2.5" hose... there should have been at least 2 more guys on that line...

[ntfd125]

on a larger line you don't need 2 just loop it and sit on it

[lowlandpark]

Physicists are looking for the Higgs boson and this guy discovered the Big hoson

[cuthbertnibbles]

WEEEEE That looks like fun.

[skateboardrider100]

run away hose haha

[mrbobie93]

@austin4226 im 17 and in the fire sevice and you can safetly opperate a 2 1/2 on your own but they wernt doing that.

[IpodUser767]

@austin4226 Exacly ;)

[BigT58609]

did any one see the fire fighter that was playing slip and slide at the end

[FirefighterJohnM]

@zaffdoc Plus, I agree with Zaff. I seen i believe 5 hoses that were the same color, same diameter, and same material. Why sit there and let the hose swing, risking by standers lives as you grab a radio saying shut down this hose. The time you find the correct hose in this spaghetti mess someone will be hurt. As you also noticed there was bystands and also a new camera 10 feet away from that hose. It would be better off to jump on the hose and grab it just like they did!

[tspragg1]

@austin4226 not necessarily, if they were progressing the hose line some where they should have back up hands. But if they are just using the hose line for exposer it would be fine. All you do is 1) shut off the water, 2) Loop the line around so the line lays on top of its self, 3) sit on the hose with all of your weight using your legs as a balance. That is how we train at our department. Or if they had a blitz fire at there disposal that would have been great also.

[tspragg1]

@bassboy923 not necessarily, if they were progressing the hose line some where they should have back up hands. But if they are just using the hose line for exposer it would be fine. All you do is 1) shut off the water, 2) Loop the line around so the line lays on top of its self, 3) sit on the hose with all of your weight using your legs as a balance. That is how we train at our department. Or if they had a blitz fire at there disposal that would have been great also.

[pcfd20]

Looks to me the pressure was bumped up for some reason(maybe kink in the line was cleared, engineer was told to turn it up who knows). Stuff happens.. They got it under control pretty fast.

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