LAFD Major Emergency Fire-Get Off the Roof!

LAFD units battle a fast-moving blaze in an elderly warehouse used to store fruit prior to shipment. Watch the Truckies start to go up and then abandon ship with one FF tripping on the way down and another throwing a roof ladder over the side and almost taking out another member on another ladder below. Aerials of this fire were featured in the famous LAFD roof ventilation video also on YouTube.

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• LAFD
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[nvfdcadet16]

holy spaghetti 1:35!

[LAcoFIREguy]

It is so funny to me when some guy gets on here and criticizes a fire video that was not even present! Where do you work? have you ever been to a fire like this one? These guys get these pretty often, but this fire got out of control fast and they got off the roof! No one died or got hurt, so they did their job just fine. Arm chair quarterbacks are so funny to me. I do not even work for LAFD and i think it is lame to talk shit when you have not the slightest idea what u are talking about.

[mastersnip02]

any one ealse notised that none that was vinting was useing there SCBA, thay had them on but not breathing air??

[xXBirDEXx125]

is that an electrical wire these ff are climbing under!?

[cbarsonfire]

Damn right get off that roof. Many of those old warehouses have multiple cocklofts and light timber roofs. This one looks like an exterior attack.

Does LA deploy ladder pipes?

[25mfd]

@azngeckolord No doubt what you say is true. Ventilation in conjunction with a coordinated fire attack is key.

All of those negatives you mentioned are either eliminated or reduced with truck company work.

Truck work mostly involves NO WATER so i'd have to give a slight danger advantage to the truckies.

[azngeckolord]

@25mfd Its hard to say, what I can say is that more often than not, you need guys up on the roof to ventilate so interior guys can fight fire on the inside. Without the truckies, interior attack would be so f-ing difficult because it will be hotter than hell and you wouldnt be able to see anything.

[ffjsb]

Doesn't look like there's any reason to be on that roof. It's starting to self vent, meaning the structure is starting to fail. Should've gone defensive sooner. Don't die for a building.

[25mfd]

What's worse....Being inside where the fire is or being on the roof??????

Both have danger elements that are inherently attached to them but which one is THE WORSE?????

[xoDarcyTheMarexo]

Why are the so slow? Shouldn't they be hurrying!?

[HelloHansSolo]

@ross0the0man its true u buttmunch, LAFD is the slowest fattest bunch of slobs that there is in the fucking land. they just sit on their fat asses and stuff their face with burgers and pizza all day long. only thing they're trained on is nose picking.

[ross0the0man]

@HelloHansSolo

wtf man, how can u say something like that?!!