Roof Ventilation Fail

I refuse to say when & where I took this video out of respect for my friends on the companies involved. However, you may be able to figure it out based on radio traffic alone. Needless to say, if you are going to do roof vent work, come prepared. -word to the wise-

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• structure
• fire
• house
• ventilation
• saw
• hook
• truck
• truckie

[sharppointy1]

Maybe he was angry at his hands that day. Decided "Hands, I'll show you, I'll stick you into this here fire and see how you like it"........

[fire178man]

They should've vented at the highest point. (the peak) Heat and smoke rises which means that heat and smoke will the greatest at the peak. The man backing him up should have had a hook and pickhead axe with him and the guy doing the cutting could have easily cut his own foot off. ALSO it almost looks like the bulk of the fire was already knocked down so maybe the cut wasnt really necessary but thats a judgment call. Its easy to be an armchair QB.

[fcfdladder22]

I don't really see a problem with what he did looked good to me

[brown1264]

Eh not to bad wasn't a high risk fire bit he did get some chimney effect , it could've helped a little

[Sharpee2006]

yeah he didnt do a great job did he? but it was a small fire, the building wasnt fully involved, and it may have been a practice or training move on the firefighters part



[burton64ful]

@rescuehero54 if this a fail how about you get up there and show how its done

[monroeFD543]

look i found the hook. so we can pull thats shit out. oh u did that already. nevermind.lol

[Redneckmudder336]

@Rangerbelt that is very true let em rip im gonna do my job and do it to the best of my ability most of them flunked out of some academy or out of firefighting those temperatures in those houses get so hot that in the dead of winter you walk out and your underwear is soaked completely in sweat let em rip im enjoying myself everyday on the job

[pomppa85]

@MrCrazyfirefighter Yes, I agree, these are current training material. What I am still saying that I feel that these kinds of mistakes and continuing overlooks aren't addressed as they should be.

[MrCrazyfirefighter]

@pomppa85 Yes training, discipline and good command structure, can At times prevent these types of miscues. But as we all know, orders on the fireground don't always go the way we plan for, train for, or even how command wants it done. I just dont like for videos like this to get so much negative feedback, this should be used for training only.

And yes safety it number 1 on the priority list, but these mistakes are also good, so you can learn from them later

[pomppa85]

@MrCrazyfirefighter However, it is not just that you reach your goal of "getting a hole" or "getting the fire out". The manner, efficiency and safety all matter, a lot.

Training, discipline and good command should overcome this kind of screw ups. And why they were on that roof? Was there a rescue going on? Were there firefighters inside? Did that affect the outcome of the firefighting effort?

[fire178man]

@chompmyd1ck Like I said, heat and smoke rises so where do you think it will be greatest? I'm going to use my SIXTEEN years in one of the nation's busiest Ladder companies to say that the bulk of the heat and fire would be at the peak. Before you comment, make sure you know what YOU are talking about. Like I said, making that cut was a judgement call. I've been on more roofs than YOU can count and that wasn't much of a fire. You wouldnt last a week in a REAL department.