In April 2011 Palo Alto Fire Department responded to a 2 alarm fire in a duplex appartment. The fight was complicated by problems with utilties inside the building, power and gas continued to be live after they were disconnected from the property.
For more images from this incident check out YourFire Department.org, www.yourfiredepartment.org/PAF/Curtner.html
This video was taken WAY after the fire had been extinguished. Overhaul phase with crews working to find hot spots, not ventilating in this video. Fire was reported and fought much earlier in morning long before sunrise.
AFA361 1 week ago
How do you get all this footage??
cheapchimmy7 1 week ago
awesome trucks and equiment, im a firefighter from peru... here we work with trucks that have 30 years old and we are volunteers we dont get payed for this work but we love it... grettings from Tacna - Peru... Ladder 99
Sh3ph4rd2007 1 month ago
what a waste of time that vertical ventilation is for this kind fire.. tooo risky.
Jones857 1 month ago
were they cutting ventilation holes with no air masks? what if the roof would have collapsed?
MisforMiguel 1 month ago
@DEADPHISHproductions There are a few different reasons why foam is used instead of water, mainly foam acts as a smothering agent and is much safer to use around electrical fires as opposed to water. In some instances, certain chemicals will have an adverse reaction to just plain water. In the instance of fighting wildland fires, usually just water is used when helicopters are picking it up out of rivers and lakes as it is more of a "natural" way to fight wildland fires. Hope this helps.
trapperman1974 3 months ago
how would you decide weather or not you would use foam, or water?
DEADPHISHproductions 3 months ago