052 Vehicle Fire at Kingsway & Broadway

A fully involved Van fire stops traffic in all directions while Vancouver Quint 13 battles the blaze.

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• Vehicle
• fire
• Kingsway
• Broadway
• Van
• Quint
• 13
• Vancouver
• Fire
• Rescue
• Service

[Darbalarb1]

hope to roll with VFRS one day! had my first fully involved van fire last night

[youidiot222]

@Darbalarb1 Ride along or did you just come across it?

[Grandeteterouge]

Great video, its rare we have someone on the street taking video of us. Great job.

Thanks Quint 13

[youidiot222]

Are you on Quint 13?

[CWOBabcock]

@KISSman4307 A Quint(e) is a fire apparatus that combines an Engine or Pumper (the one with all the hoses and water) with an Aerial (big ladder truck). To qualify as a Quint, a truck must have its own water source (water tank inside the truck), multiple diameter hoses, an assortment of ground ladders, and an aerial ladder of I believe it has to be at least 75 feet. Hope this helps, cheers.

[lgman83]

How much does a safety inspection pass on a commercial vehicle cost now a days hmmm????

[Genners111]

they are trying to put out magnesium with water??? damn boys

[Darbalarb1]

@ffjsb Agreed, straight stream at a distance, full fog on approach to protect the team, then 30 degree fog close up attack

[Darbalarb1]

straight stream at a distance, then full fog on the approach to protect the hose team, then 30 degree on the close up attack in the windows

[train672]

Magnesium, it bites back !!

( sorry about the spelling ) ;-)

[ffjsb]

@johnnybull100 Also the bench seat brackets, 15 passenger Chevy's are a bitch to put out; you basically have to fill them with water.

[ffjsb]

@USMC3531tsd You're dead wrong. You use a straight stream (not a "hard" stream) on vehicle fires so you can knock down the fire from a distance so you can cool things like shocks and door struts that can explode and impale you. You also need a larger volume of water directly on the burning Mag Alloys to cool it enough to overcome the BTU's it puts off. When the bulk of the fire is knocked down, THEN you can move close in and use a fog stream to hit hard to reach areas.

[ffjsb]

@mikezaq1 It's Magnesium Alloy that's burning, Chevy uses a lot in their van's.  And it wasn't the foam that worked better, it was switching to a straight stream that did it. You have to have a lot of GPM's put directly on the burning metal to overcome the BTU's being put out by the fire.