Mother and 4 children are trapped in their apartment bathroom. OFD dispatcher reassures them and coaches them while firefighters are searching.
This video shows the importance of staffing and response times in saving lives.
Duration : 0:7:26
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December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
u think thats weird …
u think thats weird, one of our neighbor stations responded to a accident with injury and couldn’t find the crash and said over the radio “how stupid are we”
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
Great video and …
Great video and neat work by the OFD. Glad to see a happy ending.
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
thx for lettin me …
thx for lettin me know its was just kinda weird to me!
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
He did that to show …
He did that to show officially on the record that heavy smoke was showing upon arrival on the scene, and also to alert the companies about the caliber of the fire.
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
i think the guys …
i think the guys from distric 3 was really weird and funnycuz he just goes over the radio sayin heavy smoke showin.i mean seriously its just kinda WEIRD
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
try we have to do …
try we have to do more with less. our response area is about the size of rode island. we have a total of around 60-70 people on shift. for 9 stations. 1 of which is only for crash response, another of which is crash/ structural..
we meet all of NFPA standards.
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
Clearly your …
Clearly your department has a lack of concern for your safety. NFPA has set guidlines on responses and minimum staffing for a reason. I guess sitting in a foam truck washing down the remains of a jet crash doesnt take much manpower.
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
in the event of …
in the event of smoke or fire, we would respond Station 1, station 2, and maybe station 5. if you pull the people off the crash trucks to man the ladder, that gives you 1 rescue, 2 pumpers, and the ladder, plus the district cheifs. thats a total of about 16-17 people on scene within 10 min. If we need more, we have an additional 4 pumpers, and a qunit, but all of them would take more than 15-20 min to get on scene.
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
So your telling me …
So your telling me that your first truck would go in, fight fire AND make 10 grabs within 4 mins?? Like we did that day. I think not! And It was only 9 maybe 10 units on scene.
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
Wow! You Canadians …
Wow! You Canadians must have fire trucks with wings! Awesome post dumb ass!
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
Great Job !!! …
Great Job !!! Outstanding job by the OFD and the Dispatchers. Are you guys running digital p25.
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
Great job brothers!
Great job brothers!
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
OUTSTANDING WORK !!!
OUTSTANDING WORK !!!
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
Given the scenario …
Given the scenario at hand it’s not really a case of “too many rigs.”
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
It’s all about …
It’s all about staffing. Fire engines and trucks can’t do anything without people. Great job guys. The enemy of fire departments are politicians like those here in Los Angeles. They have taken a huge crap on the citizens and the LAFD. It’s all about corruption. Too many chiefs and not enough workers on the ground. Hopefully it won’t happen in other cities. Awesome OFD.
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
amazing video. …
amazing video. thanks for making/posting this.
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
I’m a Washington …
I’m a Washington D.C. firefighter. The initial box alarm assignment for the DCFD is, 5 Engines, 2 Trucks, 1 Rescue Squad, 2 Battalion Chiefs, and a Ambulance. If its a working fire its another Engine and another Truck, a Air unit, a Medic unit, ect.. A second alarm is the same as the first, all over again. Everyone does it differently.
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
great response from …
great response from the command center…also great communication by the ff
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
That is exactly the …
That is exactly the reason that laying off fire fighters to save budget dollars is the worst decision any tax payer or city/county council person could ever make!
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
I am beyond …
I am beyond impressed with the communication between dispatch and fireground, excellent job done by the FD. People don’t realize how important a dispatcher is in the police and fire services. The men and women involved have my utmost respect
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
OUTSTANDING—-GUYS …
OUTSTANDING—-GUYS ===
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
That really doesn’t …
That really doesn’t matter. About 3 minutes is still a really good response time
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
probably, i’m …
probably, i’m actually a fire fighter in the USAF, we have the biggest or second biggest department in the Air Force at my base (Ramstein AB, Germany) and we only have a manning of something like 75-100 people per shift, for 9 stations. there are 5 or 6 different districts, each one having 1-2 different stations, some of which are crash response only. which is something most departments don’t have to worry about. So it does vary a lot.
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
Yes it different in …
Yes it different in every state/county right? Like im guessing why they sent so many trucks is because it was a big apt complex plus fire and they didn’t want other structures to catch on fire. Here we had a apt fire and we sent a ladder, 2 engines and a rescue, so with bigger city’s they had more man power so they can send more trucks.
December 21st, 2009 at 9:37 am
yes, i saw the fire …
yes, i saw the fire, theres still something like 20 trucks there. in a situation like that, we would respond with an inital 3 trucks, maybe 4, 2 engines, 1 rescue, and maybe 1 ladder. we would then get an additional 3-4 trucks, mix of engine and ladders, and that would be it. and the first arriving truck would probably set up in quick attack mode, go in, get the people out, then the following trucks would fight fire.