Engine 51 Tractor Trailer Fire
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- čas přidán 15. 09. 2014
- Company 5 was assigned to Route 460 at Jubal Early Drive for a Tractor Trailer on fire. Chief 5 arrived to find one tractor trailer on the side of the roadway with heavy fire showing from the cab. Law enforcement and VDOT shut down both east and westbound lanes of 460 to allow fire crews access. Engine 51 arrived shortly after Chief 5 and pulled 2 hand lines for an aggressive fire attack. Engine 5A arrived and assisted with securing water supply while Rescue 5 assisted E51 crew. Fire was brought under control in under 20 minutes however crews also had to deal with a 175 gallon diesel fuel leak from the truck’s saddle tanks. Crews diverted the flow of diesel from storm drains and assisted clean up contractor WEL with clean up of the spill. There were no injuries and the roadway was reopened within a few hours.
I am sure this was a volunteer fire department and most want the truck to roll with a full crew. I was with a volunteer dept where I was the only one on the truck. Fortunately I was met at the scene by other volunteers that came out of the wood work. :)
Great job guys.
Job well done brothers...stay safe stay strong
grumble grumble grumble !! Im an arm chair critic and i am an expert on every thing because Wikipedia is only a finger click away.
Keep up the good work boys ,you do a tough job .
Yes, we do! We had a house fire yesterday morning and a woods fire in three locations on the same road that we were paged out to while we were still doing overhaul and checking for extension on the house fire. And we are a combination department.
Why are people so scared of being criticized? If we don't admit we make mistakes or that there's room for improvement, improvement will never happen.
awesome, even though it taken a while to get there,
These guys did a fine job considering how far they had to go to get to the fire.
Maybe one should make it clearer that this is a voluntary FD...
I was kind of turned down by the 3 minutes response time, but knowing they are volunteers puts everything back in perspective.
I don't know what the regulations over here (Germany) are for the volunteers but the "professional" FD's have a max deploy time of 90s. I'm more than sure that these regulations do not apply to the volunteers though.
For those bitching around because of the turn around: a) water is immensely heavy. A few meters of hose can quickly and easily weigh a couple of kilos. The longer the hose, the harder it is to move it around; b) as it is probably not to the closest to the next hydrant you have a very limited supply of water. By minimizing the distance from the vehicle to the fire you easily gain a few dozen gallons of water.
Whew ... blasting through those red lights.
Why shut down the other 2 lanes?
I’d rather keep traffic rolling on the other side than blocking the whole highway especially on a split like this. The truck is gone so nothing wrong with waiting for manpower. Makes cleanup quicker. Great job. Arm chair critics need to join up. See what is really involved. Pansies
Agreed, Adam - truck was long gone before anyone even got to the scene.
This is in Virginia - Im curious- how do you get to the station? I mean you guys arent allowed lights in your POV at all, right?
In NS, the only ones who can run lights/sirens in POV is Chief and Deputy Chief
His dispatcher gave him a hot load.....he never realized just how hot it really was.
Where are you located at?
Know this video is about 4 yrs old now, but anyone know if the truck driver was ok?
Looks a lot like it overheated lol
Are you guys volunteer?
Where is squad 51 ?
thats a long way to travel to get there and the area doesn't seem that rural
My only question is why are there two men attending the fire not in turnout gear?
Volunteer Fire Dept.
Is this in Virginia
Nice videos I do the same thing
12:15 looks "interesting"
my buddys truck exploded
why not just cross the median?
Brennus Gaming if it's too soft the truck could sink and get stuck.
In many states volunteers go directly to fire, letting the truck roll as soon as there is a designated driver. This sitting around itching and scratching for three minutes is next to absurd.
ENGINE 51 kmg365😊
Squad 51 responding from rampart
I see this so much, it is almost a joke. I teach about it. It is difficult, if impossible and more dangerous to try to shorten response time by blowing thru red lights and driving aggressively on the wrong side of the road, etc. versus LEAVING THE STATION SOONER. Run around in the station, and drive a bit slower, hesitate that one second at an intersection in case someone is coming in your blind spot! ON a 5 minute run you are not going to make up 3 minutes of waiting at zero mph. Leave sooner, get there sooner. Volunteers? Get the truck out with a short crew and divert the rest to the fire location? From the cab yelling "Get in the truck"! "Get in the truck!" Something was not quite right.
And tie up the road(s) even more - brilliant. You "teach" about it? Teach who? Grade schoolers? Every district and/or county has a specific response requirement. My original one had no problem running short to a call, the second one, doesn't matter, if you're short, you're staying in the barn until enough people show up. Took a long time for me to adjust to that mentality, but I had to.
Whoever you waited 3 minutes for to get going... I hope it was their last day there.
walther007 sometimes you have to wait to get people on the truck. looks like a volly dept and had to wait for firefighters to get to the station.
Seems like they had three or more different people walking around, no hurry, no getting gear on...
Maybe not qualified to run that type of call.
liee
i never see fire fighters so slow in getting water on the fire need to learn water first then get other pipe on need tranning big time
All together, not very impressive...three minutes plus to even get out the door and then they lose even more time by turning around rather than pulling hose across the median. Embarrassing.
Would you rather they get stuck in the mud and not be able to put out the fire?
I had to watch it again to see what happened...three minutes to get out the door even though we hear several voices talking in or near the engine. They could have pulled the line across the median rather than taking the time to turn around...they probably were trying to get close to the hydrant so that's not too bad. In my opinion, and yes, I know about opinions, they took way to long to respond and start getting juice on the fire.
Well, maybe in your "expert" opinion...but around here we are well known for not losing much. And that reputation was already in place before I started with them and that would be...thirty years!!
It's been almost 3 years since this truck fire. Let me tell you something about vol. Fire Depts. They have jobs & farms like you & me, but they work 24/7. You gonna bitch about 3 minutes. OK. I'll give you that. 3 minutes. Dude. you couldn't even tie your shoes in that time. Instead of bitch'n about the response time, why not send out Kodo's to the super trooper who had corralled the traffic so the fire truck could safely arrive on scene. O.K. I know he was just his job. Watch the video again & listen to the radio as they talk. Everybody works together as a team. Dude, when that truck left the station there were only 2 guys on the truck.......
Phil's Midwest Classic Cars That's true
Bad job. They need too long!👎
zomorrow I would smack you if I could. Fire fighters put their lives on the line to save our asses from our mistakes. Keep your bad comments to yourself
Thekiller7897 I'm volunteering where I'm at