HUGE grass fire 40mph wind 3-29-21 Brookville Ks, part 1

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  • čas přidán 31. 03. 2021

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  • @AsymptoteInverse
    @AsymptoteInverse Před 2 lety +130

    Hats off to you guys! I'm a civilian, and I've only been face-to-face with a grass-fire once. It was in dry, tall grass. Flames must've been ten or twenty or thirty feet high at the time. Three of us were trying to at least keep the fire away from my dad's railer with rakes and blankets and buckets, but we were losing. Some local firefighters showed up in a truck just like this one and had the thing contained in what felt like fifteen minutes. Saved our bacon.

    • @trxtech3010
      @trxtech3010 Před rokem +2

      Would you people stop with that "Hats off" term it sounds so god damn stupid

    • @Cool-Cat1
      @Cool-Cat1 Před rokem +29

      @@trxtech3010 Why stop using it? It's a gesture of respect taking your hat off for someone but people don't wear the same type of hats nowadays and so it's now just a phrase.

    • @brawler4456
      @brawler4456 Před rokem

      @@trxtech3010 would you prefer "dicks out"?

    • @Kremithefrog1
      @Kremithefrog1 Před rokem +10

      @@Cool-Cat1 Hats off to your response!

  • @whythis-
    @whythis- Před rokem +23

    wow the phrase "you missed a spot" can really affect the outcome of the fire spreading

  • @mightymaligator9738
    @mightymaligator9738 Před 2 lety +29

    I know this is a volunteer dept. but if you guys could come up with a head set comms system between the driver and the firefighter, that would be extremely helpful in these situations. Great effort.

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před 2 lety +4

      Some of your trucks do hard to wear with a helmet

  • @Redchew10
    @Redchew10 Před 3 lety +44

    Kicking ass as usual. Would be interesting to see what you guys could do with newer equipment and more staffing.

    • @johnschaefer124
      @johnschaefer124 Před 2 lety +4

      Damn, I assume there are units at the head of the fire? You have a great driver btw. Yall are almost telepathic. I know how frustrating being on a booster can be

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@johnschaefer124 we wanted to start as far back at the fire as we could we were the closest station about a mile and a half to get to the fire and had trucks coming from 25 miles away to help as far as I'm concerned the person running the hose is pretty much in charge of the truck but he and I both work well together

  • @andypressley4702
    @andypressley4702 Před 11 měsíci

    I'm a fire fighter from Abbeville sc. We have alots of woods and grass fires here may the good Lord be with all fire fighters

  • @geoffreyshively6955
    @geoffreyshively6955 Před rokem +9

    Brush fires are the worst. They can relight multiple times, the wind carries that fire fast and far and it can be highly unpredictable. These guys are doing their best. The only thing I would say is they rushed a little the first time up the fire line. You have to soak ahead of the flaming front to stop it from gaining fresh fuel.

  • @remp5529
    @remp5529 Před 3 lety +14

    Sadly, I kind of figured I would see a video from you with all the heavy wind we've had recently. We had gusts around 55 here in NEK the other day.

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před 3 lety +3

      It was the same day we had Gusts 50 plus

    • @KosukiFire
      @KosukiFire Před 3 lety +1

      Glad we had smoothbores when needed for high winds... 🙌

  • @kevinsloan3019
    @kevinsloan3019 Před 8 měsíci

    These guys are obviosly experienced just the way they use the fan on the hose and use of the truck been there done that for 18 yrs great video to show the new guys for training!!!

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před 8 měsíci +1

      Thank you I'm coming up on 23 years

  • @kevinstewart7792
    @kevinstewart7792 Před rokem +4

    I felt like your driver was thinking about s’mores there for a little bit leaving you in the toaster there a little too long 😂 thanks for the hard work

  • @johncarr5659
    @johncarr5659 Před 2 lety +25

    I am a former Fire Chief from New Jersey who spent 20 years in Colorado. While there I spent 10 years working and training as a wildland firefighter.I Enjoy your videos that show a much different way to fight fires. What type of equipment do you use? Water tank size, pump size?

    • @kensakamoto258
      @kensakamoto258 Před 11 měsíci +2

      I'm a Calif firefighter. Their equipment looks like a small pump with its' own engine, large tanks of several hundred gallons and minimal tools or accessories keeping weight down. Basic formula for large grassland areas.

    • @RealJeep
      @RealJeep Před 9 měsíci

      Is everyone from New Joyzee a former fire chief or does it just seem that way?

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před 9 měsíci +1

      We are actually looking to replace that truck it's an early 80s International 1,100 gallons with a 60 gallon a minute nozzle upfront also has an inch-and-a-half in the back

  • @aidenlodo2877
    @aidenlodo2877 Před 2 lety

    Very interesting mate can you explain why you use that branch

  • @Woody615
    @Woody615 Před 14 dny +1

    Great job. I know it's dangerous, but that looks like a fun assignment. Has anyone tried to use one of those water trucks that are used on construction sites, that have the big spray nozzles on the front and back? I wonder if you could just drive around the perimeter with the fan spray on. That would be cool if you could.

  • @BLACKMONGOOSE13
    @BLACKMONGOOSE13 Před rokem +3

    Did my guy just check the time while he was fighting fire!?

  • @dectzhao
    @dectzhao Před rokem

    The angle with the sun is poetic.

  • @stephens2755
    @stephens2755 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Leaf blowers can work wonders in such low grass fires. Proven !

  • @cdmartin194
    @cdmartin194 Před 3 lety

    Grass fire so suck with that high of winds. Great attack and video. Have you ever thought of doing videos of your different trucks you respond in and info about them and which are your favorites?

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před 3 lety

      On the list to do we have 4 stations

  • @pizzasubs
    @pizzasubs Před 3 měsíci

    this may be a strange question but when you have to travel over terrain like this, if they could somehow make a brush rig like this but instead of having tires on it, they could somehow install Tank treads, would those make it easier to actually navigate terrain like this?

  • @liammcdermott4112
    @liammcdermott4112 Před rokem +1

    Yall fought a long hard battle I'd have you on my team any day you definitely earned a cold one

  • @Adelaide_Transit
    @Adelaide_Transit Před 2 lety +4

    Absolutely killing it, my man if you had access to the shit the volunteer departments here in aus have you'd be the mega fire fighter.

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před 2 lety +2

      Thank you for the kind words good luck with your fire season this year

    • @Adelaide_Transit
      @Adelaide_Transit Před 2 lety +1

      @@jrockyhill Good luck to you as well.

  • @shahrinali7249
    @shahrinali7249 Před 2 lety

    Strong wind..take care bro

  • @edsalinas9996
    @edsalinas9996 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I didn't realize how difficult it was to drive one those fire trucks or hard it was to handle a water hose.

  • @Bobs-bd3yo
    @Bobs-bd3yo Před 3 lety +12

    Great Job! Still makes me nervous when you are in the green with that hard of a blow. Is that a tender or what and how many gallons is it? Tough fire to fight.

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před 3 lety +7

      Technically it's classified as a tanker but it's pretty much just a big Brush Truck it holds 1100 gallons

    • @Bobs-bd3yo
      @Bobs-bd3yo Před 3 lety +2

      @@jrockyhill perfect size. It would be nice to have a tender like that in our dept. We have 3 brush trucks and a 2500 gallon tender for wildland. Are you ever planning on showing off your fire department? I like rural departments compared to heavily funded cities and counties it really shows the rest if the world what we do on little or no budgets and still get the job done.

    • @EstorilEm
      @EstorilEm Před rokem +1

      @@jrockyhill sounds like an old Detroit diesel 😈

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před rokem +2

      @@EstorilEm old international but it does sound like it

    • @buckberthod5007
      @buckberthod5007 Před rokem

      @@EstorilEm DT466. Not a Dirty Detriot

  • @RedditStoryBoard
    @RedditStoryBoard Před 2 lety +8

    Makes me nervous seeing people fight fires without their scbas. Just watched my friends dad lose his life due to chemical burns in the lungs from fighting forest fires. Stay safe bro

    • @eriksand9262
      @eriksand9262 Před 2 lety +4

      You don't fight vegetation/wildland fires with SCBA's.

    • @JohnDoe-se1xm
      @JohnDoe-se1xm Před rokem +3

      @@eriksand9262 with the amount of waste and harmful materials getting into the environment these days I have no doubt that firefighters in the future might have wear SCBA while containing such fires

    • @user-lb3db5qq5d
      @user-lb3db5qq5d Před rokem +2

      @@eriksand9262 Ladies and gentlemen! Here we have another sucker who doesn't use SCBA's, Because you don't fight vegetation/wildland fires with SCBA's.
      Say hello to your cancer lungs in a few years from me!

    • @amouse6931
      @amouse6931 Před rokem +2

      @@user-lb3db5qq5d At least there isn't nicotine in grass fire smoke. And you don't breathe it multiple times a day every day. I'm a firefighter that doesn't use an SCBA for a grass fire.... Plus usually the smoke isn't that bad. Just hold your breath through the thickest.

  • @tooslick4986
    @tooslick4986 Před 6 dny

    How come they couldnt soak the the grass and soil properly once while going forward rather then a quick forward and backwards.?

  • @ccramit
    @ccramit Před 3 měsíci

    It's an uphill battle with those winds.

  • @matthewanderson7766
    @matthewanderson7766 Před 2 lety +1

    Hard to stop what nature wants

  • @jonmantooth5804
    @jonmantooth5804 Před rokem

    this actually looks fun

  • @mikejones6974
    @mikejones6974 Před 9 měsíci

    Good job!

  • @JohnnyRhett
    @JohnnyRhett Před 3 měsíci

    Dude, do you have faucets that have sensors on them??? Open up and saturate it.

  • @shanestamball1886
    @shanestamball1886 Před 3 lety +6

    About 3 years following ur channel, starting to think you need a better pump setup, or a second independent pump to run a high pressure smooth bore line.

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před 3 lety +6

      Found out after we were done that I had three or four fins on my nozzle broken

    • @nickwolter86
      @nickwolter86 Před 3 lety +2

      Why in the hell would you run a smooth bore on a wildland fire?

    • @JasmineLindros
      @JasmineLindros Před 3 lety +1

      @@jrockyhill I wondered what all that fiddling was about, as it wasn't nearly cold enough for you to have ice plugs.

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před 3 lety +2

      @@JasmineLindros I found out after the fire I had about four fins on the nozzle broken which wasn't allowing me to have full stream I thought I had a plug-in the nozzle and kept trying to flush it but it would not flush either

    • @shanestamball1886
      @shanestamball1886 Před 3 lety +3

      @@nickwolter86 penetration into the wind, and duff, a 1inch forestry line with a 3/8th tip is how 75% of wild fires are dealt with in this country. Especially when you get into woods fires.

  • @stevebrewer1720
    @stevebrewer1720 Před 3 lety

    Be safe out there!

  • @Kilrinstinct1
    @Kilrinstinct1 Před rokem +1

    How many gallons does this truck hold? That was pretty impressive

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před rokem +3

      1100

    • @jaso5114
      @jaso5114 Před rokem

      @@jrockyhill During that whole episode I was thinking you were hooked up to a hydrant with the endless amount of water you put out of that nozzle

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před rokem +5

      @@jaso5114 as big as this event was I knew we would probably be one of the only trucks there for a bit it was really hard to get to so I told our driver that we had to take it nice and slow and make sure we got everything out the first time used as little water as possible we did have a couple of Lights but we almost nailed the whole thing in one shot it was two and a half miles long

  • @snowybooooy
    @snowybooooy Před rokem

    that is a Tuesday here in Australia

  • @kennethschultz6465
    @kennethschultz6465 Před 2 lety +2

    A spoon ful biodegradebel sulpho
    In EVERY 1000L water remove
    Surface tention so water
    Cling to the straws and
    Put out the fier inside the straw

  • @Johnadude3
    @Johnadude3 Před rokem

    You guys really need to get some comms going on

  • @airone321
    @airone321 Před rokem

    The fire-eating Heroes !!!

  • @panosdel5709
    @panosdel5709 Před 10 měsíci

    subliminal fire

  • @tribulation138
    @tribulation138 Před 2 lety

    nature's natural fertilizer

  • @dennismullens41
    @dennismullens41 Před rokem

    Ground sweep system is you friend.

  • @ethanhooper403
    @ethanhooper403 Před 3 lety +2

    How much water is on that truck?

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před 3 lety

      1100 gallon

    • @jeromyw385xp
      @jeromyw385xp Před rokem

      it can vary depending on setup and size of truck but can be between 1000-1500 gallons on some brush trucks some smaller and some larger too. just depends on the area of departments and again there setup ok.

  • @dionsiustakarokarokarokaro3929

    👍👍👍

  • @GT-43
    @GT-43 Před rokem +1

    Sprayin and prayin

  • @xxusrxx4247
    @xxusrxx4247 Před rokem

    "Jesse wake up we need to move the rv”

  • @keelankoehn4085
    @keelankoehn4085 Před 29 dny

    When and where is your anchor, flank and pinch. I know u all are jus volunteers so am I but no hating I know you don't have the time to train🎉 or funding for it but best of luck. If u get a chance go watch( its jus a grass fire) good job kicking but.

  • @luiscarlosbotas3538
    @luiscarlosbotas3538 Před rokem

    Deves usar o lado da forca da Agua para o lado da queimada..

  • @janaburritt6939
    @janaburritt6939 Před rokem

    Praise God they got it out

  • @daltonlightfoot6889
    @daltonlightfoot6889 Před rokem +1

    Why not have a sprayer on the front of the truck, kind of like a cropduster sprayer.

    • @amouse6931
      @amouse6931 Před rokem

      Some fire trucks have a remote control nozzle in front. The driver can run the nozzle from the driver's seat.

  • @Ethan-tq4ce
    @Ethan-tq4ce Před 2 lety

    Was that a Sterling truck or Freightliner?

  • @kainhall
    @kainhall Před rokem

    is that an old 2 stroke detroit??

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před rokem

      It does sound like it but it's an old International

  • @bmck5002
    @bmck5002 Před rokem

    Don't smoke kids. Let's the pros do it for you.

  • @sethkress4137
    @sethkress4137 Před rokem +1

    Looked like a volunteer rig? Those guys probably weren't even getting paid

  • @reddyuda
    @reddyuda Před rokem +1

    Fuck, I was supposed to go to sleep like an hour ago....

  • @xxbreak1backxx554
    @xxbreak1backxx554 Před 3 lety

    is this part of the reno county fire?

  • @skoop7641
    @skoop7641 Před rokem

    Need a tractor and plow much?

  • @erichhitchcock3368
    @erichhitchcock3368 Před rokem

    Man that looks like fun! (as long as nothing goes awry) Lot's of FF's can get fooled by those. I recall one where I had taken my coat off...if I did'nt have the line I would've been in rough shape. Stupid.

  • @user-bb5gj9wb1e
    @user-bb5gj9wb1e Před 10 měsíci

    Huge grass fire and only one fire truck?

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před 10 měsíci +1

      Fire was over two miles long and 3/4 wide we were the only ones in that part of the fire

  • @mikem1956
    @mikem1956 Před 10 měsíci

    Is the cage on front homemade ?

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před 10 měsíci

      Yeah haha

    • @mikem1956
      @mikem1956 Před 10 měsíci

      @@jrockyhill got any pictures?

    • @mikem1956
      @mikem1956 Před 10 měsíci

      @@jrockyhill it looks very effective and efficient.

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před 10 měsíci

      czcams.com/video/k_7zC6O4XHQ/video.html

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před 10 měsíci

      This video should have a little bit of footage of the truck

  • @miguelgarrido5877
    @miguelgarrido5877 Před 11 měsíci

    Esque no hay un tractor para que pase arando y así no sigue el fuego

  • @DennisDelaney-fg4pw
    @DennisDelaney-fg4pw Před 9 měsíci

    Fight the red stuff from the black stuff.

  • @eriksand9262
    @eriksand9262 Před 2 lety

    I'm on the west coast. Never seen a firefighter ride in the front of a truck with a hose. Guess they don't allow that over here. Looks pretty damn efficient though!
    To bad you didn't have a dozer behind you cutting a fire break line. Would have probably helped with the re lights.

  • @MadRhetorik.
    @MadRhetorik. Před rokem

    Been there done that. We used to call the basket on the front the bitch basket lol.

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před rokem +1

      Haha we fight over who gets to go up front

  • @timbales3652
    @timbales3652 Před rokem +1

    I thought as a rule you stay in the black.Looks borderline careless to me.

  • @qrcodeguy5669
    @qrcodeguy5669 Před 5 měsíci

    Did these guys steal a fire truck and are larping for the day? Wouldn’t last a day at my department.

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před 5 měsíci +1

      It's probably because you're fire department has completely different terrain and a different style of doing things you probably wouldn't last a day on our department no one tactic works the same in different places

    • @qrcodeguy5669
      @qrcodeguy5669 Před 5 měsíci

      @@jrockyhill you wouldn’t even get an interview chief

  • @thecamocampaindude5167

    Meanwhile i be pissing on it

  • @semperfidelis8386
    @semperfidelis8386 Před 2 lety +2

    Need some nozzle discipline when runnin off a tank there, bub. Can't fog into the wind.

  • @hongbibluo2789
    @hongbibluo2789 Před 8 měsíci

    草原滅火資源不足

  • @lucioadrianomendonca2944

    Trator grade more efficient

  • @zachz699
    @zachz699 Před rokem

    Lil butthole of a fire didnt want to quit haha. nice job

  • @TsunauticusIV
    @TsunauticusIV Před rokem

    You tried. Better/more experienced wheelman would have helped.

  • @monsanto.official
    @monsanto.official Před 9 měsíci +1

    don’t know how to work a hose or what are you doing bro

    • @jrockyhill
      @jrockyhill  Před 9 měsíci

      At the beginning of the video the nozzle was very very plugged and it was stuck and wouldn't flush that's why it kept changing the pattern

  • @LinuxJedi
    @LinuxJedi Před rokem +1

    you’re in a fire truck with a ram run those twigs over bro

  • @inherentnature5938
    @inherentnature5938 Před 2 lety +2

    Riding on the bumper is a really good way to get killed brother. You can pull the booster inside and spray out the window if you guys don’t have spray bars

  • @barendblom1279
    @barendblom1279 Před rokem

    i clicked like when it was on 911

  • @eddiewages7486
    @eddiewages7486 Před rokem

    Protect infrastructure and let it burn the land will be better off .Arkansas burns fields all the time makes grass come in earlier and it gets rid of under growth around trees

    • @juancena930
      @juancena930 Před 8 měsíci

      Thing is, uncontrolled grass, fires, and fields that large. When its that dry, can get to Forest real quick, and will be a national forest service issue.

  • @DaxxTerryGreen
    @DaxxTerryGreen Před rokem

    Who the F is driving? Slow down bro

  • @niceyokosuka8956
    @niceyokosuka8956 Před rokem

    素人ですか? しっかり火を消しましょうよ!水の無駄遣いです!