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The couple departments I worked for has the play book for the Pumper, the Truck, the Squad and we ran it until something changed. THAT is what we needed a Battalion on site for. He handled if we needed MORE, making sure HAZZARD was broadcast, and Who was Where for everyone. Sometimes you are to busy killing flame to notice that other teams are getting beat back, Battalion can.
Interesting to see a structure engine that is that well prepared for wildland/brush fires with that much 1" and 1-1/2" hose. These are usually sizes suited for w/b fires. They must respond to a lot of these.
The majority of California fire engines carry 1" to 1-1/2" hose (although much of the 1-1/2 " hose is replaced with 1-3/4" hose) because of the wildland /bush fire potential throughout the state. CALFIRE, with provides urban and rural protection to most of the state's counties, carries 500' on each engine, even if it is in a majority urban area. Often it is in backpacks.
Very nice video coverage with your handheld HD camera. The Cahuenga Pass, I did not know they had a FS there, but I use to live in the SFV in Arleta, but moved from LA in 1984 back to Iowa.
Southern California can easily go up it doesn't take much a broken glass bottle can cause a wildfire a cigarette butt & a electric charge can even cause a wildfire & if conditions are right the Santa Ana winds will make things even worse. I grew up in Orange County even though I was Born in FallBrook which is back side of San Diego County
It would be a rare occasion where SCBA's were used on wildland/brush fires. It is not a piece of equiptment that you would find on a pure wildland apparatus, only on structure engines.
Josiah Winston rarely to firefighters wear scba's for wild land. Partially because it's not hard to stay out of the smoke and even when we are in the smoke, it's generally limited duration exposure. The materials burning don't have the same level of toxicity as the stuff you find in a structure fire also, though no smoke is good for us.
That was probably the standard automatic brush response. I would have used two engines, one to hose from the back of the fire to the front (always keeping one foot in the black) and the second engine to hit the head. I would stage other units available for assignment until the wild fire was out. Never trust that an "insignificant" wildfire won't bite you in the butt.
I did notice that this fire was in Cahuenga Pass by some clues in the video, primarily that as E-76 left is house you can see the fire across the freeway and the engine has Cahuenga Pass lettered on it. The evidence seems to hold up the poster's story rather than General1178's story. The only thing is saw wrong was that one FF wasn't wearing brush pants. All need to wear full PPE. Iv'e had 14 years wildfire and 7 yrs structureexp & retired as BC.
Nice video. Its funny how smokers dont want butts in their own car's, so out the window it goes. Here's somthing else for you litterbugs to think about. That old soda can you threw out the window three months ago....well a dead body was found on the side of the road and the only evidence found next it was a soda can. Yep no matter how old its still collected as evidence.
In Israel, contrary to all instructions in all major countries, we've been told to leave shaking buildings as the first step in defending ourselves against being injured or killed in a major earthquake. But, the USGS states the following in its website: "Federal, state, and local emergency management experts and other official preparedness organizations all agree that "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" is the appropriate action to reduce injury and death during earthquakes." I agree with them!
Years ago I watched a video made by a man who goes in to look for survivors. He said never crawl under your desk.. they find children/people pancaked/crushed. He teaches people to think of places that will create a pocket like area. Squat down up against big sturdy objects, so that if the roof falls in, the bigger object you are crouched down next to will protect, and most likely have a open space up next to it.
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im surprised no one called it in first...i would have maybe put a unit on the freeway...good job to the tow driver for creating a sfety zone for the crew(s)
@ntpd1 i see where your coming from but LAFD Doesnt screw with forest fire. Just like FDNY doesnt screw with building fires. They don't want to have to go back 4 hours later with the whole hilltop ablaze
@DeyaIV I was in both Christchurch earthquakes recently, and too prior to our one in Feb 2011 had heard o the triangle - it was noted that the information about the triangle was a hoax. Your best bet is to fiond cover under something soild - alot of people were rescued in Christchurch from collapsed buildings and sufered no injuries from doing just that in other buildings where there was internal collapes of air con etc...
