*FD ARRIVAL* Millville, Ma 3rd alarm, dryer vent the cause of the inferno 

First due without a clue baby

OH DEAR LORD !!! HA !!

LOL yes they did

@ross beck but not with rum

Was that sarcasm??

@@jackh577 no not in my opinion

They should have brought marshmallows and cool hangers

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Literally read the title

I disagree about their dedication.

Someone might be critical of the techniques which were used but don’t doubt the dedication of volunteer fire fighters. If cities and counties paid for better training the fire fighters would be glad to have the opportunity to improve. It is dedication to expose yourself to these conditions.

Venting precedes a BLEVE, the more it vents, the greater the risk of a BLEVE. That’s why they were cooling it from a safe distance, to stop the contents reaching the point of BLEVE.

OK so the Propane tank was not anywhere near where it was venting. Watch closely and you'll see the propane tank on the left side, as you look at the venting, 6:44. I suspect that gas flame was the gas line to the kitchen or dryer etc.... I was shocked that they didn't just go over and turn the gas tank to the "OFF" position. Just a thought, only 40 years of firefighting experience, but I could be wrong.

Sir, my comment was about the tank venting around the 1 min mark of the video. It clearly is the tank venting. Thank you for 40 years of service.

@@johnhyman3549 John, I didn't even see that tank, It looked like the "venting gas" as coming from inside the residence. After your comment, I went back and WHALLA, there is another tank which is burned black. You are absolutely right. That thing would have put hair on your chest, (or taken it off), if it went off.

yes that was a gas grill's LP tank venting. The way LP tanks are designed is that they have a vent valve to relieve the pressure when the gas rapidly expands too fast from something simple as the summer heat or in this case a fire. And as far as a BLEVE goes they are crazy rare, in 30 years of firefighting I only seen it once, it was a LP tank on the back of a fork lift and what happened was is the dimwit fork lift driver put the LP tank on the fork lift up side down so it could not vent, and when the tank started on fire because of all things, careless smoking, POOF! Anyways, the only way we would have a BLEVE here is if that tank can't vent the boiling gas fast enough, and there is a "tell" if a venting LP tank is about to BLEVE, that is it will start to "whistle" really loud, when you hear a burning LP tank start to "whistle"...... ah.. RUN!!! Lastly the thing that needed to be done here was rapid cooling of the tank with lots and lots of water, which the FD here eventually did.

+ Or just be smart and clean your dryer vents, all could've been avoided

No no it doesn’t I’m at 5:00 min i take it they don’t go in 🤔

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@Tax Payer guess what.... firefighters are still getting your money and still not listening to you....pay your taxes.

Yeah.... All bullshit aside losing this house is unacceptable. Come at me with whatever you want, I can legitimately tell you this was an easy stop. This fire should have easily been contained to B/C corner, with some minor extension. This should be an absolute wake up call for that Chief and that community.

I AM....HORRIBLE JOB!!!!

I agree but, you need to learn that "alot" is actually two different words.

I live beer here

Small Town limited resources isn't a good excuse for being afraid of the fire. My department has one engine, one tanker, and one brush truck and less tools than these guys had and even we are more aggressive than this.

Michael Pinnell we had 2 and this fire was very hot you could feel it from down the road

the relief valve was doing what it suppose to do by releasing the pressure not storeing it up and causing a explosion.

Who got injured and how? I didn’t see that.

@@johndavis6119 read the description 1 firefighter sustained minor injury

JDS Weather First, Brewer, Maine News & Events thank you

@@johndavis6119 yvw

Firefighters got hurt? Twisting an ankle?

"and good (not food) leadership"

LOL You are so right

Tough to watch. The water flowing through those first 2 lines could have, and should have put out a LOT more fire. Poor training.

bc the yard was on fire

Get trained as a firefighter and you'll be able to figure it out.

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Keep your propane secured

Nonsense. Short on people and on water. Directed efforts towards safety. Not all areas have 3 engines and a truck show up in the first 5 minutes.

Back in 1984 I was introduced to the Task Force Nozzle by a neighboring Co. I was blown away on what that could do in knocking down a working room in about 1 minute with a fog pattern and 1 man could actually handle a 2 1/2 with this nozzle. My company had all our trucks equipped within 2 weeks after out demo with neighboring Co with Task Force.

Its the person on any nozzle understanding of a fire stream and its effect. I prefer the combination nozzle. If all you know is straight bore........

MusicLover P Rural fire departments will have hydrants in their villages, but once you get outside of that they are dependent on ponds and mutual aid tankers, engines and aerials.

Bill Williams that swimming pool is not a good option for the size of the fire. Now, I’m not saying that they did a good job on this fire by any means. The first officer on scene should have done a 360 and should have committed a 2 1/2 line to the rear on the fire. Not around the corner like we first saw. Also, in the beginning we saw there was a lack of manpower to do much of anything until mutual aid arrived with manpower and tankers. My observation, unfortunately, told me this home was not going to be saved. Bringing in the tankers and ladder truck for a surround and drown was the only viable option.

ok Mr. Wizard, lack of manpower, yeah well being that Millville is a volunteer fire company with only about 15 members and being that no one want to volunteer any more yeah man power is a problem, and what makes this worse is no "day time" availability, most volunteers work their real jobs during the day making them unavailable to make calls, or it takes them longer to make the call. And the only thing giving the fire service a bad name is you and all the other You Tube firefighters. So instead of hiding behind a puter key board why don't you put your money where your mouth is and join your local volunteer FD.

@@r.a.hassel8006 Nice try, hassle. Twenty-seven years in a rural, volunteer fire department--Deputy Chief only because I've lasted that long, representative in our state legislature, 32 years teaching in the same high school, two tours in Vietnam as the youngest armored company commander--by default, the others were dead. #1: You are illiterate. #2: You're the standard-issue 'Murkan turd that's dumber than dark. #3 Ya'll run your mouth as though people are listenin'. #4: You're a disgrace. #5: Don't call us--we haven't the patience for riff-raff.

No your not, your just a You Tube firefighter and a poser, who comes out on to You Tube and tears down firefighters, you know the only other person I know that seems to detest the fire service more than you, is a serial arsonist.

That's all ya' got?Cripes, such an ignorant huckleberry are you. Once again in your miserable life, you've got it all figured out and you're so bloody-well up the creek you're little more than a barking-mad, intemperate, flaming-ignorant, illiterate--a true 'Murkan lowlife scrubber--far on the outside looking in, jibber-jabbering 4th-grade rubbish and bouncing on roadside branches while busily flinging turds at passing buses.Ya'll don't know you're born.Ever read Yevtushenko? Moliere? Spinoza? Saved even one life? Run daily five-mile rips with a college track team? Skate hockey? When and where did you get your pilot's license? Ever ride a rig with Paris pompiers? Are you a certified NRA instructor who built his county's ONLY shooting range?Please, let's have the name of the serial arsonist you know--then get even more lost than ya'll already are.

L CHAPUT no one asked for your credentials. This is RU-vid, not a fucking resume. The fire was extinguished, last time I checked that’s a form of fire protection. Why don’t you move on, boomer.

No doubt. see my recent comment.

yea, might as well have been junior firefighters

@@michaelpatanella I think Jr. Firefighters would have done a better job.

And be sure to get an annual cleaning of dryer vent

Long response time, I suspect, rural area. Millville a volunteer fire company? All the poor homeowner could do is just stand there and watch this beautiful home burn to the ground. So sad! Hopefully the homeowners' insurance was paid up to date. Glad the dog escaped!

Not seeing a lot of fires isn't an excuse! They should be better trained on strategy and tactics. This fire had a major head start, but better tactics might have saved some contents, instead of a pile of ash. Aside from this fire, I hate to think of the affect these tactics have at other fires in their district.

I wonder what the insurance rates are in an area like that. They must be in the clouds. Insurance is high where we live and our fire department is rated number one. The weather is what we worry about, mainly hail. This is Texas

I really don't think FD put this on RU-vid. Look at the bottom left corner of the screen. It was a private agency.

@Bill Williams I totally agree. Very Professional for sure . I have watched alot of his videos and there is no screwing around. They are right to the point . Cool calm and collected he is and he definitely got his act together, A1 on my list.

So that others can learn from their mistakes

Interior Attack wenn a Gas Bottle is ging about to blow up. ? Too Risky. But why not more Firestation ging to be Alert ? On Fire linke this in Germany the Alert would set fast in 5th or 6th alert.

@@lappilappland3708 i have no clue what you're talking about lol.

@@michaelpatanella Sorry Englisch is not my 1st. Language and I hate you Autocorrection. ;). When you have a Gasbottle that is about to blow off you not going near if preventable. I wonder that only a few Firetrucks are there ? Are more Firetrucks on the Way or get Toned out ? In Germany several Stations would be called out on a Fire like this. (Very possible 5 or 6 Stations). But here have every Villiage a small Firestation with mostly one Engine and mostly one Transport Unit. Biggetr Station have then Ladders ,Command Units , Supply etc.)

ANY building will burn if you don't have an alarm system and you live in a rural/lightly populated area that allows a fire to grow unreported. Not to mention the high fire load of plastics and synthetic materials made from petroleum...

ffjsb this is true, but I’ve noticed first hand that the modern buildings in an urban setting burn very quick and give off far more toxins than old construction. That may just be where I live, but I think more can be done to make them more fire safe.

@@johndavis6119 It's up to the buyer to demand that.

ffjsb and they should

Exactly they must of gone to youtube fire fighters academy where they fight fires through the comment section only

Very experienced and educated. Worked in a busy city for many years as Firefighter and Arson Investigator. I stand by my comments and opinions. Lots of inexperienced opinion on here, but that's Ok too.

@@jackh577 Most comments on RU-vid are from experienced firefighters but that doesn't make them privy to the Fireground conditions and resources in the videos. Sometimes things are obvious but in this case I think they just suffered from low manpower and lack of water in the initial stages. To be fair that building was lost before arrival. Sometimes you would just love to let it go, all in the best interests of safety and making the job of clearing the site so much easier. The number of times we have put hay barn fires out and then had to dig out the hay to get Goa deep seated fire in a building already lost when it would have been far better just to let it burn away. It just doesn't look good but if you could explain the logistics of it to the owners they would agree with you. Certainly the insurance company would as it would save a fortune in clearing the site for rebuilding. Quite honestly, if I lived in such a remote area in that type of building I would install a manual internal drencher/sprinkler system. The cost of a DIY system can be worth the peace of mind.

There's a lot of people who think they know how to fight fires but until they are actually in a fire fighters shoes they need to sit down and be quiet.

There is no need to be (or get) defensive here, firefighters. Comments are not at all misdirected. Not a single strategy issue. It's a competence issue. There was none.

Great work watering the grass😒😒

Dryer vent not being cleaned

Well shortie, you have to have water to fight a fire, they obviously didn't. By the time they set up their water pools, the place was toast, literally. Living out in the boonies has it's benefits, fire protection isn't one of them. Another good argument for rural home sprinkler systems. Sad to see a nice house like this destroyed due to the lack of fire protection. Hope they were well insured.

@@charlesrudish9147 i completely agree. That is why i said what i said. Because just a couple minutes into the video you could see them on the side with there first attack but the hot point was on the back deck and at that time the fire had not yet broke wall. That is where they should have started to knock down as much as possible for the following trucks and try to keep it out of the structure as much as possible. The first unit on should always start at the hot point with the attack. ALWAYS. Unless you are not in the middle of nowhere and have multiple trucks then just attack the damn thing but in a rural area case being the first and only for a few minutes always start at the hot point with what ever water your truck can supply. If that was my department are chief and or Lt and sgt would have had are ass.

I wonder if the LP tank was the reason they were fighting from the side, maybe protection?

@@lawlessjff its possible. Good thinking. Are dept would would have did a cool down on the tank with our line as we were on the attack of the hot point. Some departments have different policys about flammables and hazmat. With Lp if the tank is already venting the best thing to do is a cool down from a safe distance to help prevent it from going like a grenade into somones head. Most of the time if they are already venting they won't blow but there is always a chance they could even after venting. It's very possible they were scared/worried of it or had a policy that would not allow them in that area.

It was during the day! No one went to bed with the dryer on!

@@malindamooradian5664 but the fact of cleaning it out every semester or year still stands

Ferd Greenblatt The water flowing out of their lines looked somewhat dirty, maybe they were pulling water directly from the river.

Good thing you're not a firefighter.