Best way to get trash trucks fires out rapidly with less water and manpower is to have the trash truck operator push the trash out while they are moving forward to spread out the trash! It's way easier to put out that way and reduces costs for repair as well! Reduces water waste and trash waste runoff and the extra work on the FF's. The trash is going to need to be picked up after spread out anyways!Former Fire Chief!
Dumping the load on to the ground was actually a smart move because its easier for the firefighters to put out the fire that way. Because they can atack the fire from all sides while the garbage is on the ground and they can spred out the load on the ground too making it even easier to put out the fire. Plus the heat from the fire heat up the sidewalls and the roof on the garbage truck since metal attract heat. That's why the firefighters sprayed the garbage truck with water to cool down the truck from the heat caused by the fire even after the garbage was dumped on to the ground.
I agree with @Ben Roe…aren’t drivers instructed to dump the load in a safe place at the first sign of fire? Save the truck if possible. Better to make a mess and pay the cost of cleanup than to have the truck destroyed. And why didn’t the FF’s immediately instruct the driver to dump his load instead of wasting time and water spraying the OUTSIDE of the truck?
@@quinnbeagle5136 just an FYI you never cool cng tanks on trucks. There pressure relief is temperature activated. By cooling the tanks you keep the pressure valvles closed. Then it goes boom.
@@jacobstewart2041 most gas cylinders have pressure relief valve so they don't blow up but trying to keep them cool is also hard on the structure of the steel can have issues if they try to reuse the tank
Curious why they kept hosing down the truck long after it quit steaming? I don't think it was ever on fire. It got hot, for sure but there were more lines devoted to that than the burning garbage. I've seen several videos now where they keep spraying water on the outside an never through an access panel or never dump the trash. It's a lot easier to clean up the trash than clean up a truck that burned to the ground. I understand they are CNG, but they weren't cooling the tanks just the outside of the back.
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A lot of people are simply not taught the proper way to despose of disgarded items. Sadly there are always the one's who simply donot care. Sadly chemicals are killin the worlds planet and it's people globally. And yes all landfills are mountains of covered chemicals.
Not any of the truck mechanics, but the trash itself... That probably means it will all be dumped onto the pavement, doused, and poked through until it's cold out... Then comes a roll-off container and a front end loader shovel to clean it up... Always a mess!
