fire department ladders have to have stricter requirements for weight and heat resistance. not to say I would *never* use a general purpose ladder at a fire, but it's not something I would prefer doing. Even if companies over-engineer their ladders and only sell some as fire ladders that have had the proper additional testing and that magic sticker, it's better to avoid liability issues if the ladder fails.
btmims, agreed with what you are saying as I have been a Firefighter for over 18 years now, my comment was meant as an ironic joke. Everything that is used in firefighting operations must be certified for that specific use so that it is not subjected to liability.
I have mad respect for police and firefighters. they respond to calls not knowing what they're going to face. they run in when everyone runs out. They faced danger on a daily basis
When I worked for HD (early 90's) we got a memo from corporate, saying there had been a huge fire at a store (edit: Builder's Square, see comment below) in FL, I think. Caused by an employee and a customer arguing over whether mineral spirits was flammable, or not. Employee poured some on the counter and lit it with his lighter. About two hours later the whole store was a smoking ruin. Location was less than a year old, and was a total loss.
Didn't specify that it was a HD store, because I didn't remember which chain it was. Should have made that clear. Over the years I wondered if it actually was a true story, or an urban legend. Like HD said it was Builder"s Square, who said it was 84 Lumber, and so on
Thanks for the clarifications. Honestly surprised I remembered at much of the story as I did (1990 was only ten years ago, right?). Seems like the store location was Ft Walton or West Palm, ?????. As for the sprinkler system problems, I don't recall any mention of that at the time. Our LPS, who passed copies of the (faxed) memo around, said our sprinkler system wasn't designed to save the store or merchandise, but to keep the fire down long enough for customers and employees to get the hell out. With all the extremely flammable and / or explosive materials sitting around in a DIY warehouse that kind of makes sense.
Those fire sprinklers did as they were intended to do. To slow down the fire and prevent it from spreading. God bless those firefighters from Kentucky.
They receive all day long and just stack it where they can. I've seen some that just have a path to the receiving dock. Then at night the stockers come in and stock the shelves. I've seen one HD that had the data room stacked with boxes full of documents waiting to go to storage. Another had Christmas presents in it. The data room is the room that leads to the vault.
I worked at a home depot a year ago as seasonal just to do something while i studied during the summer and everyday the managers would all go out for a smoke at the same time. The designated smoking area is right by where all the rental equipment and vehicles were along with dry wood. One day the went out after they came back in we noticed a smell of something burning everyone from my department next to that area went outside and the trash can they threw their cigarettes out in was completely in flames, ive never seen my managers move so quickly to get anything while there let alone a fire extinguisher.
this shows us the viewers sitting at home the Dangers that these Heroes go through on almost Daily basis,They are the TRUE heroes no matter which state,City or country they are in. they are here for a Reason and that is to Protect people like you and me and sometimes Pay the ultimate Price to keep the people safe
Good job on confinement and limiting fire damage. As a company officer my only advice would be to stretch a skid load going that deep into the store or possibly the 2.5.
This area was the Receiving dock, and the fire started when the store was shut down and the freight team was doing their job. When a freight truck is being worked the floor is cluttered with boxes, NO WAY would you see this in an aisleway during store hrs. Good Job to the Firemen...HERO's
for those that say the store is a mess I would assume since it appears to be at night the staff were restocking when the fire occurred and of course with the fire that evacuated it likely just happened to be that aisle they were restocking at the time
I'm gonna grab a pole real quick or did you mean a hook??? That sprinkler system is kicking the crap out of this fire. Nice FD response too! Great hustle by the nozzle position firefighter - great job brother!
He's being sarcastic, so many with no mask not on air, I think the guy videoing finally put one on, but he did it when he got to the fire.. Mask should have been on before going in the door.
Fixed wet chemical suppression systems are used for commercial fryers. Sprinklers are fine at controlling general flammable liquids fires because of the mist like pattern, the volume of water, and the fact that no one is there operating it.
Oh yes I do lmao things might be a little wet smell a little smoky ..but for the next five days Home Depot got a sale everything must go😊The sales are hot 😏
I remember a fire at a home depot back in the 90's some kid was in the isle of the paint department an he told a woman that the paint she was looking at was fire proof an he opened the can an hit it with a lighter. that fire almost destroyed the building. the kid got 15 years for arson an had to pay I believe around $150,000 in damages
When they first walked into the store I thought holy crap what a messy place. Good job guys and problem guys saying you guys weren't wearing your mask all I can say is apparently you didn't want them because there was no need for them
@@davidbyerly8671Watch closer. Around 8:00 You can see an officer standing in the smoke without a mask on while the FF with the helmet cam is on the nozzle and behind him are 2 other FFs not masked up.
Some people just want to die of lung cancer by 50. Besides, the SCBAs take an extra 15 seconds to don and everybody knows you just look waaay cooler when you're raw-doggin it 😎👍
Of all places I can think of where it makes perfect sense to skip the mask, a rocking fire on the inside of a hardware store near the garden section is probably at or near the top of the list.
How come the entire store's fire alarm and strobes (at least) weren't activated? It seemed just that one strobe was going off with some other annoying beeping, wasn't the normal code 3 alarm sound I did hear briefly when the FF entered the store.
atleast the sprinkler system worked. one thing I was surprised to not see was someone with a tic having a look to see what was fire and what wasn't. with the amount of smoke your guess is as good as mine as to where the seat of the fire was or what was on fire. good knock down. bet the manager had great deal to explain to regional what happened. Yeah we were thinking about some kind of sale and all we could come up with is a fire sale.
Home Depot has a bad habbit of not keeping isles clear. They always think "If I can cram more shit into this isle or in the receiving dept maybe we can make a couple thousand more dollers this year but fuck it if its a fire hazard ". The store by my house has so much shit in the isles that some times you have to slide their card board display boxes over so I can get a lumber cart through.
buildthings79 not true at all. I work at a Home Depot. At my store we try to keep our aisles clean and free of debris. Receiving is always hectic because of the stuff coming in and out. All of our main stocking is done by freight at night thus why there's stuff in receiving. And if we do pack stuff out in the day we always clean up our cardboard and plastic out of the aisles. If you're referring to wing stacks, aka the little cardboard and metal shelving type things in the aisles we find those annoying too. Rumor has it corporate is reducing the number of wing stacks.
at the home depot i work at we get nightly trucks with no less than 1200 items a night doors once they come in we drop them where needed, but luckily this home depot is smaller than the one i work at. most likely this fire was on mon-thursday cuz fridays are more hectic most home depots get paint doors and cabinets on fridays then have a truck to unload as well. but still trying to figure out how the fire started and what set it on fire
Doug DiPlacido cause of the fire was an 18 wheeler trailer that caught fire in the loading dock! The fire burned through part of the loading dock door! All that stuff was being unloaded, somone shut the door to hold it back!
Was it a pallet of fertilizer that combusted on the top steel? Or did the fire originate inside the docked trailer and migrate into that section? It's hard to tell.
The Americans must be the only firefighters in the world who in the face of a potentially catastrophic fire show zero sense of urgency and keep casually walking around. So happy I do not live in the US anymore. That would scare the shit out of me.
I know this Home Depot, been there several times, looks like the source was in the delivery truck or close to it, but I'm no expert. Those Milwaukee tool boxes would be a great deal now
I'll go put the fire out, you go answer the phone, and you go get a couple of nails and some wood, we might as well fix it while we are here, I guess I'll grab a couple of tools myself I need to redo my kitchen anyways.... Great video guys stay safe out there
At 3:35 two guys go in empty-handed and leave one guy to drag in all the hose by himself. At 7:07 the second guy says "Sorry buddy I wanted to see". What happened to team work? Great work hose guy! Dependable guys like you are the backbone of the fire service everywhere!
Be safe brothers consider wearing your ppe. gloves, hood,straps on the waist, chin strap. looking salty when your in the hospital is not cool. It's up to the officer to enforce good practices, a lawyer would have a field day if a brother got hurt on this run. Don't know about your flow hose diameter choices out there, 2 1/2" is a option for commercial you might want to explore. BI, building inspection. know your buildings. where the source of the fire is then place your lines into action or at least 2nd due. 50' or a hundred would have been fine through the rear door. muscle memory, do the safe thing every time and you won't worry about anything else except for fire suppression or a rescue. a chief from NY
While I agree with everything you said chief....ain't no way in hell my ass is jumping 2 and a half all the way back to that fire lol, maybe a 3in leader with a gated wye and two inch and 3/4 but nah, not humping that much hose for conditions we're not sure of. Besides as long as we can initially get water in there then we can have the backup bring in the big guns
I'm not sure if its covered in a different comment, but why in the world did he tell the engineer to charge the line, when the "hotel pack" or high rise kit is still bunched up.. that just causes a big ass mess.
