As a volunteer fire fighter man you make some badass videos bro been in the fire department for almost 4 years now and people don’t realize how hot the fires actually are we need to be more recognized for our duty and the smoke… it’s terrible
Great videos as always. I know time is always a premium, but at some point could you do a video of your apparatus and equipment and their capabilities? It always seems you never run out of water, LOL.....
Awesome job , you guys ever tried the port man's foam lol dawn dish soap in the tank puts a small blanket of soap down and soaks in the grass and brush better
Awesome video. Food for thought, on the front bumper area you should make ground sweep sprayers form 1/2 pipe with 3 nozzles. I did that to my type 6 brush truck. It works great for what you are doing.
Great video! Best view of you fighting fires is the helmet cam:) This one looked stubborn because of the wind. I must ask though: how hot would you say this was? Did you have something to cover your eyes? I know smoke can burn eyes. Glad you guys knocked this fire out. This fire could have gotten bad fast with the wind being high!
They are all from the same fire I had a camera on the roof of the truck and one on my helmet one segment of each is from the East flank and one segment of each is on the west flank
They do I know Marion County has had helicopters and planes come only once in my career did we have a helicopter come and I'm not sure where it came from
@@jrockyhill the national guard/Army will bring black hawks from Fort Riley if needed they've done it for us in Ellis county and srounding counties before. My father was with Hays KS FD for 18 years, but the fire service 23-24. He misses the job, but life goes on.
I guess my point is even thought we're far (about 2 1/2 hours I think) from Fort Riley, I believe that's all we have, but I'd have to research it. Out fires don't get large enough all the time for choppers to come in, and the upkeep price for them. We just mainly let the Army help us if we need it.
I no it’s 2 yrs after this fire but I have to ask, was this arson? Control burn that went way south? I’m a firefighter in southwest Missouri we work a lot of grass/field fires but nothing like this, Prob can’t remember but any clue what the wind speed was cause this fire was moving like crazy!.
I know money in a small department is really tight, but it seems like radio comms between the driver and hose operator would be a big help. That wind is atrocious! And having been in the smoke of a brushfire before, I bet having a respirator - not an SCBA, that'd be too much - would be helpful, too.
Instead of pointing the nozzle straight down, get the water out ahead of you. Use the stream to your advantage. Do not go pass active fire even if it is in the burned area, with the wind speed it can blow embers into un-burned areas causing you to have to go back. (As it is shown several times) Slow down and make sure that the fire is out especially if it is at or under the apparatus. That is a bad habit to get into, better communication between the firefighter and the apparatus operator could save time, equipment and lives.
And how is he supposed to know exactly what to under every kind of fire conditions? All the classes in the world are useless without hands on training. This is learning in the crucible. He doing the best job he can do especially working against the wind. If you don't like the video don't watch or at least offer some constructive criticism. Jeez you don't know the circumstances of this incident do you?
Anything's smoking within 5 to 6 ft of the fire line gets water put on it because of smoldering cow turd will reignite and blow in the wind and relight the whole thing hand signals are very important when you're driving around in the pastures where we are at their rocks holes stuff he can't see but I can and that can make a difference between us destroying a fire truck
