That was my childhood home. My dad built it when i was a child. And when I was a teen we built the deck on the back. It's sad to see it go. alot of memories there 😥😥. I feel bad for the family that lost there home. And I'm glad no one was hurt.
This is exactly why you keep a collapse perimeter on burning houses with brick veneer. What a lot of people don't understand is, brick is ornamental (unless it's structural brick-but this is not the case here) and it poses more potential harm than good for firefighters. Brick is attached to the structure by a back up wall which is almost always wood studs on residential buildings. Once the wooden studs burn, they fail structurally and the building collapses. Great job by this fire dept
They did a hell of a lot of firefighting with just two people. Unfortunately, there was nothing to save when they arrived. This appears to be a rural fire district where manpower is EXTREMELY light.
I'd agree it's probably a rural department with need of mutual aid. Fire got away from them and appears they just let it burn itself most of the way. Very sad for the families total loss
Also appears firefighters have lack luster attitudes. Our volunteer little fire department actually hustles! These ppl shouldn't be called firefighters 😢
Watching this they seemed to have the fire under control at the start, then seemed to just stop and watch it burn. Seems time that building regulations were tightened to make the use of less flammable materials mandatory. The men did the best they could in the circumstances , and no one was hurt.
They had it under control? Not sure what you're watching but there's fire blowing out pretty well every door and window of the front side and it's in the attic. That fire had one ending, coming down whether it collapses or the excavator does it.
The same type of beautifull, isolated homes are scattered throughout this area of Central Pennsylvania. In general we have excellent volunteer companies with an efficient box alarm system for mutual aid. But as a 20 year retired firefighter I’ve never been able to understand what homeowners who build 20 minutes away from emergency services expect in the way of help for this type of disaster. Same for ambulance service. I usually thought of them as having a kiss your ass goodbye address….😢
I used to live in a very large city of several million and now live in a town of less than 1000. I have no interest in moving back to a large populated area where the services are at your fingertips. I now live a real America instead of the Zoo. Enjoy the Zoo!
This is the direct result of people nowadays not wanting to be firefighters whether it be career or volunteer. VFD's are already struggling to retain people as the one's still around are past their prime. Even career departments are struggling to recruit. It's also the result of people not wanting to shell out more in tax dollars to fund adequate fire service and water infrastructure.
What we doing??? Looks like that propane tank migh be getting a little warm if there is propane in it, I wa sure at some point the start of the video they would force open the gargae door and at least maybe save the gargae area
I dunno... I see a complete lack of firefighting. Did they have water supply issues? Cause even if the structure can't be saved, I thought the job was still to put out the fire. And it looks like here, the plan was to let it burn itself out.
I don't understand what's wrong with that fire department or any of it when it couldn't save that house a long time ago. It put bottle on trucks for reason
@@petefisher2426 Yes. Because Gallons Per Minute (GPM's) is what puts out fires. You have to apply enough water to overcome the BTU's being produced by the fire, otherwise it just evaporates the water.
Who called the foundation savers? Y’all shoulda called the fire dept they might have saved something. 4 lines stretched and they just decided that water no longer fights a fire.
What difference would it make? What would they salvage out of it? Nothing. The fire was blowing out of pretty much every window, its getting torn down anyway.
Must be a very rural area. I've never seen a fire video where there were comments from people that actually built the house. Not a nice thing to watch. Im sorry.
I cant believe they let it burn to the ground when first shown the house hadnt collapsed maybe they should fight it from when they arrived and kept putting it out
Here's what would have happened. They would have put it out, then an excavator would come tear it down. So whether it collapses during the fire or after, it's isn't making one lick of difference.
Not many rural have tower trucks and if it’s through the roof the house is done anyway. And to have a tower truck would require a lot of water and there were no hydrants here
I don't see you out there volunteering, if you think it's so easy you should give it a try! Most likely these guy's are doing it for free, taking time away from their families, paying for their own gas to get to the station, missing holidays and birthdays and probably working a full time job too, all to help their neighbors and a$$holes like you!
Wrong. This is what happens when citizens magically want their rural homes protected from fire but don't want to pay the taxes for a career department, and then don't want to bother joining the volunteer fire department (even though they are paying municipal fire levy), so the VFD ends up trying to do the best they can. A fire call on a weekday, when many VFFs have commuted to work miles away, can mean very little manpower for a call. The chief officer and the two FFs did the best they could.
Given what the conditions are at the start, the basement was all that was going to be left anyway. That place was coming down either by collapse or excavator.
@@greyman686 please see your doctor as your funny bone isn't working. It'll be 3 years because of socialized medicine, but keeping good thoughts for you
Looks like defensive fire conditions on arrival. The best firefighters in the world couldn’t have made a difference on that one. Way too far gone on arrival.
@@robertgroover3316 NO manpower, very little water and there wasn't anything to safe. Wasn't no need in the handful of volunteers there busting there ass to save nothing. Those are the reasons.
That's a sorry fore department they let that whole big ass house burn straight to the ground while they all just sat back and watched it, shit might as well of pulled up some chairs and started telling fire stories
I would rather live in a rural area than a city with an over-paid fire department. Have adequate insurance and an abundance or early warning and common sense about any heat generating appliances. You will lose your house and memorabilia but you will live and re-build. That risk is worth it to me.
@@susanmcguire3442 oh I do. It is their PAID job to do that and most would not if not PAID. Feel free to live in a “high tax city” with your over-paid heroes. I am glad I don’t. See? We both get to live our choices. How cool is that!
Such a sad thing to have happen. But what really bothers me is while a family is losing everything right before the holidays, Pete is right there riding some high with his camera. You are a selfish individual who needs to stop doing shit like this. Just a siren chaser. How would you feel if this was your house and someone was taking pictures to turn a profit. Truly pathetic.
@@saywhat3425 if that's the case then where is Pete's interview with the home owners thanking him for the coverage and asking and thanking in advance the public for the generous donations. What if maybe the family wants privacy? Is news more important than having a little bit of compassion?
@@jeremysmith4334 it’s ok Jeremy I know it must be tough for you not knowing how news is covered. It’s all good. You keep on living in that fantasy world. If you need to understand media always happy to help out. By all means please call 9053732895. And if you need the email of other media outlets to email them. I can try and help out that way as well.
Of all the negative comments from the armchair firefighters the only question is WHAT CAUSED IT to begin with? As for FF standing around, there is not too much you can do when the fire is already through the roof. The house is toast (no pun intended). Of the armchair firefighters, if you can do any better, then join a volunteer fire department and get to work!
No..GOOGLE it. A family of 5 was left homeless by this fire, plus if you'd watched the entire video, which you failed to do, otherwise you wouldn't have posted this ridiculous comment you'd see it was a real fire..there was a post-fire presser.
You can get smoke and heat detectors that are monitored through your telephone line or cell which will send out an alarm to multiple contacts like the owner and neighbour and authorities. It's very strange that some people seem to be callously blaming the victim for living in the beautiful countryside.