Here you will see the members of the PFD battling a 3rd alarm Scrapyard fire on 300 block of West Sledgley Avenue in North Philadelphia with multiple explosions no one was hurt at this fire
It's pretty clear to me that the fire crews were basically allowing the scrap piles to burn themselves out - focusing instead on preventing the fire from spreading to nearby structures. Well done, top-quality 2160p video with stereophonic audio, Chris! You're giving us viewers a dramatic impression of just how intense this fierce blaze really is. Automobile scrap yard fires are notoriously hard to extinguish - all we have to do is watch a fire department try to put out a SINGLE fully-involved car fire to understand what they were up against here. The radiant heat from this inferno must have been great, even where you were standing, Chris.
@@ffjsb eventually but tires burn hot and long as well as all the apolstry being polyester and such. and they for4 sure do drain the stuff but most of those cars looked like they hadnt been worked on much
I thank all of the Fire Department's and Fire Personnel & EMS that worked extremely hard with great dedication , and I want to say that YOU ALL did an Outstanding Great Job !!!!!!
Philadelphia fd your service is deeply appreciated thanks to everyone who responds keep them safe out there way to go appreciate you guys thanks job well done you should be proud ! Joe
Not many professional fire fighters commenting here! The point here is to contain the fire and protect surrounding structure. This is scrap burning they let it burn so the hazardous waste in not washed into the surrounding ground but so its incinerated by the fire.
Outstanding video and coverage, wished you would had gotten more apparatus shots and specialty units on scene of this large incident, but again outstanding video…💪🙌🏼👍🔥🚒
I actually had a video of some trucks parked on Erie ave but since there was like no Fire at all and not sure on how ppl would liked a night video of Ppl talking up and everything but in the future i will definitely try
Let's stop and hope everyone is doing ok the paramedics and firemen who proudly serve us your service and time and efforts are deeply appreciated even by Philadelphia fd they deserve alot of credit your service is deeply appreciated thanks don't work to hard appreciate you guys thanks you guys rock way to go stay safe and warm out there great job great catches as great looking tiller trucks and fire engines very impressed way to go thanks ❤❤❤😂😅 !! Joe
Everything is bigger in the US! So are scrapyard fires! But joking aside, great job by the firefighters, I wouldn't like to be the one to put that out👍! At temperatures above 1200°C (approx. 3000F) some light metals such as aluminium catch on fire. Aluminium or magnesium shavings are a key ingredient of incendiary ammunition.
A nasty one for fire crews. Understanding some of the difficulties and logistics concerned, I still wonder if a helicopter/monsoon couldn't be deployed in some urban situations.
They couldn't pull it apart since things were exploding Left and right and there was no room for a bachoe or a dozer to get in especially with the Amount of Equioment there and everything
All tou can do on a multi alarm like this is surround and drown members are walking around making sure everything is going smoothly as possible and checking make sure no damages to apparatus and everything
So on the 1 alarm you get 2 engine company and 1 truck company and per engine company there's 3-4 firefighters in them. And truck company is the same 3-4 person's.
1st alarm all hands fire would be 4 Engines, 2 ladders, 2 Battalion chiefs , Es-3,,Es1 and what ever ES is closet , Rescue 1, Squad company 72 or 47, Deputy chief, 2nd Alarm 5 engines 2 ladders 3 chiefs, 3rd alarm is 4 Engines
Scrapyards; they can contain anything. Sometimes the owners are not even 100% sure what is in there. Toxics? Gases? Explosive substances? So many dangerous things in scrap cars. As we see at the beginning it's well involved. Nothing to do but contain safely.
What really worries me are old hydraulic cylinders as those found on scrap heavy equipment. I suspect the big explosion half way through the video was such a cylinder going off as it's remaining oil turned to a high pressure gas.
Scrapyards are terrible for catching fire, I live in SC and there's been many of them burn and some of the cities were fed up with them and wanted to take their business license because they were not safe with no fire protection.
I don't know TL-8 was special called on the second alarm plus had amtrak tracks behind there but if L3 was in service TL-8 wouldn't have gotten in the facility to put the bucket in service but had L12, TL22, TL-8 and i belive Ladder 18 in service at one point but i was running around the general Area because of the 3rd alarm and Haz-Mat being Called
sometimes letting it burn hot will help the smoke lift -fire burn "cleaner" and also avoid problems caused by run off that are many times worse than any air pollution -
Surround it, keep it cool enough not to spread and let all the hazardous flammables burn down so the clean up is not nearly as hard as it could have been. California has a brush fire cycle that has really big years every 10 years or so. It looks like this pile of fuels was due and merely needed containment to solve itself. By the crowd it must have been near a residential area. Most cities out west have buffer zones because sooner or later, it is going to burn.
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@@ckrad drones have different FAA regulations than planes and helicopters that are way more relaxed. im sure you couldnt fly a drone directly over the property that was on fire but im also sure you could get dope shots with a drone legally
Those responsible for fires like these should pay immense fines for environmental pollution they cause. We have to breath the crap their stupidity caused. Not to mention the danger these firemen are exposed to.
All the Pumpers on the Fireground Flow at Max 1500 Gallons Per minute so 4 Engines on 1st alarm about 4 or 5 on the second and 3 on the 3rd so thats Around 18,000 Gallons of water From the Engines alone
It's happened once or twice at places out here in Cali, but that's the reason most scrap yards out here will not take for example motorhomes travel trailers etc unless they are completely stripped down to the Bear frame so they can tell there's no propane tanks in them that's usually what causes these fires
I don't know the usa fire fighters don't roll up the hoses like it's done in the UK, they easily just unroll when needed.The U S makes heavyweather of it .
Because in the US you have an actuall hose bed where you neatly fold the hoses and can easily stretch basically been that way for generations only lines that are rolled up are extralines that are stored in the station or a few Duffy supply lines that are stored in the truck and or Lines that are out of service due to them breaking from wear and tear
Can't carry as much 5" supply line, 2 1/2" and 1 3/4" if it were rolled up. US fire apparatus carry a lot more hose and different sizes than European apparatus/appliances, that's why it's folded into hose beds and cross lays. Also, when American apparatus drop one end of the hose off at the hydrant, and drive off to the fire building, laying a supply line along the way, it wouldn't work right if it were rolled up rather than folded in the hose bed.
Have you ever seen the size of a hook an ladder tuck or even a regular engine in the U.S. compared to what you have in England? Stop comparing, everything England puts their two cents into blows the fu**up. They try to overtake countries or imply their rule, but it never sticks and they run home with their KNICKERS IN A KNOT!!! DUMB ASS LIMEYS!!!! The one country that think they matter, they only matter to themselves, the rest if the world could care less about the snooby nobody country called England.
They dont do that here in Philadelphia plus with all the hazardous materials just better off putting manifolds,Portable Deck guns and master streams and stuff
There were hanging wires that's used by Amtrak (passenger rail service). So, they can't screw that up by tossing chemical based liquids on it or else... The whole Northeast passenger train thing will be damaged.
Where in the hell is scene control from the police? They should have had all of those clowns way back from the incident. Do these guys ever train with the fire department?
idk most of the time what happens is the scrap piles get hot and then theres a spark because of the employees trying to move it and sparks cause the pile to go up becuase theres gas oil type of residue left
Have you ever seen what happens to baking soda when it’s in a mist or scattered powder? It creates an enormous fireball. Just like diesel. Put a match to it, it won’t blow, spray it in a mist then put a match to it and whoosh!😊
Some one probly cutting a motor out of a car not paying attention to the job no water no one watching for fire and this is what you git cars tires gas tanks burning not good
They had multiple Manifolds and Gated wye's set up so water supply in the general aera 3 alarms in not very good Pressure besides an Arff Truck would not fit in there without hitting stuff
@@MD21037 I don't think you understand how this works in a big city like Philadelphia....not to mention the amount of tankers (which they don't have) you would need to adequately supply this operation is absolutely asinine and would be a logistical nightmare.
deck gun you have to be fairly close and with the stacks of scrap you never reach the seat of it master stream puts out far more than a deck gun and can get above the fire from a safer distance
@@jays106 um deck guns put out master streams and a lot more gpm than ladder trucks at a minimum ur looking at 1250gpm for a master stream from a deck gun on an engine yes ladders do have the advantage of hight for the stream reach but any time u stack tips for smooth bore operation u lose gpm there r deck guns that can move a lot more water than elevated master stream the one on the super pumper system comes to mind as it moves 5500gpm with a reach of 600 feet
people never learn stupid people. Lets all stand around a factory fire nothing bad ever happens-past examples are a dozen or more suffered flash burns at an aluminum factory fire, another is a fire at a metals factory that burned so brightly that persons over 100 yards away suffered flash burns cars bubbled over 2 blocks away....imagine across the street? they really need to enforce fire safety OR if they get hurt thats their fault no assistance offered.
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They're in Defenseive mode meaning Surround and Drown Master streams Portable Deck guns manifolds etc there very little for them to do at an Extra Besides making sure water is getting on the fire and all members are Safe
seems to have poor organization ; a lot of firefighters, just a few at work ; tyres can't be extinguished with water , only by covering with sand in order to cut oxygen
They had multiple lines with portable deck guns in service along with 2 Tower ladders and 2 Ladder pipes at least 3 alarms they made steady Progress the scrap yard was Blocks long Cant really do a whole lot of up close operations when things are Exploding every few seconds
You have no clue bud. For one, a scrap yard fire is incredibly hard to fight. Toxic gases, explosive material and who knows what else is there. It burns hot and is better to contain then waste water…
Where was the fire? A scrap yard. What was burning? SCRAP. There is no need to risk lives for a huge trash fire. Prevent the spread to exposures, prevent your men from breathing in toxic smoke, contain any hazardous runoff from contaminating any nearby water sources. All of which the PFD did……
Thry had multilpule lines in service including 2 Toers and 2 Ladder pipes hitting it from 3 sides not much else to do besides protect any and all exposures
