Residential Structure Fire with entrapment - Highland Avenue, Wilkins Township, Allegheny County 

It's a sick feeling when you stand there with no water, you set up a hydrant for the water source and nothing, your heart sinks. I'm in a tanker town that brings 7,500 gals 5 trucks with 9,000 gals 3 trucks more coming from other towns when the tones drop for a structure fire. If they where in rescue mode, I'm sure they used up their tank water fast during the search, not sure what their trucks carry, I can empty our 1,000 gal engine with the deck gun 45-65 seconds . If they carry 500 gals with one attack line out maybe 2-3 mins trying to knock it down. They did a great job, they saved a life and that's what counts.

Thankfully the fella that lived there was able to get out safely.

Thats right outside my home! Literally

No Water, No House access. Bad combination when your house is on fire. Plenty of water and training doesn't help if your house sits where this one does. I listened to the fire comms the night this happened from tone out to fire out and it was painful listening to crews just trying to get access to the fire when there really wasn't one with heavy fire evident. Tanker 184 was dispatched on the primary run card but the primary plan was for pumpers to lay in with LDH from hydrants not shuttle tanker water. While you're working off tank water expecting hydrant water, then having to rely on the evolutions of tanker water because of bad hydrants that creates a entirely different fire scene for numerous reasons from FF's to OIC's which unfortunately will always result in exactly what happened here. Most of these vids are watched without hearing any fireground comms to understand what's really being seen resulting in some interesting comments from viewers or just spectators. Many of these same comments are heard at fire scene by novice bystanders.

I'm 1:45 into the video. Everyone might as well pack up and go get something to eat. Nothing to salvage here.

Those fire watchers did an amazing job.

that's a crazy road!

So sad. It was a nice home.

This is why Rural Volly companies need Engine Tankers....not baby engines with 750 gallon tanks!

This is poor pre-planning on the home department. They should know all their remote locations and have their run cards adjusted accordingly. This house should be set as a target location with AC911.

Just showing up doesn't count but this is a good example of Typical American firefighting. No planning or work ethic. Have any idea how effective four engines carrying 750 gallons of water would have been? Of course you don't. No, let's blame everything on fire hydrants, manpower or the budget.