Surviving a Mayday: Trapped for 30 minutes. 

How that happen ?

@@beastlaser9611 I'm gonna assume the stairs were heavenly weakened by the flames & were compromised and his body weight + gear weight caused them to fall under

thx for being there for others sir

Thank you for your service to the community!

I,concur.

Shawn Hyland thanks we do our best

mirror tape Kinda like the movie Ladder 42

Ladder 49

Gotta love that New York mentality though. Strong as steel.

Firefighters can be bad people just like everyone else. They aren't angels.

I feel kinda bad, but when he was talking about being calm the first thing I thought of was that he had literally become the meme where the dog is sitting in the room on fire saying “This is fine”

Ben Brown I couldn’t have said it any better! God bless!

I don't think God has any special feelings for any profession. He loves all human beings equally.

@@MargaritaMagdalena no one mentiond god

Brian Richardson Thank you for training the next generation of brave men and women. God bless you and them.

Office meeting?? Lol

What about firefighters who are also bad people?

@@MargaritaMagdalena Well, Margarita, there are bad people in every profession. Even the people, like you, who think everyone is bad just because one person is bad. And yes, people like you think it's their job to continually bring up the bad side of others. But when one of those 'bad' firefighters pulls you or a loved one from a burning house or crashed vehicle, you tell him/her how bad they are!

@@jerrybroxson1174 That was cringy asf dude 😂

@@jerrybroxson1174 And yes, a firefighter who's a wife beater, bully, child abuser, thief, r-pist, p-dophile, murderer, stalker or racist, is a bad person even if they show up to MY fire. My moral compass isn't based on self-interest like yours apparently. If you do bad things to people, I'll call you a bad person even if you're nice to ME.

@@jerrybroxson1174 There are even firemen who start fires so they can put them out and look like heroes. The fact that someone is a fireman says nothing about their character and morality, just like with any other job.

Glad you enjoyed the story. We aired it on our broadcast in 2018 and promoted it beforehand.

❤

I fully agree so people would realize how crucial them getting to the side of the road is-every second is needed.

Central New York Responses if you are referring to the video they showed that was most likely not time synced. Probably not even the same fire. Editing is a magical thing.

In response to Matt in the below reply, that actually was the fire building in the video. The FAST company was on the scene and was immediately deployed, there was no standing around. Side one to the building did not have doors that could be used for entry as they entered into the basement since the house was built on a hill. The door at the rear of side two was not accessible from the street because the exposure on side 2 collapsed blocking off the alley that led to it, side three was a rear yard that was accessible only from another street and side four was a bit of a slope which had a foot of snow, ice and piles of garbage making it a more slow go of it than it would have been on an 80 degree July day. The FAST team (8 firefighters combined from and engine and truck) used the side four way to get around the house to the only entrance which was on side two. From the time of the collapse until extraction (removing the 3rd floor and the roof from the downed firefighter) was 32 1/2 minutes. The RIT pack was put on the downed member 16 minutes from the time of the mayday. Keep in mind it was zero visibility and two hand lines needed to be on that floor the entire time just to keep the fire at bay. There was also fire directly under the downed member being kept in check by other companies. Standing around, I think not.

Am from Merseyside I know a bought grenfell good bless all of them

That is an old school N5A....with no suspension system. Not approved by osha or nfpa. Just leather then your head. So after 20 years of fire it will look like a shrinkie dink. I love them...most fire depts won’t let you wear them. San fransico is the only major dept I know that allows them to be used still...I think they have sign to sign a waiver though. You’ll also see a rogue member wearing them flying under the radar. Shhhhh....I’ve already said too much

@@jimfitz1432 their realy iconic I guess that design is almost a century old . I thought that the buckling and fatigue was a result of his situation thanks for the Insight=)

Chris Lates those helmets will tell a nice little story about your career.....like no other helmet can. It’s kinda sad they aren’t legal. To my knowledge no one has ever died as a result of that helmet not performing. The helmet folks can’t sell their new latest and greatest updates every 5 years either...hence we get new nfpa updates and revisions that add bulk, weight, and redundancy to something that works just fine already. At a glance I bet that helmet is from the 7O’S OR LATE 60’S.

@@jimfitz1432 I’m pretty sure the 5a is osha compliant and the 6a is NFPA.. I could be wrong though.. 🤔

William Burnette yes they did they just said they used the jaws of life to extricate him pay attention and listen