Nice stop! I thought that fire was going run the whole roof. Good job by the bucket, they got that water in where it it was needed. Didn't just elevate and point the stream down like you see so many times.👍
That’s ironic. There was a Sylvester Turner ad before and after this video. For those that don’t know he’s the mayor the Houston fire union backed when he ran in 2015. He was the only candidate that promised not to touch the firefighters pension. Wouldn’t you know, he immediately went after their pensions. I know guys losing $200k out of their retirement because of Turner. If that wasn’t enough, he went against the will of the Houston voters who voted for Proposition B (pay raise to equal HPD), which passed. He has fought tooth and nail and used city funds to fight and overturn it. The firefighters were not only screwed out of their pension, now there doesn’t appear to be a pay raise raise in site (they passed on pay raises over the years in order to keep their pension). Anyways. Good video as usual.
lordismo I find these kind of people can make many people believe their lies. They can lie through their teeth and mean it as if what they are saying is truth. My grandfather was such a man when he was a major in Toronto Canada. Pure filthy. A real scum bag. Giving construction jobs to the company that gave him the thickest envelope under the table. Taking money to allow chemical companies pour their toxic waste in his land fill sites at night. A real gem. To this day children are dying of cancers because their houses were built over those land fill sites.
@@lindanwfirefighter4973 Would you happen to know where some (or all) of these residential areas are that your granddad allowed toxic waste to be poured into?
lots of teak and mahogany, decades sometimes centuries of creosote from candle smoke up in the rafters. decades of varnish and wax on the wooden beams and decor etc.
I can bet not one Bible or / Cross was touched. Churches have individual rooms IE Classrooms which will help contain the Fire, if that Church is an open concept Church, it doesn't stand a chance because the Fire will spread faster because it can't be contained in rooms.
Great video and this brings back memories when I was a volunteer fireman for St.helens Oregon. It was a early morning fire and it was the first call into my shirt. We just got on duty when we got a call like this one.
Firemen NEVER seem to move quickly to connect hoses and get the water flowing. It's as though they have decided it's going to be a total loss and they don't care what the loss is to the owners of a house or the congregation of a church..
Dont really need the gear to aim a monitor. Those are usually set it and forget it. Departments use that on defensive fires to free up other personnel.
I know the firefighters have to work with precision and focus, however I watch so many of these videos where the FD kinda strolls down the street from the firetruck with hoses. I guess I watch too many movies where they jump off moving trucks and run to the nearest fire hydrant. They’re great men and women. No strikes against them. Just seems odd.
@@WitchidWitchid That's the problem with US FD. You will see European FD hit the fire hard with water far quicker. They reduce the heat, prevent spread, and make an internal attack much easier. The US FD are too busy letting the sirens wail 1 minute after they arrived and standing around posing.
Such a loss, so many memories. I hope they have insurance. It will be interesting to hear about follow-up investigation as to how the fire started. God bless this congregation. There have certainly been times in my life that my friends from church helped me through challenging times. I pray these people find strength and comfort in their community and faith. _Never realized the stream could by itself knock masonry loose like that._ I was married to a firefighter, but I never went along with her on calls!
That was a pretty half assed response what about the building at 90 degrees that was burning also ? Was it arson ? the firefighters don't appear to be overly bothered.
0:33 America's fixation with their Hose! This is how you do it America! An Engine with a full load of water lays in the hydrant line and stops in front of those windows. The driver gets out and activates the pump. The third FFer blasts each window with 5 seconds of water and within ONE MINUTE, the fire in those rooms is out and extension has been stopped. Three firefighters, one engine and one minute and they have done their JOB of "Stopping the threat quickly and safely while using the least amount of water." This fire was supervised by an incompetent human.
Are you still embarrassing yourself with your ignorant BS, JB? You've been slapped silly so many times, by so many people who actually know what they're talking about, that your continued dedication to proving your stupidity is surprising.
@@JasmineLindros Not once in 12 years has anybody told me where and how I was wrong. Least of all you. The one with the biggest mouth with absolutely Nothing to offer. Notice how you had nothing to say about the subject at hand, firefigfhting? Why didn't you tell me line by line how I was wrong? Are you incapable of discussing something as SIMPLE as firefighting? All you can do is make childish comments? Does this mean anything to you? "This channel doesn't have any content" You are a waste of life!
Jim Carrell you are correct and if the fire is intense & hot enough it can cause significant structural problems as it'll weaken the mortar or completely vaporize the mortar and the bricks or stones used will become very brittle
What was burning in the Joelma building fire in Sao Paulo Brazil. The furniture, the paint, the trim, and the concrete was damaged by the entrapped air expanding and the resultant spalling that occurred. If it is porous it has trapped air pockets this will cause cracking and chips popping off the porous mineral building material weakening it.
What caused this church 🔥& was anybody inside the church before it caught 🔥 if yes did everybody make it out safely before the church caught 🔥?????🤔🤔🤔🤔🤨🤨🤨🤨
Looks like the negative armchair firefighters are once again off bace. Most positive that negative comments. I think from everything I can see a great job was done. Tower did exactly what they should be doing.
I am not a religious person, but to see ant old building burn is very sad ,and like most buildings of that age, i am guessing the inside is a high percentage of wood,ie beams etc. From what was an initially slow start, the firefighters did damned well..
Me too. I'm not religious either and I agree there are less hazardous ways to burn a large number of bibles. Finally torching all my stolen bibles is on my bucket list. If you find one in your rented night stand or dresser, take the dam thing with you. They're nearly always in brand new condition.
Américo Guerra Filho first get a real name! Then go and get off your chair, and join a fire company and try it out, then come Back and try commenting again asswipew
That tower ladder should have used its master stream through the second floor windows rather than hit from the roof. He would have sent all that water right in for a quicker knock down.
You CLEARLY know NOTHING about firefighting. if they go above the roof, they can't hit the burning rafters from underneath. The metal roof will continue to shed water until it comes off.
I still don’t understand why they don’t use deck guns. That first due in engine could’ve used the deck gun a lot quicker than using that 2 1/2 at first.
1st truck on scene decides to fight the fire from outside 1st ? . I understand it looks like a inferno , but best way to attack is from inside 1st. Just pushing the fire back into the structure .
@@kentcarter835 If you say so , but many fire departments are interior fire fighting departments for that reason in big cities because it pushes fire into structures that are not on fire and that has been proven . So we can agree to disagree , but the biggest fire department in the United States FDNY agrees with what I said . For the record
Seems it started in that upstairs so it can rule out arson.Makes you wonder who was living there and if it's another case of an overcharged cell phone exploding.
Jeez, never seen a water jet demolish a building’s roof before! It certainly did the job. Nice work.
But did they get an interior attack going? I didn't see any lines go in that I could tell.
Nice stop! I thought that fire was going run the whole roof. Good job by the bucket, they got that water in where it it was needed. Didn't just elevate and point the stream down like you see so many times.👍
I have attended hundreds of fires in my time but it is always sad to see old community buildings like this getting destroyed
That’s ironic. There was a Sylvester Turner ad before and after this video. For those that don’t know he’s the mayor the Houston fire union backed when he ran in 2015. He was the only candidate that promised not to touch the firefighters pension. Wouldn’t you know, he immediately went after their pensions. I know guys losing $200k out of their retirement because of Turner.
If that wasn’t enough, he went against the will of the Houston voters who voted for Proposition B (pay raise to equal HPD), which passed. He has fought tooth and nail and used city funds to fight and overturn it. The firefighters were not only screwed out of their pension, now there doesn’t appear to be a pay raise raise in site (they passed on pay raises over the years in order to keep their pension).
Anyways. Good video as usual.
lordismo Is there anyway to recall him and give the pensions and raises back to the fire fighters?
None of Your Business to be honest, I don’t know.
lordismo I find these kind of people can make many people believe their lies. They can lie through their teeth and mean it as if what they are saying is truth. My grandfather was such a man when he was a major in Toronto Canada. Pure filthy. A real scum bag. Giving construction jobs to the company that gave him the thickest envelope under the table. Taking money to allow chemical companies pour their toxic waste in his land fill sites at night. A real gem. To this day children are dying of cancers because their houses were built over those land fill sites.
What a complete and utter scum bag.
A real pathetic lying thief.
@@lindanwfirefighter4973 Would you happen to know where some (or all) of these residential areas are that your granddad allowed toxic waste to be poured into?
Has anyone else noticed how churches usually always burn with such veracity. ….big or small. Nothing simple about a church fire.
lots of teak and mahogany, decades sometimes centuries of creosote from candle smoke up in the rafters. decades of varnish and wax on the wooden beams and decor etc.
I would suppose @@jamesdziendziel9187, that large open spaces rather than small comparmentalised rooms, helps the spread of a fire in a church.
The word is "Ferocity" LOL
I can bet not one Bible or / Cross was touched. Churches have individual rooms IE Classrooms which will help contain the Fire, if that Church is an open concept Church, it doesn't stand a chance because the Fire will spread faster because it can't be contained in rooms.
@@jamesdziendziel9187 not to mention many old churches were built with wood that is called Firestarter.
Think it's it's certain type of pine.
Great video and this brings back memories when I was a volunteer fireman for St.helens Oregon. It was a early morning fire and it was the first call into my shirt. We just got on duty when we got a call like this one.
Somebody grab the holy water FAST
LOL
LGBT flag and church turns to fire.... hell fire.
Firemen NEVER seem to move quickly to connect hoses and get the water flowing. It's as though they have decided it's going to be a total loss and they don't care what the loss is to the owners of a house or the congregation of a church..
Life safety or getting people out of the building became their priority first.
Tower 6 is really kicking the shit out of that fire !!
The work of tower 6 is very impressive.
Ive turned down the volume and playing Bloodhound Gang's "Fire Water Burn".. Great footage! :D
To aim a watercanon is more difficult than you think :)
And it's a Blitzfire........
Not a Deck Gun at point blank range!
@@johnwrigley1624 in some FD's its known as a Master Stream
and what the fire doesn't destroy, the water pressure creates, good work..
OMG those flames!! That fire looked so surreal!! WOWZERS!!
Was there a water supply problem, or pump problem or was sylvester turner inside.
why stop the water on this front of the building?
Absolutely amazing work by all involved 💙😁👍😎
Frig tower 6 has some power!! Serious water pressure and volume coming out that nozzle!
ITS A PIERCE.....WHAT DO YOU EXPECT
The Gay flag......
So they started to put water on it, then waited until it was out of control to continue.
Maybe the firefighters were Satan worshippers LOLLIO
Prob used tank water initially and the hydrant supply wasn't up quick enough
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DO YALL SEE THE LGBTQ FLAG AT THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH???
GOD WASN'T PLEASED
are you serious? these firemen were trained to be fast why are they just just standing around being slow pokes?making the fire gets bigger.
pump on pump off pump on wtf is that about
Water supply
awesome firefighting, Burned like heart pine, hard to put out.
No American Flag, No State Flag? Just curious.....
Only flag I see is gay pride,hmmm.
Houses of worship regularly don't have flags because they are worshipping a deity, not a political system.
@@outdoorjunkie13 most I have been in do, and I'm Episcopalian, but not outside, usually inside the Church
@@garyhess7439 Or perhaps the international peace flag, which is identical.
Great job on the ladder hose Houston.
Hope the money raised goes to the homeless people instead of rebuilding.
These parking lot builders never seem t be n a hurry. Takes forever as they slowly move to get the first water on the blaze
That is one hot fire. At 2:29 mark parts of that roof are glowing hot.
Awesome videos chief keep up the hard work
water on, water off, knock down the flames, move on, turn the water off.....
@ 2:56 I just don't understand the two guys working the blitzfire without gear. Just makes absolutely zero sense at all.
Dont really need the gear to aim a monitor. Those are usually set it and forget it. Departments use that on defensive fires to free up other personnel.
The pews in that building might as well be solid blocks of gasoline. I got burned in a similar situation.
I know the firefighters have to work with precision and focus, however I watch so many of these videos where the FD kinda strolls down the street from the firetruck with hoses. I guess I watch too many movies where they jump off moving trucks and run to the nearest fire hydrant. They’re great men and women. No strikes against them. Just seems odd.
Rest assured, there is good reason dor rhe way they do it.
@@WitchidWitchid That's the problem with US FD. You will see European FD hit the fire hard with water far quicker. They reduce the heat, prevent spread, and make an internal attack much easier. The US FD are too busy letting the sirens wail 1 minute after they arrived and standing around posing.
@@PreservationEnthusiast Nonsense.
@@WitchidWitchid Just watch the videos and you'll see it. If you're blind to the action, that's your problem though.
@@PreservationEnthusiast US firemen don;t show up to a fire to pose. You are making a general sweeping statement with false assumptions.
you know it's bad when even the cameraman has to put the camera down to do something.
Such a loss, so many memories. I hope they have insurance. It will be interesting to hear about follow-up investigation as to how the fire started.
God bless this congregation. There have certainly been times in my life that my friends from church helped me through challenging times. I pray these people find strength and comfort in their community and faith.
_Never realized the stream could by itself knock masonry loose like that._ I was married to a firefighter, but I never went along with her on calls!
Such a loss, so many memories. I hope they have insurance. It will be interesting to hear about follow-up investigation as to how the fire started.
God works in mysterious ways.
That was a pretty half assed response what about the building at 90 degrees that was burning also ? Was it arson ? the firefighters don't appear to be overly bothered.
It wand the arson, it was a elicictrical fire
Awesome Footage Zac 👍🏼
0:33 America's fixation with their Hose! This is how you do it America! An Engine with a full load of water lays in the hydrant line and stops in front of those windows. The driver gets out and activates the pump. The third FFer blasts each window with 5 seconds of water and within ONE MINUTE, the fire in those rooms is out and extension has been stopped.
Three firefighters, one engine and one minute and they have done their JOB of "Stopping the threat quickly and safely while using the least amount of water." This fire was supervised by an incompetent human.
Are you still embarrassing yourself with your ignorant BS, JB? You've been slapped silly so many times, by so many people who actually know what they're talking about, that your continued dedication to proving your stupidity is surprising.
Since you know so well how to do the job why don't you be a firefighter
@@JasmineLindros Not once in 12 years has anybody told me where and how I was wrong. Least of all you. The one with the biggest mouth with absolutely Nothing to offer. Notice how you had nothing to say about the subject at hand, firefigfhting? Why didn't you tell me line by line how I was wrong? Are you incapable of discussing something as SIMPLE as firefighting? All you can do is make childish comments? Does this mean anything to you? "This channel doesn't have any content" You are a waste of life!
@@ikonix360 How has Guessing you way through life worked for you?
I don't have a religious bone in my body, but I am always saddened by church, being destroyed.
8:02 - you can't tell me smashing the windows and threading the hose through didn't cross someone's mind that day...
I would have
这消防队员，
就是一群僵尸。
Tempting, but no point. Only reason they'd do that is if they were in a fire lane/parking area.
Completely unnecessary, unless you are an ass
They only do that if they have no choice in order to keep the hose from kinking
Tower 6 is doing more demo that fire fighting....wth
Yeah, cause all they had to do is repaint the building when they were done... SMH....
Yeah, cause all they had to do was repaint when they were done.... SMH.
No loss if it is a woke church
So much for PPE in that department?
Holy moly smoke
Does a brick building burn; you bet it does!
Jim Carrell you are correct and if the fire is intense & hot enough it can cause significant structural problems as it'll weaken the mortar or completely vaporize the mortar and the bricks or stones used will become very brittle
What was burning in the Joelma building fire in Sao Paulo Brazil. The furniture, the paint, the trim, and the concrete was damaged by the entrapped air expanding and the resultant spalling that occurred. If it is porous it has trapped air pockets this will cause cracking and chips popping off the porous mineral building material weakening it.
Gladly this is stone i think. If it was wood then already will be burned down with the rest of the building
The inside burns.
I wouldn't be surprised if St. Mark himself had something to do with it.
I thought Houston had many more resources than displayed here.
Hope the building site been saved !😂😂😂
Excellent knock down. Well trained fire dept.
Oh well just a building, mean looking flames
Very slow getting water on this. A lot more could have been saved if they were quicker!
This is where the criminals hide!
What caused this church 🔥& was anybody inside the church before it caught 🔥 if yes did everybody make it out safely before the church caught 🔥?????🤔🤔🤔🤔🤨🤨🤨🤨
church had a pride flag, honourable
good job wondering why only 1 truck company that i could see
Damn that thing was cookin! Nice job by HFD! Great footage!
Uh-huh . Nice .
Proof God is not a Methodist.
@Bill Williams - Correct, that's because God doesn't exist.
chuckle
Looks like the negative armchair firefighters are once again off bace. Most positive that negative comments. I think from everything I can see a great job was done. Tower did exactly what they should be doing.
It was just rather slow for firefighting operations to begin to be honest.
Very slow to get water on again. In a lot of fire videos you see this. Not enough attention played to setting up the line early.
Keep crying, Glaum.
I wanted to see that they rebuilt the church, but the image on Google Streetview is 2 months before the fire.
I am not a religious person, but to see ant old building burn is very sad ,and like most buildings of that age, i am guessing the inside is a high percentage of wood,ie beams etc. From what was an initially slow start, the firefighters did damned well..
Me too. I'm not religious either and I agree there are less hazardous ways to burn a large number of bibles. Finally torching all my stolen bibles is on my bucket list. If you find one in your rented night stand or dresser, take the dam thing with you. They're nearly always in brand new condition.
Did they ever discover the cause ? I DID NOTICE the rainbow flag draped on that fence on I s property !
Look at that beautiful copper roof, took the patina right off…
good job and great water pressure
Facade washers , lack of water,lack of trainning,lack of everything!
Américo Guerra Filho first get a real name! Then go and get off your chair, and join a fire company and try it out, then come
Back and try commenting again asswipew
@@glennhuber4975 lol
Houston, you've got a problem 🤣
Tower 6 is getting it done dang beating it down
How could you be meaning a master stream with no gear on whatsoever
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Must have been an awesome sermon!!✝️
in other countries, videos of onlookers are strongly condemned.
Super fast execution
Wonder what can burn like that in church build with stone.
Impressive operation!
Looks like the majority of the church was saved
WE ARE IN THE XXI. CENTURY AND THE PEOPLE ARE AS SUPERSTITIOUS AS 1000 ... OR 2000 YEARS AGO ....
INSANE !
And insensitive jerks like you are still around, too
@@jimgriffin9924 GO TO HELL .... IGNORANT , SUPERSTITIOUS , RELIGIOUS FUCK
Jim Griffin Religious Zealots were much more insensitive a century ago. What's your point?
That tower ladder should have used its master stream through the second floor windows rather than hit from the roof. He would have sent all that water right in for a quicker knock down.
Wow rocks burn quick.
Holy Cow!! No Pun Intended.
What's the camera being used to film this video?
What an incredible fire and a very well done to the firefighters who fought it
I was the one that called the police. I was driving by when I saw smoke and flames.
Man, that's crazy! You should've called the firefighters though, as I don't believe the police are neither equipped nor trained to put out fires.
@@nkovac9011 You call 911. Dispatch alerts the applicable service. In an fire it would be all three.
Professional firefighters without turn out gear on????
Houston we have a problem
Just me or anyone else notice 'Gay Pride' flag? On a church? Not phobic, just stating what I see. Great job depts.
Many denominations welcome everyone.
Nice tower 🚒
Hummmm a Gay Church........🐝
Nope . Just A church . They all seem to be wearing bulleyes nowadays .
Good job stopping it spreading.Andy England 🇬🇧
Nice job by Tower 6.....could've used another tower and portable deck gun.
This happens to many churches and cathedrals in France…..and I mean many….🤔
And we all know who starts them!!
@@sirrichardpumpaloaf8154 arsonists
Geez what the hell is the camera guy doing with the lightning?
First its dark, then it's light?
These comments are a trippppp
Safety officer must be on vacation, working the fire ground with no gear on doesn't fly at my department. Explain to workers comp how you got hurt.
ladder is scared to go higher than 3 stories.
You CLEARLY know NOTHING about firefighting. if they go above the roof, they can't hit the burning rafters from underneath. The metal roof will continue to shed water until it comes off.
Reginald Martin and your ass is afraid to post a good comment.
A fire of that size and only ladder?????
I still don’t understand why they don’t use deck guns. That first due in engine could’ve used the deck gun a lot quicker than using that 2 1/2 at first.
Because a lot of Fire Depts do not have Deck Guns installed on their Engines.
TFSFireman this is the Houston Fire Department. One of those first due engines had a deck gun.
1st truck on scene decides to fight the fire from outside 1st ? . I understand it looks like a inferno , but best way to attack is from inside 1st. Just pushing the fire back into the structure .
Water doesn't push fire. It cools fire. That old wives tale has been proven false by many agencies, including UL and FM.
@@kentcarter835 If you say so , but many fire departments are interior fire fighting departments for that reason in big cities because it pushes fire into structures that are not on fire and that has been proven . So we can agree to disagree , but the biggest fire department in the United States FDNY agrees with what I said . For the record
@@DeeKay617 I was "brought up " as an interior firefighter and I still believe in interior attack when feasible.
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@@drumgawd11 www.firehouse.com/home/article/12276035/fire-scene-does-water-push-fire
That Tower is A Bad Boy Need other Stream or Fog tip coming off the Bucket For Extra Flow..
Seems it started in that upstairs so it can rule out arson.Makes you wonder who was living there and if it's another case of an overcharged cell phone exploding.
No one lives there, it is a church. It was a electrical fire.