Excellent video demonstrating water supply issues, strong winds off Lake Erie & collapse danger even during defensive, exterior operations. White-top hydrants are apparently connected directly to large-diameter water mains & can provide higher volumes as needed here but the nearest was three blocks away & required a multiple pumper relay to deliver sufficient flow. High winds are not only greatly fueling the fire with oxygen but also decreasing the elevated master-stream effects at times. Aerial ladders & towers can only be safely manned & operated to a certain wind velocity as certified by the apparatus & aerial manufacturers. Also, hazardous or unknown contents of the building required SCBA masking of all members at the scene. As the roof collapses in a large hollow structure, there's increased air pressure which often will leads to outward collapse of the exterior facades. This is very dangerous for anyone within a distance which is estimated by multiplying the facade height x 2. Consider each floor to be 10 feet high so the collapse zone in this incident would be estimated at 40 feet minimum. Erie County or BFD: Please correct me if my memory is failing or information outdated.
I know that this will or maybe will probably be made far into the future but its something where in a case of a huge fire like this, it a device that is filled with a very special kind of mixture that is specially made to snuff out fire relativly quickly, the firefighters either throw it or drop it from above into the building where the fire is the most present and when it hits the fire, it literally explodes and all of the mixture sprays all over the fire and hopefully puts it out quite quickly, they may have to use quite a few of these if it's a large fire like this one, but like I said, this is probably something that will be made far into the future.......
Wow, big fire! Nice done! Have had a smaller warehouse this morning in Detroit.
You have some amazing videos. I miss being a firefighter. Thanks for sharing.
Superb video and coverage
Excellent video demonstrating water supply issues, strong winds off Lake Erie & collapse danger even during defensive, exterior operations. White-top hydrants are apparently connected directly to large-diameter water mains & can provide higher volumes as needed here but the nearest was three blocks away & required a multiple pumper relay to deliver sufficient flow. High winds are not only greatly fueling the fire with oxygen but also decreasing the elevated master-stream effects at times. Aerial ladders & towers can only be safely manned & operated to a certain wind velocity as certified by the apparatus & aerial manufacturers. Also, hazardous or unknown contents of the building required SCBA masking of all members at the scene. As the roof collapses in a large hollow structure, there's increased air pressure which often will leads to outward collapse of the exterior facades. This is very dangerous for anyone within a distance which is estimated by multiplying the facade height x 2. Consider each floor to be 10 feet high so the collapse zone in this incident would be estimated at 40 feet minimum. Erie County or BFD: Please correct me if my memory is failing or information outdated.
I know that this will or maybe will probably be made far into the future but its something where in a case of a huge fire like this, it a device that is filled with a very special kind of mixture that is specially made to snuff out fire relativly quickly, the firefighters either throw it or drop it from above into the building where the fire is the most present and when it hits the fire, it literally explodes and all of the mixture sprays all over the fire and hopefully puts it out quite quickly, they may have to use quite a few of these if it's a large fire like this one, but like I said, this is probably something that will be made far into the future.......
Great coverage.
Did the early car fire extend into building
I enjoyed the commander.
WOW !