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Comment by Chris on April 27, 2008 at 7:29pm

It should be shown. Yes, there were a lot of mistakes made, as far as what can be seen on the video, and we can learn from them, which is one of the main reasons for site. The only good thing that could come from this fire is that, hopefully, it can be used to teach the importance of KNOWING and USING our PPE. Volunteer or career shouldn't matter. If it had been a career department they surely would've removed their apparatus and most likely put it out due to early detection of the fire since they would've been in the station. How long had it been burning before dispatch? Were there dispatch promblems? Many departments have their radio repeaters at their main station, which I would guess this was the case due to the size of the station. How long was response time from mutual aid departments? Throw in the increased stress level of your firehouse burning to the situation and there's a likelyhood for mistakes. That's why we must train like we play and know all aspects of our job.
Stay safe!

Comment by Paul MacKinnon on April 26, 2008 at 4:46pm

all i can do is laugh and shake my head

Comment by Aaron Robbins on April 26, 2008 at 3:37pm

looks like their just watching it burn

Comment by Patrick E. Cullum on April 26, 2008 at 11:16am

BTW... it startes from a fuel storage can in the rear of the building next to a gas water heater...

Comment by Patrick E. Cullum on April 26, 2008 at 1:18am

As I understand they were paid vol. department. The reason I posted this is for the lack of PPE and not knowing the equipment. I am in a non-paid vol. department and our training from probee to chief is in the use and knowledge of PPE and equipment.

Comment by Mark Cano on April 25, 2008 at 11:33pm

Uhm..... I dont think this should be shown. Its kind of embarrassing what started out as a small fire turned into something like this. There is a lot of coulda, shoulda done something here. I guess these were volunteer firefighters?