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Comment by Robert Edmondson on May 28, 2011 at 11:49pm

great job but way to many men in there. That could of been bad but im glad no one was hurt but all around great job!

Comment by Daniel D. Reed on April 28, 2011 at 3:51pm

Oh come on you guys. The pipe man was a newbie and they were just finding out how big his balls were.

Comment by Gregory Borg on April 13, 2011 at 4:21pm

Well Jason, it looks like they were first due, and went after it. What did they do wrong? They put the fire out, they did risk-v-gain and put it out. Is that not what we are supposed to do. They had the right gear, the right tools and did the job. Where did they go wrong?

Comment by Pararescue on April 13, 2011 at 11:45am

This is a great example of WHAT NOT TO DO at a f/i house fire. Engine 2 is lucky everyone went home. Gregory Borg, "Good job, head first"??? Yeah, head first... stop and think!

Comment by T. Olsen on April 12, 2011 at 2:30pm

Wow, All i can say is i am pretty sure they could have achieved the same results from the outside of the building and then make entry after they have reduced the btu's. Transitional attack (knocking the fire down from the outside prior to entry) then hitting the remaining hot spots from interior of the structure might have been safer for all. I was not there, only one angle so they may have been only on the front porch area and not actually in the building.

Comment by Craig on April 9, 2011 at 11:34pm

Relax its already a bulldozer job. Take a minute evaluate the situation. Put out the fire on the ground that you are pulling your hose over, then knock it down as you go. Never leave fire burning above you. As a city firefighter I teach pound into my guys that the three things that will get you on a fire is fire above fire below and a rapid fire event, (flash backdraft wind fed etc. ), It is understood heart and accidents are the number 1 killers, but we have addressed them appropriately.

Comment by Tracy Carleton on April 9, 2011 at 6:05pm

How about a rapid risk vs gain assessment prior to making an interior attack on a fully involved structure... any occupants would not survive in that environment! If your mark of success is being aggressive no matter what, then it looks like that objective was met. My advice in this case slow down a bit and take a good look at what you are trying to achieve before committing your valued firefighters into such a hostile fire situation. Thanks!

Comment by Gregory L Collins on April 9, 2011 at 12:37am

Great knockdown but pretty risky, I would have given a little more water to the fire over my head before moving in. Glad it all worked out.

Comment by James Burton (Jamie) on April 8, 2011 at 12:51am

It was a great job, But I have to agree with John S-B, I would have not left the fire burning over my head on entering..

Comment by Thom Cronin on April 7, 2011 at 6:53pm

Go to go with John S-B on this one. It was a nice job, but it doesn't appear that time was not of the essence.

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