Thank you for sharing these videos. While I was in training for correctional deputy, we got to attend a private session the local FD put on for the class. We did the standard extinguisher drills using different types of fuels, materials, and retardants. It was one of the best extinguisher drills I’ve ever taken part of. The burn trailer was absolutely insane to be in with the flash overs they could create. Then we got the part of corrections personnel attempting to rescue inmates who could become trapped by flames/smoke. At that time, the state I was in was phasing out the use of SCBA systems due to the growing numbers of fatalities from officers going back in to save inmates. We still trained by wearing a full tank and mask setup, only the masks were blacked out. We had to traverse through a maze of cardboard boxes only high enough to crawl under, locate a 165 pound dummy, and drag it out. It was a two person team with the second person holding onto the first person’s pant leg. On the way out, the roles were reversed so the leader now followed the second guy while pulling the dummy. The tanks had a 30 minute run time, but we were only given 20 minutes, because most people start breathing harder in those situations. Only 3 out of 7 teams completed the course in the 20 minute time frame. When everything was done, the fire commander explained that the point of the test was to show that had this been the real deal, 12 people would most likely have died (8 officers and 4 inmates). The amount of courage it takes to run into a situation without knowing what you’re going to find is crazy high. Mad respect to everyone who does this.

This is a perfect example of how difficult it is to fight a fire deep inside a large building. If you notice there was little indication of any fire until they started to cut and break to locate the fire. Once they began that the fire, wherever it was got more combustion air and it appeared the fire took off.

@bruceperkins7253

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly fire needs o2 to spread fast

@jays106

2 жыл бұрын

and these are older buildings that have been remodeled countless times over the years

@tar2927

2 жыл бұрын

Its because every room in an use to be 3 bedroom apartment is now studio apartment with shared bathroom.

@lmccluer

2 жыл бұрын

Whoever was videoing and the person showing the flashlight on the marquee area sensed that something had changed. And it had. The cure has found an exit above the ceiling and below the floor above, which was the heavy black gray smoke pushing out if the left side where the firefighter had shown his flashlight on it. And they were right. Luckily it was the bottom floor. If a floor above or even further had dropped, circumstances would likely had been different.

I enjoy your videos I’m a retired LEO and went into a burning house to rescue a trapped child Igor her out but wouldn’t want to do that again. It was so hot my uniform melted to my back. Those fire fighters are some brave individuals.

@ruthanneluvsvacuuming6653

11 күн бұрын

How was the child? Did she survive? Did she get burned?

Master class firefighters. I'm a retired midwest bat chief. This looks chaotic, but we all know it is surgical precision of skills. My dad in '79 used the ladder (no platform available) to punch many windows and saved many. He retired Deputy Chief in '91.

@ryansnapfood3142

Жыл бұрын

Did they really need a million firefighters down there?

@theshield2207

Жыл бұрын

@@ryansnapfood3142 its a building fire not a house fire

@ryansnapfood3142

Жыл бұрын

@@theshield2207 i could swear at one point someone says it's too crowded in the street

@WestSideGangsta

2 ай бұрын

I like how people wanna say what their rank was in the past and critique a fire 😅😅😅😅😂😂

Just a thought that my daughter brought up. A lot of these brave men were just 2-7 yrs old on 9-11.

Great video can take away a lot of good stuff here.. It happens at 44:35

Glad everyone got out safe they are truly New Yorks Bravest

Oh my God those pass alarms in full alarm the whole time. It's a miracle anyone could hear the radios. Great video

@zm0rc

Жыл бұрын

lmao right??

The ability for fire to travel all over and through a building is just wild.

@FollowingtheCliffNotes

2 жыл бұрын

NYC older buildings where the windows are have a chase with no fire breaks. When the fire gets there most of the time the building is toast. It’s a problem with the older buildings.

@mshappyapple8663

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it can travel fast through the vents and ceilings, especially in old buildings.

@Belchmaster41

2 жыл бұрын

most buildings date back to the 17th century for goodness sake

@spvillano

2 жыл бұрын

@@Belchmaster41 no, most of NYC's buildings do not date to the 1600's.

@ohjumpa

Жыл бұрын

What do you expect, when you open all doors and smash all windows downstairs. Why? Because we can. And we always did. Who cares about physics?

These City Buildings of brick and plaster walls are difficult for the firefighters to locate the fire source! Hats off to these Guys!.👍👍

GREAT WORK FDNY! This fire was no joke, glad all are safe especially my FF.

Thank God the Brothers (and Sisters) made it out !!!!!! My son-in-law is on the job. Happy Holidays to ALL !!!

I can't even imagine living above a restaurant now like so many New Yawkas do. You never know when something like this will happen. I wouldn't want to live in any high-rise building. We have a few here and IF something should happen like a fire, the ones living above it can't get out. Look at what happened with the World Trade Centers. But....if you want to live in NYC, that's about all that is available. We lived in a few when my father was with NYPD. Then we moved out to the Island when he was transferred. I was glad! :-) FDNY and NYPD - none better!! Excellent filming of this incident. Kudos to you!

@bohemoth1

2 жыл бұрын

You should have seen the East Village gas explosion in New York City. It looked like the Blitz hit it. When Car 4 arrived it was a Fourth Alarm fire. Soon as the dispatcher told him that he had to Fourth ALARM fire he ordered a SEVENTH ALARM with additional Tower Ladders and Engine Companies. It was a surround and drown operation.

@adriennem7927

Жыл бұрын

These have fire escapes on building thankfully.

@FT4Freedom

11 ай бұрын

I don't even want to live in town. 😂

Wow! Glad all the Firefighters got out safely and uninjured!👍🙏 Tremendous Footage and Coverage!

Of course they will have a fire, they got one dragon in there. I'll see myself out.

@79tazman

2 жыл бұрын

LOL!! That's a good one LMAO!

Fire is so sneaky, FF's have to keep 360-degree vision to avoid being ambushed by it. Training is critical but being smart is critical too. How they care for each other is awesome, so much determination and love for their brothers. Just goes to show how dangerous a job it is, but it doesn't phase them, they continuously communicate and keep track of all FF's and that is what saved them all. Clap clap FDNY.

Great video folks. That was a masterclass in how to handle a collapse with entrapment. Glad everyone’s ok.

Not often you catch a 10-66 Mayday on vid. Well done. Great vid.

The irony of this fire. Glad the FDNY slayed the dragon with only very minor injuries

Thank God you’re all ok! You guys are Heroes.

Good job all Firefighters, EMS and police. Glad all came out safe.

What a wild situation. Great video coverage, glad everyone made it out safe.

In all major fire departments each ff is Equipped with a mayday alarm

Prayers that everyone is ok and that no one was seriously hurt. Prayers for all the fire personnel are safe. I am sorry for those who lost their homes just before Christmas 🙏🙏💔

You guys are the greatest. We are in ca. & watch you all the time. Thank you for always being there for this town & area.

That was intense! It was like a chess match with the fire for the longest time and then all hell broke loose. A great outcome for everyone involved!

Good catch !!! Glad everyone is ok

You can hear the fighters in the fire calling not only for a mayday.. but specifically truck 16.The guys on truck 16 must be talented

Excellent video half of Yorkville and Carnegie Hill got woken up for this one

Wow is all I can say after watching this challenging situation unfold

At 20:20 when it shows the gas station next door - I’m shouting at the television "be careful guys, there’s a gas station next door" like they can hear me in the past through the TV 😂

thank you each one a hero

Wow. This is amazing. Can listen all day.

so happy everyone made it out safe.

With the amount of firefighters present 120 years ago that probably would have one hell of a brawl lol.

I find it interesting that the majority of these restaurant and store fires always start in the very early hours of the mornings when they're closed?

@azul8811

2 жыл бұрын

A small smoldering fire can go undetected and travels in concealed spaces and voids. Eventually an occupant on the floors above may smell or see a smoke condition and calls it in. These buildings are old and may have had renovations over the years, including multiple dropped ceilings in the stores. There are plenty of places for fire to “hide” and travel. In any event, the Fire Marshall will try and determine the cause & origin.

@MusicLoverPearson

2 жыл бұрын

@@azul8811 The fire started in the Chinese Restaurant and worked it's way up around 5:00 this morning. I live four blocks away from that building

@2614cbr

2 жыл бұрын

I think most of these fires are from food left on the stove overnight.

@brianrutherfield9233

2 жыл бұрын

@@2614cbr and grease build up

FDNY are some skilled men and women. Wow.

These type of fires make me nervous just trying to ensure all firefighters are accounted for and not mistakenly lost in the chaos shuffle! Thankful had a strong assertive IC that demanded command and control!!!

Love exterior, interior is a different battle. Luv that I'm a volunteer FF. Hardest, best training I ever did.

Awesome footage

those firefighters sos sirens (PASS ALARMS) (the ringing at 39:20 - louder at 39:46) brings me back to 9/11 its just they're the same sound. even after all these years.

I have Huge Respect for all you fire fighter's keep safe and I'm wishing you all have a good Christmas form over here in Ireland

awesome all the fdny brother are stay and ok great job on the fire awesome catch and great video

Great video

Great footage. Glad everyone went home.

well done FDNY

Bonjour, je voudrais juste savoir si ces immeubles ont déjà été évacués ou s'il s'agit d'appartements déjà vides, merci

May God bless these folks……

Good 👍 work!

Shoutout to the dude who wasn’t just recording & helped hold the doors open at 01:50 seconds in

@LoudlabsNYC

2 жыл бұрын

If it wasn't for the person recording you wouldn't see this video at all. Everyone has a job to do.

Great 👍 video God bless the entire force of the Firefighters I pray 🙏 for them and I pray nobody was injured I wish them all the best in Jesus Christ name amen 🙏.

These structures have been patched and constructed so many times over the years with so many different occupancies that all it does it equate to guaranteed jobs for FDNY!

Great coverage as always. I was hoping you could help me out. I am firefighter and firefighting instructor for my department and county. I run class on reading smoke and could use some of this footage. I would like to get a clip from 40.00 to 45.00. It shows that while no visible fire (except under stairs) smoke conditions we indicating that fire was close by. Then as guys were pulling 1st floor ceiling, they opened up to fire. If you can do this let me know how I can get you my contact info. Thanks for your time and your work is truly very good.

@ohusky271

Жыл бұрын

did they ever clip that for you? i could get a clip for you

@SoNJFF

Жыл бұрын

@@ohusky271 Yes, I did get it clipped. Thanks

I enjoy your coverage. You let the radio communications speak. Not some narrator. -Ret. Capt. SFFD

Stay safe everyone

I'd say that was one smart "Dragon."

Dangerous job..physically and mentally

💪💪 hell yea brotha

Foreshadowing: the BC’S interest in that set of roll ups. From the beginning and continues throughout the incident.

God bless Nys Bravest Hero’s

"Oh there it is!"

Great to see the hydrant IFO the fire was hooked up to and a 21/2 gate placed on 21/2 side of hydrant. That allows you to get more water without having to shut down hydrant. (I tried to preach that for most of my years, instead of just putting on a cap.) Wish lads would wear eye protection with those saws. One stray chip. So much simpler to pop the pins on those windows and drop them. Use the lights on the rigs to light up street sides.

As volunteer firemen myself. This touches differently

Good Job

Fitting restaurant name considering the situation

Awesome job to all parties

btw, what is a Fast Truck and what does it do?

Use heavy compressed air foam. Fast put out.

Look at all that new hose.

NYFD,,,,best in the world.

good job

danke

Why aren't the police on scene to create a perimeter for the fire fighters? It bugs that there were so many civilians standing only a couple of feet away from the fire fighters... WTF.

when you're not in trouble, shut your PASS off! All the PASS devices sounding in the street make it very difficult for the RIT! This is basic recruit training boys!

Question for any fireman or woman who has been on this kind of major multi alarm fire: How do you think and communicate with all the noise of sirens and fire alarms while working to not only knock down a fire, but rescue people in need as well? Training must really kick in here.

@extraglutenplz3758

5 ай бұрын

radios and buddy systems

Why are all those people being allowed to just stand there in the way near the fire?

Maybe somebody can help. My aunt get same company patches but i dont know where to put them. Did they wear it on the job shirt, jacket or somewhere else ? Greetings form germany.

@user-jm3uc8dc6u

3 ай бұрын

usually on class A uniform ... parade uniform. but some wear on bunker jacket arm

1:36 the guy who doesn’t know the Scott dance

Are those apartments above these stores?

Great work. One question. In several shots and at least 47:24 there's this basket at the end of the boom with flashing ligths. How do those flashers help firefighters to do their job? It must be like going in to a disco with strobes...

I love and respect the brothers and sisters in FDNY but their continued refusal to take the most basic precautions regarding being on air when they clearly should be is so disappointing. Lots of aspiring firefighters watch stuff like this and that is just reinforcing habits we've been trying to get rid of for decades. Glad everyone is safe but wear your SCBA until the atmosphere is declared within range.

@jo7hern208

2 жыл бұрын

I completely agree with your comment.

As a child, I had basic fire-fighting training at a fire-station and later, further training in factories and nursing-homes. Of course I do NOT have the technical expertise and experiences of these brave firemen and I do NOT criticise the way they worked. But considering domestic coal-fired heating fire-places in houses have baskets to put the coals on so those fireplaces have a better draught, it made me wonder why these firemen needed to cut the shutters on the two food premises because I would have thought that would increase the draught feeding the dangerous fire they were fighting. thus making it worse. The video gave the impression that the Dragon restaurant was the source and the firemen were able to access it through an open door. I hope a fireman can explain that to me please. I am so pleased they all got out safely and thank them for their service.

@LinenAssociate

Жыл бұрын

You are missing a piece of the puzzle. The firefighters DIDN'T know where the fire was until about 40 minutes into the video. The only clues they had was smoke in the beginning. So they cut open the shutters to vent the smoke in the Dragon and opened the shutters on Dominos to explore for possible signs of fire intrusion.

@alancoldicott391

Жыл бұрын

@@LinenAssociate Thank you KameIR3d, That explains it to me very well..

@country_boy9180

Жыл бұрын

Or more importantly you open up a big hole so you have an exit route and can effect a rapid rescue. The first door opened didn't allow any air in- that would be the job of door control on the Chinese restaurant door. Ditto the Pizza door. Fire fighter safety comes before preserving the restaurant. I'm not sure what they saw that caused them to break the windows on the Chinese restaurant- Perhaps there was a demising wall between the two rollup doors and they wanted an exit for firefighters.behing the middle roll up, Lack of a clear escape route on occupancies like this has contributed to the death of multiple fire fighters.

Someone had a bad case of dragon breath

I guess the dragon woke up

Looks like they tear up too much stuff, but these guys(FDNY)are the best and most fearless.

I live around the corner, I'm just glad the gas station wasn't affected. It could have been much worse.

With all due respect but has anyone thought of this? At the 45:00ish mark, it looks like a big bumblebee bee convention. Great job and glad everyone made it out.

@complexblackness

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

At around 44:34 you can tell it’s about to hit the fan. When I was in fire school in Long Island they taught us to track the smoke the smoke is a tell tail sign shits about to get busy. Glad the boys all made it out

@Sexyldymama

2 жыл бұрын

after the collapse. i would think so.

So, does the main Chief work some of these fires or does he just serve administration purposes only? I am genuinely curious.

@azul8811

2 жыл бұрын

The size and complexity of the operation determine the levels of Command that respond. There is a Staff Chief assigned as the Citywide Tour Commander each tour and I believe he responds upon the transmission of the 3rd alarm. At this fire the Citywide Tour Commander was at the Command Post. But to answer your question. The Chief of Department does respond to certain fires. Tragically, the COD was killed on 9/11 while in command.

@clover1az49

2 жыл бұрын

@@azul8811 Thank you for answering my question! I do appreciate it.

@azul8811

2 жыл бұрын

@@clover1az49 You're welcome.

After a fire like this, is this building salvageable?

@joannawinterbourne6439

2 жыл бұрын

I certainly wondered that x

OMG, i hope the firefighters got out without being harmed.. Soooo scary to see Heros in those situations.

great foks walk by atice sean

do they know how the fire started?

Dynamic Coverage..

I don't understand why so many windows got punched out. Isn't the idea to try and keep air out so the fire stays smothered and manageable?

@user-jm3uc8dc6u

3 ай бұрын

smoke kills

I always notice casual bystanders and, worse yet, people passing through these scenes. It seems to me there should be some equivalent or even a literal police line to protect the scene, numbskulls from getting in the firefighters' way, etc.These folks shouldn't have to maneuver around random civilians on sidewalks in order to perform an already dangerous, stressful job. I can't imagine myself walking down that sidewalk, carrying a sack of groceries, and saying to myself "yeah I'll just walk through here, no biggie"🙄

@michaelmccreary1742

2 жыл бұрын

Yea I was surprised by that as well. Back here if there was a fire like that we would have been arrested or yelled at to leave.

@cornelfrancis5048

2 жыл бұрын

In London (UK) the police stop all traffic and pedestrians from walking through the fire ground and from experience it can be annoying when 'joy public' is walking through totally oblivious to what is happening.

That's why it's not good to live in a building where restaurants are on the first floor?around the corner from me on Lexington Ave between 100th & 101st there's nothing but restaurants a whole row of them and on top of them are 5 story buildings if one of those restaurants catch fire it's going be nothing but pure hell around that block if the fire department doesn't get ahead of it in time..

@aportman58

2 жыл бұрын

That's what keeps FDNY busy with jobs responding to mid and high-rise fires!

FDNY FIRE good

Holy cross lay that’s a ton of hose!

It seems that the fire is running ahead of the FF,s and they can’t catch up with it.