Firefighter here. This video was a test in my mind to see how researched and accurate your teams videos are... And wow.. Absolutely insane detail down to the initial radio report from the first arriving officer, water tender shuttling operations, offensive/defensive operations, and of course the difference between and fire engine and truck (thank you). Obviously there are more details and layers to the logistics and response of the 911 system like what different engine/truck crews can be assigned on arrival and other specialty apparatus (hazmat, rescue engines, dive teams, etc...). However for a 23 minute video this is the perfect amount of information density to cover most topics of firefighting in good detail. Really happy you focused on prevention as thats a huge part of the job most don't consider. Excellent job, videos like these are why I've been subscribed forever.

I'm a volunteer firefighter with my local city up in Canada and my goodness was this video so good. I didn't realize how much research Wendover puts into these, but I was impressed with how accurate the details are. The part talking about the ICS (Incident Response System) was really good, I know the word bureaucracy has a lot of negative connotations but it's crucial for how firefighters can have such a fast response time and efficiently fight fires. At least with my department it was one of the first things they taught us, right after how to put out bunker gear on 😂. Also for those who found this video interesting and would like to help their community, I strongly urge you to consider volunteering with your local fire department. Over 65% of firefighters in the US are volunteers, and a lot of local departments are massively understaffed. I recommend seeing if you are legible to joining your local department and seeing if that's right for you 🚒. Great video again Wendover, and I can't wait for the next one

Ah, Building Code. The often ignored but ever important aspect of building construction. I work in architecture and I can't tell you how many of my client and contractors have tried to "work around" building code, especially Ch 10 and Ch 11 (life safety and ADA accessibility).

TLDR: Dont start fires

5:40 shout out to the writers for that "hinges on" line

As an ER doctor, I wanted to say how wonderfully in depth and interesting this video was. Really great job. Much of what you talk about is known as a mass casualty incident (MCI). Hospitals, police departments, and fire stations train and prepare for such events multiple times per year. You never know if there will be a deadly gas, a bomb, mass shooting, fire, or etc. Having that scalability with an incident commander, command chief, designated hot zone, and so on is extremely important in order to have fire fighters, police officers, paramedics, and other medical personnel ready for anything.

As a Locksmith who routinely works on Fire doors, my biggest advise to any person is to always, always sleep with your bedroom door closed. It can be inconvenient but the difference it makes to protect your life from fire (specifically smoke inhalation) is profound. Even if your bedroom door is not fire-rated, and it likely isn't, it extends the time you have by 4-5 minutes, critical time you will need to escape.

it’s incredible how simple yet complicated putting a fire out is

It's truly amazing to see the coordinated efforts and bravery of firefighters in action. They put their lives on the line to protect others. Respect to all the firefighters out there

My dad was a fireman for 20 years. The biggest fire he ever fought was when a local apartment building went up because someone caught a dishrag on fire in the kitchen, put it in the trash, and then put the burning trash can in the open air hall. No one was killed, but my dad and a few others went to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Most of the apartments in that building were totally ruined.

As a volunteer fire fighter from Germany, it's really interesting to see the differences and similarities in fire fighting to the US. I can explain many of them with differences in typical buildingsize, population density and building materials, but the huge difference in fire engines/trucks is just weird to me. They are so different to what I am used to in terms of shape, equipment and tasks. I can't even imagine an American fire truck fitting in a European old city street

Thank you Wendover for teaching us all the difference between a fire truck and fire engine 👍

I"m an architect watching this at lunch time. I was just looking at Ch 7 minutes ago. Thank you for shining a light on the importance of the building code and what we do to prevent fires from becoming big. I learned a lot about fire fighting too. Great video.

I used to be on a board for a condo I lived at. It's completely CRAZY how often there is fires in units. We probably saw at least four or five a year in a 400 unit complex. But the fire suppression system worked, and if you weren't in the unit, or maybe a couple of units around them (or below them) with flooding damage, you never knew.

I'm a paramedic and work with my firefighter and law enforcement brothers and sisters every shift. Excellent overview of some of the basics of fire attack and command and control of an incident. The thing about NIMS, is that it doesn't just apply to fire emergencies, but any kind of emergency. For example on a medical emergency with one patient, the highest licensed responder on a transporting ambulance will often be designated as the Incident Commander. In the case of a multi-casualty incident, like a bus rollover, what might happen is instead of a single IC there will be what's called Unified Command in which specific Fire, Medical, and Law branch commanders form a command post. Those three direct their respective branches, but because they're all, supposed, to be be together communication flows easier. At least that's the idea. Working from a common framework does help a lot. It takes a lot of the guesswork out since roles are pre-defined and thus we can get on with the job of mitigating a crisis.

I'm always happy to hear about systems that work. That Bronx Apartment Fire is really unfortunate but all information points to poor maintenance and negligent building owners. Both the Fire Fighters and the Fire Fighting System did the best it could. Respect for Fire Fighters.

I was lieutenant of my fire company for two years. Over watched many fires and incidents. So many moving parts and ensuring their are boots in the ground, span of control, accountability and so many other variables are there. Best job ever. You put in more research into your video essay and have a better grasp on the subject than many firefighters fresh from the academy. Hope this brings attention that we need all the manpower we can get with rapid changes in standards (Atleast in NJ)

I do facilities maintenance for a big radio company. We put SO MUCH effort into fire safety. Partially because we want to ensure we don’t go off-air due to a small fire, but obviously to protect staff. My boss tried to ignore some fire code stuff regarding type and placement of fire extinguishers and I nearly lost it on him because NFPA 1 (fire code) is the facilities man’s Bible. Secondly, if someone gets hurt or dies because of a fire code violation, I’m on the fast track to an orange jumpsuit and some new bracelets.

Some more information for this fire with a breakdown. The actual report for fire department came in over the Radio at 10:49, units likely received the notification on their MDT about 30 seconds to a minute and a half before the radio transmission. The fire was reported to be in 3 Eddie. At 11:01 they received a second phone call for fire in 3 Eddie, with a reported person unconscious at an unknown report. At this point 3 Engine Companies, 2 Ladders and a Battalion Chief are responding. In the same minute, Engine 48 transmitted the 10-77 (Working Fire in a High-rise Multiple dwelling.) On the 10-77 a total of 6 Engine Companies, 6 Ladder Companies, 4 Battalion Chiefs, a Deputy Chief and a whole array of Special Units. At 11:07 bronx dispatch reported a family w/ a new born sheltering in apartment 3B. Engine 42 reported heavy fire out the rear of the apartment. At 11:05 Division 7 transmitted the 10-77 2nd Alarm (Additional Alarm for more Manpower and Resources.) This brought in an additional 7 Engine Companies, 2 Ladder Companies, 4 Battalion Chiefs, and even more special units. At 11:09 Division 7 reported that they had (3) 10-45s No Codes (Fire Injuries, not given a code/tag pending ems to give it.) The Assistant Chief of Training Car 15A at this point was responding. At 11:10 they received 4 more apartments for smoke, including apartment 15E reporting they were trapped. Apartment 6F reported a frantic female, along with apartments 6C & 3M (not known to me.) Apartments 9E and 6C also reported being trapped, and 15G for smoke. Apartments 18N reported smoke, and 12G for people frantic. At 11:15 Division 7 reported (6) 10-45s No Codes (Same as before.) At an unknown time Bronx Dispatch notified Division 7 that 12C in the rear has people jumping out the window (I am unsure if 12C was jumping or someone else.) At 11:17 Battalion 26 transmited the 3rd Alarm (Likely the orders of the chief of Division 7.) The 3rd Alarm brought in an additional 4 Engines, 2 Ladders and 2 Battalions. The dispatcher then notified D7 of apartments 15H,12A,15E,19S for smoke. At 11:20 Division 7 special called two additional ladder companies, followed shortly by the transmission of the 4th Alarm again by Battalion 26. The 4th Alarm brought in an additional 4 Engines, 2 Ladders and 1 Battalion Chief. They then received apartments 12F for people trapped, 9K for smoke and 15M sheltering in place with 5 People. They then received 12G again for people frantic and 19S with 6 people in the Apt. At 11:25 Battalion 14 special called two additional truck companies. At 11:29 Division 7 requested that the Engine Companies on the 4th Alarm to come to the fire building with their CFR-D (First Aid) Equipment. They then received 9J for smoke. At 11:32 Division 7 reports a total of (10) 10-45s, with (7) of them being Red Tags (Critical.) At 11:39 Field Comm requested 4 additional trucks. At 11:40 Field Comm reported one additional 10-45 no code. Between 11:40 and 11:44 Field Comm transmitted the 5th Alarm orders of Car-15A. This brought an additional 4 Engines, 2 Ladders, 1 Battalion Chiefs and multiple Staff Chiefs. At 11:44 Field Comm reported a total of (15) 10-45s, with 11 being Code 2 (Red Tags.) At 11:58 Field Comm reported fire was on the Second and Third Floors, primary searches were in progress and that the fire was Doubtful will Hold. At 12:04 Field Comm requested an additional Ladder Company to carry out Ventilation Support Duties. Shortly followed by 2 additional Battalion Chiefs. Between 12:05 and 12:16, Field Comm reported a total of (39) 10-45s, 31 were Code 2, 3 were Code 3 and 6 were Code 4s. At 12:16 an additional RAC (Rehab) unit was requested. Between 12:16 and 12:25 it was reported that Primary Searches between the sixth and eleventh floors were complete and negative. At 12:25 Field Comm reported that they had a total of seven engine companies acting as CFR-D Engines. At 12:33 Field Comm reported that the fire was Probably will hold. At 12:38 Field Comm requested 4 additional engines, 3 Ladders and 1 Battalion Chief. At 13:25 Field Comm reported that the fire was Under Control. There was a total of 63 10-45s - 32 Code 2s, 9 Code 3s and 22 Code 4s. For just the "fire side" alone atleast 300 Firefighters responded.

As a firefighter, this video was a very factual and informative look into the job and what goes into it, broken down into bits that the average viewer can understand. Good job!

As a Fire Marshal on a ship, this is so amazing. One incident that would’ve been awesome to have been discussed during this video, was the fire on board the USS Bonhomme Richard. It’s the most notorious shipboard fire in history, and is a really amazing case study for both shipboard and structural fire fighters, especially regarding the National Incident Management system. There were major failures in that case, and everyone in this field can learn from it.

This breaks down in rural areas where volunteer units are the only ones available. I have seen incidents where only two responders, who left their home/job to fight a fire without pay, were the only ones on scene manning the engine.

I’m a retained Firefighter in the UK and although we have different structure and protocols the core principle is the exact same, i’m highly impressed with the level of research put into this as a lot of it was so dead on point! Great work Wendover!

finally! something I know a bit about! And have to say, this has to be one of the better layman explanations of fire scene operations and NIMS that I've seen. Well done. You even got right the chief who will park his truck right where an engine would REALLY be better suited to be parked there to allow for quick access to the fire, or a ladder truck for arial master streams. I think every district has someone, be it their own chief or a neighboring chief, who just has to park the suv RIGHT in the driveway of the fully involved structure.

Sam, I don't know who wrote that but as a firefighter of almost 30 years, I can say it was the best short explanation of how firefighting works I have ever heard. I would not at all be surprised to find it used at fire academies as the first thing on the first day of a new intake's course. Very well done to whoever both wrote and researched this.

As a UK firefighter it's always interesting to see how the logistics work in other countries. Great work brothers and sisters!

As a firefighter, I must say this video was very well done! You definitely did your research and explained everything wonderfully. Great job Wendover!

I read a psychology report ages ago that was generally about "How do people make decisions in emergency situations." The researchers hypothesized that an expert would gather as much information as they could in the time span they deemed sufficient and then choose the best option that they had. To test their hypothesis they interviewed and watched fire captains at work in large cities. What the captains did was gather information and as soon as a plausible plan was conceived that had no obvious failure points they would proceed with that one immediately without waiting to come up with better alternative strategies. I've always thought that was interesting and backs up the addage: a good plan today is better than a great plan tomorrow.

I am a Nebula member but I had to come here to comment on this video. It is one of the most through and fantastic web videos I've ever seen. It is on par with the epic work cable channels like History used to make before everyone started making reality. Wendover and Real Engineering are the reasons I joined Nebula and I am so glad I did.

At 6:30, I noticed the firefighter's coat said BURNS on it and I was like 'duh', and then I saw it was his name XD

I was a firefighter in my 20s during and right after college. This is the best introductory overview of the fire service and its logistics/incident commend systems I have ever seen.

Much respect to all of the first responders out there. Truly heroes.

I love to hear about the stories my dad shares with me during his time with Hillsborough County Fire. It takes a special kind of person to be a firefighter, and I do not think they get enough recognition for all the lives they save.

Going into this, I didn't even know that fire engine and fire truck were not interchangeable. So needless to say, to me, this is one of the best ones you've done in a while.

Been installing fire alarms for 15 years, never even thought about a DOOR operating properly as an issue. Great video!

Volunteer firefighter from Pennsylvania here. Nice video. There are some naming conventions that differ depending on location (like whether you call it a truck, ladder, or rescue company), but overall this was well written. I would like to stress two things to anyone reading: 1) like the Bronx fire showed, make sure the doors of your residence are closed when evacuating! Air flow is SUCH a huge deal when it comes to controlling fire flow. 2) consider volunteering with your local department! It is an amazing way to love your neighbors, serve your community, and improve yourself!

Great work, Sam and team. As a former wildland fire fighter this is really well researched and just about a perfect description of what we do. It took me about 3 months to learn all of the details that this video covers.

I live in rural Colorado. Our local fire department (less than a 5 minute drive away) is located alongside our water station, and emergency paramedic office. Their operations are so complicated and they do so much for our community and it was great to see some of the complicities be shown. My local department is mostly volunteer based so to all of you emergency response personal all over the country THANK YOU!

Great video. As someone who lived in a wildfire prone area of Southern California I was always amazed and thankful for the hard work of the LA County Fire Dept.

It's incredible to see the level of coordination and organization that goes into fighting a fire of this magnitude. The Incident Command System and the collaboration between different agencies are crucial in ensuring an effective response. Kudos to all the firefighters and emergency personnel who work tirelessly to keep us safe.

Thank you for taking on such a difficult topic. I am impressed with the detail you're able to put into these videos to help us learn how the world around us works. It also is a reminder that doors are important.

Iam a volunteera Firefighter in New York City with 20 plus years in construction and i must say this is a really, really put together video with great and accurate information Well down Wendover Productions

As a former volunteer firefighter / EMT, I greatly appreciate the detail and accuracy of this video.

I was a volunteer for about 10 years. You nailed the entire system. Awesome vid!

Being a Colorado resident, I always love how Colorado-centric your videos are. Even more so this time around as my wife just starting working for SMFR. I literally drive on the street at 10:13 almost every day.

If I lived in one of these older high rises, I'd probably have a closet full of extinguishers and a breathing apparatus.

I work as a dispatcher and I’m so blown away by how well put-together this is. You can tell so much work and research was put into this. I’ve followed this channel for years and haven’t seen any videos like this

I was a firefighter for 12 years. This is by far the best video on how firefighting works I've ever seen on UKposts. Well done!

As a Volunteer Firefighter this video is one of the best videos I've seen describing the fire service especially by someone not immediately involved in the fire service. I applaud you on the amount of research you've done. Some things I wish you would have addressed is some fire safety information so I listed some basic below. If a fire occurs make sure everyone is out, call 911 and close all doors to keep the fire just that room and to stop it from spreading. Remember to call 911 before trying to put it out so the proper resources are on the way. Make sure you have working smoke detectors in every bedroom, outside bedrooms, in common areas and at least one on every floor. Carbon monoxide detectors should be present on every floor of your house. If you need help installing or can't afford smoke detectors the red cross offers programs to install 3 smoke detectors in homes free of charge so reach out to them. The NFPA offers many educational videos and information for the general public on fire and life safety if you wish to learn more.

i don't imagine this to be a problem in modern buildings. someone in my building had a kitchen fire 2 years ago, the building's fire suppression system promptly flooded the unit where fire originated, as well as all the units below it for 52 floors. i was working on my computer late into the night, when all of a sudden my AC unit started to shoot out water instead of cold air, that's how flooded we were. in modern buildings we fear drowning more than we fear fire.

Wow Sam, amazing work on this. As a firefighter from the front range of Colorado, you nailed the description of how code attempts to limit catastrophic fires and how departments respond. I've been following Jet Lag for years, but I'm learning that I need to check out your other work. Really good job on this. If you ever want to spend a day learning to fight fires, let me know! Happy to host you.

You did a really amazing video on the logistics of Formula 1 a while back, as someone who just watched some of the 24 hours at Daytona, I would love to see a logistics video from you about the logistics of what goes into preparing and running a 24 hour race like that. From the track, to the teams, to the fans.

Would you/have you ever done a video on the Grenfell fire?

German volunteer Firefighter here, amazed to see the way our American colleagues work!

Good Job Wendover, I’m a firefighter in CA and this video was made really well with really accurate information while making it entertaining for people to watch. Thank you.

As a volunteer firefighter, this is one of the best summary videos I've ever seen. It's the perfect video to show my friends to explain fire departments. Of course I gotta love the Denver representation! Much love from Colorado ♥️👩‍🚒

Wow, this is really similar to incident response at Google! The main difference is that we don't automatically hand off the IC role to a more senior person. The IC is always the person with the most context on the current issue. We're explicitly trained not to let a more senior employee take over IC just because. This has (rightfully) lead to situations where junior employees instruct their directors to perform tasks. We do hand of IC for several reasons (not all listed here): 1. The incident has been going on for a while, and the IC needs to sleep. 2. The problem spirals out of an IC's control. At that point the IC can escalate to a seasoned SRE team which will assume control of the role. 3. The IC believes someone else is a better fit for the role. We also have a similar structure for media relations, and contact with the outside world (everything from putting a warning banner on the affected product, to talking with news outlets).

6:31 a fire fighter called Burns? Perfect nominal determinism!

Great information. My nearest city just had a major fire at a 5 story building with mixed residential and commercial restaurant. Old building, initial call at 2pm, firefighters on scene until 5am, 150 firefighters, 4 alarms. Mostly defensive attack. Our local departments will also mitigate collapse risk by bringing in an excavator to control how the building comes down and allows access to hotspots

Ground News is one of my favorite news sources. I love being able to see what each side writes but also able to see what news outlets outside of the US are saying about a story.

I've watched the whole video twice and can confirm it is a wendover classic

I went through a large apartment fire myself. 24 families were displaced, and the whole building was condemned. Because there was no one inside when the department got there, the fire fighting, a 2 alarm fire, was set to defensive. Sitting there and watching my life burn away, I understand how important fire compartmentalization is. I'd also like to point out, the higher the occupant count in a building, the higher the chance for fire. Tired of living in apartments. Can't wait to get a home.

As a volunteer firefighter, this video was absolutely bang on. Great job capturing everything we do. Tons of information and lots of research was obviously done.

I'm a Canadian FF in a volunteer hall in a rural area. I have to say, this video is very well researched and presented. This is nearly identical to how we do things in Canada, and this is a very well researched video. The focus on how individual halls are all equipped slightly different for their purpose is good to touch on, and I think this is one of the few videos I've ever seen that actually shows how communication, chain-of-command, and passing of IC duties happens, as well as considerations for tendering operations and how well hydranted the area is can affect response. I think it would've been nice to touch on how significant the volunteer portion of fire-fighting is in North America though. 65% in the US, and 70% in Canada. Great video; I'll keep this one saved to share to people looking for a primer on how modern fire-fighting works.

Retired Career Guy from a small Northeastern City Overall very well done, my only very minor complaints likely come from my own biases or limited to the experience of how my department operates. Not sure if your channel has fire experience, but overall phenomenal job and would be a great resource to any Fire Prevention or FD PR officer or unit.

It would be interesting to see a video on the logistics of wildland fire as a counterpart to this one.

Just wished you mentioned on call volunteer's.. One of my work colleagues responded to a warehouse fire at 2am after getting home at 8pm that day from a 14hours shift.. They sacrifice their own rest & weekend free time to help others

Amazing job on this video! It would be awesome to see you and your team dive even further into the different firefighting methods and make multiple future videos. Transitional attacks, veis, hazmat/terror response, methods from other countries, and all the other fire nerd stuff. Again, excellent work

As a German firefighter this was a very interesting and eye opening overview of the American firefighting system in comparison to the German firefighting system which relies very heavily on volunteers

Thank you Sam for this great video. I want to spend a word of appreciation for all the firefighters because they are ready to risk their life at a moment notice to save people from burning buildings or houses; they are the unsung heros of our modern society. Greetings from the UK, Anthony

I’m an EMT working on getting hired at a career fire department. This video was incredibly accurate! I was surprised to see Sam mention NIMS/ICS. As a long time viewer, it was fun to see my career field cover in such depth

This was such an incredible video. The writing, explanations, graphics, storytelling, it was all perfection. Probably one of the top Wendover videos in the catalog. Excellent job

Fire caulking. Fun stuff! Comes in sheets, tubes, etc. It gets put around things like electrical boxes and penetrations in walls, etc, it's special fire resistant stuff that we use to protect from fire spread even as electricians. The amount of that stuff I have applied and have never worked in anything taller than like 9-10 stories, is crazy! Last time I bought some it was for a tiny commercial space. I walked out with a whole bin of the stuff and it cost astronomical amounts, but it literally saves lives when we use it right. We are not obviously the only trade required to do this, just the one I happen to work in 😎

Informative video Sam. It is amazing how you have the different names for the appliances but even in Australia, we vary from State to State.

As a ex volunteer firefighter in Australian its interesting to see the similarities and differences between us both over the years. My mentor growing up (25 years ago when i joined) was a ex Philadelphia ladder truck crew/ instructor / paramedic. i learnt a lot from him in the tiny rural aussie town i was in thanks Mark.

The incident command system is quite widely used for all manner of emergency responses these days. I'm a search and rescue member in British Columbia and we use it each and every time we start a rescue, a search, or whatever other task we've been assigned to keep track of who's in command and all the other aspects that go into our responses. And as you've mentioned, it accommodates whether there are six of us or hundreds of us on task. In our case, it's usually the first SAR manager who has control and command will be passed along as needed as the response grows and/or more experienced SAR managers join.

I'd love to see videos on the other parts of the 911 system. Firefighting is 10% of the calls firefighters go on, the other 90% is medical calls and car wrecks. A lot of fire departments run ambulances and paramedics and integrate with incident command. Along with that paramedics/firefighters can also be apart of SWAT which is a honey pot of logistics and tactical thinking (CQB alone could be a whole video) which would be at home on this channel. The logistics of 911 is so deep. People can call 911 for anything and be presented with a response that brings a solution. As always great job 👍👍👍

My dyslexic ass read "fire lighting" and was looking for tips about effective arson 😭

My wife and brother were volunteer firefighters in neighboring counties and I did not know how debated the charged line entry thing was going to be. Seems like you hit the nail on the head with that one in this video.

Great video! As an emergency responder, I'd just like to add that in the end, these are generalities. For example, truck companies are not always more trained, just more trained in a specific technique. The area I work in individual FF can be assigned to either depending on the needs and the incident. In most places, the difference between a truck company and an engine company is more about their goal when on scene vs. how experienced they are.

Fire dangers is also a reason why I'm not very trusting of many guys (not everyone) who own e-bikes and e-scooters. There tends to be a lack of seriousness in ensuring safe charging. I even asked a family member to stop charging these lithium-ion batteries inside the apartment, because they kept leaving the battery plugged for more than necessary.

This was an amazing watch!! I’m 28 and I still want to be a firefighter when I grow up. So awesome what people can do together for the sake of helping others!

Thanks for the video it was really good to see the bigger picture. For more discussion on apartment fires you have to look into the terrible Grenfell Tower fire in London (UK). It was a single unit fire which was spread by the combustible external cladding of the building. there was also issues of defective self closing doors...etc. There was a lot of criticism of the shelter in place policy.

Firefighter candidate here, we go through a lot of training in even the simplest of things. For example, my jurisdiction requires you to go from civilian clothes to in your firefighting gear and breathing from the air bottle in under 90 seconds. But even though we should be there soon, prevention is key to saving time, money, and most importantly, lives. I loved how detailed he got about safety protocols on the fireground, keep up the good work.

TIL a fire engine is not the same thing as a fire truck.

A Wendover day is always a good day!

I'd love to see a companion video about fighting forest fires ("wildland fires"), which has a completely different philosophy. My ex was a wildland firefighter and people used to jokingly say things like "Ben, the building's on fire!", to which he'd inevitably respond, "No problem! I'll dig a line around out!" When you're talking wildland fire, the focus is on contain and control, rather than rushing in to stop things from the inside. (Or at least, that's how I understand things from a second-hand perspective.)

Alot of wonderful info and good generalizations of a broad trade. Only thing I want to mention is that for a first due company to a fire, protection of life is tantamount. That sometimes means making a primany search without a charged line covering you. It is indeed a dangerous job.

A collab between Wendover and South Metro Fire channels would have been dope. Get Sam for a ridealong and see it in action would be great.

I am surprised to learn that in the US, authorities recommend to stay in the high-rise building in case of a fire. In Germany, rule of thumb is: If its more than 6 floors, always get out, because in case the fire spreads, it's game over that high.

As a 2nd year firefighter this is a terrific breakdown of what we were taught through our Fire 1 Academy courses. 10/10. Only thing I would add is many several fire departments have what they call a "Quint" truck. It surmasses the role of engine, truck, rescue, and aerial ladder. My department where I work for example houses 3 in service Engines with 1 Quint. (We also have like 15 other apparatus in storage/reserve. such as water tankers/tenders, ARFF truck, light duties, 2 heavy duty ambulances which serve as rescue trucks and so forth.) Nonetheless I absolutely loved this video.

In 2022 the building me and my boyfriend had JUST moved into (we'd lived there for a grand total of 3½ days) burned down almost completely in a massive fire in the middle of the day. Miraculously, none of the residents were hurt, because most people were at work. The building was from the 1930s, but what went wrong was that the fire proofing between stairwells up in the attic had been torn down during a roof renovation back in 2003. It was deemed the worst residental housing fire in the country in the last 37 years. We're doing okay these days after being rehoused, but to this day I'm still extremely grateful to the firefighters for showing up within minutes and doing their utmost to minimize the damage, even if the building couldn't be saved.

Folks, that's why regulations are necessary and literally life saving. There's almost always a reason they exist. So when politicians run on getting rid of regulations and red tape, that's almost always a red flag right there!

I love te episodes where it’s explained through examples

This makes me think about my dad, a volunteer firefighter of 20 years. He knew of all these risks, and would still dive into emergencies without hesitation. As a teen, I tried to follow in his footsteps, but I just couldn’t find it in me, no matter how hard I tried. It takes a very special kind of human to be able to go into fires like these. As the saying goes, they are built different, and they’re a rare breed. Bless all the firefighters who sign up to put themselves into situations like these.

Holy cow!!! Imagine how many lives are saved every year due to this incredibly thoughtful and beautiful choreography of interagency cooperation. Wow. Thanks for bringing this to light; I had absolutely no clue!

Wendover and HAI on the same day nice

As someone born and raised in New York, but now lives in Colorado, this video was about as curated as it gets. Incredibly well done!

I’m an emergency management coordinator. Thank you for posting a great video on the nuance of fire fighting! I hope you explore more of emergency management!

God bless Wendover, the level of research and attention to detail is just amazing.