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Comment by Mark McGranaghan on May 28, 2009 at 12:01pm

Scary demo...Complacency perhaps? Or just plain madness!!!
Anyway, would it be possible to download a copy of this video clip?

Mark

Comment by Jerry Wells on May 7, 2009 at 10:28pm

This video works great to remind young firefighters that their line is actually a thirty to fifty foot tool. Don't act like a moth to the flame. Also, watch it again, but listen to the audio for the first time someone realizes that something is wrong. "SHE" sounds like she is about five years old. Lots of lessons to learn from this!

Comment by Don Huneke on March 30, 2009 at 2:36pm

No matter how many times I see this I get sick. Did one person in charge ever think twice about this, I guess not. What a stupid way to get sued, demoted or fired. No control, leadership or common sense.

Comment by Mary Jennings on March 28, 2009 at 3:36pm

I was speachless. why did they go in?

Comment by Brandon Caruso on March 18, 2009 at 10:08am

What??????

Comment by TODD SHERMAN on March 12, 2009 at 4:35am

wow!

Comment by ray aikins on February 26, 2009 at 5:27pm

holy shit . first why go into that without doing a quick knockdown .!!!! and how old is the firefighters in this ,? bad bad judgement call

Comment by Ron Becknell on September 8, 2008 at 4:44pm

This is definetly a WTF! But I have to agree with Frank this is the result of limited training. I know some people think that is the perfect example of why we should no longer do Live Burn training. I think it is the opposite this is the REASON we nned to conduct live burn training and yes do it in acquired structures! We should conduct training in the safest manner possible which includes experienced people on the hose line and the most experience should be on the RIT line. In past live burn trainings we always used two back up lines one outside as RIT crew and one inside with the Safety Officers that were always inside with the crews. Training can be done safely it just requires more planning!

Comment by Ryan J. McGovern on June 18, 2008 at 6:39pm

I am SPEECHLESS! Like Jesse said above, WTF??? It's absolutely amazing that anyone would either just walk into a wall (room) of flame, and even worse that someone would let them. Volunteer Dept or paid, this standard and practice of training is just inexcusable and unacceptable.

Comment by Brent Sanger on April 25, 2008 at 5:48pm

I remember this video. If my recollections are correct, the 2 firefighters who went into the building were trainiees, and were ordered to enter the building before the line was charged and bled. The third person on the line was their captain, I think. An example of how a good-intentioned demo went horribly wrong, and undermined the public's trust in that department while, worse, causing serious and possibly career-ending injury to to fellow firefighters.

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