Orlando Fire Department – Grove Apartments Fire
Mother and 4 children are trapped in their apartment bathroom. OFD dispatcher reassures them and coaches them while firefighters are searching.
This video shows the importance of staffing and response times in saving lives.
Duration : 0:7:26
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BY the time you are …
BY the time you are hearing the verbal dispatch, we have already received house tones and the information is on the truck computers.
The dispatcher intentionally dispatches at a moderate pace to ensure that all of the information is delivered clearly. It only took 20 seconds to dispatch the initial alarm units, situation, and provide the address in a clear/audible manner.
Wow, your …
Wow, your dispatcher talks really slow when announcing the units, by the time they were done, ours would have been starting on the address, even with a full box.
crazy fire, good …
crazy fire, good video
Again, this is the …
Again, this is the main reason why I will never live in an apartment building. Your neighbors could get careless and you could wind up like this poor mother and her children; trapped during a fire and with no way out.
Everyone involved did a great job. You all should be proud of what you accomplished here this day. Yes this includes the victims who, for the most part, remained calm.
I had chills …
I had chills throughout this entire video, just reinforces my decision to volunteer.
Great job OFD. Stay safe out there.
u think thats weird …
u think thats weird, one of our neighbor stations responded to a accident with injury and couldn’t find the crash and said over the radio “how stupid are we”
Great video and …
Great video and neat work by the OFD. Glad to see a happy ending.
thx for lettin me …
thx for lettin me know its was just kinda weird to me!
He did that to show …
He did that to show officially on the record that heavy smoke was showing upon arrival on the scene, and also to alert the companies about the caliber of the fire.
i think the guys …
i think the guys from distric 3 was really weird and funnycuz he just goes over the radio sayin heavy smoke showin.i mean seriously its just kinda WEIRD
try we have to do …
try we have to do more with less. our response area is about the size of rode island. we have a total of around 60-70 people on shift. for 9 stations. 1 of which is only for crash response, another of which is crash/ structural..
we meet all of NFPA standards.
Clearly your …
Clearly your department has a lack of concern for your safety. NFPA has set guidlines on responses and minimum staffing for a reason. I guess sitting in a foam truck washing down the remains of a jet crash doesnt take much manpower.
in the event of …
in the event of smoke or fire, we would respond Station 1, station 2, and maybe station 5. if you pull the people off the crash trucks to man the ladder, that gives you 1 rescue, 2 pumpers, and the ladder, plus the district cheifs. thats a total of about 16-17 people on scene within 10 min. If we need more, we have an additional 4 pumpers, and a qunit, but all of them would take more than 15-20 min to get on scene.
So your telling me …
So your telling me that your first truck would go in, fight fire AND make 10 grabs within 4 mins?? Like we did that day. I think not! And It was only 9 maybe 10 units on scene.
Wow! You Canadians …
Wow! You Canadians must have fire trucks with wings! Awesome post dumb ass!
Great Job !!! …
Great Job !!! Outstanding job by the OFD and the Dispatchers. Are you guys running digital p25.
Great job brothers!
Great job brothers!
OUTSTANDING WORK !!!
OUTSTANDING WORK !!!
Given the scenario …
Given the scenario at hand it’s not really a case of “too many rigs.”
It’s all about …
It’s all about staffing. Fire engines and trucks can’t do anything without people. Great job guys. The enemy of fire departments are politicians like those here in Los Angeles. They have taken a huge crap on the citizens and the LAFD. It’s all about corruption. Too many chiefs and not enough workers on the ground. Hopefully it won’t happen in other cities. Awesome OFD.
amazing video. …
amazing video. thanks for making/posting this.
I’m a Washington …
I’m a Washington D.C. firefighter. The initial box alarm assignment for the DCFD is, 5 Engines, 2 Trucks, 1 Rescue Squad, 2 Battalion Chiefs, and a Ambulance. If its a working fire its another Engine and another Truck, a Air unit, a Medic unit, ect.. A second alarm is the same as the first, all over again. Everyone does it differently.
great response from …
great response from the command center…also great communication by the ff
That is exactly the …
That is exactly the reason that laying off fire fighters to save budget dollars is the worst decision any tax payer or city/county council person could ever make!
I am beyond …
I am beyond impressed with the communication between dispatch and fireground, excellent job done by the FD. People don’t realize how important a dispatcher is in the police and fire services. The men and women involved have my utmost respect