Drone Footage of Lounsbury St. Multi Alarm Fire (Waterbury, CT) 5/17/17
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- FAA Certified Commercial / Emergency Service Drone Pilot (FAA 14 CFR Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate with an sUAS rating)
Drone view of the Lounsbury Multi Alarm Fire in Waterbury, CT on May 17, 2017
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Filmed in 4K and rendered out to 1080p HD.
Photo Equipment and Gear Used:
- DJI Mavic Pro
- Filmed in D-Cinelike
-Taco RC ND4 Filter
-Maxpedition Lunada Tactical Sling Bag
- Edited in Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Music used:
The Wars Cinematic Music
By NCM Epic Music
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that feeling of "oh shit its bad" really hits hard in this video lol
I remember one of these buildings that my best friend used to live in and it’s sad that these people lost everything from one careless person was cooking on the porch which you never do
FiregroundImages, Superb video footage of this tragic incident. I hope the fire fighter taken to the hospital with cardiac issues is OK and recovering. As for the 4th house that caught fire across the street I believe there were two flights of stairs just to reach the front door of that home. By the time that house caught fire all resources were already committed to fighting the fires in the three homes burning across the street. I noticed a unused tower ladder on scene but it probably couldn't get in position due to the multiple hose lines laid out all over the street. If you add wind and water supply problems into the equation it's amazing the entire block didn't catch fire. Waterbury's bravest did the best they could with the resources available at the time of this incident..
Tommy D As I was on scene of this incident, I couldn't agree with you more. It was a really difficult situation for the Department. They are a very busy and professional department that prove their high level of competence regularly with the work that they see in that city. And THANK YOU for your complement on my video.
Yeah, I hear that, but I kept wanting to shout "Fire thru the roof behind you!" although I was sure they knew. The ones that do a good job are the ones you find yourself rooting for and these guys did the work.
Jeez. They had pretty much everything going against them there. Definitely needed another tower or 2
I know this was from 3 yrs ago, but, my heart aches for all four families who had lost their homes! UGGH! Prayers are with all of them even that firefighter who was having cardiac issues! So heartbreaking to see this!
Fantastic coverage, heartbreaking for those who lost everything
Thank you... and so true.
@Eddiecurrent2000 We were aware of the house across the street pretty much immediately after it caught. Resources were diverted to that house as well as the other 3. To kithers comment, the house across the street had very quick heavy fire involvement in the attic and roof area, resources were diverted to try and save the house but the fire quickly comprised the roof. Crews did a great job holding it to those houses. With the rate of fire spread from wind and topography, more houses could have easily been involved.
I take it burning material from the involved houses made the one across the road catch? I also assume these kinds of videos are helpful after the fact for training purposes?
If you had stopped efforts on the houses that were burning initially, the fire might have spread to more houses, am I right? Important to contain the bigger fire to protect other structures?
Thank you for your efforts! And too, thank you for your service! Fire fighters rock!
I call bullshit on you, mcobra. I can watch the video and see no suppression whatsoever directed at the fourth house until it was a broiling inferno. --If you were actually concerned about "fire spread from wind and topography", then you *failed* spectacularly.
I cannot believe how fast the fire went in the structure across the street from the other 4 on fire.
My gosh the green one went from just the 3rd floor starting to go town to the 1st level in a minute or two!
The one thing i like about living in the midwest, our streets were designed with cars in mind, not horse and carriages, doesn't seem like much room to maneuver equipment in and out
Joseph Castro -- You got that right ... It's difficult to drive a car through that St sometimes .. Extremely narrow .. I'm glad the firetruck made it in okay 😐
Footage is great, can only imagine what a challenge this was.
Great job man. born and raised in Waterbury.
Your standards appear low.
I remember this like it was yesterday
Me too!
I grew up in Waterbury. That whole city is full of wood frame triple and four Decker's. I seen some bad ones growing up. I remember the Prospect street fire when I was a child. Lot of lives lost in that one.
Heartbreaking no matter what state these fires happen in! But agreeable there!
What the hell is going on there?! 1st, why is the roof burning across the street? 2nd, why did nobody of the fire departments go there to catch the fire before it's destroying this dwelling? I've a 30 years firefighting experience and that makes me speachless. Anyway a good job you FIREGROUNDIMAGES!
so agree !
Da scheint wohl irgendwas ganz mächtig schief gelaufen zu sein.....
Someone was on there balcony with a grill i believe.... it was worse when i saw it in person..
There were 4 homes burnt altogether, it was very windy that day. Something from one of the burning houses was blown across the street and caused that house to burn too. I was there. I have a full video on fb....
great video!!! I am kind of surprised that more mutual aid was not around.
This incident was a major error on the part of command. I served 29 years in a major city fire department. So I know what I'm talking about.
The building on the left was totally evolved in fire. it was a loss from the start. In such cases it's the duty of command to protect adjacent structures. This was not done. the structure on the right had minimal fire involvement that could have been brought under control easily if action was taken early. Command was totally focused on the building that was fully engulfed in fire and a total loss early in the engagement. Command gets a F from me.
Love the drone videos. Wish they were longer. Excellent job to help show for training. Anyone hurt or killed? Keep up the drones footage, great way to watch and learn,thanks
Thank you! And fortunately nobody was hurt.
Wow, 4 years ago already. Can’t believe it.
Wow amazingly stable footage from the drone, well done that man.
Hope the dept watched this video, they need to see how much water was directed completely over the building and into the adjoining gardens.
Rob Arnold Thank you!
yup i agree what a waste of water no aerial Ladders until when welcome to Waterbury CT
@CoreReport I know it's been three years so this is not a timely response, but if you go to the 4th second of the video it shows the drone.
Awesome footage
Thanks!
I wonder how that large white structure across the street caught fire. Was that fire the result of the dwellings across the street?
Yes it was.
Pretty bad they let the single house go up like that.... It was a rather small fire at the beginning of the clip. Spread fast.
Great flammable construction there! How long did it take for the FD to realise the other house was on fire? Looks like a right clusterfuck to me.
A cluster fuck for sure!
Yeah can you fucking imagine wood actually burning ...
G.Sarjos I was referring to the roofing materials...
Eddiecurrent2000 lmaoooo
Well said. A circle jerk!!
In future videos, would you be able to dub radio traffic over the video?
You can, but you have to pay for that service from Spotify...and then you have to edit it in. Much more to add into the workflow casing more lapse in time before the video gets posted.
@@FIREGROUNDIMAGES Really? Didn't know it was that involved. Is there not a way to record and import the audio from a scanner?
No unfortunately
So sad to see all these houses burn ...
At what point did you think putting the tower ladders to work?. Horrible fire ground equipment staging. The one tower almost in front main fire building not even used .
the house across the street sure went up fast, too fast..hmmm
These were very large homes which makes it more difficult to fight the fire in them.
Love your video. I’m trying to break into this type of videography too. Any hints please pass them on.
Listen to a scanner constantly! Learn...which you probably already know...about airspace and where and when you can legally fly, and get quick with working your airspace app and launching.
@@FIREGROUNDIMAGES thank you! I been practicing with my Mavic Air 2. Just getting it launched and video taking. Just videos of parks and practicing maneuvering. I use Kittyhawk for launch authorization as well as AirMap for air space information. I have a scanner app to listen to fire dispatch in my area.
@@kennethpadgettflightparame3548 Excellent! Those are the same 2 apps I use as well.
You guys are just some people she knows and just absolutely time that someone house gets on fire and you rescue the life save the day like actual Heroes would I'm pretty sure thankful for you all thank you for having firefighters and we also really really really are thankful for having you on our team and side as always saving our lives from the fire
Every time I see one of these videos of high roof fires, I notice fire fighters on the ground spraying upwards, often with the streams clearing the burning building. The tower truck seemed more effective. Maybe someone who knows a lot more about fire fighting strategies can tell me, why even bother attacking fires on high roofs from the ground if there isn't a good angle to hit the fire directly? And, are more tower trucks the answer?? In any event, hats off to this fire department for their professionalism and bravery.
Please tell me that the Waterbury Ct. is a volunteer fire department and not a professional fire department, please, please, please, tell me it ain't so !!! Great aerial video footage, my thanks to FGI.
It's a professional fire department or it would say "Waterbury volunteer fire department"
I need this footage
Everybody's memories up in flames.😥
I'd be curious to see who actually owned those properties, seems strange that the fire started across and down a ways but somehow jumped to the rear of the house across the street.. looks more deliberate to me.
Become a firefighter then you'll understand how it does it
Firefighters battled a three-alarm fire on Lounsbury Street that left up to 20 families displaced. The fire started on the second floor of a three-story home and eventually spread to neighboring homes, impacting a total of four homes. ... The four multi-family homes are a total loss
Great aerial video. Good to see you have the emergency services rating. How did the fire across the street from the main fire building catch fire? Crazy scene, brilliantly captured.
Thank you! And the exposure across the street became involved most probably by embers.
@@FIREGROUNDIMAGES Makes sense
Oh my God I live in Waterbury in Connecticut and the United States in the world in the universe
A terrible thing to see but it is amazing how these drones let you see things that you never could see years ago.😥
It appears to me that the firefighters don't even know that other house is on fire! None of them are even looking over there, the house is burning away, you'd think they would have sprayed some water on it by now!
They neeeded more help more water
Great footage. Posted on the Facebook Group Fire Drones. Thanks.
Phillip Queen Thank you!
Yeah it was scary, I was there. I also.have a full video on fb....
you now this is still cheaper then the 5 house that burned down in a storm , it was a total clusterfuck and we had to call in 7 local depertments to stop it and the final damage was over 1.5 millon $
I am surprised This Old House didn't get involved in the repairs..... What a mess to have to deal with, high winds, wildland or structural, are the bane of firefighters. It does not have to be a whole lot either.
Waterbury needs to invest in more towers should of been aleast three on that seen.
How and why this occur
I love these YT armchair firefighters.
Strike another alarm...or two. Not a whole lot of manpower or aerial attack. WHAT IS THE IC THINKING.
Vic O.
He’s thinking he already has the equipment and manpower that’s available. What are you thinking that some communities always have access to more manpower and equipment?
I think they might have needed more ladder trucks
Wow.... what a shame...but not the fault of the f.d......huge old buildings go quick...
Looks like arson? Two buildings go up in flames while other buildings in a middle not burning yet._
This a great reason for using drone to support fire fighting - are they even aware of other building on fire.
Simtube S Yes they were. If you look close, you can see they have a hoseline already going in through the front door.
Yes, there were 4 houses on fire, i was there....
I used to live in that neighborhood
ØFF WHÎTË
I love by there.....i was there, walked from my house....it was crazy
What a completely terrible area accessibility wise. Hell of a good job dealing with what was clearly a worst case scenario.
Es ist schon traurig ,wie schnell die schönen Häuser vom Feuer gefressen werden .
how the hell did that happen, did one start the other one?
wow I cannot believe they have not started water on that house
Robert McCabe it’s a tall house so it not so easy to use ground hose to put it out
Great footage
rolf sinkgraven Thanks!
4:38 Three large houses on fire and there are people on the porch watching the disaster at the red house! Screw that! If I were within just a few houses of that hot mess, I would get the fuck out of there pronto! I don't care if I had to leave on foot or in my car, but I would be outta there!
SpiritBear12 I was there....
Did everyone get out ok?
Twee Widdershins Yes they did.
Yes
quite the video
Sad they wasted resources on the already destroyed houses and could have saved the single house.
If they didn't stop the fires there, the ambers could jump over and start a whole new fire...
Those three houses weren't "already destroyed"; only the top floor was burnt. The losses were extreme here because "surround and drown" is the only tactic these guys apparently know. Shooting water in giant arcs, or, as I call it, "watering the back yard from the street".
If 'only the top floor was burnt': bear in mind, that these are all wooden structures; if the top is gone, the rest will follow very soon, and the structure is not safe anymore. Wooden structures should not be allowed in an urban setting, and certainly NOT with multiple levels. Did you not notice how fast the fire burned in that fourth building?
Triage of structures is a far more western mindset due to the wildfires. Some times all that can be done is surround and drown, (Containment, Defensive Tactics)but a single engine company held back for spotting and extension from the embers and firebrands might be a good concept in the future.
how did this happen?
What caused the fires
I’m not exactly sure if this is 100% true, this is just what I heard from other people... the house in the middle, a man decided to have a bbq on the top front porch and the grill lit up in flames causing all this.
Amen!
CRIMINAL FIRE !!!
Amigo q belas imagens 😎👍
This would have been so much better set to some classical music, perhaps some Bach or even Debussy.
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Love the comments from the armchair quarterbacks!
Nice job !L
This is what you get when the buildings are built so close together and the streets are too narrow too. The builder squeezed as many structures as he/she could to get more for the buck. Bad zoning too.
how the hell did the other house catch clearly this was arson
Callum Walker
It was windy, something flew across to the other house, 4 houses burned down, I was there...
Callum Walker
No arson, a man grilling on his porch, and it was warm out but windy
Flying embers, and it was probably built like shit. 20 year roof with osb underneath.
These guys need help fast.
Arson?
hawkeye0248
No, a man was grilling on his porch, it was windy that day...
sooo..how did that happen?
Hier könnte Ihre Werbung stehen a man was grilling on his porch, it was windy out....
lisa levesque omg wow -_-
Those Brits have self vetalating roofs there goes the neighborhood
Piss poor apparatus placement. Complete fail.
Beautiful. :)
Goodness!! They just let the house on the right burn,w/o response!!
Don't know all the facts about this department, resources, manpower etc......... but looks like there needed to be 3 or 4 ladder trucks/aerials deployed to attack from above...... looks like a stubborn situation......... they hopefully did the best they could.
Common Sense
The facts are if they had access to aerial trucks and manpower they would be there.
I grew up about a ten minute walk from here but it looks strange seeing it from a Birdseye view 🤔😶 Anyways I really hope nowone was hurt ...
I am very glad I do not live in Waterbury, CT.
FIRE WATERBURY CT CASA
The FD should use drones like this one. Then they might have been able to direct the fools with the laserbeams. If I observed ONE thing with deckguns and powerliners, it is that these guys always set it to a laserbeam, and overshoot the actual fire. It may be nice to play Darth Vader, but NOT in the FD. I just wonder why FD's invest so much money in these things.
Can you see live what the drone camera shoots? If so, can I assume you reported the exposure structure fire across the street? Were other departments called in to assist? This was excellent footage of a sad situation. I hope fire departments all around use this video for training. And I hope Waterbury used it in an extensive post-mortem.
I actually can see what the camera shoots on a small phone display screen. But if you look closely, there was no need for reporting the exposure because they were already well aware (you can see hose lines stretched up the front stairs). Waterbury is a very serious city fire department with experience many other departments will never see. And yes, other departments were called in to assist.
Thanks for the quick reply.
No problem! Have a great weekend.
The incident commander should have been executed as soon as the fire was eventually brought under control. Pathetic attempt at fire suppression.
Если бы у нас так тушили пожары, то пожарных не увольняли, а рсстреливали.
2 lowpass canadair and stop
Excuses, excuses
Yet another example of fire tearing through buildings constructed with cheap, flammable materials and no firewalls to prevent spread. when are the authorities (mostly civic?) going to toughen up the building codes? Or are they all in the hip pockets of the builders/developers? It's more than just a sad situation - in my opinion it's literally criminal.
CRAP!
why the stupid music
Too little, too late. Overmatched and incompetent. Another bright star for Amerika's third-rate fire services.