Fighting California's Wildfires: Stunning Footage from the Front Lines
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- Опубліковано 11 гру 2017
- In this segment from the Netflix series "Fire Chasers," a CAL FIRE crew battles an out-of-control fire in Los Angeles that threatens to overtake a house and one of the firefighting engines. Thankfully, the crew manages to save a dog in the process.
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Nothing but respect ✊ to the fire fighters
They should have access to design engineers to help them implement their inventive ideas for what is needed to help fight the fires. They have a collective body of intellectual property worth billions. Wish I could talk to them. What's wrong with opening some bottles of nitrogen that the welders use to weld with. As long as the wind is blowing why not make it blow out the fires instead of just feed oxygen to them?
In Europe fire fighters fight fire. I don't see that happening in this video until 4:01. Here these 'fire fighters' would be prosecuted for negligence.
Los Angeles Ca Californio indeed!
Thierry Herreman wow that is harsh. You see one small window of the fight against the fire and assume you know best. If you listen to the firefighters at one point, they make decisions to let the fire burn itself out in certain situations. These guys have a wall of fire coming at them, and they are doing everything to protect the homes that they can save, putting their lives at risk. Heroes. Shame on you.
cops can take a lot of tips from these real heroes
4:10 that man is a true firefighter. Saw that wall of flames coming at him and walked towards it fighting
Yes, is a very good one. The engineer on the truck should have increased the pressure for him to work safer. in fires like this 150 PSI at the nozzle is better.
Paulo Jorge Machado you weigh 300 pounds? Another asswipe speaks.
Jonathan & Ashley Vasquez how?
@@tanyab2646 I wouldn't say moron, but he's not going to put out a fire that intense with a 1.5 inch hose. The heat is far too intense. Assuming they only have water from the tank on their engine, I would have personally conserved that water to keep cooling the house down and let the brush burn around it. Spraying into the brush made for good TV, but you could see he made basically no impact with all the water he put on it. Save that water to cool the house and put out anything that lands on it, cool the sides, etc.
And as for 150 psi at the nozzle, that isn't a "rule." Different nozzles operate most efficiently, and have the most water flow, at different pressures. The nozzle pressure should be whatever the specific nozzle calls for, not just 150.
It looked like he was fighting WITH the fire! Like squaring up to fight a person who is violent or something. Truly impressive. I suppose that's why they use the term "battling" and "fighting" a fire. This video sure looked weird tho, was this part of a training mission?
*Smart homeowner, he apparently learned what to do to increase the chances for the house to survive the fire. Sure, it looks horrible when every shrub and tree is cut down around a house, but it's worth it when it saves your home. You can always plant some new vegetation afterwards.*
That clearing also saved a bunch of firefighters from dying trying to save someone's house. Amazing how few homeowners take that seriously. I would hate myself for the rest of my life if I didn't do it and men died because of it.
Abas Abd you got it in the head perfectly! One of the worst fires is happening as we speak
@@diane9247 If there is no defensible space Cal Fire will let the property burn in severe cases. Like we always have nowadays.
In essance . . . We are all, our worst enemy ! Some of this destruction, could have been avoided. As President Trump emphasized . . . Planning !
trees and shrubs in these fires seem to do better than houses and cars. just go back and watch you will see things that are not right
Thank you firefighters and support crews!!!!
These men and women put their lives on the line all of the time for us in Cali. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
trashcanman71 amen to that
I live in Cali, but my family are Republicans. We hate our governor.
same but for australia and rip to those american pilots who died in a plane crash
Hello friends neighbors. I'm from Russia. When I found out that there was a fire in California again, I was in shock. I do not know who is to blame for such a fire, nature or man. I want to express my condolences to those people who were left without a loved one, a dog, a car, a house, and so on. Good luck and peace.
Александр Бокшан Thank you my friend, my house was recently burned down😔🥺
zepbigfoot bearcove , when there’s a drought for years and years over thousands and thousands of square miles and laws stating how much water you can use , each land owner can only do so much and all the agencies involved don’t have the resources needed to keep up.... that’s reality! Plus PG&E neglected their duties and the fires started because of them... look it up! Google: California fires and PG&E !
zepbigfoot bearcove it was causes by a campfire, which is why it's named the campfire. I agree with clearing brush and dead leaves but cutting trees down isn't going to help unless they're dead. Trees make oxygen which we need to breath, its not all about global warming.
Owen Terry , with all due respect it wasn’t caused by A camp fire... it was called camp fire cause the road it started on was called Camp so they called it theCampfire. 💕🙏🏻🙌🙌
This what you call the apocalyptic sign, i remember California demolished the Holy Bible and they practices no gender, and they stop the school to teach about the Holy Bible now the Lord Almighty is just reminding you people to turn to God and repent your sins, not too late.
I hope many people have a chance to see this video. This fire acts like it's very angry at those in its path. It wants to literally devour everything possible. The way it jumped that hill was really remarkable. Great camera work and God bless you for showing us what these firefighters are truly experiencing. Best coverage of that aspect of it that I've seen. Prayers for their safety and heart felt gratitude to them for doing the greatest job possible under such horrific circumstances.
I feel enormous gratitude for the heroism of these firefighters.
Aussies came to help and now your boys are here helping us
but some died in a plane crash in coomer right and i was working in table top and i thought i heard a tiny little bang.
These people are amazing!
Quynh Van so are you... 😉
All I can do is cry for you guys..please be safe and thank you
I'm a private contracted wildland firefighter it's a passion we have for the job and for nature we love to see memories live on and love helping people I had the honour of meeting calfire firefighters
the thing i keep reminding myself as i watch these is that its morning, the sun is out, clear blue sunny skies, and it looks like nighttime. how scary.
To run at the flames like that... amazing
OMG!! That is one job where it takes a special kind of something to do! Much respect to all of the brave men and woman that fight fires....
I was assigned to 120+ wildland fires in my U.S. Forest Service career. I want to emphasize something the Cal Fire battalion chief said at the beginning of the video. He said something like we are going to put engines on the structures that are defendable. Land/home owners are responsible for establishing and maintaining defendable space around structures. With limited resources structures in an area are triaged and resources are not sent to properties where defensible space has not been established. These are tough decisions, but pretty obvious when you have to ignore some properties. The triaging not only includes how successful efforts to save a structure might be, but also the safety of firefighters as well. Structural protection is tricky enough as it is, but sending equipment on narrow roads to properties that have one narrow road or driveway accessing it with dense overgrown native and landscaped vegetation can be a death sentence.
@Ramen Lover Generally you don't want to put a true fireline around a structure or property. Defensible space is a method of modifying native vegetation and planting landscaping to slow the spread of a fire prior to it arriving at a structure. Firelines, where all vegetation is cleared down to mineral soil can't do the job alone without modifying/planting vegetation in a fire defensible manner. Exposed mineral soil is a potential accelerated erosion hazard that can damage structures eventually and cause a large number of other problems.
Joining calfire next summer. Can't wait. Love you all.
The bravery firefighters have is almost unhuman. Thank you so much to all firefighters across the world, the admiration and gratitude I have for you is far to much of an amount to quantify in any language
The absolute bravery of firefighters. Total respect. Be safe folks. Much appreciation for your service.
This was straight a movie. Seriously gave me chills. These guys are hero’s
I have a deep respect for the firemen, for they are these warrior bards who really risk their love for each other. Congratulations to all of them.
All our prayers for these REAL HEROS. THANK YOU FIREMEN AND WOMEN.
Amen
I'm an atheist. I'll keep them in my thoughts but please don't assume everyone is religious.....especially Christianity.
True heroes running into battle. Thank your for your bravery and dedication.
I love how the cameraman slowly backs up as the fire gets right up on the house. Can't imagine how hot those flames were
5:57 that scene tho... dog ran out of that house straight up Hollywood style with the flames going on in the background
i forgot i wasn’t watching a movie
wow this doc is very well done! puts into perspective how crazy those fires really are when your face to face with them!
I highly recommend watching the entire series on Netflix. Amazing cinematography and fantastic documentary. 🔥🔥🔥
Quality of today's camera is insane. Thank u fire fighters! Great stuff
Thank You So Much For Your Service. You Guys Deserve To Be Noticed & Thanked More. Stay Safe My Brother's & Sisters.
Firefighters have my upmost respect Thank you for your service!!
Thank you for risking your lives to save properties and animals.
Whe the Dog run to fire fighters broke me in to tears
I can't cope with people leaving their pets behind. 😭
YHWH Yahu 🙏
It's always possible that, given the speed of fires and the abrupt wind changes, some people left for work in the morning not realizing that their house might be on fire that afternoon, and didn't know that their pets would be endangered. It's also possible that the dog panicked and escaped. My grandmother loves her dogs more than anything in the world, but when she had to evacuate her house earlier this year (Holiday Farm fire, she lives near Walterville), one of her dogs panicked and ran. She didn't have the fitness or time to chase after him. Luckily a neighbor found him for her and was able to take him with him when they evacuated, but please be reassured that people are usually not being cruel or thoughtless, and it's often just not as simple as "leaving pets behind".
God bless the Men and Women on the front line this fire is intense and each year gets more out of control
Thanks u fireman for saving lives and helping. A lot of California is evacuating and it’s so sad. I live in a total different state but still so scary!😭
I appreciate the hard hard work that these fire fighters do, life's on the line
omg...no matter how much water they are spraying...the fire is getting stronger like alive monster...
They cant use water because of the restrictions Cali Gov imposed. Hmmmm. Maybe tax the fires?
It most likely has fire ice In it which is a gel that acts like a retardant similar to foam.
gloria oh right? This fire looks downright ANGRY.
There is no putting out fires like these. You only can try and contain it, keep it back and wait until it runs out of fuels and snuffs itself out.
fighting fire with gasoline.
I wish it would rain
Dans can Californie fire
me to david bloyd
Rain isn’t good either, lots of rain leads to more vegetation which leads to bigger fires.
ok
David Bloyd it is too bad that California gets no snow, except in higher elevations in some places. I live in Ottawa, Canada and god knows I would love to give you some of ours, you get so sick of it by March. However, as it melts that much needed moisture slowly works its way into the ground helping keep drought at bay when we do have an awful, dry summer. Even then Ontario has battled forest fires but at least we are not a constant tinder box waiting to explode into flames. Take care California.
Any public emergency they are always one of the first on the job brave unselfish people
I like how they put the beat with the truck backing up
Homeowners please take note the house that survived only did so because of the wide dry each space between the bush and home and dont go fighting these monsters in singlets, thongs and shorts as a firefighter we were protective gear for a real good reason burns direct or indirect are not pleasant Ive been burnt wearing gear and cringe see civilians like this....wear long jeans, long sleeve 100 % cotton or wool shirt, 100% wool or cotton socks, leather high top boots, leather gloves, 100% wool balaclava make sure your face head and neck are protected, googles and mask....I keep my set in an evac box ready to pull on....it will save you from burns and heat related illness, uncomfortable but worth it
foxx66....thanks for doing what you do. You get spread pretty thin sometimes.
The California State Board of Equalization makes me pay $150 a year for
''Fire Protection''. Trust the government...We're here to help....
So I went out and bought 600 ft of wildland 1.5'' hoses, rocker wrenches, 2-1/2 to 1-1/2 hydrant adapters, Wye splitter, fogger and straight nozzles. The fire hydrant is on my property. If there's a chance of saving my place and the neighbors, I'm putting on my turnout gear and will get the water flowing even if it kills me.
Oh.... I have 2 aluminized Approach Suits...and helmets, 3 1990's Scott Packs, thanks eBay. Should be OK as long as the hydrants are charged. Downed power lines killed the Water District pumps up by Kenwood last year.....
In the northeast we are advised to have ponds near our houses as a source of water. They can't be turned off by the gov. Just need a good pump and long hoses.
This is the reason I have spent YEARS telling anyone who owns property to have defensible space.
live in that area i remember it was around like 6 and the gnarly smoke blocked off the sun so it was basically night
God bless and God help get out! Much respect to the firefighter's I'm sure you guys are tired but you still push forward!
Man those firefighter are real HEROES ! hats off to the Fire Fighters !
great cinematography
I look forward to apply for Calfire this year for the 2019 fire season anything to help my state 🙏🏻
This is some of the most amazing video I think I have ever seen.
God! what those guys have to face, my hats off all of them keep safe.
Is there a part 2? In this video. Realy the best one so far.👍
Firefighters are true heroes! Thank you all!
As An Australian i really feel for you guys right now.. I live in a bushfire prone area we get them every summer nothing more terrifying than raging bushfires (wildfires) .. Hang in there guys.
We appreciate all these fantastic fighter fires ,risking their lives ,nothing much but rspect
If more people would keep goats as pets then they would eat up the grass and shrubs in a hundred foot swath around their home to keep fires away.
yeah, I'm gonna say 75000$ year is not enough and having inmates do this at 1$ h is criminal
I mean, they're criminals to begin with.
Fire Fighters are our first on responders, and last to leave. Thanks to all Fire Fighters around the world. They are our true heroes!
Lots of prayers and love for the fire fighters and people affected
The dog! 😭 poor baby
Right... a rottweiler too
We need to do something to prevent this from happening so often. Each year, California is on fire. There has to be something we can do to prevent this. Being burned is the MOST excruciating pain anyone can go through. I would rather die that to ever go through the healing process of 3rd degree burns ever again. I was burned as a small child, and it took until I was 28 years old not to see flames when I went to sleep each night. Fire is my greatest fear due to my own experience. God bless those who are enduring this....
Thank you to all those firefighters out there in California for saving us from these crazy wild fires
My prayers go to all who are struggling with this
seeing the dog at the end running away was sad. WHO would leave their dogs home during a wild fire like this? sad.
Matty Natural Horsemanship Not necessarily intentional. Dog might have gotten scared and hid so they couldn’t find it. Or it ran off in the panic to evacuate and they couldn’t get it to come back. Doesn’t mean they just left it behind. Animals have a fight or flight response too. In moments of panic, the animal is going to flee to save itself. It’s not going to worry about the commands of its owner.
Ya that's true to. We don't know the full story. if that's the case then its not the owners fault at all BUT there are some people who won't even think about their animals and will leave them locked up in the house which is a shame.
When you only have seconds to leave a coming fire, sometimes yourself and your children are the most important to save. Sometimes you just don't have time to get your pet. When you gotta go, you gotta go.
The homeowners died in that fire
This is true, when we had a fire that was fast approaching the house...firemen telling us to evacuate *now*...we were looking for the outdoor cat but couldnt find the poor thing and had no choice but to follow orders and leave. Luckily it poured rain later when we were cleared to go back to the house...poor little bugger showed up soaking wet and we took him in and cleaned him off. So yea its not always heartless owners
OMG! People left the dog behind. How cruel! He would burn to death!
Either leave the dog behind or waste time trying to figure out how to bring him with you unless he is trained it won’t work
meliosexe Animations Figure out how to bring him? You put the dog in your truck what do you need to figure out? The most likely scenario is that he left the house and the owners couldn’t find him but if you have him with you just have to leave with him not that difficult
Marc D ok I can see doing that but even if we put my dog in a truck he would jump out because he is a very jumpy dog so we would have to like tie him down
meliosexe Animations Oh my god. Unless your car doesn’t have windows then how would he jump out?
Marc D would have to go in the back of the truck wouldn’t be able to fit that big baby in a car
First responders, we respect all of your hard work
Really good production quality
3:55 dude has cojones.
Honestly all of those homeowners should cut all of those trees and bushes around the house in advance just Incase there ever was a fire like this
They should stop building houses in fire prone areas, period. But, we know that won't happen.
@@steeldriver5338 They should stop building "wood houses" in fire prone areas not stop building altogether.
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Deforestation
wow incredible footage and work
Man this reminds me of mad max fury road. Respect fighter!
Australia is going throw the same thing but way worse
yea true i am australian and these fires are nothing and they make a big deal about it all i live in beechworth vic wich was about 10-20 km away from the fires and in 2009 when i was 2 black saturday was no more then 5 ks away.
@@colonelbeatson6027 yes Aussie fires are very bad buuut cali is worse. Bigger does not mean anything black Saturday was the largest fire ever and destroyed 3k structures in Austral but in Cali we have fires that have destroyed whole communities for example the camp fire that killed 83 people and destroyed 18k homes and businesses and destroyed 3 towns (concow,pulga and paradise) then we have the tubbs fire, destroyed 5k buildings in one night and that is more destructive then any fire in Australia’s history(I went thru the tubbs fire just FYI) then Santa Rosa got hit again after the tubbs fire just this year and that was the glass fire. So Australia has very big fires but you guys have more land then us so keep that in mind before you say your fires are worse
This comment section:
70% conspiracy theories on the government setting fires
30% “is this a sign from God???”
CharlesDaChurro ikr
Not conspiracy when the damn proof is there, in plain sight.
The government doesn’t need to set fires they just sit back and do nothing
@Simeauli Tiai bruh
@Simeauli Tiai Look i'm a christian and i believe in the second coming of christ but i'm sick and tired of everytime something bad happens people start screaming its the return of the christ everyone repent I'm only 16 years old i wanna live my life before i got to heaven
My heart at the end, omg
Fire was burning 1000 acres per hour. OMG!!! God bless the residents and the firefighters!!!
This is intense! I love it!
When i grow up im gonna be a firefighter
That a boy. It MEANS something, like being a doc or military.
Hang in there California, we are pulling and praying for you, much love and respect for these brave firefighters.
All my thoughts to California, the firefighters & the people, and animals ❤️❤️❤️
Where's the avengers and marvel and x-men when you really need them!
Someone left their dog for dead at the end??? I hope not 😡
Chills man insane
Beat matching to the reverse beeper, nice touch
This is one year old and it happened again???
@Michael Richmond it happens like every now and then, we are starting to get brush fires more and more frequently, yesterday there was a brush fire in azusa, luckily we put it out
@Michael Richmond yea
God Bless the firefighters for such bravery.
If god is so loving and powerful to bless the firefighters why he did not stop the fire before taking these propruções??
Maybe just maybe... god loves to see, believers begging for help, even if it means dead for some..
...
Or maybe he does not even exis.
Salute to all fire fighters around the world
Respect 💙
rainbow vs fire
like if rainbow winS
Comment is fire wins
fire because rainbow can't do anything
*laughs in Australian* cute fires.
Ryan Willis as an Australian, I’m going to need you to explain that comment
Geoff Rogerson clearly ain’t the brightest
it was sad what happened in Australia, but to laugh at the fact that this still happened and affected many people is incredibly disturbing. Get help. This isn’t a joke.
God bless firefighters and Californians
Balls of steel...unbelievable courage...
In Australia, our defendable space is required to be 50-100m. The trees are tall and burn HOT, radiation from them is a problem.
They are risking their lives for all the people thanks to jehova dios and thanks to the fighters tooo
firefighters… breve men and women, respect to you from uk
Thankyou Firefighters!🙏🙏🙏
Are people surprised Cali burns up in fire every year?? -
Daily Lumps you right but this is out of control .
Ongoing drought
This is what happens when god tries to smoke
Not funny. It doesn't even make sense.
this is what happens when sociopaths post
lmfao! xD nice one. stupid god!
What ever they were spraying was crazy powerful !! It straight stopped that fire !!
If that’s not a glimpse of hell I don’t know what is. Thank you everyone that’s serving their community, just signed up with a crew in Arizona and I’m excited and eager to help my community as well.
And People think they do not need God in America? Satan goes to and from this earth as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. choose which master you will serve ,God or Satan.
Is California the only place to experience natural disasters? I'm pretty sure tornadoes and hurricanes affect - oh yeah! - the Bible belt.
It’s a fire, not a magical demon devouring children.
good lord who let you out of the looney bin
alan smlth Shouldn’t you be bilking the elderly out of their life savings, 1 Sunday at a time?
alan smlth he said, living in America where most people are Christians and atheism is viewed as worse than Islam by many.
PRAY 4 CALI PLEASE THEY NEED IT THE MOST
Amazing Footage, just pure Mint.
Best report I've seen. Be careful guys!